Is John here?
Hey, Jim and Eric, are you here?
Jim Campbell, Eric Horowitz, if they could be unmuted and if they can unmute themselves.
Okay, are we unmuted now?
We hear you.
Hey, John.
David Panetti.
So can you please, if the chairman, Mr. DiCicco,
chairman DiCicco could swear John Belisanzian
and Jim Campbell and Eric Horowitz as well?
John, good afternoon.
Would you please identify yourself with a record,
spell your name for this demographer?
Yes, John, J-O-N, Belisanzi, B as in boy,
E-L-I-S-O-N-Z as in zebra, I.
and your address uh 610 south 9th street philadelphia 19147 you swear and affirm to tell
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes sir thank you david and john did you
hear the statements that i made to the zoning board yes i did we were listening to everything
i'm glad to hear i didn't put you to sleep um it was very interesting actually what's that
It was very interesting, actually.
Oh, you learned?
Did you learn something?
No, I liked the way it was all put together.
Okay, glad to hear.
That's good.
He's going to charge you more, John.
Yeah, I know.
Exactly.
I'm sorry, John.
You should have spoken to the board before you hired me, I think.
But in any event, were the statements I made to the board true and correct to the best of your knowledge?
Yes, they were.
And would you adopt them as your own?
Yes, I would.
Is there anything very quickly that you would like to add to what I stated to the board?
Basically, you had it right.
The building's in terrible shape, but it has a lot of potential.
They're very large lots, 20 by 114 feet.
You can do a lot with them, and the units are beautiful.
They're all about 1,300 to 1,500 square feet, mostly two bedrooms, a couple one bedrooms there.
But, you know, it's a project that needs to be done, and it's right next to my home, and I've been at my home for 35 years.
I've owned 608 since 2003, and I always wanted 612, and when Franklin became ill, you know, I spoke to his daughter about buying the property, and she had seen what I did with 608.
um you know i spoke to his daughter about buying the property and she had seen what i did with 608
so she was she felt the property was in good hands and uh we're just going to do the best we can with
it okay thank you john and then uh jim and eric um could you speak to let everybody know you can
speak yes uh my my name is james campbell uh campbell thomas architects 1504 south street
philadelphia pennsylvania uh mr campbell we swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth i do thank you and jim did you hear the statements i made to the board today
i did david and they true and accurate to the best of your knowledge yes they are
there's did i get everything right i think yes you certainly did okay and would you adopt those
statements as your own i would okay um is there anything you would like to add regarding
their revisions to the drawings
anything about what we're proposing
to do as far as modifying
the existing structure
no I think
you made a quite
comprehensive presentation
thank you again
thank you Mr. Campbell
I have nothing further to present
and we are here to answer questions
or respond to the board
or anything else that anybody may have joins us and thank you questions from the board
no no no no anyone else who wishes to testify in this matter please raise your hand
no hands at this time chair thank you tanya planning commission
this property is indicated for residential use on city plan we feel that this development is
in character with the block accordingly we have no objection to the granting of the dimensional
variances thank you david did you say to revise plans there are revised plans and how many pages
two pages pages okay thank you calendar number wait wait a minute i'm sorry this is sharon slid
it david did you submit the revised plans form yeah i did forward it email to you today
okay um i'd like to look can you tell us what the revisions are yeah so i'm i'm they're highlighted
here and this is i did forward this to you highlighted so again you can see here the
dimensions of this deck off the rear of the third floor were slightly altered um again i think by
just a couple of inches the addition of the fire escape into the rear courtyard and some of the
upper levels and again um jim can correct me if i'm wrong but they took this matter to the bbs
while we were waiting for the zoning board hearing to address that to make sure that
our zoning drawings addressed any changes that might be need to be made through the building
permit process we added you can see me circling here a trash area
okay those are fine thank you and the heights were dropped heights were dropped you can see here
slightly of the 9th Street structure
and then increased
ever so slightly, I think by
a couple inches, but
again, well below the 38 feet
at the Percy Street structure.
Here you can see the fire escape
on the rear elevation
from South 9th Street. Thank you, David.
And they are in the revised
proviso plan form that I provided.
They're fine to do by
revised plans.
Thank you. Calendar number 40054, 612 South Main Street. My vote is yes or with proviso.
Revised plan two pages approved today.
My vote is yes with proviso.
Yes with proviso.
Yes with proviso.
Yes with proviso.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you Jim.
Thank you John.
thank you eric you can calendar number three nine nine five six one zero one two ellsworth street
the attorney is rachel pritzker
Once she gets on, she's still on the roof.
Hi Rachel. Hi. Okay, can you put your name and address on the record please?
Yes. Rachel, R-A-C-H-A-E-L, Pritzker, P-R-I-T-Z-K-E-R, Pritzker Law Group, 1635 Market Street, Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA-19103.
And do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
You may proceed.
So this is 1012 Ellsworth.
I believe Jordan Katz, who is the owner, is here with me today.
I'd like to, if he's there, I'd like to bring him on the record, please.
jordan you can unmute yourself hey i'm here jordan do you agree to um you're not waving anything
do you do you agree to swear or affirm to tell the truth and nothing but the truth
thank you name and address name is jordan katz i live at 1318 ellsworth street philadelphia pa
okay so before the board today is a application for the renovation and expansion of the property
located at 1012 Ellsworth. It's currently a RSA 5 property with a garage out front that we are
trying to just propose the legalization of the existing curb cut for accessory off-street
parking for two spaces for this single-family home. Basically, the only variance we have is
under section 14803 1C1, which requests the variance to maintain the parking, legalize the
existing parking space for accessory off-street parking. I will share my
screen just to bring up the plans.
So this is what we're proposing. Again, just a single-family home, RSA 5, and to
legalize an existing curb cut for accessory off-street parking accessed by
front street we met with the community group which was the pass young um civic association
and they voted in support of this project i believe i have the letter of support
in the packet that was submitted to the board
this is the existing site so it already has a garage and the curb cut
this is an existing garage here right correct yeah yeah yeah it's an existing garage here
as you can see um so we're just going to be renovating the structure um there's some
structural issues that we're dealing with, but this application is just for the legalization
of the accessory off-street parking for two cars. And again, we met with PASIUNC and their
letter of support is right here in non-opposition, nine to zero, for the support of this project.
Here's our mailers. And we also talked to the near neighbors at 1214 and 1210 Ellsworth,
who also submitted letters of support for the project um i just want to uh jordan have you
heard my testimony and do you adopt it as your own i do okay i'm happy to take any questions
that the board may have i just want to make sure this was uh you know actually i live around the
block from this and this was mr katz didn't originally own it this was owned by the demarco
family i believe is that correct jordan yeah no jordan just purchased it all right that that's
not in the material i just want to make sure i'm talking about the same property okay because
there's there's a property i think at 10 14 it also has a garage correct and they get correct
and they gave us a letter of support from that neighbor as well thank you yep uh any questions
from the board no no no no anyone anyone else who wishes to testify in this matter if so please
raise your hand we do have just stamp plans as well just wanted to mention
that that we submitted to Sharon so to make sure that gets on the record no
no hands are up chair thank you tanya planning commission
hands up chair
this property is indicated for residential use on the city plan because this is an existing
garage and curb cut we have no objection to the granting of the variance thank you very much this
is sharon i'll confirm that i reviewed the plans and um the revised plans form and they are fine
thank you calendar number three nine nine five six one zero one two Ellsworth Street my vote is yes
my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes
good luck thank you thank you guys welcome Mr. Katz take
Calendar number, or MI-2020-000287, 4028 Westminster Avenue.
The attorney is Joseph Consul, or if I make it Italian, it'll be Consul A.
Frank, which is it?
Is it Consul or Consul A?
Council, Council A, but we'll accept Council.
If you're here for that case, please raise your hand.
4028 Westminster Avenue.
You've been promoted to panelist.
You can share your screen, and you can testify as you wish.
Okay, great.
Hi, can you put your name and address on the record,
and please spell your name for the court reporter?
Yes, hi, Joseph Consul, Consul A.
We're talking to my grandfather.
It is Consul Madison, LLP, 1 West 3rd Street, Suite 204, Media, Pennsylvania, 19063.
three. And do you swear or affirm to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?
I do, yes. Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
I do, yes. I don't have the option to share my screen. Is that something you have to,
wait, I think I just got it. Hold on one second. That work? It's there. Great. So,
Hello, everyone. Joseph Consul. I am here for the applicant, which is SFIG LLC. The property owner
is represented by German Yakubov. He is also on this call. The property we are here to talk about
is 4028 Westminster Avenue, which is a couple blocks off of Girard Avenue between 40th and
41st Street in the Belmont neighborhood. This is a 1,528 square foot RSA 3 property,
part of a semi-attached duplex. The property that it's attached to 4030 has a multi-family
variants attached to that um our property let's see if i can get you is vacant and in disrepair
it was purchased by mr yakubov's company the original plan that we presented to the rco in
february and the one that's uh on our refusal uh and and in the original plans that we submitted
was for six units. The RCO was against that, asked us to revise it to some of the specifications
they had spoke of and come back. The world stopped, so we didn't get back to the RCO until
last week and presented new plans, which calls for three units and an addition to the back of
the property that matches the back line of the adjacent properties our original submission
had a larger addition which the rco did not approve of so we resubmitted the plans you
guys have the the proviso is in this packet um should be right down here
we got approval from the rco with the provisos included in their letter uh we got a vote in
favor uh as long as we agreed to uh reduce it from six to three units uh match the back of
match the back of the property lines. And they also wanted German to keep the facade
the property lines and they also want
looking the way that it does or as similar as possible. It's, as you can see, it's kind of a
unique looking building on Westminster Avenue there. We're surrounded by other multifamily
properties um see if we can get me to give me an idea the back of the property
he is going to be putting three units in the property let me get the plans up real quick