we have a mechanical parking system that essentially moves the cars around, and
my video is not on, sorry, moves the cars around, and
as a result, placing the electric electrical charging stations is not possible. We even
looked at putting in adjacent spaces, but that's really our stacking, so that's not going to work.
And then, finally, there is a refusal for a setback requirement.
We are set back off the street two feet of the portion of the building.
This carried over from the original approval, and because the adjacent property comes to
the street, they wrote this technical refusal.
In your packet, there should be a letter of support from the RCO, and I'm happy to
if the screen is shared to walk everyone through the plans
or turn it over to Harman Deutsch to respond to any questions.
Thank you.
Is there anyone else who wishes to testify on this matter?
Anyone on, Tanya?
um no one has
is that me so bill i keep muting you because you have feedback
but do you wish to testify regardless and i can unmute you i think bill bill katz uh
bill if you just want to affirm my testimony adopted as your own um
Bill Katz is Katz C-A-T-T-S
Mr. Katz I didn't swear in you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
but the truth yes all right thank you Herc
Bill have you heard my testimony and do you adopt it as your own
yes thank you all right I'll ask again is there anyone else who wishes to testify on this matter
Planning hands I'm sorry somebody up no no other hands you're fine okay thank you I will just say
that you know from from when we submitted the application through the construction design
there were some minor changes and we've submitted those to Sharon and the revised plan so this will
be a revised plan essentially you know when we went to design construction we reduced the size
of the building by a couple inches we had to reconfigure some gfa but really all structurally
driven and does not increase any of the refusals thank you uh questions from the board
planning commission chairman and members of the board this property is indicated for residential
use on the comprehensive plan. We have no objection to the minor modifications of the plan that was
previously approved. Thank you. Calendar number 397161222 North 2nd Street. My vote is yes.
Correct me if I'm wrong, Sharon, reading your notes. A revised plan proviso will be required.
yes revised plans three pages submitted to and approved by the zoning board today yes
Yes. Revised plan is three pages. Submitted to and approved by the zoning board.
thank you sonographer did you get that yes i got it thank you you're welcome my vote is yes with
proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso thank you thank you very much i appreciate everyone's
time stay safe thank you i said we do have the letter we do have the letter on sully street now
if you'd like to go forward with that that's the next one in succession right number number two
yeah let's go with number two calendar number 39225 1869 sally avenue mr perry
uh i just promoted him as panelists he should be here in a minute okay
Thank you.
Mr. Perry are you there you are available if you want to unmute yourself you can go
ahead and speak okay I'm trying on what we can we can hear you okay great I am
hear. I'm on Zoom. I don't know if you can see me on your video. We can hear you. Mr. Perry, do you
agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy? Yes, I do. Now we can
see you. Now we see you. Thank you very much. And you can see I'm in my office. This is an application
for two surface off-street
parkings. Mr. Perry, stop.
Name and address.
Oh, my name and address.
Okay, it's Roger Perry,
734 South 4th Street,
Philadelphia, PA,
19147.
This is an application
to the board for a variance
from a refusal for two
off-street surface parkings.
Helena Worthington is the owner of the property.
i'm sorry i'm sorry chair could you swear him in i'm sorry my mistake i need to swear you in
they swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes i do thank you thank you tanya thanks all set
all set yes sir
uh 1869 Solly Avenue single-family house is a request for two off-street surface parking
the entrance would be off of Loretta Avenue which is the side street from Solly Avenue it's a corner
property the documents and the photographs have been submitted to the board it's noted that in
this particular block and neighborhood all the other adjacent houses do have off-street parking
some with surface parking some with both surface parking and garages this uh proposal and refusal
was heard by the ronhurst civic association in january and it was supported without objection
by the members of the community so what we're asking for is mr perry can i interrupt you for
minute and let you know that I did just send you a letter from Alice Udovich
saying that the Ron Hurst Civic Association has no objection. Thank you.
So in conjunction with the submissions and the photographs on this appeal, we're
asking the board to approve the use of two off-street surface parking. There
will be a gate on Loretta Avenue and it'll have the appropriate curb cut and
and be available with a concrete pad
pursuant to appropriate building scenarios.
Thank you.
There also is a letter from Councilman O'Neill
in non-opposition.
Thank you.
Is there anyone else who wishes to testify
in this matter?
There are currently no hands up.
Thank you.
Questions from the board?
Planning Commission.
planning commission chairman and members of the board this property is
Chairman and members of the Board, this property is indicated for residential use on the comprehensive plan.
We feel that due to the placement of the driveway on a corner lot that only one space should be approved to accommodate some of the setback.
It also appears that there is ample on-street parking to alleviate the request for only one parking space.
Accordingly, we recommend that only one space be approved.
all right uh just a question again sharon ron her said they're not opposed to it correct
that's correct and the councilman's okay all right uh calendar number three nine two two five
one eight six nine solely avenue my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes
Tom unmute yourself
Tom unmute
you got to unmute yourself
why is Alan there
my vote is yes
thank you Tom
thank you
thank you
yes you go
stay safe
Alan you're back on
can't hear you got on mute yeah i'm trying can you hear me now yes we can you know what i don't
think you actually granted sure's lane with the proviso with the with the uh revised drawings
you did not did
so i just thought about that so i just wanted to want yeah we said revised plans three pages
time today was it that was uh oh that was second that was second street all right so yep just yeah
how many pages did you have that one alan did you submit those in advance i did it's actually
sharon if you look at you actually asked me a question about it it was okay
it's a second page in it's one page one page yeah i can't read my eyesight's going um
I can't see the
I can't see the date.
Hold on a second.
Well, if it's one page, we'll revote it.
That's all.
Yeah, okay.
All right.
Calendar number 39665.
132 Schurz Lane.
My vote is yes with the proviso.
One page stamped today.
Not stamped.
Submitted to and approved by the board today.
One page submitted to and approved by the board today.
my vote is yes with proviso yes with proviso thank you all thank you all right have a great day
you too
moving on to the next case calendar number 39600 10 west gravers lane
and mr gumbel tanya is the attorney yes can you hear me
hello are you there yes we can thank you okay sir do you agree to waive the reading of the
refusal and stipulate to its accuracy yes we do um sorry it's a referral can you put your name
and address on the record please yes good afternoon mr chair members of the board my name is mike
gumbel g-u-m-b-e-l my address is 850 south 2nd street philadelphia one nine
one four seven I'm gonna swear you in sir do you swear or affirm to tell the
truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth I do thank you please proceed
in one second i promoted him to panelists
he's muted also
yes mike you have to unmute yourself and you're promoted to panelists
in case you want to use your video am i back now yes you are thank you
okay um i'm joined on the line today by dr jacob arasco he's the managing member
of the owning entity tommy holdings llc for 10 west gravers lane in case you have any questions
for mr dr arasco and if you want to swear him in mr chairman we'll wait to hear from you and then
we'll ask okay uh the subject property itself is up in the chestnut hill section of the city
it's approximately 7,500 square feet and currently zoned CMX 2.5. This is a use
This is a use application seeking a special exception for a group practitioner office.
application seeking a special exception for a group practitioner office.
Dr. Roscoe and his wife have been operating their pediatric dentistry and orthodontics practice several blocks away on Germantown Avenue.
And as their lease expired, they sought an opportunity to purchase the building and cement their practice in the community.
Unfortunately, the code only permits a solo practitioner medical office by right, thus resulting in the current appeal.
uh we previously met with the several times with the chestnut hill community association and
overlapping rcos which submitted a letter of support prior to the shutdown uh in addition
we have submitted to zbi i believe all the requested supporting documents
anyone else wish to testify on this case
i do have charles richardson's name uh hand up mr richardson i am going to allow you to speak
you can richardson mr richardson please identify yourself spell your name for the stenographer
charles richardson office of councilwoman cindy bass r-i-c-h-a-r-d-s-o-n uh since we had no letter
to submit at the moment before you go I just want to ask you swear for him to tell the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God thank you Charles uh we weren't able to
submit a letter but uh just wanted to let you know the councilwoman has no opposition to the uh
to the request of the variant thank you give our best to the councilwoman I shall
Anyone else wish to testify on this matter?
Questions from the board? Am I going too fast, Tanya?
No, you're fine. Okay, questions from the board? Can we pause for one second, please? Yep.
Bear with us two more minutes, please.
Thank you.
Chair, I'm going to just have to make a quick phone call to legal counsel, if you can give
me a minute, please.
No problem.
Hi, Chair.
thank you for um the pause we are going to request that um another planning commission
representative give their opinion or recommendation thank you so much
thank you who will that be
Martha Cross
All right, Ms. Cross
And if we can give her just one second
We'll be brought up to speed
Hi, good afternoon
I believe Ron Bednar is also prepared to give testimony
Martha, Martha, could you identify yourself, please?
Sure. Martha Cross, M-A-R-T-H-A-C-R-O-S-S, as in SAM, representing the Planning Commission.
Okay, please proceed.
Sure. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the Zoning Board. The Planning Commission has no objection to this application.
Thank you very much. All right. Any questions from the Board I asked and the Planning Commission gave its opinion?
calendar number i'm sorry chair yeah i could intervene we do have a hand up from celeste
yeah I could intervene we do have a hand up from Celeste Hardister I'm going to
harderster
allow you to speak you can unmute yourself and give your testimony I also
did just text the chair the letter from the community organization good
Good afternoon. This is Celeste Hardister, C-E-L-E-S-T-E-H-A-R-D-E-S-T-E-R, address 368 Green Lane, 19128.