Lekisha are most people in they're still coming in chair okay
okay chair we can begin as you wish morning my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this
morning zba hearings with me is ishmael shaheed our board our vice chair of the board
president mr chairman and thomas hallman our board member president mr chairman also here is
our board attorney hillary emerson and the zba hearing supervisor lakeisha dandy
Before we start, here's our virtual format. The proceedings are being recorded by participating
your knowledge, your agreement to be recorded. The video will be available by contacting
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to identify themselves before testifying. If you're participating by phone,
If you wish to testify, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email and the address of the property in question.
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All comments should be directed to our executive director, Tanya Sumter.
So let's look at the continuances we have for today, this morning.
Number 9, MI 2022, 004-778-635 North 22nd Street.
This case is continued.
Number 12, MI 2022, 004-789-1821 North Natrona Street.
This case is continued.
Number 14, MI 2022-004-686-2300-06 Tasker Street. This case is continued. Attorney moving party.
And number 16, MI 2022-004-751-6243 Ogons Avenue. This case is continued. Are there any comments
relative to the four cases I just called for continuance?
Good morning, Chair. This is Yvette Benton. I see no hands up at this time.
thank you uh are there any requests for additional continuances
i see no hands just a moment chair we have uh craig meladozian with his hand up
sure it's the meladozian can you please unmute yourself and wait for the chair
Mr. Melodosian?
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Craig, C-R-A-I-G, last name Melodosian, M-E-L-I-D-O-S-I-A-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What case, sir?
7256 Saybrook Avenue, the coordinating RCO.
we have so you you want that case continued well i yes the uh applicant uh did not understand that
she was an llc and needed to be represented by council okay fine thank you so mi2022
00467 excuse me mr chair can we can we make sure i believe the owner of the llc was supposed to be
appearing and requesting a continuance this morning we made sure they're not here as well
before we do anything or see if they're here first.
The owner here.
Chair, we have someone up, someone with a hand up.
It just says Zoom user.
It has no name.
Okay, that's fine.
Bring her in.
Bring her in.
The person under the name Zoom User,
The person.
could you please unmute yourself and wait for the chair?
Good morning.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Zoom User?
Zoom User?
chair they're not responding okay so we're going to all right so number six MI 2022 004
677 7256 Saybrook Avenue that case is continued are there any other requests for continuances
chair we have someone by the name of Noel Garcia
Miss Garcia please unmute yourself and wait for the chair
mr garcia could you state your name please and spell for the court reporter
my name is noel garcia n-o-e-l-g-a-r-c-i-a right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth yes you want to continue your case sir yes okay um mi
July 2022-004-780-4712 Ella Street. That case is continued.
Thank you for calling in, Mr. Garcia. Thank you. Any other requests for continuance?
Chair, we have a Nicole Galliard. Ms. Galliard, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Okay, I believe I am unmuted. Hi, could you state your name and spell please for the court reporter?
Sure. My name is Nicole Galliard, N-I-C-O-L-E.
Last name is G-A-I-L-L-I-A-R-D.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What case are you calling about?
536-Brenton.
What number is that, Hillary?
That's number 15, Mr. Chair.
We did not receive any exhibits.
All right.
So that case, we do not have any exhibits.
It's your first listing, okay?
We have the listed owner as Lisa Terry.
Yes, that is correct.
Lisa Terry is on the line as well.
All right.
All right.
And she's requesting it.
All right.
She's requesting a continuance.
Yes, that is correct.
because we the RCO was not able to accommodate the public meeting okay so MI 2022 004 excuse me
Mr. Chair can we have um Miss Terry come on the line I'm not clear what um Nicole's relationship
to the okay sure you put Miss Terry on the line please Lisa are you there because they're asking
for you to join the line I am here hi could you state your name please and spell for the court
reporter
could you do it again please
all right do you have two do you have two devices on you're breaking up
miss terry are you requesting a continuance
okay all right so mi 2022 004 784 536 britain street at cases continue
are there any other cases for continuance
chair i see no hands at this time okay so i have a few cases that we have no exhibits
uh number six let's see what we have here the six ten
case number 10 mi 2022 004 799 1711 spruce street kawana curry is the listed applicant
we have no exhibits first i see no hands up at this time so number 10 mi 2022 004 799 1711
spruce street that case is continued and number 11 mi 2022 004 678 6252 lime kiln pike
Lamont Haley is the owner.
Lamont Haley is the owner.
Mr. Haley.
Mr. Haley, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Hi, Mr. Haley, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Sure, Lamont Haley, L-A-M-O-N-T, Haley, H-A-I-L-E-Y.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Mr. Haley, we do not have any exhibits for your case.
Why is that?
Pardon me?
I said, why is that, sir?
I gave all the exhibits to the RCOs and Mr. Charles L. Richardson of Miss Sidney Bass.
Well, you have to send it to the zoning board.
Oh, wow.
okay so so here here's what i want you to do this is your first listing
call the office they will tell you what you need to send down there okay
and then we'll get you straight for the next hearing okay when would that be well you'll
the staff will let you know when that's going to be rescheduled to okay okay and i 2022 004
678-6252, Lime Kiln Pike. This case is continued.
Okay, we're going to move now to our add-on list.
Number one, MI 2022-003-270-2201 East Tioga Street.
This case is being moved and will be voted on at the 2 p.m. list.
Number two, MI 2022, 6013 Vine Street.
I vote yes with proviso.
Approved use is equipment and material storage yards and buildings.
No parking is approved on this penalty.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thank you. Number three, MI 2022-001-065-131 West Walnut Lane, I vote yes with Proviso.
Revised plan, one page, stamped by ZBA on January 25th, 2023.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thank you.
We're going to go to our regular list.
Number one, MI 2022-004-796-815 Forrest Avenue. Brittany Ann Culver is the tenant applicant. This is pro se. There's a letter of opposition from the 50th Ward Democratic Executive RCO.
Ms. Culver, can you please raise your hand?
Sherry, Ms. Culver is coming back in as a panelist now.
Thank you.
Good morning.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Hello.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Brittany Ann Culver.
B-R-I-T-T-N-E-Y-A-N-N-C-O-V-E-R.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Hillary, do we need a camera on her?
Yes, if she can turn on her video, that would be great.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
This application is for use as a visitor accommodation in the second floor dwelling unit of an existing attached to family dwelling.
The proposed use visitor accommodation is prohibited in the RSA 5 Zoning District.
Our Vice Chair has a few questions for you.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Have you emailed all the exhibits and required documents five days in advance to proceed with this case?
Thank you. Please proceed and share your screen.
I must share my screen yes with all of the documents yes okay
with all of the documents yes okay the green button is the bottom yes i sent them several emails
um hold on a second
are you all seeing my screens um we're seeing emails yes i am so so here's what we need to
see we need to see a picture of the location yes i have all of that here could you send
show me some photos please yes i will well okay sorry i wasn't expecting
that i thought so this is the pictures posting yeah
okay and then
i'll just go into my phone to make it easier but i did send all of this in an attachment i thought
that they would present it can you um stop sharing your screen and then uh start sharing it once
you're once you get your documents up please okay no problem
why don't we do this why don't why don't we do this why don't you figure out how get all
your documents together oh i do have all of my documents together but in a format that you could
present it and what we'll do is we'll come back to you in about an hour is that okay i have it
here now ready. We'll bring it up then, please. Okay. It's all right here.
Just one more second.
Okay, here we go. I'm going to start sharing my screen.
Sorry. Okay, here we go.
are you ready yes okay
You have the letter from the RCO?
Yes, I do.
Can I see the letter from the RCO?
I'm going to stop the sharing so I can just grab that.
I have that right here.
One more second and I'll begin to share my screen.
Okay, I'm going to start sharing my screen now.
what was the vote of the rco um they did not most of them did not approve it
i have it up here but the reason i believe that a lot of the people on the rco board wasn't um
familiar with the Airbnb platform they they really had no idea what it entailed but this