i'm not joking okay sorry
picture where do I click on share screen I'm sorry to be a green button on the
bottom I see it I see it
it's not letting me share for some reason
do you have your documents open
I do okay now hit share now I have a message problem that's like it's denying
i do okay now hit share now
on my computer I don't know I'm sorry okay so I I think what we'll do is we're
to move on for a few other cases and see if you can't figure out how you get that straight okay
okay i'll do that right now thank you so much sure sure okay thank you
so we're going to move on to number 8 22 53 north 33rd street
and uh chair i'll be recusing myself from this case and the next one
Share there being promoted 20, 25, 0, 0, 5, 9, 7, 4.
Good morning, sir. Um, you've already been sworn in.
Could you please just state your name for the record? My name is Kester.
Okay, um, our board secretary has a few questions for you.
Um, good morning. Did you submit your documents and exhibits 5 days in advance of this hearing?
I did. And I'm going to read to you your application and your refusal, and then I'm going to ask you a question. Okay? So your application is for the proposed uses of prepared food shop and multifamily household living or living dwelling units within an existing structure.
And you have two use refusals, whereas the proposed use prepared food shop is expressly prohibited in the RM1 residential zoning district.
And two, in the RM1 district, a minimum of 480 square feet of lot area is required per dwelling unit for lots in excess of 1,440 square feet.
With a lot area of 2,304 square feet, a maximum of five dwelling units is permitted, and 11 dwelling units are proposed.
Now, do you waive the reading now of this refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Okay, so then you can share your screen and proceed with your case.
just so you know we do have a letter from the strawberry mansion cdc with unanimous support
okay the applicant is denying the promotion request
It's not up yet.
okay here
okay good
this way
here it's coming up thank you
yeah um good morning good morning keep that mic nice and close
Okay. Okay. All right. This 2253 North 33rd Street, this is a second application. This was previously granted in 2019.
and we actually went through the process of obtaining the necessary building permits
which we did obtain. We started work and you know of course the pandemic came in and
you know things happen. We didn't finish. Financing was an issue due to the pandemic
and we came back again to try to finish the product the the project and we applied for
a building permit which they now told us that we have to go back to the board again
for um an extension so this is more like an extension
So this is more like an extension of what was previously granted to us so that we can get the permit and complete the process.
So why don't you go through your things here, especially pictures and photos and plans.
Okay, this is the building.
um it's a corner building right across the street from the boss terminal on 33rd and Duffin
um next this is the building permit that was granted in 2020
um and it describes the whole you know work that needed to be done so you were approved in 2020
You never got to it because of COVID.
Yes, we never got to finish.
I have the exterior, interior.
This is the exterior.
This is the fire escape.
We do have a fire escape report with an engineer certifying it to be good.
I have an interior photograph of all the work that was done prior to, you know,
department exploration and that's the interior of it these are the postings
front and back of the building and this is a like a rendering of the coffee shop
that's going to be on the first floor and it's only on the first floor over
Yeah, just commercial commercial.
Nothing in the basement?
Nothing in the basement.
These are the plants.
I can...
That was submitted to LNI.
These are the plants I've been working with.
Let me see if I can get the actual
document here.
somebody could help him enlarge the screen i don't want to go that i'm trying to show them the actual
oh people coming from everywhere i mean i got i need that but i didn't share the screen this one
are you trying to share this one yes can you just shout out
share that document okay um do you do you have you heard
okay let's just let's just go yeah so stop sharing
Yeah, and then pull up that document that you want to show.
Let me look at the actual, complete that document, you'll see that.
This is the one, yeah.
Let's see.
Okay, awesome.
So, yeah, this is the actual plans of the project.
Right there.
Right here. As you can see, the basement, this is the basement of the building.
Are you going to use the basement for...?
Just storage.
Okay, so it would be part of the project.
Yeah, absolutely.
It's accessible through the commercial space.
These are the, I guess, second floor plan, second floor plan, the third floor plan.
second floor plan the third floor plan well we're not doing that today are we
We're not doing that.
are we doing the whole thing yeah the whole thing okay wow i thought it was just a commercial but
and and this is the exterior complete rendering of the building okay
So the 11 units are on the second, third, and the fourth floor, and part of the first
school you have anything else you want to show us
and for your mailing you just have envelopes that you're sending something like similar to what
right yeah okay and okay i'll show you the um approval the letter of support i i have the
I share the letter of support.
And so we're just looking for more or less a second approval so we can complete the work.
I understand.
You were approved once before for all the units?
All the units.
And this is the exact application that was granted.
Nothing changed.
I understand.
Questions from the board?
So the question is, go ahead.
I was just going to ask that about the coffee shop.
Is this operating now or is this?
Nothing is operating.
Nothing.
All right.
And the coffee shop is going to be, there's no real cooking, right?
No real cooking, just no, what do you call it, exhaust system, nothing, just the coffee.
Ah, okay, because that's my question. Yes, I'm always worried about it.
And then with respect to the units, how many units per floor?
It's three units per floor. We do have the proper egress approved.
You know, we have the fire escape that addresses, and the building is going to be fully sprinkled, right?
And are these one-bedroom units?
they're all um studio studio units they're two bedroom units no efficient efficiencies
efficiencies efficiencies efficiencies all 11 are studio or efficient oh okay and you said
something about how they're on two three and four yeah so that's there's three three and two on the
first floor uh there are two on the first floor ah okay i only heard about one all right okay
and then uh what are we doing about the trash well the trash we do have um we're going to be
going to contract with a private hauling system um i think a i have it here um so we do we're
going to be hiring them private trash and you're going to have some kind of trash room for uh
storage of the trash before it's picked up is that how you're going to do it yeah and then the little
units where are the um people going to store the trash exactly it would be towards the right end
of the basement side section and we have um we'll have a staff that will be working you know but
because since the owners of the coffee shop you know we own the whole property we're going to be
you know we're going to have a staff working to address the whole trash issue making sure that
you know everything is packed properly and ready for the trash company to um for us to pick him up
okay all right thank you other questions
hi chair we have a hand up from strawberry mansion community concern hold on hold on
questions from our attorney uh lynn reuter uber not at this time it's a chairman questions or
comments from the virtual audience? Chair, we have a hand up from Strawberry Mansion.
good morning
hello good morning you've already been sworn just state your name for the record
bonita cummings yep miss cummings please proceed
Hi, in reference to 2253 North 33rd Street, we know based on being, I believe it was co-RCOs back in 2019, so we know return envelopes can be produced from 2019 because we were present at that community public meeting.
there was no notification to the affected rco in this case strawberry mansion community concern
from the strawberry mansion community development corporation or from the applicant so as such we
were not able to attend um we we were not able to attend something we didn't know about and the
refusals are very different so the refusal for this time says prepared food
shop and the the refusal from 2019 says coffee shop so we're not clear what is
being decided here because a restaurant or prepared food gives that that
location a different understanding than what we understand from 2019 which they
indicated it's the same but the refusals are very different so we're not opposed as story
mansion community concern but we would have liked to have been notified and and other residents
because we're not clear that that mailing he's referring to has to do with this date
um we were not notified so we did not get an opportunity to express and be clear that the
coffee shop refusal and the prepared food shop refusal are one in the same so thank you thank
you thank you for taking the time is there anyone else in the audience
there are no hands at this time chair planning commission
thank you chair bergman sarah bond philadelphia city planning commission s-a-r-a-h-b-a-n-h
You swear or firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Yes, sir.
Please proceed.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change in zoning from the existing RM1 residential multifamily.
The requested variance for 11 dwelling units and prepared food shop is consistent with a 2019 variance for a coffee shop and 11 units.
The Planning Commission recommends that the board grant the requested variance for a prepared food shop and 11 dwelling units.
Thank you.
M.I. 2025-005-975-2253 North 33rd Street, I vote yes.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes.
General Gaston, my vote is yes.
Brian McAdams, my vote is yes.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
number 12 mi 2025 007 240 2130 north 31st street phillips smith is the owner
good morning sir you've already been sworn in morning just for the record could you please
state your name again? Philip Smith. Okay, our board secretary has a few questions for you.
Good morning. Did you submit your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing?
Yes. Okay, and now I'm going to read to you the application and the refusal,
and then ask you a question. Okay, so the application is for the proposed use of a child
care center on the first and second floors of an existing structure with other existing uses in the
structure as previously approved and there's one use refusal whereas the proposed use
child care center is prohibited in the rm1 zoning district now my question is going to be do you now
Now waive the reading of this refusal and stipulate to its accuracy.
Okay, thank you. Now you can start to share your screen and begin your presentation.
And there is a letter of unanimous support from the Strawberry Mansion CDC for you.
Read me for sure.
2130 North 31st Street was originally a commercial property.
It was put back to an R-on-1 in 1994.
It was a commercial property.
It was a beauty salon, and then it was rezoned back to an R-on-1.
So now I'm trying to get it rezoned for a commercial property to have a daycare.
so so why don't you tell us about did they take daycare how many people and things that
well the daycare would be it'll be two floors and um there's no daycare in our neighborhood
the closest daycare tools is at 29th and lehigh so i also would like to like give jobs to people
in the communities and my grandmother for years she worked in the community and she had a community
center at 30th and diamond she always worked with children and it's more like a dedication to her
because that's been our family home for over 60 years do you have drawings of the property yes
what you want to do i submitted them already i submitted the drawings okay why don't why don't
we take a look see what i don't have one oh that's the fire escape i had to get a fire escape um put
on this i got that put on like three years ago when i was starting to that's the fire door on