how many people 38
there's only two or three handful of cases
is happening
maybe folks want to just zoom in listen in
you said 29 still cases
isn't there one that has opposition
it only takes one
Good morning, everyone. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's meeting
of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. With me is our Vice Chair, Tanetta Graham.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Secretary, Cheryl L. Gaston.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Board Member, Michael Johns.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Board Member, Ryan McAdams.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Board Member, Layla Beebe.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also, here is our attorney, Lynn Reuter-Huber, and also our board administrator, Lakeisha Dandy.
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After that, please state your name each time before testifying.
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So let's look at our schedule for this afternoon.
Number one, MI 2023-005-052, 2021 North Van Pelt Street.
Vernon Anastasio is the attorney.
good morning mr chair this is jason hand i will be your calls for the session
vernon anastasio has been about to speak good morning mr chair members of the board council
could you please state your name is spelled for the sonographer yes sir it's vernon anastasio a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o
on behalf of mr uh donald uh major all right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth i do vern this case has been around for a while please let us
know where we stand with this it has uh we uh are close um and uh you know we we just uh
my client uh was out of commission for a while health reasons uh so there was a little bit of
disconnecting communication but we are prepared to go the next at the next listing yes all right so
we're going to we're going to continue this case it's going to be mark must be heard
thank you continue till 10 28 26 at 9 30 a.m i appreciate it thank you mr thank you sir
I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, sir.
Number four, MI 2025, 005-374-6241 North Woodstock Street,
New LLC and Woodstock Truth listed owner is Bisa Muhammad.
We have no exhibits.
This is, I believe, the second listing.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
I do not see anyone answering to that name in the virtual audience this morning.
Thank you.
So number four, MI 2025, 005-374-6241 North Woodstock Street.
I vote to dismiss.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss.
Sonata Graham, my vote is to dismiss.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is to dismiss.
Michael Jones, my vote is to dismiss.
sorry that wasn't sure um number five layla bb my voters to dismiss okay number five m i 2025
zero zero six one seven two four thirteen north 41st street this case is continued
until september 15th at 9 30 a.m
Number six, MI2025-006-619-413-North 41st Street.
Eric Bloomer is the owner applicant.
This case will be continued, applicant moving party.
Number 7, MI 2026-000-087, 5800 Phillips Street.
This case is continued until 1028 at 9.30 a.m.
number 10 mi 2026 000550 2825 to 35 common avenue this case is continued to 1028 at 9 30 a.m
number 12 and i believe um
this will be here hold on a minute
we can call all these three together all right so number 12 mi 20 26 001 122 um 11 11 11 11 12
North 40th Street, and MI 2026-001-124-1116 North 40th Street, and MI 2026-001-126-1120 North
40th Street.
All three of these cases will continue to turn a moving party.
Any other requests for continuance?
Mr. Chair, I do not see any further hands for continuances.
Thank you, Jace. I appreciate it.
So we're going to move to our add-on list.
Number one, MI 2025-007-690-3301 Gransbach Street.
this case has been moved to wednesday august the 5th at 9 30 a.m
number two mi 2025 to 005578 951 jackson street
i vote yes michael johns my vote is yes well pro what's that proviso that's two
okay proviso maximum two units michael johns my vote is yes with proviso
cheryl gaston my vote is yes with proviso tenetta graham my vote is yes with proviso
i'm mcadams my vote is yes with provisional
i mcadams my vote is yes with proviso
number three mi 2025
zero zero six six five zero 1754 bellfield avenue
okay we don't always do that do we
Spanish interpreter please do we have an interpreter I mean I still should be coming
back in as a panel. Good morning. My name is Stephen. I'll be the Spanish interpreter.
My name is S-T-E-V-E-N, last name A-U-B-A-I-N, interpreter ID Y-M-288. Do you swear or affirm
that you will interpret accurately, completely, and impartially from English to Spanish and from
Spanish to English yes I do. Could you please call for us, for me?
Yeah, okay. Could you call please Pedro and Joseph Tennant, who is the owner?
Así que Pedro y Joseph Tennant, que son los dueños, si pueden levantar la mano.
have to swear anybody just do the vote okay all right okay could you please or let make sure he's
in the audience if you would así que pedro y joseph tennant sees este pueden levantar la mano
mr chair i do not see any hands raised for the matter
1754 bellfield avenue my vote is yes john's my vote is yes
y que el 1754 bellfield avenida el voto es sí
cheryl gas the micro dishes cheryl gass and vote a c it's not a gram my vote is yes
ten and a gram but the seats ryan mcadams my vote is yes ryan mcadam and vote a seat
i don't know whether you heard me but i did say i voted yes michael johns and michael johns
thank you sir do you require any other interpretation no that's we're fine today
and thank you as usual for getting going for us okay all right thank you for using
the service interpreter disconnecting okay all right we're going to go to our regular list
Number three, MI 2025, 004-967-2004 West Indiana Avenue, Shervis Johnson.
That'll become a big end as a panel.
hello good morning can you hear me good morning could you please state your name and spell for
the sonographer yes sharice johnson s-h-e-r-r-i-c-e last name johnson j-o-h-n-s-o-n
right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes okay um we have questions about this case my correct counsel
yes we do um hello this is lynn reidel huber board council um miss johnson um we did not uh receive
uh a copy of your lease that indicates that you're the tenant
yes um i misunderstood the documents that were needed to be submitted i submitted a deed so
i'm currently um getting the lease um i would just need like i should have it by the end of the week
there's also well i'll wait for you and and also i i wanted to clarify i know we got some documents
um you indicated that you had sent um something out to the neighbors but i don't know if we
received what you actually sent out to the neighbors like we we received proof of mailing
Like, we received proof of mailing, but we didn't receive what you actually mailed.
but we didn't receive what you actually made.
I thought I just needed to send the proof that the notices were sent out in lieu of the RC meeting summary, which the coordinator RCO says she has not pulled that together for me yet due to some health concerns.
So that's why I sent the proof of mailings as proof that.
Go ahead.
I'm sorry.
When you do that, you need to actually provide also what you actually mailed out.
So we would have that together.
So just a copy of the letter that was sent out.
Correct.
I actually do have that.
We're going to continue this, correct?
Correct.
So we're going to continue this case.
2004 West Indiana.
This case will continue until 1028 at 930 a.m.
thank you ma'am thank you do me a favor yes before that make sure you call the office to
make sure that we get have everything we need okay and they'll help you ensure that we have
all your documents okay okay will do thank you thank you all right number nine
MI 2026
000455
3109 Wharton Street
Anthony Travis is the owner
This is a pro se
that will be rejoining as a panelist
can you folks hear me can sure um good morning good morning board my name is
Sure. Before one minute, could you turn on your video?
Um, I was wondering, uh, sure.
Okay. Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Sure. Anthony Travia, A-N-T-H-O-N-Y-T-R-A-V-I-A.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Our vice chair has a few questions for you.
okay morning have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in
advance of this hearing yes we have okay and you are here for application for
visitor accommodations yes I am okay and you received a refusal because the
visitor accommodations is prohibited in your zoning district is that correct
yes it is okay all right so you want to share your documents and begin to tell
us what are you what you're trying to do sure all right thank you
are you sharing the documents yeah ask him to let me share um we have someone who has
the documents prepared can you allow them to share
sure his hand is up yeah yes and they have been promoted he just will not be able to testify okay
All he'll do is go through the documents. You'll do the testimony. Fine. All right. Thank you, sir. Thank you.
So this is the deed of ownership for the location, 3109 Wharton Street, Philadelphia, PA.
we have all your documents okay all right so what i think you should do is probably um
go to some photos everything we have is there if you were there okay so why don't you start
testifying what is it you want to do and how are you going to go about doing it so uh i'm looking
to provide visitor accommodations in the apartment that's there it currently has a rental license
it's current uh the first floor is a warehouse the second and third floor is one apartment
with two bedrooms two baths living room dining room den it has a washer and dryer for people to
use and the building next to us with the orange doors is light of the world chapel who is in
support of our project. Do you have some internal photos of the property too? Yes.
are you going how many apartments are you going to use one okay and that that is
explain again where that is on the on the on the property so the first floor is the warehouse
right the second and third floor which only go back 22 feet i got it is the one unit it's a
two level one unit apartment right and that'll be the one that'll be your uh your one you want to
will uh activate them yeah yes mr chairman can i sure you can i just want this is lynn
huber board i'm sorry lynn reidel huber i'm board council i'm the lawyer for the board um i just
wanted to clarify is the entire building on the second and third floor going to be the unit that's
the visitor's accommodation or is there another part of the building that is going to be not part
of that so the warehouse is not part of the visitors accommodation it would be the second
and third floor single apartment okay so there's no other unit in your plans there indicates there's
another building is that the church that's not part of it on the one plan on the site plan um
Um, yeah. Yes. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um, questions from the board.
Yeah. Um, and I would just like to talk about how we plan on keeping the neighbors.
Sure. Go ahead. So we plan on to have, I, I have, uh, other Airbnb units, not in Philadelphia,