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ZBA Hearing - January 13, 2026

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Jan 13, 20261h 16m

yes um mr harris

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see yes good morning mr harris um mr harris just we'll explain what we need to do today

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sure um you'll um give us testimony uh regarding the layout and presentation of additional photos

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yes okay perfecto entonces buenos días señor harrys en este caso estamos explicando lo que

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vamos a necesitar el día de hoy usted nos va a estar dando un testimonio en cuanto a lo que es

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el la presentación de las fotos adicionales they'll be questions from the board public testimony and

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the planning commission va a haber preguntas de la junta testimonios públicos y de la comisión de

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planeaciones mr harris please start your presentation sure if you would just go a

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little bit slower so the interpreter can tell the individual what's going on okay

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okay sure thank you by the way no problem so you may recall

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No problem. So, you may recall this was, this is a resumption hearing to legalize a two-family property that Mr. Caceres purchased sight unseen in 2015 from a sheriff's sale.

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and the the layout of the property is that it is two it is two levels

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And then a basement. And the two levels of living area, the first floor, which is one bedroom. And these are the plans of it, the floor plans for that.

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um so it's one bedroom this is the first floor and then

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going up to the second floor

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it's the same layout of the uh bedroom that's in a that is in the back let me also

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and in the basement where there was a lot of questions about

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mr harris i'm sorry can you just pause there and we'll allow the interpreter to

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relay the the last chunk sure thank you

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and where there was a lot of questions was the basement um and the basement is just used as

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storage it has a mechanical room bathroom and this is what it is and i also have

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have photos of that, you can translate that.

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And this is the front of the building right here that I'm pointing at right here.

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Y aquí está la parte del frente del edificio en donde yo estoy apuntando en este momento.

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And so, here are the supplemental pictures of the basement.

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This is, I believe, the front of it.

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This is the washer, leading up to the front, leading up to the front, door right here, this is another angle of it.

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And this is leading to the back door of the, of the, of the, of the basement.

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so again this was a project that had unanimous support uh it was presented on september 19th

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um well i'm sorry the hearing art hearing was september 19th but the rco meeting community

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meeting was on August the 14th in front of the 42nd Ward. It was unanimous support and there

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were no concerns about it. And we would open

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and uh we would open it up for any questions but first i'd like to uh promote my have my

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client i guess promoted to adopt my testimony because i believe that that was really the only

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issue with this is what was the status of the basement because it was unclear at that last

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De nuevo, este de aquí era un proyecto que tenía apoyo unánimo, ¿verdad? Esto fue presentado en la audiencia que tuvimos el 19 de septiembre, pero la reunión RCO, que es la reunión de las comunidades, se dio el 14 de agosto en frente del World 42.

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entonces tuvo apoyo unánimo no hubieron ningunas preocupaciones de que entonces vamos a abrir

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preguntas pero si me gustaría pues promover a que mi cliente pues pueda adoptar mi testimonio

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debido a que yo creo que ese básicamente era el único problema que teníamos

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jermaine have your testimony adopted okay so mr caceres can you hear me

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and you heard the testimony that i presented to the board do you agree with that testimony

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that I presented to the board.

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¿Sí puedo escuchar el testimonio

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que yo le presenté a la Junta?

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¿Usted está de acuerdo con el testimonio

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que yo le acabo de presentar a la Junta a lo mejor?

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Sí.

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Yes.

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And do you,

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you don't necessarily have to,

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but is there anything you would want to add

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to what I just stated,

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what I just testified to the board

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about this particular property?

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¿Y no necesariamente tiene que hacerlo,

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pero a lo mejor hay algo que usted desea añadir o que desee declarar a lo que aparte de lo que yo

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ya he testificado en cuanto a esta propiedad particular frente a la junta no and one last

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thing i forgot to remind the board is that this building is currently occupied by family members

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of mr caseros y otra otra cosita que me estaba olvidando de recordarle a la junta es de que

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este edificio está siendo ocupado actualmente por miembros de familia del señor cáceres

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questions on the board

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yes well both um tenets have access to the basement

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okay pregunta para la junta si ambos ocupantes de la propiedad tienen acceso al sótano

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other questions questions or comments from our attorney hillary emerson

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not at this time mr chair questions or comments from the virtual audience

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i see no hands chair planning commission

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thank you chairman and good morning David Fecto with the city planning commission

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chairman and board members the comprehensive plan recommends no change in the zoning of

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this location from the existing RSA five residential single family the city rezoned this pro this sorry

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can you hear that yes in this case, the planning committee, thank you very much Mr. President of the

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Senate, very good morning, David Vacto with the planning committee of the city. Mr. President

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and members of the Senate, the comprehensive plan does not recommend any change in the

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personalidad de esta ubicación existente a lo que es una rca 5 que es una residencia de una sola

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familia en la ciudad the city rezoned this neighborhood in 1982 in a city council supported

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map change la ciudad reubicó esta esta vecindad en 1982 que fue un cambio en el mapa apoyado por

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el consejo ciudadano this appears to be a legalization

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esto parece ser una legalización the city planning commission recommends that the board

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grant the proposed use variants for two dwelling units

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y la comisión de planeación desde la ciudad recomienda que la junta conceda el uso el uso

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propuesto de la variación para las dos unidades mi 20 25 0 0 1 7 9 4 46 32 master street

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masher street i vote yes with proviso maximum two units no household living in basement

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i vote yes with proviso maximum

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y entonces mi 20 25 0 0 1 7 9 4 4 4 6 3 2 la propiedad que está en masher street votos y

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comproviso máximo dos unidades no vivienda en el basement en el sótano perdón

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Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with provisos.

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Cheryl Gaston, mi voto es si, comprovistos.

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Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes, with provisos.

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I'm sorry, can you repeat your name one more time, ma'am?

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Tanetta Graham.

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Thank you so much.

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La señorita Tanetta Graham, dijo que si, comprovisos.

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Ryan McAdams my vote is yes with provisos. Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes with provisos.

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Taya Nguyen, my vote is yes with provisos. Taya Nguyen, my vote is yes with provisos.

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Taya Nguyen, my vote is yes with provisos. Interpreter, thank you very much. We appreciate you getting on so quickly.

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And Jermaine, we're sorry that we kept you around a little bit longer than we had to.

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but uh thank you thank you both and and um make sure the uh uh the appellant knows that he is uh

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has his votes thank you so much thank you panel uh till the next time all right thank you chairman

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and board thank you so much for using our services and i hope you have a wonderful rest of the day

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everybody. Thank you. Is there anyone in the audience whose case has not been called from the

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930 list? Go ahead, Chair. All right. Thank you. See everybody tomorrow.

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