Your office of the court will take it.
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Chair, we have Dylan Mahoney.
Hi, Mr. Mahoney.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Could you state your name and spell, please, for the court reporter?
It's Dylan Mahoney, spelled D-I-L-L-O-N, last name, M-A-H-O-N-E-Y.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceed.
Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the board.
With respect to the RCO letter, I'm reaching out to the organization, just a request to the board to hold its vote for however long the board would grant so we can get that letter in and also from our office.
Thank you, Mr. Mahoney.
He spoke to me about that today, no objection.
Okay, is there any other questions from the virtual audience?
I see no hands, Chair.
Hi, Planning Commission.
Good morning, Chair Bergman.
Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
Last name spelled H-E-G-A-R-T-Y.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Proceed.
Thank you.
Good morning, Board members.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing single-family zoning
on this block um this appellant's property is a corner property that is more than twice as wide
as the minimum lot width for the rsa5 zoning district um and there are examples of two family
use uh being typical on the end of row structures in this neighborhood so the city planning
commission recommends that the board grant the variance thank you um mr stein we're going to
hold the vote until we hear from the RCO. Thank you. Record is closed except for a letter from
the RCO. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Let's go to our regular list again here. Let's see. One, two.
Number three, MI 2022-004-552-134 West Luray Street.
Hector Diaz is the owner.
No RCO letters of yet from Esperanza.
Mr. Diaz.
Chair, we have two hands up for Badesa Cadillio.
for badisa cadillio okay would you like for me allow her to speak please
Would you like to...
ma'am you're free to speak hi could you state your name and spell for the court reporter please
yes hector diaz h-e-c-t-o-r d-i-a-z i'm sorry d-i-a-z right do you swear or firm to tell
truth the whole truth is nothing but the truth yes this application is for a use as a two-family
household living in an existing structure whereas the proposed use two-family household living
is expressly prohibited in this rsa 5 residential zoning district our vice chair has a few questions
for you mr diaz okay good morning council do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal
to stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed all the exhibits that are required
for this case five days in advance before this hearing?
Thank you.
Can you please proceed and share your screen?
He's coming back in now as a panelist.
Thank you.
I don't want to do that.
you should now have that uh share screen option available to you at the bottom of your screen
Mr. Diaz we would need to see you too right so do you have your camera on
Mr. Diaz, sir, you have to unmute yourself.
Thank you.
We see you now.
So would you start sharing your screen?
um yes can i please let batista cadillo explain mine to show your presentation to show my
presentation i'm sorry no you well you can put the you have to you're it's your testimony
she can show the screen and you testify off the screen okay okay is that all right yeah i'm just
just trying to bear with me i'm uh speak a little bit of english and spanish okay we're fine we're
Fine, fine, just let her put the screen, give her the screen, let her put the screen up
and you talk along with it, okay?
We'll take you through it.
All right, thank you.
So that's your application, right?
Thank you, board.
Yes, that's my application.
Okay, proceed.
It says that's an application.
um we're moving this she's moving keep going the refusal that's the refusal
we have the refusal okay yeah i'm good with the refusal
that's the appeal we're good okay excuse me this is hillary mr ds needs to be the
the one who's testifying i hear someone else also testifying in the background thank you
I'm sorry. That's your project information form. Yep.
You had a community meeting October 18, 2022, right? Yep.
It's your deed. Yep.
Okay, that's the back of the house.
Lower it down.
Let's see.
Go back up.
Okay, can you turn that picture for us?
That's the back of the house, you're saying, right?
Yep, that's the backyard.
Proceed with the pictures.
I have some new updated pictures inside too.
No, no. Hector's got to speak. Go back. I want to see the front of the building.
Mr. Diaz, is this currently a duplex and you're trying to legalize it?
That's the first floor kitchen.
That's the front of the house entrance to the top, to the second floor.
I'm sorry.
okay yep
that is the bathroom from the second floor
that's the entry to the second floor right
and then yes
turn this next form so I could we can see the form
could you turn this form for us it's upside down
okay that's your mailings okay proceed
you have a picture of your posting um yes
Move it please.
Certification.
move on
tax clearance certification yeah i see i see that
is there a picture of the house being posted
yes all right let's let's see the posting
Can you give me one minute for the picture, please?
all right so that's i see you okay
those are the plans
Okay, take me to the posting, pictures of the posting.
Is that your picture or your posting?
Are there other multiple family houses on your block?
How many?
It's like three of them or four of them, if I'm not mistaken.
And how long have you had your house as a multiple family dwelling?
Like about three years.
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Chair, we have Sloan Folks.
Good morning, Chairman.
Good morning, Mr. Folks.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Yes, sir.
my name is sloan folks s-l-o-a-n-e f-s and fire o-l-k-s office member i'm sorry i'm representing
Office member, I'm sorry, representing the Office of Council Member Ketzi Lozada, Room 316 City Hall.
the office of council member uh
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do, sir.
Proceed, sir.
On May 27, 2022, former Council Member Maria King-Elena Sanchez submitted a letter in non-opposition for this various requests for the June 1st variance hearings held by the ZBA.
Presently, Council Member Lozada concurs with her position of non-opposition for this various
requests. The applicant has met with the coordinating RCO and has received a letter of
support. Thank you very much. I'm available for any questions.
Thank you. Could you have that? Hillary, we don't have a letter, right?
No, Mr. Chair, we did not receive a letter.
Sloan, could you send the letter over to our office?
Sloan?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Folks, could you send the letter to our office so we have a copy?
I will be sure to send a letter from Councilwoman Lazada, the original letter from Councilwoman Sanchez, and a letter from the RCL.
I appreciate that.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Anyone else from the virtual audience?
I see no hands, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman.
Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
Board members, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing RSA 5 single-family zoning at this property.
We believe the predominant land use on this block is single-family.
The appellant has not supported their hardship claim with evidence of unique physical circumstances that would make single-family use infeasible.
and so the city planning commission recommends that the board deny the variance thank you mi
2022 004 552 134 west loray street i vote yes thomas holloman my vote is yes james snell my vote
is yes.
Ishmael Shahid, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
Number
four, MI 2022
004-557-6013
Vine Street.
No RCO letter.
Gabay, Lionel
Abram Ginsberg, attorney for
owner good morning chair good morning board this is lionel artem ginsburg in place of ellie goodbye
for i for uh zy pro the owners of 1613 vine street uh we provided the board with an arson
wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute do me a favor state your name and spell please for the
court reporter lionel artem ginsburg l-i-o-n-e-l last name a-r-t-o amazon mary hyphen g-i-n-z-b-u-r-g
right do you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i do um could you state uh who the owner is and their relationship to the property
The owner of the property is ZY Properties, LLC.
I have one of the co-owners here with me, Mr. Noah Ziv.
Okay, and our vice chair has a few questions for you, sir.
Good morning, Counselor.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Have you emailed all the exhibits that were required to move forward with this case within five days of this hearing?