Here is the proposed site plan for the area under the SEPTA rails that's bounded to the
right by 22nd, 23rd to the left or the west, Cuthbert to the north. The proposal calls to
stripe this otherwise unusable parcel for parking for 30 automobiles.
The project, as mentioned, has been reviewed by LSNA, which offered its unanimous support
in a vote of 30 to 3. The meeting was well attended with 114 participants, as mentioned in the letter
from Mr. Boylan. There's only one refusal, which I've highlighted for you, for the use itself,
the non-accessory parking, which requires variance relief. Although not directly related to zoning,
I'd quickly like to show you the proposed artwork for mural along the south wall,
showing different Philadelphia iconic imagery. Here's detail, Baldwin Locomotive,
the Philadelphia Art Museum, Rodin's Thinker, and William Penn.
Rodin's thinker, and William Penn.
Here is just a conceptual rendering
before the mural art was finished,
but this gives you a sense of the underside of the viaduct.
The mural would go to the left or to the south,
to be a great improvement.
Here is just a image of the Baldwin locomotive
in current conditions, which will be much through stuff
and the art museum.
This proposed use is in keeping
with communal needs for parking.
It presents a practicable solution
to a site that offers no viable opportunities
for development, will provide needed parking,
upgraded lighting and art,
and it fits into the surrounding neighborhood
as evidenced by the extensive support.
And with that, Mr. Chairman, as I mentioned,
Gregory Webster is here at PMC Property Group. And I'd ask Mr. Webster to please raise his
virtual hand at this time. Gregory Webster, PMC Property Group.
i do not believe i see the certain individual individual audience today
uh i know he's present if we're having technical difficulties as an officer of the court
uh i stipulate yeah mr labor not to interrupt will stipulate that your client would adopt
your testimony any questions from the board no mr chairman no anyone else would like to
testify in this case, please raise your hand. Mr. Dennis Boylan has his hand raised. I will allow
him to speak at this time. Good morning, sir. Please spell your full name for the record and
I'll swear you in. My name is Dennis, D-E-N-N-I-S, Boylan, B-O-Y-L-A-N. Where or from to tell the
truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. Please proceed. I am the president
of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, the coordinating RCO for this project, for this
case. And our board at our July meeting unanimously voted to support this request for
variance. Thank you very much. Anyone else to testify? Mr. Webster indicates that he's
available, but Mr. Chair, I don't think it's necessary unless the board feels otherwise.
with all due respect i don't think it's necessary thank you planning commission
thank you chairman de chico ian hegarty with the philadelphia city planning commission
members of the board in 2016 the zoning map was amended in this area in conformance of
recommendations of the comprehensive plan this parcel was intentionally not changed
this is an existing non-conforming use as council has pointed out there are very few other potential
uses given the physical conditions on the site city planning commission recommends that the
board grant the variance. Thank you. MI 2021-001762-2201 JFK Boulevard. My vote is yes. My vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes. We're back to number 5,
1627 south 11th street sharon have we been able to resolve the issue on it yes we have we do have
the exhibits you can go forward with this one
Frank you're muted buddy. Hello. Oh my mistake sorry. Mr Harris we have your exhibit so please
proceed with your testimony. You've been sworn in and you've been asked all the questions from
Mr Plaza so please proceed. Yes sir thank you very much and I appreciate the time.
Just curious can everybody see me or see my screen or can I get. We only hear your voice
at the moment okay yeah i guess not quite sure why it's not lying to show myself um
but as for the screen sharing goes join this panelist there we go
great hello everybody all right let's see if i can share my screen everybody's
got that
all right
all right let's see cool so um all the exhibits were presented i got everything uh submitted from
let's see
the uh notice of the refusal from the uh lni etc the application for appeal um but i got a short
little presentation we just go through and that would make everything a little bit easier
So I started this project. I was trying to get an existing garage or pre-existing garage reopened,
just a facade opened on the side of my house on Mountain Street and basically allow it to
have a vehicle put in place. That way it can be used for what it's intended for. So here's a map
view of my of where I live obviously there's the side street mountain street on the in the small
photo this is where the garage would be as you can see it looks like a garage to me I consulted
with the architect they confirmed that obviously and so the idea would be to tear this wall out
and get a curb cut to allow for the vehicle to go into the house here's the design from the
architecture firm Toner Architects, Ian Toner, consulted with a traffic engineer obviously
to make sure a vehicle could fit inside the house in that space. It does. I don't know
if I can zoom in here for everybody to see those actual dimensions. Let's see. Can everybody see
that okay yes great cool any questions on this design is the curb cut still existing i'm familiar
with this property that's what i mentioned is there still a curb cut there uh no so i i i mean
it looks like it it's sloped obviously uh but i would i would definitely have to uh uh hire
somebody to reestablish that curve cut. So let's zoom back out. So there's the refusal
from L&I. The reason for the refusal was the size and dimension of the property in the room
allowed. So it says eight and a half by 18 is the allowed side of the parking space. I'm proposing
eight and a half by 16 and a half. Most modern vehicles can easily fit into this space,
including my own. I got a RAV4. So it would, with that space allowed,
it would be able to park in there, have a garage door and close it just fine. The other reason was
the proposed accessory or accessory parking space in an attached structure is prohibited access from
the front street um the house has two front streets two doors um in my for my intensive
purposes this is the side of my house um there are other garage doors on this on the same side
of mount street um so not 100 sure as to why uh it's just i guess a change in the code um however
this is why we're here um for this refusal and just uh requesting the permission of the board
to continue with this if able yeah i'm familiar with that neighborhood obviously but i remember
that there was a garage door there and it's obvious they built that side of the building
out to accommodate a car that would be longer than whatever size was required at the time
correct yeah i came out at like two extra feet is what i believe that's why the bump outs there
yeah okay um questions from the board no mr chairman no anyone else to testify in this case
please raise your hand no further hands at this time sir thank you planning commission
thank you chairman de chico ian hegarty for the philadelphia city planning commission members
of the board comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing residential single
family zoning at this location the proposed garage use and location is consistent with the previous
use and location on this property the dimensional variance we believe is minimal and does not
conflict with the purpose and spirit of the zoning code therefore the city planning commission
recommends that the board grant the variance thank you very much MI 2021-001-679-1627
South 11th Street. My vote is yes.
Snell. My vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman. My vote is yes.
Professor Plaza.
My vote is yes.
Thank you and thank you for your service, Mr. Harris.
uh very much any unfinished business is there anyone who uh wanted to be heard and was not
Any unfinished
business? Is there anyone who
acknowledged mr andrew goodman has his hand raised again i will allow him to speak if that's
time is it okay sir thank you mr goodman you're still under oath please identify yourself
hi andrew goodman g-o-o-d-m-a-n representing councilmember gaudier's office
um just point of clarification is this still on the 930 list mi 2021
001718 5617 hadfield street
that case uh i believe was continued or no oh that was the one that was a mistake so it's my
mistake i apologize well sharon we're okay with that case correct
yeah i think our notes had continuance but it was
i think acknowledged earlier that we would go forward with that case my apologies
mi 2021-001-718-5617 hadfield street h-a-d-f-i-e-l-d and it's a pro se case melissa george
yes good morning yeah again my apologies uh there was a notation that was placed on this case in
errors please spell your full name and i'll swear you in sure melissa george m-e-l-i-s-s-a
g-e-o-r-g-e word for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i do thank you mr plaza has questions for you
yes ma'am have you uh have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents
proof of ownership, proof of tax compliance, copy of the refusal or referral photos and plans
five days prior to this hearing? Yes, sir, I do. Have you met with the RCO and have a letter?
Yes, sir, I do. Thank you. Please proceed. You're welcome.
um i am coming today for a variance for a daycare i currently have a family
daycare in southwest philadelphia and i am uh coming in asking for it to be extended to a group
you have any exhibits you can share with us yes i'm actually going to request to share my screen
i have everything pulled up i just have to do it sorry
can you guys see the screen
yes um hold on i'm sorry i have everything pulled up i was so ready
for this sorry so i wanted to start off with the i kind of put it in a presentation i don't know if
that was necessary um just to uh show a little bit um of the daycare this is the outside of it
um this is just talk a little bit about myself hi this is tanya sunken i'm sorry to interrupt you
we don't have anything visible on the screen at this time can you try to reshare
oh sure sorry uh let me see so hit the green share button and then try to go
for it with your exhibits okay uh
i want to just do the desktop maybe that's why it's not coming up
we had it up before oh I did oh what happened can you see okay here it's coming now but we
see your yahoo email so you can go into your exhibit there we go okay I don't know if this
is necessary sorry this is my first time um so this just talks a little bit I can just talk
briefly about my background um I have been working with kids since 2000 I graduated college
um and i have worked in uh the city of philadelphia for the department of human services
i've done independent living i've done foster care for over seven years
um i've done a different case manager's position a long time ago called spow
um i started working more in a mental health and i had a lot of clients who go to daycares
and they weren't necessarily allowed to stay because of behaviors.
allowed to stay because of behaviors. I have my license as a behavior specialist. I've had my
I have my license as a behavior.
license for several years and I work as a licensed behavior specialist. I do mobile therapy work
and I was doing outpatient therapy for a while. Three years ago, I had a daughter and I decided
to pursue what I wanted to do of doing the daycare. And because of my background, I have
accepted children who have challenges at daycare, which has been pretty okay so far.
I am also currently in the process of doing a six-month course for cognitive behavioral therapy,
and I will be certified as a cognitive behavioral therapist. In my work, I was recognized by the
insurance company for the delaware county for outstanding service and dedication um and it says
to promote recovery and resilience um that was pretty pretty um rewarding for me um i did foster
care as i said i've worked in different parts of the community um i also do um my way of giving back
i'm originally from trinidad so my family uh works and help the community we provide different
resources supplies food the picture at the very bottom is our most recent community event which
we did in july and we usually go down to the old courthouse and we just provide food and different
supplies to the homeless population and that's done every year this is just different things
about the day here currently this was our most recent field trip uh that we go to when we do
go to field trips the parents are involved as well so they do participate um there's a teacher
that comes on thursdays he does art and music classes for the children um and i'm just trying
to request the benefits to expand um just to add different things to the community for my
background to transfer to help the children both children with mental health and without
one of the reasons this is pushed especially over covid a lot of parents were calling
asking for me to take their children but unfortunately i was to capacity so i wasn't able to
take any more um and i'm not sure if you guys need this but this is just different
paperwork that we have for our emergency plan sorry for the tactics um this is our first aid
things that are located. This is the entrance. Our fire extinguishers are up today. They actually
came today to do the updates because it expired. This is the very entrance. So if you're looking
at the picture, you're facing the front. It's a cubby and these are the hygiene products at the
front. These are where all our exit signs are. That's the picture of the front door. There's a
a few pictures at the back, if you can see,
you'll see some more pictures.
It was hard to get them on here.
This is the gate leading outside of the daycare
into the back of the home.
What you're seeing there is the barrier of the fence.
This is the basement door exit.
There's also a window in the bathroom,
but there's an actual basement door.
This is just showing the outside of the property.
And that's up the steps.
And once you go through those doors, that's the kitchen part of the care.
And this is the front part of it.
This is just our information board and documents for our families when they enter and also for myself for compliance.
I opened the daycare, August 2019.
September 2019, I had two children.
This is also footage of the inside.
has pretty much been to capacity
probably like a few months after opening.
These are pictures of the
A-C-O-M-A.