the view of the property to the right to the left
and here are our plans so this is the addition that we will be adding to the
rear. And it's just going to provide for a study. Everybody's working from home at this
point, so we're trying to facilitate that, make it a little bit easier. And as I mentioned
prior, we do have a letter of support from Fishtown Neighbors Association, as well as
the neighbors to the left of us. As you can see here, 15 West Widely and 17 West Wildey.
Our refusal and proof that we mailed out.
the refusal was regarding the rear yard yes okay you can summarize if you don't mind
oh of course so our refusal was for the rear yard for seven feet and we are proposing five feet for
that um so we're just going to have that two-story rear addition and we would like to also enter
proviso that it remain a single family home um and just as a heads up we would be demolishing
that back wall so we want to ensure that we would still be able to get the building permits for
that. And we're hoping that we can defer to the CBA on that matter as well.
Do you have your client with you?
I believe I do. Joe, if you could raise your hand.
Or virtually raise your hand.
If you're going to be able to get them on, we'll accept your testimony.
Hi, I'm here.
Hi, good morning.
Please identify yourself, spell your last name for the record, first and last name, please.
Hi, this is Joseph Zarnik, first name Joseph, J-O-S-E-P-H, last name Zarnik, Z as in cat, Z as in zebra, A-R-N-I-K.
And do you swear to the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you.
Please proceed, ma'am.
Thank you.
And Joe, did you hear everything that I stated today?
I did, yes.
And was it all accurate and correct?
If given the opportunity, would you adopt it as your own testimony?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Any questions from the board?
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
This is Sharon Saleta.
Can I just say that though the reference to it being a two-family dwelling and the refusal
appears to be a misunderstanding on Ellen I's part, just to clarify, if you should vote
to approve this, if you could add a proviso of saying single-family dwelling.
will do okay thank you uh anyone out there who would like to testify in this case if so please
raise your hand no hands thank you planning commission
good morning david effecto f-e-c-t-e-a-u with the city planning commission
we're in a firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes sir i do please proceed thank you mr chairman and members of the board this property is indicated
for single family residential use in the city's comprehensive plan we have no objection to
granting this variance thank you mi 2020 that's 00031713 west willie street my vote is yes with
proviso remain single family yes for proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso thank you
thank you have a great day you too miss amazon thank you next one up is mi 2020-001316 1305
north 19th street
okay chair i brought forward it appears to be the applicant or owner um excuse me this
is sharon saleta the owner for this property is um julian dominguez yes i'm here thank you
good morning sir please identify yourself with the record spell your first and last name and
i'll swear you in good morning mr chairman my name is julian dominguez
sh-u-l-i-a-n-d-o-m-i-n-g-u-e-z we're in the firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the
truth yes i do and your address sir uh is 1305 north 19th street mr dominguez have you emailed
an exhibit packet with the required documents proof of ownership proof of tax compliance
copy of the refusal photos and plans five days prior to this hearing yes i have also have you
met with the rco and have a letter yes i have please proceed um okay so i'm applying for
an appeal for my property in 1305 North 19th Street. This is currently a single family
property. I'm trying to get a variance for a two family, for a duplex.
Can I share my, sorry this is my first time, can I share my screen so you can see me?
Yeah, please do.
Share screen.
Can you see my screen?
yes okay um so this is my appeal apply application
this is a refusal and i mentioned here that this is a single family and but all the almost all the
the families on the block are multi-family or across the street is just a amount
part M1, so it's also multifamily, and this is my properties in D, and so here I'm showing
that all the properties on the block, almost all the properties are multifamily. This is
the layout of the property. Here you can see it's three floors plus a basement. I'm converting
the first floor and the basement in one unit and the second and third floor in another
unit. The first floor is going to be two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and the second and third floor
is going to be four bedrooms and three bathrooms. These are the views, so you have an idea of
the three floors and the basement.
So you know this used to be... It looks like it used to be multifamily in the past too.
it was converted back to single family um used to have two decks on the back uh the when they
saw me the the property they didn't fix this so that's my intention to fix this too during my
my renovations um
okay i i think you have all this augmentation uh do you have any questions sorry i don't know
if you need it. Okay, hold on please. Yeah. Any questions from the board? No, no, no. Anyone
else would like to testify in this case? If so, please raise your hand.
Chair, I have unmuted Mary Jones from the council president's office. Good morning,
ms jones please identify yourself for the record then i'll swear you in good morning members of
the board my name is mary jones i'm here on behalf of council president daryl clark
We're in a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
we're affirmed to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do
Thank you.
Please proceed.
The RCO meeting did take place for this project.
I've been in contact with them.
However, they told me there was opposition.
However, I have not received a letter just enumerating all their information.
their position, but they have communicated that to me.
Aaron, do we have anything on file?
It will take me a minute to look. Sure, take your time.
Thank you. Did Mr. Dominguez have the letter?
Which letter, sorry? Did you have a letter from the RCO you said?
i didn't receive anything from them okay mr domingo as you said the other properties on
the block adjacent to you are multi-families yes they are yes two units three units what
what's made mostly consist of uh mostly there are three or four units all in the block
you want to hold this aside until later on
sharon um if he has not received a letter then neither have we
because it would have been submitted by him if neither he nor the council person had
all right any questions from the board no no no anyone else would like to testify in this case
please raise your hand no hands chair thank you planning commission good morning david
effecto city planning commission mr chairman and members of the board this property is indicated
for single-family residential use in the city's comprehensive plan. We do not believe that two
units within a house that is over 2,400 square feet is an unreasonable request. We do not believe
an additional unit will have an adverse impact on the block. Accordingly, we have no objection
to granting this variance. Thank you. MI 2020, that's 001316 1305 North 19th Street. My vote is yes.
my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes thank you uh number four and number four is
continued number five is withdrawn number six is continued we go to number seven
mi 2020-001127 1614 latina street this is sharon saletta i have no record of having received
exhibits going here for 1614 latona street chair i have a muted michael moss i'm here can you hear
me yes sir please my name is michael moss um i didn't we didn't know that we had this hearing
until just by excuse me sir you are are the the owner i'm not i'm representing i have the owner
with me i can swear in the firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do so i didn't know i didn't know that we had this meeting until just the other day but i
happened to just be on phil.gov but the last time that we were in front of the board you guys
approved this but i had a supply documentation and i brought it back that day and had it time
stamped and delivered on february 5th so i'm not sure what this meeting is even for right now
are you the attorney i'm not oh i'm sorry i thought you were the attorney i'm i apologize
the owner there yes uh please identify yourself with the record spell your name please
is william moss w-i-l-l-i-a-m-m-o-s-s we're confirmed to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes sir all right would you please uh just give us a brief description
you're you're you were not aware of this hearing we didn't know about this here we we had the
hearing in front of you on february 5th of 2020 you everything was approved we just had to supply
you with a couple documents which we brought back up the same day having time stamped and all
but then right after the city closed down because of covid that you should
But then right after the city closed down because of COVID, that you should, the papers all should be in the file that you requested.
So Chair, it sounds like this might be a delay list case that came over to us.
Okay. All right. Well, we could vote it then, correct?
I would prefer if we do the research to see what we have on it prior to the vote.
it was only i think it was something like just the deed or something like that but whatever we
brought them back up within like an hour or two we brought all the documents back up we and they're
all time stamped okay so tanya how do you want to proceed um i would suggest chair if we can hold
this to next week maybe wednesday morning and do a vote as long as we verify what was requested
it by the board and that it was um received so we don't we wouldn't be closing the record would
we you would be closing the record since those documents have been submitted okay all right
mi 2020 that's zero zero one one two seven one six one four latona street the record is closed
the board will render a decision at next week's uh hearing i i have a question when we were at
the last meeting though you guys approved it i i understand but there was documentation okay
so what what do we need to do do we need to log in for another zoom meeting next week you can
listen in if you want we're not going to have a hearing we're just going to okay go over the
documentation to make sure it's everything that we needed is and if there's anything that needed
to be updated since then till now that will someone contact us via mail or something because
like i said we haven't received anything it was just a sheer glitch we were checking licenses
and came across this hearing.
Okay, understood.
You'll be notified if there's anything
that the board, that the ZBA needs.
Thank you so much for your time, everyone.
Next one up is MI2020-000201-1822 Benson Avenue.
Chair, I have Andrew Feltzen.
Andrew, are you the attorney or applicant or owner for this?
I'm the associate attorney at Glen Ross PC, which is the attorney of record.
Okay, could you hold while I promote you to panelists?
Thank you. Hello.
Okay, Andrew, you're going to mute yourself and wait to be sworn in.
Good morning, sir. Please identify yourself with a record, spell your name, and I'll spell your name.
Andrew. Andrew Feltson, A-N-D-R-E-W-F-E-L-T-Z-I-N.
We're in the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
You'll give away the reading of its refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Also, have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents, proof of ownership,
proof of tax compliance, copy of the refusal, photos and plans five days prior to this hearing?
I emailed them on Thursday, so yes.
Okay, also, have you met with the RCO and have a letter?
The RCO declined to meet with us, saying that they unanimously supported our position
and stated so in an email which was included in our packet.
Okay, so you said you emailed them this Thursday they just passed?
I emailed the packet this Thursday. The email from the RCO came in in, I believe, April, if I could check the date.
This is Sharon. I did review that email. The RCO said that their board had unanimously approved it.
They saw no need for a meeting and that the applicant could go ahead with the hearing.
Yes, and they sent that email. Yes, April 28th.
Okay, then please proceed.
Yes, sir. I apologize. This is also my first time at one of these meetings, so let me share screen.
No problem. We'll get through it.
Okay, thank you. I appreciate it.
um let's open this start with the deed for the property can you see the deed
no we don't know not yet did you click the share screen button first before opening up the document
i did click share screen hold on um and then click there we go okay you're screen sharing
I apologize. This is new for me.
No worries. No worries.
Okay. I have here the deed
for Bentoncourt Holdings, which is the record owner.
for Benton Court Holdings,
which is the record owner.
I have here the project information form, which describes the project.
I have all these were submitted in the packet. I have here the email from the Ronhurst Civic Association, which was our point of discussion.