Thank you.
I've got a phone call.
how many people in the audience okay well we're going to start good morning everyone my name is
bill bergman and i will be cheering this morning at zba hearing with me is our vice chair tenetta
graham president mr chairman our board secretary cheryl l gaston president mr chairman board
member Michael Johns. Present Mr. Chairman. Board member Ryan McAdams. Present Mr. Chairman. Also
here is our attorney Lynn Reuter-Uber and our ZBA director Ian Haggerty and our board administrator
Lakeisha Dandy. This hearing is being recorded and will be posted on the ZBA website.
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love park across art street and remain there so that we can call on you so let's look at our
schedule for this morning number one m i twenty twenty five zero zero one one nine eight sixty
6610 Hasbrook Avenue. Vern Anastasio is the attorney. Mr. Anastasio, I believe you want to give us an update.
He's being promoted to panelists here. Okay.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Morning, counsel. Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Yes, sir. It's Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O, on behalf of Mr. Joseph Smith.
All right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
would you give us an update of where this case stands uh we're ready to roll uh the only problem
Could you give us an update of where this case stands?
We're ready to roll.
is uh when the posting happened it it uh went missing after uh one day and it was not reposted
as a result we have to uh we have to do it again so i do i'll work hopefully with the staff to try
and get as quick as a continuance as i can but then you can get what you get buddy what's that
okay and don't get upset right okay uh so this case will be continued this case is continued to
um 9 30 20 26 and the well the 9 30 list so the date is 9 30 and we'll begin go at uh 9 30 a.m
thanks mr chair thank you for calling us we appreciate it all right um number three
mi 2025 001 315 2704 to 06 allegheny avenue muhammad and yandal wendad are the owners
uh we have no exhibits this is the second listing
hi chair we have a hand up from joseph baccaro we have a continuance request on that let's continue
now okay all right joseph
they're being promoted to panelists share
Good morning. Can you hear me?
Can. Could you please state your name and spell for this the doctor for sure?
Good morning. My name is attorney Joseph Vaccaro, V-A-C-C-A-R-O.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Counsel, could you give us an update on this case?
Yes. I've spoken with Mr. Wadad and I've been assured that he'll be meeting with me later this afternoon
so that we can so that my firm can be formally retained and we will schedule a meeting with the
with the near neighbors and be fully ready to go if the board is uh is well as 20 so 2704-06
west allegheny avenue that case is continuing until 9 30 20 26 at 9 30 a.m sir thank you okay
Number four, MI-2025-004-106, 5330 Penn Street.
This case is continued until 9.30, 2026 at 9.30 a.m.
Number five.
Sorry, Lynn Martel, he must be heard.
That's for number three.
Don't take anything from it.
I've got it down.
All right.
All right. So that case will be marked must be heard. Number five, MI 2025, 004109, 1930 Spark Street. That case is continued until 930-2026 at 930-N. Mark must be heard.
number six mi 2025 004 110 2736 west dover street that case is continued until
9 30 2026 at 9 30 a.m mark must be heard
number seven mi 2025 zero zero four eight zero one thirty three forty four to fifty two
north 10th street that case is continuing until 9 30 2026 at 9 30 a.m mark must be heard
number 10 mi 2025 006 001 6327 north lambert street um we have no exhibits this is a second
listing shelly thomas is the listed owner the applicant
chair i see no hands at this time okay so number 10 mi 2025 006 001 6327 north lambert street i
vote to dismiss michael johns my vote is to dismiss cheryl gaston my vote
michael johns my vote is to dismiss cheryl gaston my vote is to dismiss
sinetta graham my vote is to dismiss mcadams my vote is to dismiss are there any other requests
for continuances hi chair i have a hand up from strawberry mansion community concern okay
they're being promoted to panelists
good morning good morning could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer
my name is bonita cummings b as in boy o-n-i-t-a c-u-m-m-i-n-g-s
do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do what case well it's it's 21 30 uh north 31st street and 22 53 north 33rd street neither of those
cases had public mailing notices, although they've had what appears to be public meetings.
So no notice of those meetings was mailed out.
So for both those cases, is there anyone who represents the appellants?
Could you come forward, sir?
um could you state your name please and spell it for the stenographer
could you turn down one and get that a little bit closer to which case
yeah my name is castro suji k-e-s i'm sorry sir could you speak up yeah
Kester Osuji, K-E-S-T-E-R, last name is O-S-U-J-I.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth is nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Did you send out mailings for this?
Yes, we did.
This is for 2253 North 33rd Street.
yeah number case number eight which is mi2025-005-975-2253 north 33rd street that's the
case so we sent out mailings um based on the um list of addresses to all the um addresses
that were listed for us and we sent sent out email okay um did you did you hear that testimony
they have is there is there a state that we see postal receipt the the uh the um
never received for your mailings um the i did receive affected our ceos did not receive any
notice i did receive some returned um on mails from the post of it i don't have them here but
i can make that available i can locate them and make available to you okay all right so
we're going to hear this case okay so why don't you go back and sit down and we'll call you
now the other case was 2130 north 31st street
so MI 2025 007 240 2130 north 31st street is the appellant here for that case
come on up sir
good morning sir hi could you state your name and spell for this doctor that's philip smith
philip smith right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
yes um have you sent out mailings like you were supposed to just like the guy said i have some
return letters it'll be my proof right okay all right right here so so we're going to hear this
both cases they're both here ready to go and i'll i'll come back to you and obviously you'll have
an opportunity to express yourself at this area okay thank you thank you we're going to call your
case is there anyone else in the audience who yes chair we have a hand up from uh joseph vicara
he's being promoted to panelists
good morning again good morning joe you've already been sworn just state your name for the record
good morning joe you've already been sworn just state your name for the record joseph vaccaro v
joseph
a c c a r o right what case do you want to talk to me about i'm just inquiring about 3409 goodman
street um number nine yep okay uh is the board uh going to be proceeding with this matter my client
he just needs to get his tax clearance that's the only thing that's missing so okay so we will we
we will hear the case and we'll hold it until the tax clearance comes. Okay. Okay. Thank
you very much. Any other one else with a continuance. Chair, I don't see any other hands
at this time.
We're going to go to our add-on list.
Number one, MI 2021, 004-541-251 Ripka Street.
i vote yes with proviso her amended refusal dated january 11th 2026. michael johns my vote is yes
with proviso cheryl gaston my vote is yes with proviso tenetta graham my vote is yes with proviso
Ryan McAdams. My vote is yes with proviso. Number two, MI 2025-007-194-209 East
Wildey Street. I vote yes with proviso. One parking space only.
Michael Johns. My vote is yes with proviso. Cheryl Gaston. My vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes with proviso.
Number three, MI 2025-007-534-211 East Wildey Street, I vote yes with proviso.
One parking space only.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes with proviso.
Number four, MI-2025-002-755-1828 Natona Street.
I vote yes with proviso.
Temporary variance expires 7-18-2029.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes with proviso.
Number five, MI 2025-007-851, 2132 Montrose Street.
I vote yes with proviso.
Revised plans, one page, stamped by ZBA, January 10, 2026.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham. My vote is yes with proviso. Ryan McAdams. My vote is yes with proviso.
And number six, MI 2024-001-949-2900 Snyder Avenue. This vote in this matter has been
moved to Wednesday, July 8th at 9.30 a.m.
We're going to go on to our regular list.
Number two, MI2025-001-237-9864-Frankfurt Avenue.
Yvelka Kozlov and Anna Samokok.
This is a pro se.
They're being promoted to panelists here.
chair i need to make a correction on the vote for ripka and widely street i should not have
voted on those two okay thank you michael we appreciate that
uh you haven't closed your car uh y-e-v-h-e-n hold on a minute could you please turn on your
video oh sorry thank you
you have encoder car y-e-h-e-n-k-o-z-h-u-k-h-e-r do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth yes sir our vice chair has a few questions for you yes good morning
have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing yes okay
and i am going to read uh your application which is being the reason that we're here today and um
and your refusal so um here we go this application is for the removal of existing and previously
approved off street interior accessory parking within a semi-detached structure garage door
infill to create new habitable space to be replaced by two new surface accessory parking spaces no
change to existing two family household living principal use does that sound accurate to you
um so no um there was no change to the parking spaces at all um i just filled the the garage door
um during covet when i bought the house there was a leaky door um during right before covet
started one of my neighbors um well one of my tenants drove inside the door um and i couldn't
get out to the gym so i just kind of made a little gym um i looked around one of the neighbors had a
door garage door closed up so that's exactly what i did i put a little um window and a door
the garage was never used for any tenants or when i lived there so it was like a laundry and right
now it's used as a um storage my wife is a photographer um i did get an email from ian
um yesterday around 3 28 asking for pictures on the outside and the interior of the house
um i couldn't get them i found one on google maps this morning of the outside and i got my father
in law to go down there to take the pictures of inside of like all the stuff um he didn't get
there but i will get it to you guys by the end of the day even if i have to go after work tonight
um okay um and i will just say like a lot of the stuff the language is like you know the language
of the code and everything so what you said may be accurate but you know the way they put it in
the language or accessories uh parking and stuff like that it kind of matches up but you know when
i went with to the meeting with my wife when they read that out i was like guys we didn't do anything
at all all i did was you know like okay it was a leaky door and i just filled it why don't you
Ian Hegarty, Executive Director. Mr. Kozakar, just to explain so you understand what's going on,
your house is in a zoning district that requires one parking space for the dwelling unit,
and the parking space was inside the garage. By not having that parking space inside the garage,
it necessarily needs to move to the driveway in front of the garage, which isn't allowed. So that's
the reason. It's sort of a cascading effect here. That's the reason that the refusal is written that
way do you understand now yeah yeah but i mean why don't you why don't you proceed with your
presentation uh i read um and i calculated with the meter my my parking side of the side of the
house is like more than 14 feet so there's like two cars why don't you start your presentation
please you have your photo you um well i uploaded the photo how do i um
you have to share your screen and the way you do that is with the
green button at the bottom of the screen that says share
make sure you have your exhibits that you'd be presenting to the board ready and open
and then press share and select them so that the board can see your exhibits