name and address on the record please oh yes tanya solomon address 879 marcella street
philadelphia pennsylvania 19124 thank you can you spell your last name please yes solomon s-o-l-o-m-o-n
and can you also swear or affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Have you submitted an exhibit packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, a copy of the refusal, photos, and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing?
And have you met with the RCO?
And do you have a letter?
Everything was submitted with approval from the RCO.
Okay, great.
You may proceed.
Well, we're just actually just asking for rezoning.
to continue to run our group daycare from our homes.
We've been doing-
I'm sorry, do you have exhibits to present?
They're not coming up for some reason.
We've been trying to download them
since we've been on this call.
All right.
I know you were having some technical difficulties.
So Chair, if you need them,
I can search for them and try to present.
but they were sent over to everybody on 12-1. I don't think we're going to need those.
Obviously, no matter what we do, the state's going to have to do the inspection. They'll
figure that out. Sounds good. Thank you. You said this is a continuation. Was this
a temporary before? Yes, we've had two temporaries before. How many years?
One was for two.
One was for five.
Okay, thanks.
Go ahead, Chair.
I'm sorry for interrupting.
No interruption.
Are you asking for another temporary?
The RCO agreed to another two years.
They know that we were looking for a property.
And when does your current lease run out?
This is my home.
I'm sorry.
When your current temporary variance runs out,
when was it it ran out in February 1st I believe oh okay all right understood
any questions from the board no no anyone else like to testify in this case if so please
raise your hand yes chair we have um miss hillary miss hillary you can unmute yourself
say your name for the um record
good morning or sorry good afternoon mr chair members of the board hillary emerson on behalf
of councilwoman sherelle parker you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth i do thank you you're welcome um councilman parker um is not opposed
to an extension of a temporary variance at this property for a group child care facility.
As you know, we typically have some concerns about commercial uses on residential properties,
which is why we believe a temporary variance is appropriate in this case. And as Ms. Solomon
indicated, she is looking for another property to house the daycare. We're happy to note that
that she is operating a four-star facility at her property
um facility at her property and also that the community and the neighbors were not opposed to
and also that the community and the neighbors were not opposed.
an extension of a temporary variance at this location thank you questions from the board
no no anyone else testify
planning commission
good afternoon this is greg waldman planning commission staff this property is a single
family residential and proposed to remain single family residential use in the comprehensive plan
we do not believe that the continued use of the state family daycare would have an
for adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood accordingly we have no objection to the granting
of the special exception thank you mi2020-001765879 marcella street my vote is yes with the proviso
temporary variance to expire december 31st 2023
23. My vote is yes with the proviso. Yes with proviso. Yes with proviso. Yes with proviso.
I believe that concludes the 9 30 session. Do we have any unfinished business?
Chair if I could I just wanted to put on record with Ms. Solomon.
Yes. Last time she came this is Tanya Ms. Solomon there was an error on the zoning board's part
and i appreciate that her understanding with this and um any other assistance she may need
you can come to the zoning board but i just thank you tanya last time it was our fault
but thank you very much very much okay um i have a case which was not called 1127 lee street
uh i thought that was wasn't that one on the continuous yes mr jinn i'm sorry we thought i
thought that was continued and it was read as continued at the beginning of the session
wrong on that um if we're mistaken on that would be possible for the board to hear it now yeah we
did submit all the uh evidence needed to present it today it's 11 27 north lee yes that's correct
Yes, and we also had a letter from Councilman Scuola in opposition and support from the RCO.
I apologize for including that on the continuance list.
Oh, no problem.
No worries.
All right, let's go forward with MI 2020-001307, 1127 North Lee Street.
mr jen you're still on their uh uh oath so just give us your full give us your name and
proceed with your testimony thank you then jen z-h-e-n-j-i-n 1617 john f kennedy boulevard
suite 1838 philadelphia pa 19103 here on behalf of the applicant
it's carol you're muted
has he put his name an address on the record yes okay so you have to be sworn in i was sworn in
earlier okay so it's down to have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents
including proof of ownership tax compliance a copy of the refusal or referral and photos
including plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing and have you met with
the RCO and do you have a letter? Yes, to all questions. Thank you. You may proceed. Thank
you. I'm going to share with the board the information relating to this case.
We have submitted the community letter, refusal, photos, plans, and related documents with this
case this is an application for a dimensional variance uh for a an addition to the real of the
property community is in support of this application as you can see from the community
letter it is voted completely in support uh the plans of the property what this is this is
essentially a trinity house it's an extremely tiny lot and it is actually surrounded by uh houses
that are like it, which already had extensions done. And my client's property is about one
property from the corner of a row of homes similar to it. As you can see, these are literally little
rectangular houses that have very short depth and are very small in size. So the addition is
primarily to give my client opportunity to have more space within the property. The neighboring
Neighboring properties will not be really impacted except for this house, which is not an objection to our extension.
properties will not be really impacted except for this house, which is not an objection.
The other side properties have already been covered 100%, and this notch is where the addition would actually end up inside of.
So this window here would not be impacted as well.
In essence, our addition will have no real direct impact on the neighboring properties.
there's also a legalization of an extension for a kitchen, which used to sit in this little square.
My client had a addition done with the kitchen and now seeks to also do a second story addition
to extend the bedrooms. That is all this application is for. Again, it is a, the issue
is that this property is so small that there's a hardship to trying to get more space without
triggering a variance. And we would ask the board's favorable ruling in this matter. Thank you.
Thank you.
Do you have your client to be sworn in?
Yes, I should.
My client should be here as well.
Anne, are you on the line?
Maybe you can...
Please apologize again for the mistake that you and your client have.
I'm sorry, Amy Hongfei is the client.
My apologies.
Yes, she's available.
Does she just need to unmute herself and say her name for the record?
Yeah, hello.
My name is Hongfei.
Please spell your, ma'am, please spell your first and last name.
H-O-N-G, home, last name F-E-I, F-Frank, E, like Edward, I, Indian.
I live in the...
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Thank you, Mr. Jin.
Thank you.
Amy, you have heard my testimony and representation to the zoning board regarding this property
and this application.
Can you verify that it is true and correct and adopted as your own testimony?
Yes, it's true.
Thank you.
Thank you. Any questions from the Board?
Anyone else would like to testify in this case? If so, please raise your hand.
No hands at this time, Chair.
Thank you. Planning Commission?
Good afternoon. This is Greg Walbem, Planning Commission staff.
this property is indicated for single family residential use in the comprehensive plan
we have no objection to the granting of the requested variance thank you very much mi 2020
dash zero zero one three zero seven one one two seven north lee street my vote is yes my vote is
yes my vote thank you all mr jen i apologize to you and your client for the mix-up no problem
all right thank you uh we any other any unfinished business 9 30 session
no all good all good all right thank you everyone stay safe see you in about an hour and a half
thank you thank you good afternoon everyone we're going to give miss sunken a few minutes
to go through her files and then we'll proceed with the two o'clock session
carol carol you there yes yes but while you're waiting number one on our list for two o'clock
414 20 south 20th resumption oh yes that's an appeal against ellen i we're going to do that at
the end of our session two o'clock session okay move that back and we'll explain you know number
Number three is continued, number...
I'll read those off.
I just want to make sure of those, but that number one, we're going to do at the end of
the session.
So, Mr. Plaza, are you available?
Secretary Plaza?
Yes, I'm here.
Can you reach out?
Could you do me a favor and reach out to Tom?
It looks like there might be some concerns with his devices.
He's got like three...
I'll get a hold of him right now.
Thank you so kindly.
can you hear me oh tom are you there yeah okay yeah you got like three devices yeah i had a
problem once i correct it okay it's still showing one of them is still showing connecting to audio
now if it works for you and the sound is fine for us right now leave it alone
but chair we're ready to proceed okay thank you all right okay thank you tanya
Good afternoon, 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 Vice Chair, Ms. Carol Tenere,
Board Secretary, Confessor Plaza and Board Members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James Snell.
Board Administrator, Ms. Tanya Sunkett and Board Attorney, Ms. Sharon Saletta 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.
For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings,
Thank you.
First, we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their hearing.
Second, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded, that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.
Third, 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.
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.
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 also to enter an appearance statement
call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue
Before Vice Chair Tenere calls our first case, I'd like to announce the following cases that we've received a request for continuance.
And I'd also like to ask at this time for anyone who's requesting a continuance or withdrawal for the two o'clock session this afternoon to please raise your hand.
So the following are cases we've already been asked to continue.
MI 2020-002267-533 West Montgomery Avenue.
That's number two on our list.
Number three on our list, MI 2020-002206-1370 South 46th Street.
Number four on our list, MI 2020-002266, 2000-34 North 2nd Street, and MI 2020-002256, 1837 South 10th Street.
Those are the requests we've gotten to date.
if the applicant and or his or her attorney is available and if you agree or disagree with those
cases being continued if you disagree with that please raise your hand at this time and again I'll
repeat if you're requesting a continuance or withdrawal please raise your hand
no hands at this time chair thank you and I would remind everybody please do not
attempt to testify in the chat. Any comments should be directed to our board administrator,