Thank you.
and chair we have 42 attendees you can start as you wish okay thank you good morning everyone my
name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this morning's meetings with me is our board member
James Snell. Present, Chair. And also here is Leonard Palmer, LeBaron Leonard Palmer from the
Division of Development Services, who is our alternate board member. Morning, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Also present is our Attorney, Hilliard Emerson, and our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkett.
Here's our virtual format. Be advised the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting tanyasunkett at phil.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenography, we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone and 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.
And finally, the question-answer box on the screen is not for comments or testimony.
All comments should be directed to our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkett.
Let's look at our schedule today.
Number three, MI 2022-007-383-1440 Hellerman Street.
And Neldo Valentino is the owner.
Are you present?
Good morning, Chair. This is Yvette Benton. I'll be your co-host today. I see no hands.
Okay, so MI-2022-007-383-1440, Hellerman. That case is continued. Mark must be heard.
Number 9, MI 2023-004-824-300 West Susquehanna Avenue. That case is continued.
Number 10, MI-2023-006-254-648 North Udall Street.
That case is continued, attorney moving party.
Number 11, MI-2023-004-794-4701 Tacowana.
That case is continued.
And number 15, MI 2023, 004-812-2622 South Sheridan Street, Leopold Coupa, Gordello, and Guadalupe Garcia are the owners, enlisted applicants.
Are they present?
i see no hands chair so mi2023 004 812 2622 south sarahden street that case is continued mark must
be heard are there any other questions about the cases that we've continued or any additional
requests for continuance chair we have a kathy dowdle they have been unmuted and allowed to speak
Good morning.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Sorry about that.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court stenographer?
My name is Kathy, K-A-T-H-Y, last name Dowdell, D-O-W-D-E-L-L.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
What's the location of the case you're interested in?
I'm here about 4710 Warrington Avenue.
Are you one of the owners?
I'm not, no.
I'm a member of the Cedar Park Neighbors RCO.
We've had a lot of communication with the owner.
She's had some family issues and has been unable to meet with the community.
And so we're requesting a continuance on her behalf and asking that she have her case scheduled after our next meeting, which is March 19th.
And so we're requesting a continuance on her behalf.
So first, let me say, is Mitel Amin here?
I see no heads here.
All right. So MI 2023 004 627 4710 Warrington Street. That case is continued. Thank you for calling. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other requests for continuance?
i see no hands chair thank you so number six mi 2023 004-598-4422 old york road
this is the first listing i have no exhibits vanessa latimore is the listed applicant
Vanessa Lattimore has been
unmuted and allowed to speak
good morning
could you state
Ms. Lattimore
I'm sorry good morning
good morning could you state your name please and spell for the
court stenographer
yes Vanessa Lattimore
V-A-N-E-S-S-A
L-A-T-I-M-O-R-E
you swear or friend to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth
we do not have exhibits for your case
i might have some for me i have you talking about the schematic design
we don't we don't we don't have anything from you as at this point yes i have everything i sent it
in um via email um prior to the hearing what when was that ma'am um about i want to say a week ago
i don't know i don't have the exact date on file but i did send in um the schematic design i sent
as well as the community RCO meeting confirmation.
But I do have a copy of that as well.
Hilary, do we have anything at all from this person?
Neither I nor the staff had located any exhibits for this case
as of yesterday or Monday.
Ma'am, do you know where you sent them?
I sent it to the RCO email address.
All right. Let me, Mr. Chair, I'll take I'll take another look and we'll we can just we'll go back in this case.
Yeah. And see if we can we can take this. Thank you.
So, number 13, number 13, MI 2023-004-607-966 Granite Street.
Brandy Johnson is the owner applicant.
We have no exhibits.
This is the first listing.
I see no heads, Chair.
Okay, so MI-2023-004-607-966 Granite Street, that case is continued, Mark, must be heard.
And number 18, MI-2023-004-724-1933 South Older Street.
Vern Anastasio is the
Attorney
No exhibits, first listing
Mr. Anastasio
Mr. Anastasio has been
unmuted and allowed to speak, Chair
Morning, Mr. Chair
Mr. Anastasio, just state your name for the record
Vern Anastasio on behalf of Kristen Folds, the owner of 1933.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
We do not show any exhibits for this, counsel.
Yeah, I sent it over actually early.
I sent it over two weeks ago.
So maybe it got lost in the shuffle, but I did email it over.
I have three cases today.
All were mailed two weeks from today.
All right. So. Hillary, why don't we just go through the list and we'll get to this case when we get to it and see if we have the documents. Is that OK?
OK, we'll take another look, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
Thank you. We appreciate it. All right.
And number two, number two, MI 2023-004-01, 951 Jackson Street, that case has been withdrawn.
That case has been withdrawn.
We're going to go to our regular list.
Number one.
Excuse me.
Sorry, we can go back to.
Let me find it.
Miss Latimore's case.
4422 Old York Road.
Hold on a minute.
Let me get it on the list here.
what number is that hillary i'm sorry that's number six mr chair
mi 2023-004-598-4422 old york road vanessa latimore please
miss latimore can you raise your virtual head
miss latimore please unmute and wait for the chair
Ms. Lattimore, this is Hillary. We reviewed what we have received by you, and we received
plans and an RCO letter. Unfortunately, that is not a complete exhibit packet. There are
several other items that you would need to submit. You can reach out to the office for
more information, but we will unfortunately need to continue your case today.
Okay. And with documents, was it the actual plans itself? I thought I had to continue. I missed my first time doing a zoning board meeting. I thought I had to do the meeting first.
What you should do is contact the staff and they'll help you prepare for the second and the next listing. Okay?
Thank you. So MI 2023-004-598-4422 Old York Road, this case has been continued.
Okay, we're going to go to number 14.
MI 2023-004-602-2934 South Sidenhan Street.
Anthony, Jenny, and Jenny, granddaughter, Filippolo are the owners.
This is a pro se.
Chair, we have someone with a hand up by the name, John Cristinzio.
They're coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Mr. Chair, I believe that may be an architect who is assisting the applicants.
This is a pro se case, so we do need to have the property owner present to present the case.
Could you put Filippo, see who's the here for that case?
We can also see if the property owner is with Mr. Cristenzio as well.
Yes, go ahead.
Yes, Your Honor.
Mr. Cristenzio, do we have the owner with you?
Yes, I do.
All right. Could you turn your video on? Let us see the owner and I'll talk to the owner. And you're just going to show that the slides and the owner will testify. Is that right?
Correct.
Okay. Hi. Could you state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
The owner, the owner, the owner.
Anthony Filippello. A-N-E-H-O-N-Y. F as in Frank. I-L-I. Double P as in Paul. E-2-L's O.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Okay. So, this application is for the erection of a rear addition at the first floor and second floor level to the existing single-family structure, whereas the required open area in the RSA 5 zoning district is 25%, 184 square feet, and 12.76% is proposed,
whereas the required rear yard depth in the RSA 5 zoning district is nine feet, and this is eight feet, six inches.
We have a letter of support from Council President Johnson,
and we also have received an email from the Gerard Estate Area Residents who have no objection to this project.
We have a letter of support also from the adjacent neighbors at 2932-2836 South Sydenham.
Could you please share your screen and begin your testimony?
Go ahead.
Okay. What you see are our plans for the property. It was built sometime in the fifties.
What you see here are plans for the property.
So, okay. So tell me what to, you know, just say what you're trying to do.
Okay. Basically what we're trying to do is to make the house more palatable for my daughter,
Jenny, who's going to be living there with her family. She wants to stay in South Philadelphia.
So we thought it was a great opportunity to buy my father-in-law's house.
My wife, Jenny, is here with me.
It was her dad's house.
She's lived there.
You know, she grew up there.
So we thought it was a great idea to buy the house and let our daughter reside at the house and, you know, have her family there.
And she'd be close to all of us because we're all in the neighborhood, so to speak.
So why don't you do this?
Show me some photos of the property.
As you can see, there's there's there's the back and the page you saw prior to where the plans where you had the front of the house.
Yeah. So we're just making the back, extending the back a little bit to get some added room.
Of course, the rooms are really small across the board in the neighborhood.
And as you can see, our neighbors have done so as well.
So it's not it's not an issue for anyone. And it'll be, you know, obviously more palatable for a three bedroom house to have a few children as opposed to having five children in like a two bedroom house.
I think I understand that. OK. So so your your rear yard is still going to be eight feet, six inches and not the nine feet. Right.
so correct sir yes all right okay all right questions from the board
no chair not for me 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 at this time chair planning commission
Good morning. This is Ron Bednar, first name Ron Arwing, last name Bednar, B-E-D-N-A-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to residential single-family zoning at this location.