Can you see it now?
Can you see it now?
All right, in that case.
Try unsharing and then reopen the file and share again.
Okay, stop share.
and then
put that down
for you
okay now go back and share again
share screen
share that okay so this is right now it's a vacant building yes yeah it's a blighted
building um this is a picture um of the front okay
I have another, I have
other pictures, so I'm going to try
and... Okay, we don't see anything right now.
Alright, let's stop sharing again.
And then let's go back down. Preview this one.
Open the picture, try opening it and downloading it
so we'll be able to view the document.
give me a second
oh okay now let me make this bigger i'm starting to get the hang of it
and there's the other picture that's the basement right no this is oh this is the first floor as
well okay okay all right there's no stairs going is this building is this building the end of the
block yes it is a corner property corner property okay so so it's a corner property that you have
and now you're going to redo it and you want to use it as a child care center right yes sir
okay so um why don't you show us your plans of what you're going to do to bring this up to
one moment
just some of the plans
yes sir
one second
one second
one second
One moment, I'm trying to find one that shows, okay, let's bring this back up and then share
screen click on this and share okay this here shows something you could turn that for us
right you know how to turn the document
i don't know how to turn this around
tell us what you're going to do to the building
put it that way
well I'm going to be
as you can see
putting in
one bathroom on each
I'm going to be finishing the basement
but not using it
child care I'm just going to be using it
for storage
right um i'm going to be uh putting a where the there's an existent uh exterior stairs
but the doors the doors are flush to the ground they have those metal doors that's flush to the
ground i want to create an entrance into the basement um i'm going to be adding a handicap
ramp on the front
on the front
with an iron
railing. Those are the only
two things that's going to be done on the exterior.
Oh, there's going to be a fire escape
stairs, a
A right on fire escape stairs with two landings on the rear of the building, and that's going to be confined to the that's going to be confined.
right iron fire escape stairs with
two landings on the rear of the
building.
We see your drawings now.
So it's going to be confined to the first and second floor of the daycare center.
The fire escape stairs is going to be confined to the backyard, so it's not going to extend outside of the property.
What I'm saying is the child care centers be on the first and second floor?
Yes, sir.
And there was a permit.
There was a permit.
Okay, so you're on a corner property.
You also have the support of the HMC Squared Community Association and 19 people in favor, right?
And two in opposition.
Yes, sir. I already operate. I service the community. I operate an insurance agency at 5642, which is on the opposite corner.
So this is on a different corner. You're going to be with this.
Okay. All right. Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Chair.
Questions or comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson?
Not at this time, Mr. Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I see no hands, Chair.
Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman.
This is Sarah Bond with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
S-A-R-A-H-B-A-N-H.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Please proceed.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing commercial mixed-use zoning.
The proposed use will not cause detrimental impacts to the neighborhood beyond what might normally be expected.
Therefore, the City Planning Commission recommends that the Zoning Board grant the variance.
Thank you.
MI 2023-006-109-5700 Lansdale Avenue, I vote yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote yes.
James Snell my vote is yes thank you you have your votes ma'am thank you board thank you everyone
right okay now we're going to go to number six Mr. Chair I believe that Mr. Shahid is now present
yes I'm here okay so we're going to go to our add-on
let's see here okay mi 2023 005 747 1936 walkin street
i vote yes for a temporary variance to expire 13126
thomas holloman my vote is no
james snell my vote is yes with proviso ishmael shaheed my vote is yes with proviso
and is she got to certify
yes and i also certify that i have read the materials on this case um and my vote is yes
with Proviso. Thank you. We're going to move to number six, MI 2023-005-995-808 South 9th Street.
Danny Chu is the owner applicant. This application is for the change of use to visitor accommodations.
The proposed use visitor accommodation is prohibited in the CMX2 zoning district.
There's a letter of non-opposition from the Bella Vista neighbors with the proviso that use be limited to the three existing residential units and not include the vacant commercial space on the first floor.
Sir, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
My name is Derek. I'm the son of Danny. Danny's right here.
Well, can he speak English?
A little bit.
A little bit.
Yeah, figure it out.
Hillary?
Yes, Derek, because your father owns the property, he needs to be the one to testify.
You cannot testify in his place.
um we can go ahead and start the hearing um if he's unable um to to to get through the hearing
then we can give you another date and we can make sure we have an interpreter for him you can go
ahead okay all right thank you sir could you state your name and spell for the court sonographer
uh my name is not denny last name is chill sis are you uh okay
Last name is Chiu, C-H-I-U.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
All the truth.
And we have our vice chair is going to ask you a couple questions, okay?
No problem.
Good afternoon, sir.
Have you emailed in all the required documents and all the exhibits that was needed and required to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
Yeah, I do.
Thank you.
Please proceed and share your screen.
Okay, thank you.
No problem.
How do we share a screen?
Is it on the...
Should be a green button at the bottom of your screen.
Yeah, green button on the bottom.
Open your documents first.
It's up.
We're good.
All right.
so Danny
the first thing I see there is a letter
from the local RCO
and they're in support of what you want to do
and they voted
six to zero in your favor
continue with the documents
let's see what this is
this is
keep going on
yep we see that
we're good with that keep going
The building right now has three apartments, sir?
And it has a commercial space?
Show us some photos.
that's in front of the building okay that's the front of the building right in the center
there with the two doors yes okay keep going that's in front of the street okay
that's the street that's the right in front that's the right in front of the building
okay this is the this is the one unit of the second floor okay
there's a second and that's the second unit in the front okay
oh that's it okay so you have a you you have a building now has three apartments
And a commercial unit on the first floor.
And you want to change that to visitor accommodations?
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chairman.
No, Chair.
Questions or comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson?
Yes, Mr. Chair.
Sure. Mr. Chu, as you presented, the RCO asked that the board, if they grant, add a proviso limiting the visitor accommodations used to the three existing dwelling units and not include the commercial unit on the first floor.
Can you tell us what your thoughts are in that proviso?
That's fine, because we were planning to keep the first floor as commercial.
Yeah, that's why we keep the first floor for the commercial.
Okay, so the second and third floor, the building has three floors, the second and third floor are residential, and there's three units between those two floors.
Is that correct?
Okay, thank you.
Mr. Chair, if you do grant, I just would suggest limiting the use to the existing residential units on the second and third floors.