Thank you.
Good morning, Chair. We have 26 attendees, and we can start as you wish.
Thank you. Good morning. My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's EBA hearings.
With me is our Vice Chair, Ismail Shahid.
Present, Mr. Chair.
Our Board Member, Thomas Holloman.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
And also our Board Member, James Snell.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Also here is Hillary Emerson, our Attorney, and our Executive Director, Tanya Sunke.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting tanyasunkett at phila.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographers, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
Three, if you're participating by phone, if you wish to testify, press star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute.
To win an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
leave your email, the address of the property in question. And finally, the question and answer
box on the screen is not for comments or testimony. Any comments should be directed
to our executive director, Tanya Sunke. Let's look at continuations we have today
in the morning list.
Number nine, MI 2022-006-992-711-South 23rd Street.
This case is requested continuous
by the Center City Residence Association.
The listed owner is Michelle Yu.
good morning chair this is Doreen Blakely I will co-host today thank you and I see no hands
so this case will be continued number 10 MI 2022 325 South 18th street this case is continued
And number 12, MI-2022-003-407-4811 Woodland Avenue, this case is continued.
Is there anyone has any comments relative to the three cases I just listed?
I see no hands, Chair.
Is there any other requests for continuances?
no hands chair thank you i'm gonna go we have several cases that we do not have exhibits for
number one mi 2022 003 461 3161 richmond avenue um we do not have exhibits there's also been a
uh a comment relative to this case being withdrawn is there anyone here for this case 3161 richmond
avenue i see no hands chair mi 2022 003 481 3161 richmond avenue i vote to dismiss
Thomas Hobelman, dismiss
James Snell, vote to dismiss
Ishmael Shahid, vote to dismiss
Thank you
Number two
MI 2022-003-409-4830 B Street
This is a pro-said case, Jesus Castillo, no exhibits, second listed.
No hands, Chair.
MI 2022-003-409-4830-B.
MI-2022-003-409-4830 B Street, I vote to dismiss.
Thomas Holliman, I vote to dismiss.
James Snell, my vote is to dismiss.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is to dismiss.
Thank you.
number six, MI 2021-001-198-3601-North 5th Street. No exhibits, fifth listing. Is there
anyone here from 3601-North 5th? No answer. So MI 2021-001-198-3601-North 5th Street. I vote to
dismiss. Thomas Holloman, my vote is to dismiss. James Snell, my vote is to dismiss. Ishmael
Shahid, my vote is to dismiss. Thank you. Number eight, MI 2022-003-480-150 East Champlow Street.
no exhibits second listing listed owner is betty mon and mon associates consulting
i see no hands chair thank you mi2022 003480150 east champlow street i vote to dismiss
i vote to dismiss james snell i vote to dismiss
ishmael shaheed my vote is to dismiss
number 11 mi 2022
zero zero three zero two six one seventy three west wing of hawkins street no exhibits second listing
listed
listed owner
Thanasal Estevez
I see no hands chair
MI2022
003026173
West Wing of Hocken Street
I vote to dismiss
Thomas Holland
I vote to dismiss
James Snell I vote to dismiss
ishmael shaheed my vote is to dismiss
number 14 mi 2022 003 410 123 leverington street uh listed owner is michael grayson
no exhibits second listing
mr chair i believe that i believe well i believe the applicant is here i saw her raise her hand
earlier miss crystal johnson okay can miss johnson please raise her hand again
i will allow her to speak please
ms johnson can you unmute please
Her hand just went down, but she's muted.
Ms. Johnson, could you unmute, please?
Ms. Crystal Johnson, please unmute yourself.
Ms. Johnson no hand she had her she's there her hand went down here okay
Ms. Johnson it looks like she's trying to connect to the audio now cheers okay sure
okay now she just totally dropped out so she could be having uh computer issues so
so mi2022-003-410-123 levering and avenue this is the second listing
this case will be continued and mark must be tried
We're going to go to our add-on list. We have one add-on. MI 2022-006-837-1406-West
8006-837-1406 West Oxford Street. I vote yes, with proviso. Maximum four units.
Thomas Holland, my vote is yes, with proviso. James Snell, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Ishmael Shahi, my vote is yes, with proviso. Thank you. We're going to go to number three,
MI 2020, wait a minute, I think, hold on a minute, I have number, I have to do number seven first.
MI 2022-003-514-5518 North Fairhill Street.
Owners,
Hayo and Heek
Schring
I have a hand up by the name
of Melvin Sharp
I'm not sure if he's affiliated with this
He was the first add-on
That case has been heard
Okay, thank you
And then I have
Jennifer
miss jennifer last name beginning with n um so miss miss nguyen had submitted some photos
um i'm not sure what party she um what if she is a neighbor or if he's um related to the
applicants in some way it wasn't clear from the information that was received well i see the i
I see the property owners now raise their hand.
Yes, he has the same name.
Okay, so I will promote him to pay.
Yes, please.
He has been promoted here.
Good morning.
Could you state your name, please, and spell it for the court reporter?
Hello, can you hear us?
Yes. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Yes. My name is Hao Seng.
Can you spell it, please, for the court reporter?
My H-A-O.
My last name is S-R-E-N-G.
Right.
You swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Yes, sir.
Could you put your video on so that we can see you, please?
This is for the documentation and legalization of a semi-detached structure for use of single-family household living, sizes and location as shown in the application.
The height of the rear wall of the property line is 10 foot 4 inches, whereas only 6 foot is permitted, and the depth of the porch from the front property line to the wall of the main building is 8 foot 3 inches, whereas only 8 foot is permitted.
Our Vice Chair has a few questions for you, sir, okay?
Yes, sir.
Good morning, sir.
Have you emailed in all the required documents
that are needed to proceed with this case
five days in advance of this hearing?
Yes, you did.
Yes, we did.
Thank you.
Please proceed and share your screen.
And I will note that the Logan Civic Association
has a recommendation of support
as well as the Councilperson Phillips.
So please share your screen.
thank you
all right sir please tell us what you're trying to do
when i bought the property the wall and the forge everything is over there and
And I really don't know what to do after that.
Show us some photos of the site.
Can you see the screen?
I will see the screen.
I want to see photos.
We get into it.
so that's the front of your property
right that's the front of your property sir okay yes sir let me see the rear let me see
where the fences are in the rear
so that's the wall of a property next to that fence yes sir okay
and it was already there when you purchased it obviously yes sir because the the wall
Yes, sir. Because the wall, the real one, you see the next house, after the front, the white front, after the car, that is next to the property, too. They all built for a long, long time. We don't know when did they built it.
the real one
Sure. Okay. All right.
And show us the porch, your porch, the depth of the porch.
okay all right all right okay thank you questions from the board
no mr chairman no mr chairman questions or comments from the virtual audience
yes chair i have miss jennifer last name ending it with an n sure i'll have to speak
sure good morning could you state your name please and spell for the court reporter
Good morning. My name is Jennifer. Last name is Nguyen. It's N-G-U-Y-E-N.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
Proceed.
The fence that he's talking about, yes, it was there, but once they moved in,
they did an addition to the property and the fence that was recently done,
and it's over on our side. Those are the pictures that I had submitted.
So explain this again.
So the addition.
They build an addition to the house you're saying?
Correct. It wasn't there and he doesn't have pictures of it.
And then there was a fence that their contractor put up that had come over onto our side of the property.
The white fence.
it's the white fence that he was commenting about um where the car is parked
and the picture he shows is not all the extended
there's more to it so so this is right is the that was the existing fence but they put in
a new fence right with the concrete coming into our side of the property and then the addition
he does not have a picture of not all of it so okay so but but i think the only thing we're
looking at today is the depth of that the rear wall how far it goes back and then we're looking
at the front porch that's the only things with that we're considering here they go further than
Excuse me, Mr. Chair. This is Hillary. Yes, you're correct. Those are the only things before the board. If there is an issue regarding property boundaries, that is a private matter and not something that the board handles.
Thank you. Thank you for your call. We appreciate it. Is there anyone else in the virtual audience?
I see no hands, Chair.
Planning Commission.
This is Ron Bednar, City Planning.
First name Ron, R-O-N, last name Bednar, B-E-D-N-A-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Proceed, sir.
Comprehensive plan recommends no change to existing zoning.
Proposed dimensional variances are consistent with the actual built conditions of the building and fence.
We have no objection to the granting of the variance.