ZBA Hearing - August 23, 2023

We went to every zoning meeting, and we had to learn about these things from online.

Can you hear me?

Yeah, you stopped talking.

I'm sorry.

So there are no two bedrooms on the floors that he's stating.

Um, everybody that's in the, um, in these apartments are single family, except for the

third floor, which has four people, uh, well, and the second floor as well.

Um, there is no letters from him or anyone to us about any of these problems that, that's

been going on.

Um, and.

So, so I, just let me state, we're here today to do zoning.

the problems you may be having with the landlord are the problems we can't

adjust that here we're looking at whether or not we should zone the building the proper way

and that's where we are okay okay yes and well under the city guidelines is not in the square

feet right well that's why he wants a variance that's why he's asking for a variance right but

how how can you do that it's already done well that's what the zoning board has to figure out

okay okay thank you no thank you for taking the time to call in is there anyone else in the

virtual audience no cheer just a little follow-up if i go ahead sean um miss jenkins are you still

uh she's off right sean sean okay uh i i just need lou kucharadis back on just just to answer

two or three questions real quick. Okay. I'm here. All right, Lou. Lou, the two people that

just testified before the board, you're aware that there are tenants in the building? Is that

correct? Yes, they are. Are they current with their rents? Absolutely not. Okay. And they may

or may not be subject to landlord-tenant action

in the city of Philadelphia?

Correct.

Okay.

And in your best estimation,

the two people that voted no at the community meeting,

would that be those two tenants?

I'm pretty sure yes.

Okay.

That's all I have, Mr. Chair.

Thank you.

Just to complete something,

definitely a fire alarm.

there's definitely smoke alarms i just had the fire alarm uh inspected two days ago

so everything is up and current okay thanks look sprinkler systems fire alarms everything

all right okay very good commission planning commission

ryan bednar city planning in 2014 the zoning map was amended to cmx2 at this location in

accordance with recommendations from the comprehensive plan. The appellant has not

supported the hardship claim with evidence of unique physical circumstances and condition of

the property. Therefore, the City Planning Commission recommends that the zoning board

deny the variance. Thank you. Mr. Ward, we're going to take this to executive session next

week and have a conversation about it. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We will look to vote next

um wednesday at two o'clock and the records close at this point yeah i would just i would

just submit his argument that uh you know that there's no change in the occupancy the two the

two uh objectors uh are uh non-paying residents uh who are you know well yeah i mean i i the way

i look at it is we're looking about the zoning issue the tenant landlord things are the tenant

Yeah. And again, you know, the, the you know, the, the density is not going to change. It's just the fact that, you know, each tenant will have their own space to, you know, a larger unit that nobody wants a roommate or, you know, the things of that.

All right. All right. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. And I ask that you consider my packet, including the information from 1913-19, which are substantially similar, if not the same.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Is there anyone in the virtual audience whose case has not been called?

Is there anyone in the virtual audience whose case has not been called?

I see no hands, Chair.

Thanks, everyone.

A little later today, but I appreciate what everybody did today, and I think we did get

a lot of cases done, so thanks very much.

Thank you.

Thanks, Chair.

Good job.

Thanks.

Have a good evening, everyone.

Yes, great job, everybody.

Bye.

LaKeisha are you still there LaKeisha LaKeisha are you still there

Lakeesha, Lakeesha, Lakeesha, are you still there, Lakeesha, are you still there?

Hey, Tom, she's not, but I'm here.

Okay, good.

Here's my problem.

You hear me through the phone and not through the computer.

Is everything, is the meeting shut down completely?

It's not.

It's still recording.

When I shut it down, we're going to get disconnected.

Okay, all right.

So let me get back on.

Hold on.

You're listening.

You're listening to me through my cell phone.

We are, but this is on a recording.

We need to do this offline because this is going to be on the public record.

Okay, I'll wait until I'm offline.

Okay, all right.

You're going to take me offline?

Yeah, I have to shut the whole meeting down because it ended.

Oh, okay.

So can I get back online?

it's not it doesn't work that way

I'll reach out to you

and then we'll figure something out

later

okay

what you gonna do

call me

I don't have your info I'm gonna

send it to Lakeisha we'll probably reach out

tomorrow but we'll figure

something out for next week

okay good and you can email

me too as well

no problem Tom

thanks a lot

Bye-bye.