analysis resulted, displayed that out of the 40 barbershops, only 5% of them closed at 7 p.m.
Additionally, our analysis showed that over 60% of the barbershops closed between 8 and 9.
I'm proposing to open seven days a week and closing at 9 p.m. This will allow me to accept
appointments up to 7.45 and allow 30 to 45 minutes for sanitizing and cleaning.
um my last remarks are that you please consider everything i had to say today and everything i
showed you i'm not asking for no special exceptions other than those that all barbershops
have in my area please allow me to compete and operate at the same playing field as others are
in this industry also other businesses in the area within one and a half to two blocks radius
close at 9 p.m. or later, such as Seven Brothers Supermarket, Bally's Pizzeria,
Adali's Corner Store, Golden Gate Chinese Restaurant, Brothers Pizzeria,
Roosevelt Mini Market, and only two businesses I found that close at 7 or before. And those were,
one was an animal clinic that's on Riseson Avenue and Hoagie State Breakfast Spa,
which closes before. Thank you for your time, and if you have any questions.
Thank you. Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman. No, Chair. Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no hands at this time, Chair. Planning Commission.
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, sir.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Board Members.
David Effecto, F-E-C-T-E-A-U with the City Planning Commission.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir, I do.
Proceed.
Thank you, sir.
Mr. Chairman and Board Members, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single-family zoning at this location.
this property has a documented history of use as ground floor commercial with residential
dating to at least 1960. The proposed use variance is the minimum necessary to afford
relief to the appellant, and the City Planning Commission recommends the board grant the
proposed use variances for personal services and multiple principal uses on the lot.
Thank you.
MI 2023, 001-116-100-02-West Ashdale, I vote yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Thank you, sir.
Number one, MI 2023-00969-1522 South 9th Street.
Raymond Derizio is the attorney.
Letter of opposition from Passion Square Civic Association.
And letter of opposition from Council Member Squill.
applicant does have a petition
from 73
neighbors. Mr.
DeRizio. Chair Raymond, DeRizio
is coming back in as a panelist now.
Sorry, Chair.
Am I able to exit?
Mr. Francisco, could you
exit? Yes.
Thank you.
could you state your name please and spell it for the court reporter yes good morning Mr. Chairman
Raymond Dorizio r-a-y-m-o-n-d-d-o-r-i-z-i-o all right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. Could you identify your client and
relationship to the property? Yes. My client is Joseph Stefano and Billy Motto. They're the
owners of the property. I'm your attorney for the applicants. Okay. Our vice chair has just a few
questions for you, sir. Thank you. Good afternoon, counsel. Do you agree to waive the reading of the
refusal and stipulate to its accuracy yes thank you and you know then all the required documents
and exhibits that are needed and required to proceed with this case five days in advance of
this hearing i believe so yes thank you please proceed and share your screen okay thank you
Okay, so this is 1522 South 9th Street. It's between Tasker and Dickinson, and it's also
between two little streets, which are Cross and Greenwich. My clients recently purposed the
property from an estate. The house, the property has been vacant for years now. It's a three-story
property and they have the refusal to commercial space. There's two apartments, one on the third,
one on the second. He's seeking to have the first floor, a variance for use to have an apartment on
the first floor and not a commercial space there. Here's our appeal petition.
We have the deed, recently purchased deed back in December of 2022. Here are the plans. Now the
initial plans, I know there's a letter of opposition, but I'll get to that because I
think we can parse that out. We kind of did have at least an understanding somewhat with the
with the community but my client's initial proposal was to have two bedrooms on the first
floor as you could see first floor bedroom a or I'm sorry bedroom one and bedroom two bedroom one
was in the front of the property and then after our RCO meeting which there weren't any residents
that attended that and I believe there were maybe about four or so board members but what they asked
for us to do is, and I have some emails that I'll show later, is we would agree to your proposal if
we would agree to your proposal if you would do one bedroom on the first floor and put trash
you would do one bedroom on the first floor and put trash.
compactors on the second and third floor. So my client did agree with that. And we did submit
a day later, a proposal with bedroom one changed to an office. My client took the closet out.
Now, I think one of the sticking points, which for whatever reason just wasn't made clear to us
is that they didn't want that wall there for the first bedroom and believe that my client was
doing a second bedroom which he wasn't he wants to he will um listen to the community do one
bedroom put the trash compactors and he's fully compliant with that well he would be fully
compliant with that so most of the community you have rsa5 there's some mixed use we're a couple
blocks away from from pats and genos basically this is the photo of the posters in the window
for notice of the hearing the house he took it down to the studs some of these pictures are a
little lopsided, so I apologize, but he's doing a whole new construction on it. And the house is
about one corner in from Cross Street. There's utilities. The basement would have utilities in
there, washer, dryer, heating, air conditioner, et cetera. So this is a photo of the property.
Now, you're looking to the left of that, I believe, is a single family. There's no commercial
there but to the right is a multi-unit apartment building and it takes up from where my client is
all the way to Greenwich Street so I'm sorry that this is upside down but that's a picture of that
large property next to my clients and then you have no other commercial space really on the block
but for on the northeast corner is Grumpy's Tavern now this photo is looking south down
again it's it's turned the other way but if you look at the two properties the the southwest and
southeast corner they're multi-family units they're not commercial and that's really what
the character is of this street it's all really multi-family uh here's a there's a picture looking
north and again right directly across the street from my client's property multi-family units
first floor, second floor, third floor. This is the one commercial spot on Cross Street. It's
Grumpy's. It's a bar. I believe it has apartments. This is across the street from Grumpy's, a little
larger picture of the southeast corner, multifamily residential. And this is, again, the southwest
corner. I believe that's multifamily as well. And this is my clients looking from the vantage point
of grumpy's tavern this is the side view of grumpy's across street so we did get that letter
of opposition and we had a meeting again there weren't any members of the community there and
you know what we talked about was look they didn't want two bedrooms and my client
was willing to agree to that i have emails um showing here after the meeting the committee's
in support of the first floor that's reduced to one bedroom um and the second floor units have a
trash compactor. My client's fine with that. I think where the stumbling block hit was we sent
in new plans. There was a wall there, take the closet out, make it an office. And that really
wasn't made clear to us, but fine. And then we got a letter saying, well, now we don't like anything
you're doing and we're just going to send in an opposition. But my client canvassed the
neighborhood. And again, we notified the residents by registered mail, per the rules.
and over 70 residents are okay with this and these are residents on 9th street cross street
greenwich greenwich street so all around um are in support and it was my client's understanding
that nobody really wants commercial there it's all residential and that's what basically he's
seeking here's my client's tax clearance um but essentially you know he he does own other
properties in the area. He's originally from the area, although he doesn't live in the neighborhood
anymore. But, you know, my clients are responsible landlords. They haven't had any problem. And
again, I don't necessarily think that was the issue. Sorry, that was the issue of why there
was some opposition there. So, you know, we're looking to ask for the variance. The commercial
unit would provide a distressed value there. It's not a corner property. And my client just
seeking to have the one bedroom on the first floor second and third floor as proposed as it's been
and as it's basically as he is right for and uh my client i believe is here on the zoom and i
believe he would adopt my testimony mr stefano joseph de stefano
mr de stefano
do we see him in the audience yes they haven't been allowed to talk
Okay, thank you.
Okay, thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman.
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell?
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
Joseph DiStefano, D-E-S-T-E-F-A-N-O.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceed, counsel.
Thank you.
Mr. DiStefano, you heard my testimony here today, and you saw the exhibits that we presented to the board?
And are those true and correct statements and representations that were made?
And would you adopt that testimony and those representations as your own?
Okay, I have nothing further, Mr. Chairman.
Questions from the board?
No, Chair.
No, Mr. Chairman.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no hands.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, sir.
Good morning.
David Vecto with the City Planning Commission Chair and Board Members.
The comprehensive plan recommends a change in zoning at its location from commercial mixed use to residential single family.
The property has a prior documented history of use as a private club, which predates the adoption of the zoning code in 1933.
We would argue that the property is unsuitable for the broad array of activity contemplated in the commercial mixed use zoning district.
so the zoning presents a clear hardship to the property's reuse the city planning commission
recommends the board grant the proposed use variants from the commercial ground floor
requirements in the zoning code thank you mi 2023 000 969 1522 south 9th street i vote yes
proviso trash compactor second floor trash compactor third floor
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes with provisos.
Ishmael Shaheen, my vote is yes with proviso.
Thank you, counsel.
Thank you. Have a good day.
Number four, MI 2023-001-119-1441 West Tioga Street.
Dawn Tancredi is the attorney.
letter of support from
Nicetown Tioga Improvement Team.
Chair, we have a person
by the name of Clementa Amazane.
Oh, sure. Yep. Yep.
Okay. They have been promoted to
panelists.
Good morning, Council.
good morning council good morning chairman members of the board
could you state your name please to spell for the court stenographer of course clementa amazon
That's spelled C-L-E-M-E-N-T-A.
Last name is A-M-A-Z-A-N.
And I'm an attorney at Zara Wimbaum
and I'll be presenting this project.
Thank you.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your client,
the relationship to the property?
My client is the owner of the property
Kluber Holdings LLC.
And I have Yosef Abraham as the representative
for the LLC who will be adopting my testimony.
All right.
our vice chair has just a few questions of course good morning counselor do you agree to waive the
reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy yes i do have you emailed in all the
required documents and exhibits that are needed and required to proceed with this case five days
in advance of this hearing yes i have thank you please proceed and share your screen thank you
Can everyone see my screen?
Okay, as I mentioned, I will be presenting 1441 West Tioga Street.
This is a very straightforward project in that we are requesting the legalization of a third unit.
During my presentation, I will go through the refusal.
We do have a letter of support from the RCO that we met with on April 18th.
It is a unanimous letter of support.
I'll also go through the floor plans, photos of the property, as well as photos of the posting and interior.