sidewalk because people are parked double wide.
Um, there's also been multiple accidents on the block.
My car has been hit by a stolen car.
my roommate's car has been hit by a stolen car um you know there's issues about once a week in
terms of an accident at that location and you know and many many other instances there's large
tractor trailers parked in front of this lot or you know there's also a construction firm nearby
that leaves a large truck just on on the block as well so parking is an issue and that's that's
in its current state with most of those addresses next next to this lot being uninhabited so I'm
thinking when 18 residents or however many residents move in that without parking the
entire block would probably probably have double wide parking on sidewalk and you know much more
issues with with accidents and uh you know pedestrian walkways so i i am in supportive
parking thank you anyone else that's all chair you can proceed okay uh we'll vote this next
week in the meantime planning commission good morning mr chairman and members of the board
David Fecteau, F-E-C-T-E-A-U, with the City Planning Commission.
We're in a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir, I do. Thank you.
Please proceed.
Mr. Chairman and members of the board, this property is indicated for multifamily residential use on the City's comprehensive plan.
There have been several proposals for this property over the last few years.
This is less dense than some of those other proposals.
although we are concerned about the curb cut on north 33rd street we do not believe that the
addition of 17 units and 13 off street parking spaces will have an adverse impact on the block
accordingly we have no objection to granting this variance thank you uh carol again i i'm
what is the number of this uh calendar what's the calendar number on this this is calendar number
37967 the address again 1501 north 33rd street
thank you calendar number 37967 1501 north 33rd uh decision will be made on um next
wednesday which is what's the date of next wednesday october the seventh chair thank you
thank you tanya october 7th at the executive session uh zoning board executive session on
october the 7th so chair if i yeah if i could request that this um this here is um considered
closed yes yeah the record is closed thank you and just for clarification that's at 9 30. yeah
yeah thank you because we meet or we we meet before 9 30 executive session we make our votes
then and then we'll public make the public vote at the 9 30 session okay thank you thank you
uh miss jones i'm sorry before i i mean to cut you off do you have anything else you want to add
miss jones
miss jones you're going to mute yourself
i apologize i should have asked you before i asked the planning commission
that's okay um based on uh everything that's happened i think uh i don't have anything else
to add. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Carol, please call them. Ready? Okay. Calendar number ZP2020-003-088-1901
Christian Street. The attorney is Daniel Reisman or Reisman.
Mr. Reisman, you've been promoted to panelists.
You can unmute yourself to speak and share your screen for your exhibits as you wish.
Okay, thank you.
Can everyone hear me?
Can you put your name and address on the record, please, and spell your last name?
Sure. It's Daniel Reisman, R-E-I-S-M-A-N, Eckert Siemens, 2 Liberty Place, 22nd floor.
Eckert Siemens, 2 Liberty Place, 22nd floor, 50 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102.
Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Do you also agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
So the refusal was amended by L&I on Friday.
there was a corrected refusal that was issued I sent that to Sharon Saleta so
we stipulate to the corrected refusal that was issued on Friday along with us
a new site plan that it's the same site plan except it it changes calculations
based on the new refusal okay so have you mailed an exhibit packet with the
required documents proof of ownership proof of tax compliance a copy of the
refusal or referral photos plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing and have you
also met with the rco and have a letter yes thank you you may proceed okay um i'm sharing the screen
can you can you see that no okay let's try again it eventually works yeah how about that uh mr
right yes does that work yeah yes okay good okay um so i've handed in exhibits or sent in exhibits
there are 10 exhibits in total they include photos google maps renderings and floor plans
exhibit four is a letter in support from sasna south of south street neighbors association
As I mentioned, they're not part of the exhibits, but I also sent to Ms. Saleta the revised
corrected refusal and a revised site plan.
Also joining this call is the principal of my client, Dr. Amy James, who is an orthodontist,
as well as Lance Hill, who is our architect.
Dr. James has had a practice in Haddonfield, New Jersey, an orthodontist practice for 21 years.
She's been leasing space for a few years in Philadelphia on 22nd and Arch, and under this
project at 1901 Christian, she would be opening up her permanent practice at 1901 Christian Street.
now what I've done just so the board knows I pulled out of the exhibits that
I sent just the the ones that I think I'm going to use so I'm looking at sort
of an abbreviated package of the exhibits I can certainly move to the full
packet I have those available too if anybody wants to look at those at
anything I'm not talking about I have a zoning map and here is the property
right at 19th Street, and then this is Christian Street, you'll see that the property is CMX1.
Here's the property. This is 19th Street. Here's Christian Street, and this is the property right
here. My client's proposal, currently there is an existing residential unit on the third floor,
and there's an existing residential unit on the second floor. Those would remain the same,
So this application does not involve these two floors.
The first floor, which you see right here, my client would put in an orthodontist practice.
And it's going to be a community-based practice that she intends to serve the immediate neighborhood
Now we'll look at a few more photos.
and the practice by the way the orthodontist practice is permitted as of
right now we're going to look at some photos moving north on 19th Street and
this is what I'll talk about now is right over here and here you'll see
there's a about a nine-foot backyard and now it's looking at it from the side my
My client's proposal, and the reason we have a variance, is that basically you'll see there's
this brick wall that surrounds the backyard.
The proposal is effectively to close this in, put in a one-story addition, and that will
be used in connection with the orthodontist practice.
Here's another photo.
now you'll see there's a three-foot alleyway that runs behind the rear yards
This alleyway will be preserved, so there will still be the access in and out,
this alleyway will be preserved so there will still be the access in and out
and the addition will be right here.
How do we handle a trash situation now that you'll be removing the yard?
Commercial pickup?
yes my client's going to have commercial pickup that's correct
here's the um a rendering so you'll see when the work is complete it's going to be a very
nice building a lot of investment there's going to be windows put on the first floors
that's going to activate the building with the streets. Here's another view
from 19th Street, and you'll see here is the addition.
and then just briefly we'll take a quick look at the floor plan
okay so here's the floor plan
it's pretty straightforward i mean we're talking a small space the
The existing space in the building is about 1,000 square feet.
The addition is 9 feet 7 inches in length.
It's about a total of 160 square feet, the addition.
And you'll see in the back portion the addition here.
This is where the addition will be.
And it's really, it's basically for my client staff.
You know, there's not going to be any room in the rest of the portion of the first floor.
So it's going to be used for staff, for client work, billing.
They need a separate room for HIPAA compliance.
So that's the first floor there.
So I don't know whether anyone else is here to speak from the community.
I can have my client.
If there's not, I'll just summarize.
I guess if there is, I can have my client speak a little more.
You can summarize, and then we'll ask you if you want to get your client on to adopt your testimony.
That's fine.
So really the long and the short of it is the practice is permitted as of right.
It's an orthodontist practice.
Although it's permitted as of right, the space really just isn't big enough as it's currently
configured to feasibly operate in orthodontist practice.
So we're talking a very small addition in the rear that would make it feasible.
It's a low intent.
So I think we satisfy the hardship standards.
It's a low intensity use.
My client expects maybe three to four patients an hour.
so it's going to be a much less intensive use than other potential commercial uses at the property
that are permitted in CX-1. And with that, yes, I would like to just have my client adopt my
testimony. Tanya, her name is Amy James. Miss James, you can unmute yourself and wait to be
sworn in. Thank you. My name is Amy James, A-M-Y-J-A-M-E-S. Are you confirmed to tell the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. Please proceed. Ms. James, did you hear
my testimony, my statements? I did. And are they true and correct, to the best of your knowledge?
Yes, they are. And do you adopt those statements and that testimony as your own? I do. Thank you.
thank you any questions from the board no is there anyone else who wishes to testify in this case if
so please raise your hand here i have mr kumba mr kumba yeah you're gonna meet yourself and wait
to be sworn in i can't can you hear me yes please spell your first and last name for the stenographer
Madeline, M-A-D-E-L-I-N-E, Shikomba, S-H-I-K-O-M-B-A.
And your address?
Novak's address is 2234 Montrose Street.
We're in a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Thank you.
Please proceed.
I have a gentleman that they were going to have some trash.
when i attended uh when i was attending at the meeting i mean i
When I attended, when I was attending at the meeting, I asked about trash.
She said there wasn't going to be any.
Now she said there's going to be trash.
And I'd like to know where is the trash going to be since the end of the building is being taken up by an addition.
So where did it happen?
Where are they going to place the trash?
There will be a daily commercial trash pickup.
Oh, she said daily.
but yeah okay well that's my question first of all the question is that and she said there's
going to be a doctor's office just taking up the rear but you still have to have a place to put
the trash even if it's going to be a daily pickup don't you well it gets put out at a certain time
every night or every morning for the commercial pickup i mean i'm looking out my front window and
i just saw a trash truck pick up the trash from the restaurant across the street
they do it every day okay my problem is that this is and we have there's no
parking for her or staff and does she I see a problem because she's gonna have
staff there and with the parking and um we have already had a parking problem as it is
so how does he spend it to uh account for this here lack of parking i don't know i don't know
if there's permit parking in that neighborhood that's going to be an issue for staff to figure
out where they're going to be parking any commercial any commercial use of that building
on the first floor will generate vehicular traffic not nothing we can do there's no way
getting around that even if it was residential they'd have the same issue anything else anyone
else wish to testify no chair that's all okay planning commission good morning david fecto
city planning commission mr chairman and members of the board this property is indicated for
commercial and mixed residential use on the city's comprehensive plan although we do not object to
the proposed use we believe that extinguishing all of the open space on the lot will have a
negative impact on the block accordingly we ask the request variances not be granted
thank you calendar number zp 2020 that's zero zero three zero eight eight 1901 christian street my
vote is yes with proviso daily trash pickup yes commercial commercial pickup yes with proviso
yes with proviso mr chair can i still be heard yes yeah just a reminder i submitted the um
i submitted the proviso letter to sharon saletta with the um the revised plan and so um okay i'm
sorry is this number five on our list carol yes it is okay i'm sorry all right back on the record
uh the revised plan is dated september 25th okay i got it zp-2020-003088 1901 christian street
my vote is yes with the revisor daily commercial trash pickup revised plan one page adopted today
approved today yes with proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso
thank you calendar number 39130
2450 north 29th street the attorney is sean ward
Mr. Ward you've been promoted to panelists you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in
Mr. Ward can you put your name and address on the record please
Good morning, Board.
Sean Ward, S-H-A-W-N-W-A-R-D, Counsel for the Applicant.
My address is 331 East Street Road, Trevos, T-R-E-V-O-S-E, P-A-19053.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I certainly do, and I would waive and stipulate to the refusal.
Thank you.
And also, have you mailed an exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, refusal referral,
photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing?
And also, have you met with the RCO and do you have a letter?
if you've met with the RCO, have you met with the RCO, and do you have a letter?