we are live thank you good morning and tanya we'll give you a few minutes
yes you'll let us know when you're ready to go all right
Thank you.
Okay, Chair, we ready when you are.
Thank you.
Okay, good morning, everyone. My name is Frank DiCicco. I'm the chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
I'll be participating in today's hearing along with our board secretary, Mr. Confessor Plaza, and board members, Mr. Thomas Hollowman and Mr. James Snell.
Board Administrator Tanya Sunkit and board attorney Sharon Saleta are also in attendance.
For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through some of the basics of what you can expect.
First, we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their testimony.
Second, for the benefit of anyone participating by phone, we ask that attorneys and witnesses
identify themselves prior to speaking or testifying.
Third, we like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded and that by
participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.
Fourth, anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star 9 and then star 6 to unmute yourself.
I'll repeat.
For anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star 9 and then star 6 to unmute yourself.
finally to enter an appearance statement call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address
and the address of the property at issue i'll repeat that as well to enter an appearance
statement call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at
issue with that said we can begin but before mr plaza calls our first case i would like to ask
if there's anyone requesting a continuance or withdrawal of an appeal listed for this morning's
hearing if so please raise your hand also if anyone here presenting the case today
hasn't met with the rco please come forward now and explain to the board thank you
We have Justin Crick, Chair. Justin, you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in.
Yes. Good morning, sir. Please identify yourself with the record. Spell your name.
Good morning, Justin Crick, J-U-S-T-I-N-K-R-I-K. Address is 1500 JFK Boulevard, Suite 630, Philadelphia, PA-19102.
Excuse me, this is Sharon Saleta. Before Mr. Crick starts, can I let the board know that this is number two on your add-on list? It is the case where Mr. Crick is requesting another week to submit the RCO letter.
Okay, do you swear and affirm, sir, to tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
Yes, thank you. Members of the board, we met last week, last Tuesday, on this matter, at which time the board was reserving its decision.
until the rco provided its letter of support uh we did anticipate that it would have been
with the board at the time of the hearing it was not you gave us an additional week and
unfortunately we still have not received a response but i am continuing efforts
and requesting one more week sharon what what am i number was this which case
it's on the add-on list at the beginning of it's number two i can read it out if you'd like yeah
I can read it out if you'd like.
Yeah, please do.
please do sure it's mi2020
It's MI2020-000365-1065 East Erie Avenue.
That case will be continued.
Thank you very much.
Until next Wednesday at 930.
Will that work for you, Tanya?
And again, this is simply for the letter to be submitted.
That'll be next Wednesday.
It'll be the 4th, November 4th at 930 a.m.
yes that's perfectly fine thank you anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal
please raise your hand
here we have someone from strawberry mansion you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in
who's here from strawberry mansion bonita cummings
okay cheers she could be sworn in good morning please identify yourself with a record first and
last name and your address bonita cummings director strawberry mansion community concern
RCO 2640 Myrtlewood Street
I'm sorry you finish it
Philadelphia PA 19132
Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth
Please proceed
2330 North
can anyone hear me i'm sorry i'm sorry yeah but neither you can go for it i'm sorry i muted you
by mistake okay 20 23 30 north 29th street uh the applicant said that they were going to ask
for a continuance and we did submit yeah we have that on our list to be continued
that is on the two o'clock list so oh is it no wait 23 30 i have it down for 9 30 30 yeah
oh i'm sorry no remembered okay oh okay i don't have an mr mi number though or do i let's see this
um yeah i think i i have it is that uh mi-2020-001179 okay can we hold on for one minute
Tanya, is that on the 2 o'clock list?
Yes, I scheduled for 2 o'clock.
So the announcement will have to be made then.
Remember I said, Frank, I put it on there by mistake.
Okay, all right.
No problem.
All right.
I thought I should.
We had 9.30.
Okay, so we have to come back at 2.
Yeah, see, that's the problem.
I'm sorry.
Strawberry Mansion sent it to me and said 9.30, but it's on the 2 p.m. list, Bonita.
So you guys had the wrong time.
No problem.
all righty thank you thank you ma'am so you don't really have to come back because we have it for
both the rco and the and the attorney who's requesting a continuance but it's up to you
Thank you.
Okay, any other requests?
Chair, I have Charles Richardson.
Mr. Richardson, you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in.
Good morning, Mr. Richardson.
Please identify yourself for the record, and then I'll square you in.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
charles richardson from the office of councilwoman cindy bass room 312 city hall
we're confirmed to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth
i do uh asking for continuance for mi 2020 001 178 the address 610 east mount pleasant avenue
the applicant has not met with the rco as yet they have a scheduled meeting i've received an
email from the, from East Mount Airy neighbors, they have a scheduled meeting for November
the 17th at 7 p.m. So we would like to have that continued until after the meeting.
Excuse me, this is Sharon Saleta. This is one of the two cases that you were going to
announce as continued. It's number eight on your list, that and number 12 are being continued.
Number eight, you said, North Bovair.
Mr. Richardson is here on number 12.
That, too, is on one of the cases you were going to announce is continued.
That too is on the one of the cases you were going to announce has continued.
Which one is that?
Number 12, Mount Pleasant.
Okay, yeah.
So it's number 8 and number 12, correct?
They are both being continued and number 10 is being withdrawn.
Okay, I'll read in number 8 and number 12.
uh mi 2020-001082 uh 1714 north belvare street is continued and
mi-2020 correct me if i'm wrong here
um wait a while I have one two
it's um number 12 would you like me to read it chair yeah because I'm confused on this yeah please
do MI 2020 001179610 East Mount Pleasant Avenue please continue thank you
any other requests that's all i have chair so but i have the right the original list you sent
me and correct me if i if i'm wrong on any of these following cases are will be continued
mi 2020-000916 2616 south 18th street um sure that was from by the attorney yesterday that was
no that was yesterday's list you have to scroll down to yep yep yep yep yep my mistake again
sorry i think you have announced all the continuances for 9 30 but there is an addition
um one is being withdrawn that's number 10 correct 30th street yes
apologize um mi 2020-000115 2444 north 30th street is withdrawn
that should be everything okay um again i'm sorry for the confusion
um all right mr plaza confessor you can begin i believe
All right. First one up is MI 2020-001083, 100 North 54th Street.
Our board, I'm promoting attorney Darlene Street.
good morning darlene three here can you hear me
a little bit louder good morning this is darlene three can you hear me yes yes we can please
identify yourself name and address good morning darlene three darling three and associates today
i'm representing mr david green would you miss miss three would you please spell your first and
last name? D-A-R-L-E-N-E, last name Threatt, T as in Thomas, H-R-E-A-T-T as in Thomas.
Thank you. Swear and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do. And do you agree to waive the reading of its refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes, I do. Also, have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents,
proof of ownership proof of tax compliance copy of the refusal or referral photos and plans
five days prior to this hearing i have emailed all those documents thank you also have you met
with the rco and have a letter yes i met with the rco and i do have a letter from the rco
thank you please proceed i like to have my client put his name and address on the record
mr david green are you here
Commissioners, I know Mr. Green is on the line. I don't know if there's some technical
difficulty. I am ready to proceed.
Proceed with your testimony and then we'll get to Mr. Green.
Okay. Hopefully you can see my screen today. Do you see my documents?
Yes, we have it.
Okay. Good morning, Commissioners. I have a package, an exhibit package for you today,
which consists of a refusal the appeal the property information form the assignment sale agreement the settlement
the property information form, the assignment sale agreement, the settlement sheet, a tax clearance,
a commercial activity license, property information, a little bit of zoning history,
plans, pictures, a community letter that was sent to the residents, as well as a letter of support
report from HMC squared dated 10-23-20. Commissioners, this is a two-story, a structure that has a
split. Pardon the interruption, Ms. Threat, but all we have is your first page.
Yeah, I'll scan it down as I get to the exhibits. Thank you.
So if you'd like me to go through them now, the refusal is the first page,
the application for appeals the second page
the property information sheet the third page
the assignment contract for sale and purchase of real estate
page six seven the settlement sheet pages eight
and 9. The tax clearance, page 10. The commercial activity license, page 11.
Property information sheet, pages 12 and 13. The prior zoning history here, I'll stop at,
page 14. As you can see, this is a two-floor structure. The prior use had been a grocery store
on the first floor, an apartment on the second floor. That's basically the history. Although the
first floor has been vacant for many, many years, I don't believe that a grocery store there was
us sustainable page 15 is our plan and i'm going to try to do something new and flip it for you
because oh it went all the way back i guess i can't flip it but i'll go back down to it
the first pages of our plans just have some pictures and some specifications and the site plan
the second page is the layout of the property basically it's just a two-story property the
basement will be empty the first floor both apartments are approximately 750 square feet
you have a nice generous open area here living room with the kitchen we have a full bathroom
we have a closet and we have a nice size bedroom the second floor is basically the same we have a
nice open area for the living room and kitchen area we have a nice size bathroom here closet
area and again a very nice size bathroom there commissioners we have some pictures here you can
see the properties in pretty disrepair on the bottom. Generally, the facade of it is a stucco.
We do plan to redo the entire facade with a nice smooth stucco and change the front to more of a
residential look to be consistent with the other properties on the block. And as you can see,
the property has a residential look in and of itself. Here's a second picture. Here's a side
picture for you. You can see it's a pretty long corner property. There's an entrance right on the
corner. There's a side entrance. You can't really see from the picture, but there's also a nice
size little backyard back there. This is a general picture of the street. Most of the properties here
are two stories. Here's another picture of the street. There is another grocery store or caddy
corner to this property. Here's a forward-looking picture of the property with the posting on
it to notify the neighbors of the hearing. A little close-up of the zoning poster. Then we
have the letter that was sent to the community on August 25th. It was sent with proof of
mailing from the U.S. Postal Service. It identifies the meeting and the coordinates for the meeting.
It was, in fact, a Zoom meeting. And finally, we have the letter from the community, dated September
And finally, we have the letter from the community dated September 23rd, 2020.
of the tools.
It is a letter in support of the project.
The last page reads that there were six in support and six in non-opposition.
Commissioners, I believe this is a good use for this property.
The community is in full support of the granting of the request for the variance.
The development is consistent with the development in the neighborhood and the development on the block.
And most importantly, it's really not an overuse in that it's just a nice, good-sized, one-bedroom apartment.
And with that, my presentation is finished, and I'm open to any questions.
Thank you. Do you want to get your client on?
um mr green are you on the line