This is right below, at 12th and Brown Street, it's between Brown and Poplar, or Parish.
i think parishes before pop uh poplar right and then um avenue i'm sorry and then comes gerard
avenue exactly that that overlay protection is from gerard to to brown street from 12th street
to um go all the way over to watt street and that's a law that was created um in september
of 2019 and they came in on with this refused with their permit in February of 2020. Now
if you notice the list that he showed with the petition it's only six houses
of uh of addresses and i'm pretty sure they went to more than six houses
and um so i'm assuming that the other people did not sign the petition i i would object to that
uh speculation this is what i'd like to know would it benefit um everybody to go back and
have another meeting um okay a meeting a second meeting it will be we won't object object to a
second meeting um but the issue is um the participation um i don't know he didn't show a
uh a a postal receipt um he didn't present it at our meeting it's rather hard you do have long-term
um residents over there in in near my homes and if they know about it also if you notice
also if you notice he did not show the poster i came past there yesterday that orange poster
was not in view um on that property and i noticed i've been on this line for a long time
I want to point out the poster is not orange because it was printed by the applicant.
We were emailed the poster and it was printed.
uh we were emailed the poster and it was printed i i'm showing the photograph with the board and
I'm showing the photograph.
the uh on the fence with the posters to the board at the moment i do see that
does the board have any questions here no no
so okay diane briefly can you summarize
there's there's five opposed to it in the rco and pages okay people are supporting our seminar
my summation is that to protect this community based on the legislation that was approved
by the city of philadelphia that this property should not be um zoned as a a duplex but there
we will welcome a single family they are friends these two people they could live together in
harmony and and arrange it however they wish to arrange it but otherwise in that the properties
in this neighborhood is in demand, that lot will sell to someone who wished to do a single
family. So therefore, there's no hardship on the proposed client. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Planning Commission.
Good morning. Vice Chair Tanari, Ian Hegarty, City Planning Commission. The property is
indicated for a single family use on the comprehensive plan, but we believe the shallow
an irregular lot presents unique physical characteristics and the proposed use is unlikely
to have negative effects on the neighborhood so we have no objection to the granting of the variance.
Calendar number 0296810 North 12th Street my vote is yes. My vote is yes. My vote is yes.
My vote is yes. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes the 930 meeting. Excuse me Vice
here we have mary jones with her hand up okay that does not conclude it i'm sorry that's okay
um mary um hi mary can you put your name and address on the record
yes um mary jones um council president daryl clark's office city hall room 494 and do you
where we're from to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? I do. There was no call
for testimony on this last case but I wanted to go on record that we support the RCO's position
and we oppose the granting of the variance due to the lack of hardship and the fact that this
was indeed included in the overlay that was passed this past year and excuse me not this past year
in September 2019. Thank you. Thank you. There's not going to be a re-vote unless the board
wants to re-vote this. I'm okay. Thanks, Darren. I'm okay. Okay, 9.30 meeting is concluded.
see everybody at two can everybody hear me yes okay good afternoon my name is carol tenary i'm
the vice chair of the zoning board of adjustment today i will be your chair i'll be participating
in today's hearing along with board secretary confessor plaza and board members thomas holliman
and james snell and also the board attorney sharon suletta for those of you who haven't
yet participated in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through some of the basics of what you
can expect. First, we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their
testimony. Second, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded and that
by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded. Third, for anyone participating
by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine, then star six to
unmute yourself. And I'll repeat that. For anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify,
you must raise your hand by hitting star nine, then star six to unmute yourself.
Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
The number again is 267-270-5548.
And fourth, the question and answer box is not for testimony.
And fourth, the question and answer box is not for testimony.
Any comments are to be directed to Fatina?
Is that correct?
Yes, Chair.
Thank you.
Continuances today.
Sharon, is that correct?
Is that where I'm going?
I'm late and I'm a little...
Yes, you can read the continuances.
Okay, so the continuances for today are calendar number 1849-1719 Spring Garden Street, calendar number 1092-1931 South Broad Street is being withdrawn, calendar number 1753-2533.
altar street is continued calendar number 2710 2840 home avenue and calendar number 2706
3800 powellton avenue is continued with the attorney is the moving party does anyone disagree
or object to any of these continuances that i've called out if so please raise your hand
i see no hands chair thank you
is anyone requesting a continuance or withdrawal please raise your hand
i have charles richardson you may unmute yourself mr richardson
good afternoon madam chair on board charles richardson from the office of councilwoman
cindy bathroom 312 city thank you okay do you swear a firm to tell the whole truth and nothing
about the truth i do uh today asking continuance for uh 02672 which is 566 west clampier street
looking for this is Sharon Florida I also have no record of having received exhibits
and this was not listed before no it hasn't uh they're they plan to have a well the
coordinating RCO has let us know that that the uh RCO meeting is set for the 28th of this month so
any uh date beyond that would be great okay is there anyone else here
on this case. Calendar number 2672-566 West Clapier Street is being continued. Thank you.
Thank you. Chair, I have Aaron White. He's been unmuted. Please unmute yourself Mr. White.
Hello, can you hear me?
Yes, can you put your name and address on the record, please?
My name is Aaron White, and the address of the property...
Can you put your address, your own address?
My own address is 240 West Rittenhouse Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
19144.
Do you swear and affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Okay, and what case are you referring to, please?
The 566 West Clay Pier that you were just mentioning.
I was trying to raise my hand, I wasn't sure how to talk, because you were asking if there was anyone else that was present for it.
Okay, and what is your, we have continued it, but...
That's perfect. I was just trying to weigh in because you asked if anyone else was present.
Okay, so you're in agreement with the continuance?
Yes, I am.
Thank you so much.
All right, thank you.
Next, we'll do to the attorney. I don't have a calendar number for the one I'm doing next. I do have an address, 1407-09 Grange Street.
Grange Street but I don't have a calendar number. Rachel Prisker you may
unmute yourself you're free to speak. Thank you. Rachel R-A-C-H-A-E-L Prisker
P-R-I-T-Z-K-E-R 1635 Market Street Suite 1600 Philadelphia PA 19103 and you
sorry i left that off okay thank you rachel do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and
nothing but the truth yes okay this is a resumption hearing yes okay you may proceed
okay this is a resumption hearing in order to address some of the concerns brought by the chair
Claire and Mr. Holloman as to some additional renderings and information and a more detailed
site plan to address some of the concerns.
So if I could share my screen in order to, we have that additional material that was
sent to the board.
That would be fine.
okay so as the board may remember from before we're talking about uh 1407-09 uh west grange
street which is this intermediate cmx2 lot um on grange and north 15th street um we were asked
by the board to provide some more details as to um i'm just going to download these plans so
they're easier to see um some additional um plans renderings and views so that the board could
confirm um some of the parking concerns and given it uh butts this resident these residential
properties so just so that um mr halliman has um an option an opportunity to to view this this is
the additional site plan with more information. He had specifically wanted to see how the property
lies with the adjacent building. So we were able to provide that here on this site plan. So I don't
know if Mr. Holloman has any additional questions specific to the site plan or if you want me to
just go through with the rest of the materials. I just know that this was important. Mr. Holloman,
do you have any questions? Yes, Ms. Vice Chairman. Let me ask, do you have, is the architect
available? Yes, Ray Rolla should be available. Can I direct my questions to the architect?
Sure. Ray, could you raise your hand? Mr. Rolla, you've been unmuted. You're free to speak.
please unmute yourself yes i'm here mr rolla can you put your name and address on the record and
then i'll swear you in yes raymond rolla r-o-l-a 1518 walnut street philadelphia pa 19102 thank
you and do you swear and affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes i do thank
you mr holliman you may proceed uh yes thank you uh counselor can you go to the
zoning site plan the zoning site plan i think it's page it's page 22 i think
sorry just taking a minute to load
in this packet
I believe so.
This is Z1 through 5.
Okay, then go to the pictures, the area of photos.
Yep. I think that was up here.
This one, sir?
No, you have another one.
the photo section photo section in the packet i provided the board or in in the updated plans
you just passed your zoning map okay you just passed your zoning map okay give me one sec
here we go
is this what you're referring to that that's it that's it can you blow it up a little bit yep
Thank you.
Thank you. I'd like to ask the architect, according to the zoning map, this property
has no street frontage. Is that correct or incorrect?
That's correct.
Okay. But you're trying to place an entrance from a street frontage because you put street
frontage on your plans on your site plan it's actually the easement frontage but it's not a
street frontage it's not on the city plan as a street correct aren't you supposed to
exit exit and interest people from a street frontage
you keep talking about people entering the building
correct and exiting the building correct
i i don't know that there's a zoning requirement for that
so you can exit people from a driveway alley anywhere
as i understand it's a driveway slash passageway easement but the passageway
was for the existing building which for the use of the existing building it's not for a new use
it's for the property owners as i understand it maybe rachel could correct me it's an easement
that is available to all the property owners uh that have bought that easement typically it runs
with the land that's not dependent on the use specifically okay that easement is for the
driveway, correct? The driveway slash passageway. No, I don't know why you keep saying slash
passageway. Of course, people use it for a driveway. When they get out the car, it turns
into a passageway. But I'm referring to using the driveway for motorists. No, this driveway
that abuts the residential is just for pedestrian access. There is another easement on the Green
Street side for vehicle access where you saw in our plans the garage doors. So there's going to
be no vehicular access on the west side, which is where the concern was that abuts the adjacent
homes. That easement is just for pedestrian access. The other easement is for the garage
where we have on the Green Street side of the property. And as you can see here,
where there'll be vehicular access. Well, let me ask you this. How do the people
in the residential area get to their garages in the rear of their property?
They drive down this private driveway with their cars. So it is a motorist passageway also.
Well, that's how they're using it. I haven't pulled every single one of their deeds to
see but i know as far as our deed is concerned it's it's not for vehicular access and that's
why we don't have our we don't have an exit and an entrance from for vehicles um on our plans
it's i think i think you may be reading the easement incorrectly the existing building
has a fire escape a fire tower correct yes yeah and that's an exit for people for the fire tower
for using that building.
That is not for people to come back and forth
as an entrance to a building.
There's an existing fire tower
that does have an exit door
into the driveway passageway.
But it's a passageway for an exit
for the existing building.
It is not to be a new entranceway to a building.
It's not entering through the stairway.
We're entering through a doorway
that's adjacent to the stairway.
that's a new doorway that you created correct well there is a door there we expanded it
well whatever it's still an exit for a fire use the exit from the stairwell with a new
entrance into the apartment lobby well i don't believe you could put a a street entrance in the
driveway for 24 hours, 24-7
usage. When other people adjacent to that
driveway can use the entire driveway 15 feet