particular case chair i see no hands at this time are there any other requests for continuance
off the 330 list chair we have mr demarco with his hand up mr demarco please unmute yourself
and wait for the chair hi mr demarco could you state your name and spell for the court reporter
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Yes, Richard DeMarco, D-E-M-A-R-C-O. Good afternoon.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Which one of your cases, sir?
Well, I have two cases today, Mr. Chairman. There's a continuance request from the RCO
for 4147 Girard Avenue.
We had our neighborhood meeting last night. They asked for a continuance.
They were very late, though, to make the formal request to the board, but I am constrained to let you know that I did agree to the continuance, and we do need to continue this case because they do want a continuance for another RCO meeting.
Thank you. MI 2022-000-455-4147 West Rod Avenue. The case is continued.
Thank you.
Is there any other requests for continuances?
Chair, we have Justin Crick. Mr. Crick, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Thank you. Hi, Mr. Crick, could you spell your name for the court reporter?
Yes, Justin Crick, J-U-S-T-I-N-K-R-I-K. You swear for him to tell the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. What case, sir? I am here on the property
address 4241 Boone Street, MI 2022-000451. I represent the applicant, and we are requesting
a continuance to revise plans and possibly resubmit after speaking with the Neighborhood
Association. Thank you, sir. MI 2022-000451-4241 Boone Street, this case is continued. Are there
any other requests for continuance? Chair, we have someone by the name of Joyzel Mont.
Ms. Mont, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Yes, sir. My name is Joyzel Mont, J-O-Y-Z-E-L-L, last name M-O-N-T.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Your case is 3019 North Marshall Street?
Correct.
You want to continue that case?
That case will be, Mark, must be tried, okay?
So the next time you're going to have to try it, have the exhibits in, okay?
All right.
MI 2022-001-370-3019 North Marshall Street.
Cases continue and must be tried.
Chair, I see no other hands at this time.
Our regular list we're going to go to MI 2022-000-458-1711 Jefferson Street.
Mr. DeMarco is the attorney.
Council President Clark's office acted as the coordinating RCO on this.
They have not taken a position.
Mr. DeMarco is coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
oh hi let me just fix my uh camera
okay hi mr demarco you've already been sworn um could you identify your client and their
relationship to this property yes it's yuan da construction the client is michelle
who is uh should be up with us on the call okay thank you our vice chair the owner our vice chair
has a few questions for you sure rich you agree to wave the reading of the refusal and stipulate
to its accuracy yes i can have you emailed the exhibit packet with required documents consisting
of proof of ownership tax compliance refusal or referral photos under plans of the property
refusal or referral photos under plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing
five days in advance
and have you met with the rco and do you have a letter yes we have you may proceed
and um please share your screen thank you thank you uh so this application uh members of the board
concerns this curb cut this existing curb cut right here and this property at 1711 jefferson
It's a corner property. I wanted you to see this vista, this view, what we are proposing.
And the reason why we were refused is we are redeveloping this property.
And what we are doing is utilizing this existing curb cut, which fits two cars for the new use, which is a permitted use.
The only refusal is for this curb cut, which will not be a new curb cut, but we will be utilizing the existing curb cut the way it is being currently used, which is for two accessory parking spaces.
The reason why we were refused is even though the use is permitted, because there's a change of use, because it's the side of the lot, it is prohibited under the RM1 zoning classification.
But I wanted to point out that we are not changing anything.
We are really requesting to utilize the curb cut that's existing for two cars as it is currently being used.
um the neighbor's complaint was about the density of the project but the lot and let me go to my
exhibit the lot is extremely large uh it's almost 4 000 square feet it's a double lot um and
um it's an as of right project so as you can see from refusal right in front of you that is the
only refusal and it is for existing conditions to utilize that existing lot but the neighbors were
upset um and they didn't they're not opposing the application i think it's for the reason i'm about
to state which is that the if you don't allow the variance the um there will have been there'll be
no parking for the for the new multi-family use on the block on the on the property excuse me and
And let me show you our site plans. By the way, that's our poster. Let me collapse this a bit here.
If they were, their objections were more to the use, which is permitted, rather than to the parking. They actually want more parking for the units. So I think we're actually consistent with their concerns for that reason.
uh there's plenty of rear yard space for um the units we will store trash which is accessible to
all tenants uh in the rear yard you can see the turn in here um
see what else and you know that's really about it um mrs michelle huang is with me on the call
We would just say that we're not displacing any on-street parking, as you saw from the Google Earth image.
And there actually are other curb cuts.
There's one right across the street.
Let me go back to that.
There's one here.
There's curb cuts down here.
There's no parking on our side of the street, so we're not displacing any parking.
And as a matter of fact, we are just utilizing the existing curb cut that's there now for the two cars.
It is a nine-unit apartment building.
We meet the code and then some for the nine units.
It's an RM1 property.
There's a number of RM1.
Let me show you the overhead so you can see that.
There is some RM1.
There's a lot of RM1.
There's a little carve out there, but our properties here, the entire block is RM1, and that's why we're, our project is as of right, but for the curb cut.
That's all I have. I would ask Michelle to raise her virtual hand so she can adopt my testimony. Happy to take questions. Michelle, please raise your hand virtually.
Ms. Wang, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
good afternoon uh can you hear me yes could you state your name and spell it for the court reporter
please yes michelle huang m-i-c-h-e-l-l-e last name h-u-a-n-g do you swear a firm to tell the
truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes i do proceed mr demarco miss swang did you
miss swang did you hear my factual statements and can do you adopt them as true and accurate
hear my factual statements and do you adopt them as true and accurate
and as your own testimony today yes happy to take questions mr chairman and members
questions from the board no mr questions or comments from the virtual audience
i see no hands at this time chair planning commission ron bednar city planning uh this
property is indicated for residential use on the city plan given the surrounding context of parking
we recommend the quest for vans be granted thank you r mi 2022 000 458 1711 jefferson street i vote
yes carol tennari my vote is yes thomas holliman my vote is yes james snell my vote is yes
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you. Have a good afternoon.
Thank you.
MI 2022-000450-5100 Chester Avenue.
Darlene Treat, letter of support from the Southwool Philadelphia District Services.
This three is coming back in now as a panelist.
Hi, could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Commissioner, can you hear me?
I can.
Good afternoon.
It's Darlene Threatt from Darlene Threatt and the owner, Ms. Fusia Moussi.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Our vice chair has a few questions.
Hi, Darlene.
Do you agree to wave the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes, I do.
Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, photos under plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing, and have you met with the RCO, and do you have a letter?
Yes, to all questions.
Okay, thank you. You may proceed and please share your screen.
I'm bored. I'm going to apologize. My service is a little short.
There we go.
Ms. Three, turn your video off, and maybe that might help.
All right.
Thank you.
Let me see if I can do that video.
Right now.
Commissioner, can you hear me?
We can hear you.
Here we go.
My commissioners, I submitted a package today, which can several exhibits.
I'm not going to go through all of them, but I have submitted the refusal, the appeal, the property, project information sheet, the tax information.
Zoning history, plans, pictures, community flyer, as well as specific of mailing.
Commissioners, we put in an application to use this project that had been used in previous years.
I'm just going to flip down first to the photos.
This is a part of the entire building.
It is a four-story building.
The first floor has been used as commercial as far back as 19.
I'll show you some evidence of that.
The top three floors are a legal.
You're breaking up.
Council?
Hello?
Ms. Treat?
She's completely knocked out.
The street.
She's probably going to try to come back in.
I hope.
You don't have a Tanya that you can just pull on a panic.
what'd you say chair I said she don't have a tanya that you can call in a panic and say
get me back in let me see if I could call her good thank you
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
no chair i was unable to okay so look this happens to all this
what you know when she's when she signed on she already indicated that she was
why don't why don't we do this well tanya try to get her back in whenever you can
and uh because it happens to all this i mean there's nothing we can do okay and you know i
meant that like a couple times a lot too long ago i'd get locked out and i was stuck so
is there any other body in the in the virtual audience whose case hasn't been called on the
330 list. Chair, we have Minister Enoch L with his hand up. No, I think he was for that case.
Okay. Chair, if you could, officially continue Ms. Threatt's case and I will
schedule it for next week. Okay. So MI 2022-000-450-5100 Chester Avenue, the case is continued.
is there anybody else are we um are we announcing the specific date for this one
because otherwise it would need to be reposted are we going to do for six time you can we fit
are we going to do for six tanya can we fit it in on six one um yes we it will still go out as a
in on 6-1
reposting oh it still will go out okay all right thank you tanya i'll work with her i'll take the
the date off and work with her and her schedule to um put this on again okay thank you mania can
i ask you this question which week do we have off this coming week or the week of june 1st
this week i'm sorry the coming week next next wednesday okay thanks mr chairman
so is there anyone else in the audience has a case that wasn't heard
chair i see
chair i see no heads at this time okay thanks everybody thanks it's a good day's work thank
you a lot done thank you and everybody enjoy next week off i'm not sure why we're off but
but we're off.
Have a good night, everyone.
See you later.
Good night, all.
Good night.