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ZBA Hearing - January 7, 2026

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Jan 7, 20265h 58m

if you want to do a pretty good job

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make them bigger so why don't you tell her how to move the top

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ok, muy bien

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en la parte derecha

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donde estaba la lupa

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ve a donde dice

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ajá, ok

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ahora arriba, arriba, arriba

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va a haber las flechitas

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una que es para arriba y otra para abajo

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con eso puede cambiar la página

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eso que estamos haciendo

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ajá, eso

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ahí está

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y puede también es no puede ver ahora que ni si no

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ya porque es la parte enfrente de la casa correcto

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y esa es correcta y la pregunta este lugar actualmente es un duplex y si

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yes and he wants to legalize it y quiere legalizarlo si así es

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y es cuando compró esto fue el 5 de diciembre del 2012 december 5

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2012 era un duplex en ese entonces si está dando recita vacía así cuando la compres y ya

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Yes, it was a duplex. It was like that. Yes.

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All right. All right. Move it up. Move the documents up.

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Muy bien. Muevelo para arriba. El documento, muevelo para arriba.

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I show us some photos.

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Okay. Muéstranos fotografías.

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We have all those documents you have there.

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Esos documentos ya los tenemos. Queremos ver fotos.

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Está bien. Very well.

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Tell her what is that.

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Okay. ¿Qué es eso?

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that is the second floor the room from from the front okay

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keep going that's the second floor kitchen okay

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that's the bathroom

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all right move the documents move the document

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no puede ver

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nos puede mostrar fotografías del primer piso esa es la sala y del primer piso

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that is the living room from the first floor

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keep going

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that's the second floor

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that's the second floor

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no, that's the first floor

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move it down

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move it down

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keep going

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siga, siga

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continúe

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ok continue

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could you make it a little bigger

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that we can do it?

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that's from the meeting

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This is mailing.

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We have it.

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That's mailing.

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That's mailing.

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We have it.

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That's mailing.

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That's mailing.

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That's mailing.

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That's mailing.

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That's mailing.

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That's a vote.

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We have it.

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We have it.

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Bam, you need to let the property owner explain what the documents are.

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ok si necesita que el dueño de la propiedad tiene que explicar los documentos

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si necesita que el dueño de la propiedad tiene que explicar los documentos

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está bien está bien pero aquí está certificado que yo pagué todos los

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taxes y no debo nada de taxes en la propiedad

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this is the certificate that i paid all the taxes and i don't owe any taxes on the property

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ok muy bien

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este la casa aquí como tú puedes ver te puedo enseñar este los planos

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these are these are the the planification documents for the house

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can you enlarge that just a little bit can you do it a little bit more big please

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Por favor, esos.

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Sí.

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Yes.

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¿Hay dos habitaciones en el segundo piso?

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Sí, dos habitaciones, sí.

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Sí, hay dos habitaciones, sí.

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¿Puedo ver el primer piso, por favor?

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just move it up solo mueble un poquito sobre el plano del primer piso

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no sé por qué no

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solo mueve el documento es lo que estoy haciendo pero no sé qué está pasando

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porque lo estoy ayudando con una apuntadora me entiende

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son que son helping to computer ahora si lo ve no no no tiene aunque ahora está perfecto

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en este first floor y ese es el primer piso correcto

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y si tú quieres te doy un cojito por él

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Can you ask him what's in the basement?

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Okay, ¿qué hay en el sótano?

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En el sótano ahí hay

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lo que tengo son dos espacios

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para storage en el sótano ahí.

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In this basement,

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there are just two spaces for storage.

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Y por uso,

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pero también tú ves ahí, también le tengo un toilet

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por necesidad o cositas así.

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And I have, just in case I have a toilet there.

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Questions from the board.

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Preguntas de la junta.

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do both units have access to the basement

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ambos unidades tienen acceso al sótano no solamente los del primer piso no just the first floor

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that looks like on your first floor unit there's um you're going through a bedroom to go to another

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bedroom which is illegal and you don't have any access to the backyard si te parece de que en el

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primer piso tiene que pasar por una habitación para entrar a la siguiente habitación lo cual

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es ilegal y parece que no tienen acceso a el patio tercero si tiene así así de una fuerza access de

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a door where is the door to the backyard donde está la puerta para el

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entonces el acceso al patio es a través de la segunda habitación

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No, it's that the first floor is only a quarter, it's not two.

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The second floor has two quarters, the first floor is only one.

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Okay, no, on the second floor there are two bedrooms, on the first floor there's only one bedroom.

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He's saying that there are two quarters, it's only one quarter, tell them.

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The first floor is only one quarter, it's not two.

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Yes, exactly. So on the first floor there's just one room.

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that's not what the plan

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the plan shows two bedrooms

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ahí el plan dice que son dos habitaciones

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no

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no, es que esto aquí en las habitaciones

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no sé por qué Johnny lo puso así

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eso no es el país

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I don't know why it's like that

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but it's only one bedroom

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lo estoy viendo lo que me dicen en el plano

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pero no sé por qué aquí

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I'm seeing it

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yes, on the plans, yes

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but in reality it's just one bedroom

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okay so you said there's a second bedroom on the second floor but that's also not shown on the

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plan so where is the second bedroom okay and dijo que en el segundo piso tenía hay otra habitación

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pero no se ven los planos también donde donde está ubicado en la parte en el segundo piso al

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frente aquí estoy viendo el cuarto del frente y después estoy viendo lo que es la cocina el

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yes on the second floor you have one bedroom right here in the front then another bedroom

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right here in the back and then you see you have the kitchen and the living room in the center

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and then you see you have the kitchen and the living room in the center and then so you said

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and then so you said so what's

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so what's been the status of this property since 2012 i know you said when you purchased it

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it was two family already okay cuál es el estatus cuál ha sido el estatus de esta propiedad

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o sea usted dijo que cuando se lo compró en 2012 ya era ya estaba establecido así sí sí sí ya ya

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la casa estaba así instante ya cuando yo la compré ya yes the house was like this when i bought it

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Understood, but what's been going on with the house since 2012?

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Like, were you living in it? Has it been vacant?

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Like, what was happening in the structure?

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Okay, pero ¿qué ha pasado? O sea, ¿qué ha sucedido con esa casa desde que la compró?

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O sea, ¿usted ha estado viviendo ahí? ¿O ha estado vacante?

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Sí, sí, sí. Yo vivo en el primer piso ahí y arriba tengo orientado.

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Sí, pero yo vivo ahí en el primer piso.

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Yes, I live on the first floor and upstairs it's rented.

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And has that been continuous since 2012?

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No, no, no, porque en el 2012 la casa ya estaba dividida, pero no estaba completamente terminada para vivir.

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No, porque, ok, so in 2012 the house was divided, but it wasn't completed, it wasn't completed yet.

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Can you explain what that means?

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¿Puede explicarme a qué se refiere con eso?

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when i bought it i thought there was a single a single use home uh because i was looking for

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as a single-use home just so I could live there, but when I bought it, I noticed that it was

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already divided, and I had no other choice but to buy it like that because that's what my money

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could buy. Okay, and so in 2023, it does look like you went through some work to try to upgrade the

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property because you explain like what work you completed in 2023 si entonces en 2023 parece que

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hizo algunas mejorías en la casa hizo algunos trabajos para mejorar la casa nos podría

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explicar qué trabajos hizo sí sí pues ya que estaba así policismo este ya tiene el framing

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yo me encargué de la insulación y la caballería y ponerle girar y también llevarle a todas las

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terminaciones y eso son framing and the insulation part and the cable in and also a install son

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sheet rock y tenía los permisos para hacer ese trabajo no porque en ese momento yo no

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tiene el conocimiento de eso pero este como te digo como la compras y la deja así pero

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no no because i did not have any knowledge of that and when i bought it it was like that and

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and i continued working on it but i didn't have any knowledge of that and because you know i come

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from a place in puerto rico that they don't do that uh over there they're they're not they don't

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do that over there but here it's completely different okay okay hillary what i want to do

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with this is i'm going to make this a resumptive here and bring them back the plans are inappropriate

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let them do the plans the right way and things like that and we'll handle that so would you

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please tell them i'm going to continue this and he has to get the plans right it can't be this is

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what I meant not plants have got to be corrected so we can at least make a appropriate decision could

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you please tell them for that yes sir muy bien lo que voy a hacer con este caso es que vamos a dar

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una continuidad de lo que van a hacer vamos a volver a esto pero me tiene que traer los planos

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corregidos para que podamos hacer una tomar una decisión apropiada sí sí está bien siempre bien

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Yes, and I want to apologize because I didn't know that the plans were like this, and you

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And, you know, the measurements, when they were doing it, I don't know, maybe John misunderstood me, but.

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know the measurements when they were doing it i don't know maybe he misunderstood me

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Listen, he doesn't have to apologize. We're going to continue to February 24th, 26 at 9.30 a.m. and just come back with the appropriate documents and things of that nature, ¿OK?

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Sí, mire, no tiene por qué disculparse.

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That's 2.24.26 at 9.30 a.m.

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Mira, no tiene por qué disculparse, entonces vamos a darle continuidad a esto y nos vamos a volver a reunir el febrero 24 del 2026 a las 9 y 30 de la mañana. Vamos a regresar ese día y va a tener los documentos apropiados y corregidos.

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Solamente el plano.

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MI-2025-004-111, 8424 Navaha Street, Maureen Molloy is the owner applicant.

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We're coming back in as a panelist, Mr. Chair.

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good morning good morning good morning good morning could you please state your name and

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spell for the stenographer sure my name is maureen malloy m-a-u-r-e-e-n last name malloy m-a-l-l-o-y

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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Yes.

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So this application is for the erection of an addition, porch enclosure, to an existing detached structure, no change to existing single-family household living.

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Nonconforming structures may be expanded or extended, provided the expanded or extended area complies with all provisions of 14-701,

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Whereas the minimum required front setback at the proposed addition is 25 feet in the RSD3 zoning district.

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For detached structure and RSD3 residentially zoned immediate lot, the minimum required yard width is 10 feet.

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For each side yard with a cumulative width of 25 feet for both side yards, whereas the total resulting cumulative width of the side yard is 12 feet, 9 inches with the proposed addition.

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There is a letter of support from the Chestnut Hill Community Association, and there's also a letter of support from Chestnut Hill Conservancy.

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Our vice chair has just a few questions for you, okay?

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okay i have a um i have a deck if you wanted to look at it as well but um please well why don't

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you answer her questions first okay of course sure good morning have you submitted your documents and

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exhibits five days in advance of this hearing yes and the chair read the uh refusal do you

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stipulate to its accuracy yes okay all right thank you you can proceed with your case

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