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ZBA Hearing - July 20, 2022

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Jul 20, 20224h 5m

and this is the one i oh the proof of

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So did you see all the

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yeah you posted the property right sir you posted the property right yes yes sir

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yes um the gate

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mr chairman can i just ask one more question you most certainly can okay um miss aliemi where are

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you going to be storing the trash so the in that law there's a big you know when you when you come

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into the gate the land is so big and they have like you know the what's it called the big

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you know the big trash you have a dumpster there don't start don't start yeah don't start

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that's what i want to see yes but it's not near where the kids play no it's so far away

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Okay. Okay. Thank you.

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So questions from the board?

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No, Mr. Chairman.

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No, Mr. Chairman. I think I asked them.

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Okay. No, Mr. Chairman.

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Thank you. Questions or comments from the virtual audience?

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yes chair we have dylan mahoney okay

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mr mahoney could you mr mahoney could you state your name and spell for the court reporter please

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good afternoon my name is dylan mahoney spelled d-i-l-l-o-n-m-a-h-o-n-e-y from the office

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councilwoman parker thank you do you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but

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the truth i do proceed dylan um so as the applicant mentioned there seems to have been

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some miscommunications with the rco um i've been attempting to reach out um i think that the summer

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scheduling might have gotten the best of them um i we don't feel that it's necessary to sort of

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further delay the applicant with a complete continuance, but if we could hold the vote for

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however long the board would feel would be appropriate to allow for the possibility of

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an RCO meeting, the office would appreciate that. Thank you.

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Planning Commission.

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This is Ron Bednar, City Planning. The property is indicated for commercial use or for residential

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use on the city plan given the physical conditions and the circumstances of the site

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recommend the request of variance be granted thank you um

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we're going to hold the vote for two weeks is that okay hillary

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um you may want to if so if there is a meeting that is going to be held

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by the time it gets scheduled and the applicant sends out meeting notices i don't think two

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weeks would be sufficient um mr mahoney do you know how soon a meeting could possibly be scheduled

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um uh worst case i'm happy to work with the applicant to host a meeting as soon as as soon

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as she would be available sort of through zoom um with our office coordinating um so i don't see

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why we couldn't get that done um at the first the first week in august um assuming that there's a

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day that week that would work for the applicant maybe maybe we should hold for 30 days 30 days

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is fine okay thank you case is closed just for that right correct the record the record is closed

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except for um from a letter from the rco and uh would the council office like to be able to submit

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a letter as well oh yes thank you okay so

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Oh, yes. Thank you.

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Okay.

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So, how are we doing with our case, Tanya, that we bypassed?

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Case number one.

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Case number one.

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I see her in the audience. Could we call her forward again, Chair?

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Sure, please.

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please. Ms. Carter, are you available? Could you raise your hand? And staff, can we open

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her mic? Her mic is open. She would just have to unmute herself. Ms. Carter, can you unmute

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yourself, please.

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Ms. Carter, you just have to have her near the bottom left.

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Hi, Ms. Carter.

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Hello.

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Hi.

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Hi.

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Ms. Carter, I'm good.

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I'm good.

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Could you state your name, please, and spell for a court reporter?

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Yes.

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M-A-R-C-H-E-S-A.

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C-A-R-T-E-R

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth

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the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

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Yes, I do.

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So, Ms. Carter

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we don't have any exhibits from you.

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The paperwork

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has not come to us.

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I believe it is.

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Both of the websites

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told me to send them to you.

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Pardon me?

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Did you understand me?

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No, could you say it again one more time, please?

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Yes.

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I sent them to both websites.

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I sent pictures, and I also sent my project and the application, the original application.

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Okay.

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So, Ms. Carter, we did not get the paperwork.

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This is the second listing, but is your company in a corporation name?

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Who owns your company?

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I own my company.

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I'm the sole part.

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I have a very small daycare for children after the pandemic, it really went slow, whereas it was hard for me to get children.

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry, ma'am.

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Listen to me. So, Hillary, do we need an attorney for her?

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Yes. So, Ms. Carter, the property in question, 1534 North 17th Street, do you own that property or are you leasing that property?

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No.

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Ms. Carter, you have to unmute.

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I apologize about that.

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Yes, I own that property.

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I've been in it for 19 years.

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Okay.

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So you're seeking to expand the daycare in that property.

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and is the property um in your name or is it in the name of your daycare it's in my name okay

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all right okay all right then she will then she will not um need an attorney

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mrs carter we're going to continue this case one more time and please get a hold of the office

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call our staff you'll see the phone number and the email they sent you and we will make sure that

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the next time at least you know what you need to send us we just don't have any paperwork from you

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right now well that's really disappointing because i promised you i did what i was supposed to do

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but that's fine i appreciate you continuing sure sure but do me a favor when you're getting ready

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to do it make sure you touch base for our office the people there are very helpful and we'll see

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what we can do to help you. Okay. I tried to contact them this morning also, but I wasn't

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able to get through my contact yesterday. I think maybe this morning, everybody was

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working on the line here. So, but you know, just try again next week or whatever. And we'll let

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you know when your cases continue to. Okay. Will that be months away? I'm not sure, but if you

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check with the office, they'll give you an idea of what we're going to do. Is it possible I can

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I think what you need to do, any other questions you have, call the office to answer your questions, okay?

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Thank you.

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Is there anyone else on the 330 list that case has not been heard or called?

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I see no hands, Chair.

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Thank you, everybody.

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Good day.

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a lot of good work thank you everybody good evening everyone good night everyone

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A lot of good work.

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Thank you, everybody.

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Have a good evening, everyone.

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Have a good evening.

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thank you pauline oh thank you tanya thanks pauline bye hillary bye

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