Mr. Chair, this is Hillary.
Mr. Chair, this is Hillary
I just had a
I just had a quick question both for Ms. Monroe and Ms. Diaz.
So in the RCO letter, there was reference to a proviso about trash storage,
and it said that the desire was not to have trash stored at the front of the property.
I think if both parties would like to have a proviso related to trash storage,
it might be better to affirmatively state where the trash would be stored as opposed to saying
where it would not be stored just for clarification and and I wasn't sure what what Ms. Diaz's plans
were and for that if she could speak to that and Ms. Monroe could um Ms. Diaz where are you going
to put the trash the trash will be stored in the rear side yard okay thank you Ms. Monroe are you
okay with that trash to be stored yes and that was part of our uh okay um support with the proviso
thank you miss munro okay thank you anyone else in the virtual audience
planning commission wait um sir excuse me i thought
i like to introduce a neighbor i guess he was able to join
And he let me know last night he was able to join today.
Could you state your name and spell, please, for the court reporter?
My name is Steven Grosick.
It's S-T-E-V-E-N.
Last name is G-R-O-S-I-K.
Right.
And I have a property at 1026 Brandywine Street.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Sir, are you in favor of this project?
Yes, I am very much.
It's very good to have a responsible property owner on the street who always takes care of everything.
And it's great to have people like this around.
I've been here myself 30 years on the block, and Jessica's been here a long time.
We need responsible property owners like her to take care of everything.
Thank you so much for testifying.
Planning Commission.
Excuse me, Mr. Chair.
There was another hand raised from Mr. Alan Phillips.
I've allowed him to speak.
Okay. Hi. Could you state your name and spell, please, for the court reporter?
Mr. Phillips, please unmute yourself.
Hi. Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
Hi. Good morning, everybody. My name is Alan Phillips. My last name is, my first name is A-L-A-N, last name Phillips, P-H-I-L-L-I-P-S.
right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes sir are you a neighbor yes i am are you in favor of the project i yes i am
and i am i am actually the neighbor that uh jessica spoke of uh that is attached to her we've
been we've been familiar with the projects from the beginning and we support the the uh height
addition and the addition of a duplex and all of that. So we just want to reaffirm our support of
that very much. Thank you for calling in, Mr. Phillips. Thank you. Is there anyone else in the
virtual audience? You're not seeing any further hands, Mr. Chair. Planning Commission?
Thank you, Chair. Good morning. Sarah Bond, Philadelphia City Planning Commission,
s-a-r-a-h-b-a-n-h right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
but the truth yes sir please proceed please in 2017 the zoning map was amended on this block
from rm1 to rsa5 in accord with a request from city council but contrary to the district plan
recommendation of excuse me recommendation of rm1 the proposed use would be permitted under
recommended zoning district the city planning commission recommends that the zoning board
grant both the use and the dimensional variance. Thank you. MI 2022-006-689-1007 Brandy-Wine
Street. I vote yes. Proviso, trash stored in rear. Carol Tenere, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with Proviso. Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.
thank you miss ds thank you so much thank you thank you thank you and now my packing begins
thank you thank you thank you all right we're moving on to case number four
mi 2022 004 351 1515 porter street vincent defino is the attorney um
Vincent Dufino is the attorney.
Letter of support from Broad Street West Civic Association.
Mr. Dufino.
Mr. Dufino, if you are in the audience, please raise your virtual hand.
Mr. Dufino.
I see him four times in the virtual audience.
Mr. Dufino?
Jason, do we see him?
yeah i see him but he's um but he's listed wait a minute i just went up okay
all right i just promoted mr dofino to panels okay
mr dofino
do we see him
he's available he just needs to unmute himself
Mr. Dofino please unmute yourself
I'm not sure what's going on, Chair, but he is available.
He's just not unmuting.
Mr. Dufino.
All right, why don't we go on and we'll come back to him, okay?
Okay, so number 10, MI-2022-004-356-1818 West Burke Street.
Pascual Calavita is the attorney.
We do not have an RCO letter as at this point.
okay sir mr colovita has been promoted
good morning council
muted here we go and start video okay good morning could you state your name please and spell for
What's the court report?
Musquale Colavita, P-A-S-Q-U-A-L-E-C-O-L-A-V-I-T-A.
Right.
My two clients, I don't know if they've been promoted.
All right.
All right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your clients in the relationship to the property?
James Taylor and Pierre Joseph, members of the LLC owners.
our vice chair has a few questions for you okay do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal
and stipulate to its accuracy we do have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership
tax compliance a copy of the refusal or referral photos under 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 we've emailed all of the documents uh we as far as the rco and the letter here is the
i'll try to make it as brief as possible i communicated with them back as soon as we got
the letter from the rco zba regarding the appeal approval attempted to schedule the meeting
i got in touch with judith robinson the uh head of the 32nd democratic ward
finally uh agreed to a date with them it was listed for i want to say 1128 1128 correct and
that's at exhibit um g and i'll share the screen so on that date we were asked to host it so i was
asked to host this meeting which i did my client and i showed um no one else appeared we eventually
appeared. We eventually got in touch with, when I say eventually, about 15 minutes
got in touch with when i say eventually about 15 minutes
It's...
after the scheduled time, because I actually had another RCO community meeting at the same exact
time. So I spoke with Judith Robinson. My client and I spoke with Judith Robinson on that date.
And so no one, no neighbor appeared. No one from the board appeared. Our communication with
miss robinson continued after that night she was uh she actually asked us if we were interested
in putting three units in there but unfortunately my client was unable to obtain uh revised plans
to reflect the three units she was from our conversation obviously this is all hearsay but
uh i have no reason to to be disingenuous with the board but i've contacted via email
voicemails. I've actually spoken to her at least two times since the 28th. I've not received a
letter. I've not received any additional phone calls back. But my clients are at this point in
a money crunch and need to move forward with this. We did everything that we possibly could do
in order to have this meeting. And then subsequent, even if it was just in front of
another just in front of the board themselves we attempted to do that also again um i submit to
the board that we did that i did um prepare the notice to the zoning applicant to to the um the
community i did receive some um letters back that you know either vacant or what or otherwise
and um it's not that complex of a um request it is in an rsa 5 zone so why don't why don't
why don't we do this why don't you present your case thank you thank you so if i can share the
screen that would be great mr chair this is hillary i just want to let you know um mr colavita
and I briefly discussed this this morning and he let me know that he had sent the letters out
and hosted the meeting as requested but the RCO didn't show up nor did any neighbors so
it is it is my opinion that he is he has met the requirements of the board by
or the zoning code by sending out the letters and having the meeting
even though the and tried to contact the RCO or been in contact the RCO but unfortunately they
have not um been responsive all right thank you okay uh again good morning uh this is a an appeal
for a variance to a two-family dwelling in an existing structure it's in an rsa 5 zone
and that's obviously the reason for it being prohibited as of right this was a three unit
dwelling if i'll eventually get to it but just to give you a history on a brief history the reason
it's no longer a three family dwelling is because the prior owner had listed it as a vacant property
filed for a vacant property license which then reverts back to its present
uh proper use of rsa5 so my um client is making one wanted to make no uh height width or length
uh changes but again that's not really part of of this appeal the appeal is just strictly
to make it from it to get a variance for a two-family dwelling uh at if you would like
i'll read in exhibits d which is i'm sorry a which is the deed uh if you want me to show it
to you i can go we're fine we're fine okay so what i'll do i'll go right to the um the history which
is exhibit j which is the zoning um and as you can see the the zoning history file on this one
which was a legal three-family dwelling. If you go to Exhibit K, this is a photograph of the
property. It's in essence a three-story property. And as you can see in the actual, there are two
mailboxes there. The utilities are also split. And if we go to Exhibit L, this indicates all
the properties on that block uh with the exception of one that's not listed here i don't think i
actually put it in there there's only one single family dwelling on the entire block
uh 1801 uh the the opposite side the street is actually
uh 1801 uh the the opposite side of the street is actually zoned as rm1 so what you'll see is
1809 is a corner lot bottom line is i got there are 20 units 20 different properties on that block
all of them are two units and above some is as large as five units and if we go and you know
i'll scroll down i can show you uh what the neighborhood looks like so this one is a photograph
it looks like 1901 north 18th street as you can see they're all basically three-story units this
looks uh towards the property on on the left side of the the photograph again if you continue on
there this is uh on the same block uh the entire block is three units and you can see that they're
all multifamily dwellings as stated there are some vacant lots and if we continue on we have
four family dwelling as you can see by the number of electrical meters on on those two properties
on again on the same block and as you continue on you'll see three unit properties bottom line is
the entire block with the exception of one property are multi-family dwellings and here's
our 1818 birch street which shows uh again we're just requesting that this be
a two-family dwelling and here is a photograph and let me see if i can reduce this of the zoning
notices in the window and stop sharing at this point and just why don't we have your testimony
adopted yes so if mr uh either mr taylor mr joseph we can uh have them promoted so i can
ask them the two questions there's mr taylor at the bottom mr taylor can you hear me yes i can
all right mr taylor could you state your name please and spell for the court reporter
my name is james taylor j-a-m-e-s-t-a-y-l-o-r right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth yes proceed counsel okay mr taylor do you have an opportunity
to hear in my entire um presentation yes okay would you adopt my testimony as your own
as true facts of of as presented yes all right okay good questions from the board
no mr chairman no mr chairman
questions or comments from the virtual audience
do not see any hands mr chair planning commission
thank you chair sarah bond city planning commission s-a-r-a-h-b-a-n-h
proceed the proposed use of this property is consistent with documented previous uses
it is also consistent with the use of nearby properties the city planning commission recommends
that the zoning board grant the variance thank you mi 2022 004356 1818 westberg street i vote
yes. Harold Tannery, my vote is yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes. Ishmael Shaheed,
my vote is yes. Thank you, counsel. Thank you very much. May I be excused? You can be. Have a great
day. Okay. Number 11. MI 2022-004-474-1948-74th Avenue. Vern Anastasio is the attorney.
No RCO letter at this point.
Mr. Anastasio will be coming back in as a panelist, sir.
morning mr chair hi good morning could you state your name please and spell for the court reporter
sure verne anastasio it's v-e-r-n last name is a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o right do you swear or firm
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do could you identify your client
the relationship to this property yeah i represent mr byron collins owner of the property good and
our vice chair has just a few questions. Thank you. Hi, Mr. Anastasio. Do you agree to waive the
reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy? I do. Have you emailed the exhibit
packet with proof of ownership, tax compliance, a copy of the refusal or referral, 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? Yes to everything. I just don't have a letter. I haven't heard from the RCO.
A yes to everything. I just don't have a letter. I haven't heard from the RCO.
Okay, you may proceed and begin by sharing your screen.
Thank you.
Thank you.
1948 74th Avenue. This is an application. We're legalizing a non-conforming pre-existing use.