civus
Hearing video

ZBA Hearing - August 30, 2023

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Aug 30, 20233h 48m

I am a resident of Logan.

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Okay, proceed.

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The vice president of the RCO for the Logan City.

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Oh, good. Thank you.

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please proceed we are in agreement of mr angelo adams reducing that from a three bedroom from a

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three units to a two units we are in accordance with that okay um thank you so much for taking

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the time to call in we appreciate your input is there anyone else in the virtual audience

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yes mr chair charles richardson with their hand raised i haven't got them to speak at this time

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Good morning, Mr. Richardson. Please state your name and spell for the court stenographer.

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Charles Richardson, R-I-C-H-A-R-D-S-O-N, Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass, room 508 City Hall.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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I do.

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Please proceed.

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A little confused with regard to the petition, as we received it late yesterday and looked over it a couple minutes ago.

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forwarded it at the request of the RCO. But looking at the actual petition, it says

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in the wording that we oppose this development, essentially. But then they have a selection

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where you can either say support or oppose, and then everybody has written support. So I don't

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know if this is actually actually a opposition letter or if it's a support petition or a support

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petition one way or the other. So we're a little confused with that. We were going to actually say

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that the councilwoman is not opposed to granting the variance, but we need to get some clarification

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from the RCO as to whether or not. And actually, we might have just gotten that from Ms. Garrett.

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I think the RCO just testified. Right. So we're going to go with non-opposition on this.

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Thank you, Mr. Richard. We appreciate it. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?

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Yes, we have a hand up from a number ending in 3757.

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Okay.

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I'll have them to speak at this time.

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Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?

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Yes, my name is Sheila Bellamy, and the spelling is S-H-E-I-L-A-B-E-L-L-A-M-Y.

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Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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I do.

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Are you a neighbor?

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I am.

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Proceed.

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I live at the 5100 block of Hutchinson Street.

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I have attended both meetings in reference to the change at 1028 as well.

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Now, I was notified yesterday in reference to the zoning notice, and I walked around the corner, and I could see a zoning notice post on the window, which was unreadable, and there was no zoning notice, as someone stated, on the fence.

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so the reason for me saying that is that i don't really know how many people in the

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neighborhood was really actually accurately notified in reference to the zoning hearing

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um i did see a lot of letters were sent out i did see the amount of people that were at

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at the original RCO meeting?

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Yeah, I was at them both.

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Yes, I was at both of them.

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Let me ask you this.

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Are you in favor of the project or against?

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I am not.

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I'm against it.

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Okay, you're against even though they went from three to two?

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Yes, yes.

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Okay, well, we'll take note of that.

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We thank you for taking the time to call us

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and give us your input.

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Thank you.

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I appreciate it.

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Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?

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Yes, Mr. Chair. A hand up for my number ending in 3449. I've allowed them to speak at this time.

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3-4-4-9, I've allowed them to speak at this time.

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Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the name?

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Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?

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3-4-4-9, star-6 to unmute.

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Still hands so up?

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No, they're still muted.

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hi could you please unmute

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okay um is there anyone else in the virtual audience

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yes diane monroe with her hand right okay i'm not going to speak at this time

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hi could you state your name please and spell for the court stenographer

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Ms. Monroe, state your name.

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Oh, that was by error.

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Oh, you're not, you don't want to test it?

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That was by, that was, that was by error.

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Okay, thank you very much for telling us that.

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We appreciate it.

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Anyone else in the audience, Jason?

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Yeah, there was a hand up.

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Okay.

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Oh, I'm sorry, Charlene Samuels.

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All right, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?

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can you hear me yes could you state your name please and spell for the court stenographer

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charlene samuels c-h-a-r-l-e-n-e samuels s-a-m-u-e-l-s-i-m the chair for the urban civic

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association do you do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth

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Yes, I do. Please proceed. Yes. So I actually on here today, but I have two people that actually live next door to the property that have called us and who attended both of the meetings who are against it.

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I don't I don't know if they're on today. Miss Elaine and Mr. Mac, who live right next door to the property, who are very concerned about what was has been going on with this property for a long time.

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So I, you know, so I just want to say, yes, Logan Civic, the 11 folks who voted yes, but we do have some of the folks that said no to even changing it to the two.

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So I just want to reiterate in on that. So, like I said, I don't know if the other two persons that live right next door to this property are on.

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But I just wanted to speak on their behalf that, you know, they said they were not in agreement, even though the vote was yes.

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And the vote was yes when they agreed to go from three to two. Am I correct?

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Yes, for the 11, but not three, three. And you'll see on that letter, three did oppose.

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And then they did submit to us the petition of those residents who also said no to change it to two.

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Well, thank you. Thank you. So thank you so much for taking the time to calls. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?

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There are no further answers, Mr. Chair.

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Mr. Malcolm, do you want to respond to the to that second petition before planning?

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Yeah, two things, Mr. Chair. Just just like Mr. Richardson, I'm confused whether they're in opposition or because it does say support on there.

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The other thing is, is the petition asked for people to state their position regarding three units.

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That was the original proposal, but we're asking for two units.

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So even the petition doesn't ask about two units.

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Thank you very much.

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Planning Commission.

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Thank you, Chair Bergman, and good morning.

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David Effecto with the City Planning Commission.

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The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single-family zoning at this location.

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This appears to be a longstanding non-conforming duplex.

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The City Planning Commission recommends the board grant a proposed use variance for a maximum of two dwelling units.

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Thank you.

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MI 2022, 006-537, 1028 Lindley Avenue, I vote yes.

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Proviso, maximum two units, trash stored in the rear.

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Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes with Proviso.

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James Stout, my vote is yes with Proviso.

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Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, counsel.

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Is there anyone in the virtual audience whose case has not been called?

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I don't see any hands. Mr. chair, I think, I think we've heard all the cases.

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I don't see any hands, Mr. Chair.

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See everyone at 2 PM. Yes. Thank you. Everyone. Thank you.

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Well, did you. Thank you. Thank you.

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My name is Bill. Good afternoon. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this afternoon's ZBA hearings. With me is our vice chair, Ishmael Shaheen.

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Present, Mr. Chairman.

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Our board member, Thomas Holloman.

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Present, Mr. Chairman.

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And our board member, James Snell.

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Present, Mr. Chairman.

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Also present is Hillary Emerson, our attorney, and our executive director, Tanya Sunket.

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Here's our virtual format.

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Be advised the proceedings are being recorded.

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The video will be available by contacting tanyasunket at phillip.gov.

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For the benefit of our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.

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If you're participating by phone and you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.

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To enter the period of statement, call 267-270-5548.

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Leave your email and the address of the property in question.

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The question and answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony.

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All comments should be directed to our Executive Director, Tony Sunken.

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Let's look at our schedule for this afternoon.

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Your number.

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number eight

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MI 2023 002 231 3020 North 20th Street that case is continued are there any other requests for

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nuances. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. This is Jason Hand. Once again, I will be your co-host for the

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day. I do not see any hands at this time. Thank you very much. And I have one case,

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number nine, MI-2022-007-178-3207 North 6th Street. I have no exhibits for this case.

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The listed applicant is Rendon Zule Delvalli.

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The coordinating RCO HACE is requested and continues.

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Well, they did accept a request of contingent on 5-3-23.

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Mr. Chair, there are no hands raised.

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Okay, so MI-2022-007-178-3207 North 6th Street, this is the second listing. No one appeared the first listing. I vote to dismiss.

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Thomas Holloman, my vote is to dismiss.

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James Snow, dismiss.

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Ishmael Shaheed, dismiss.

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We're now going to go to our add-on list.

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Ishmael Shaheed will

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take

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I have recused myself of this

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Ishmael Shaheed will take the case

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and also

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we have

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LeBaron Leonard Palmer

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who is an alternate

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board member

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will vote on this case

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ish

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yep just pulling all my stuff up

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one second

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mi-20-23-003767

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10-23 to 10-27

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West S. Wahana Avenue.

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After a further discussion

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and deliberation amongst the commissioners,

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my vote is yes.

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Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.

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LeBaron Leonard Palmer, my vote is yes.

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Excuse me, LeBaron, can you please certify that you watched the video from the original hearing? Thank you.

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Excuse me, LeBaron.

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can you please certify that you watched the video from the

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Yes, I can certify that I watched the video from the original hearing. Yes.

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Number two of our add-on list, MI 2023-001-315-5331 Wayne Avenue. I vote yes with proviso.

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proviso. Disapproval for multifamily living, five dwelling units, and one existing access

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parking space. Additionally, interior trash storage and interior mailbox and mail storage.

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Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with proviso.

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James Snell, my vote is yes with proviso.

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Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with proviso.

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Number three, MI-2022-007-314-1932, Cecil B. Moore Avenue, I vote no.

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Thomas Holloman, my vote is no.

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James Snow, my vote is no.

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Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is no.

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Number four, MI-2023-000-471-2829-59 North 23rd Street, this is a request for reconsideration.

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i vote no thomas holloman my vote is no james snell my vote is no

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number five mi 2022 003 437 6900 chester avenue

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i vote yes with proviso revised plan one page stand by zba august 30th

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approval use is multiple family living three dwelling units no commercial space

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no roof deck roof deck access structure or all street parking thomas holliman my vote is yes with

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provisos james now my vote is yes provisos ishmael shaheed my vote is yes with provisor

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we're going to go to our regular list and start with number 13

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mi 2023 001 744 12011 medford road bianca sanchez is the owner

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Mr. Chair, they'll be coming back in as a panelist.

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Good afternoon, everyone, Bianca Santos.

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Good afternoon.

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Could you state your name, please, and spell it for the court sonographer?

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Bianca, B-I-A-N-C-A, Sanchez, S-A-N-C-H-E-Z.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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I swear, I do.

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So this application is for the legalization of an addition and two decks, one attached to the existing semi-detached structure and one freestanding deck.

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Size and locations are shown in the application plans, whereas this proposed deck is prohibited

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