all right i think that's way too many bedrooms but uh calendar number i'm sorry planning commission
good afternoon david effecto city planning commission mr chairman and members of the
board this property is indicated for single family use on the city's comprehensive plan
this appears to be a pre-existing use we do not believe allowing this to continue will
have a negative impact on the block accordingly we have no objection to granting this variance
mi-2020-001128-1155 daily street my vote is no my vote is no my voters no my voters no
thank you
i think that was a no what calendar number mi 2020 dash zero zero one one two five
740 snyder avenue the attorney is kenneth young
young you've been promoted to a panelist you can share your screen and unmute yourself to be sworn
in good afternoon hi mr young can you put your name and address on the record please
kenneth young 1500 walnuts street suite 2000 philadelphia pennsylvania 19102 and also do you
swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do do you agree to wave and stip i do
also finally have you emailed an exhibit packet with the required documents which would be proof
of ownership tax compliance refusal referral photos and or plans of the property five days
in advance of this hearing have you also have you also met with the rco and do you have a letter
Yes, I do, Ms. Denary.
Excuse me, Sharon Saleta.
Mr. Young, did you submit a copy of the refusal?
I'm not seeing it in your exhibit packet.
I'm looking at my exhibits.
I apologize for that.
I could try to.
All of your other documents are there.
If you can just send it to me by the end of the day.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Mr. Chairman, members of the board, I'm here today with Mr. Doe Nguyen,
the principal and owner of the property.
The city classifies this as 740-42 Snyder Avenue.
My client would like to divide the property to two separate lots.
He has owned the properties since 1994.
4, the 742 has three units, two bedroom, two baths, and 740 is a single family property.
And we need to file this as a subdivision to separate the properties to have two separate
deeds.
Mr. Young, do you have any floor plans?
Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman.
I will bring those up.
I appreciate it.
Unfortunately, let me try this again, this is, I'm on a learning curve here, Mr. Chairman,
I apologize.
So Mr. Young, double click your actual file that you wish us to view.
Double-click your actual file that you wish us to view.
Once you have that open, then click on the green share screen.
Bear with me.
I just lost everything.
Thank you very much.
The E-Plan is Exhibit D, and I will...
Nothing yet.
So did you click on the share screen at the bottom of Zoom?
Yes, I did.
Let me...
Here we go.
double-click actually on whatever document you want us to view thank you
very much so mr. chairman this has been a one property since the late 50s you
don't have any pictures can we only still have the oh did they come up to
exhibit D, the e-plans? No. Click on the actual document. Yeah. So now, if it's not working,
go back out. How about now? It says sharing. Right, but you're sharing your file list. So go
back out, hit share screen, and then go back in, hit share screen, and actually click on the file
or pictures that you want us to look at.
There we go.
You see them up there?
Slowly opening.
Did you click on the actual document
that you want us to see?
There we go.
Oh, we got it now.
Okay, we have lot lines.
Want me to share the photos, Mr. Chairman?
You could, that would be helpful.
Thank you.
Are they coming up?
yes if you could maximize maximize your screen
perfect thank you
That's 740, and then I could show you 742.
that's the same one
try my best
is that coming up chairman yes
Do you have anything Ken that shows us what the floor plan, I mean currently 740 is
a single family uh no sir mr chairman seven it's one property 740 742 is actually zoned a four
a single family? Uh, no sir, Mr. Chairman.
unit property because there's one unit at 740 and three units at 742 and what he's trying to do is
he's trying to separate the two lots because it's one deed parcel a and b so what we're trying to
do is just make two deeds all right and we did meet with the uh 7th street uh civic association
it's my understanding also i spoke with them this morning and that they informed me that
councilman squilla was uh sending over a letter of non-opposition sharon do we have anything in
the file from councilman squilla i will check but it's going to take a minute okay
or tanya i don't know whoever has if you have it
and we did meet with the community group back in january but i've been in touch with them
um okay i what whatever we do here is not going to change the condition of the building i'd
advise your client that pictures that you showed of 740 very frightening
people shouldn't have to live that way not faulting you by the way it's your client
well he's on the line and uh well he better get his act together that's a horrible situation
have people living there like that this is sharon saletta i checked and i have not received a letter
all right you have the rco letter
i could share that i did submit that as well you have that ken please yes sir
who is the rco uh the seventh street community civic association president bruce baldwin yeah
thanks thank you
Can you scroll down a little bit, it's final position, it just says.
It says final position taken by support.
All right.
let me get your client on this
thank you very much
Mr. Nguyen
Doe Nguyen
well I have to allow him I just need to know
his name or he can
actually
raise his hand
Okay, Mr. Doe, you can unmute yourself to speak.
Mr. Doe, please identify yourself your first and last name and spell your name for us.
Yeah, my first name is Doe, D-O. My last name Nguyen, N-G-U-Y-E-N.
and your address
right now I live on
6314 Dix Avenue
Philadelphia
thank you
you swear and affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth
you swear to tell the truth
we're going to ask you questions
do you swear to answer them truthfully
yes sir thank you all right let's be on thank you mr chairman uh mr win yes uh did you hear
my representations regarding your proposal to separate the properties to two deeds
yes sir and do you agree and adopt my presentation as your own testimony
yes sir will you also agree to clean up these properties yes there's concerns that
740 doesn't look nice yeah yes okay will you will you take care of these and spend some money and
clean these up yes sir i will we're going to put a condition on that ken yes sir all right thank
you very much thank you anyone else wish to testify in this matter
did i ask the board if that the board had any questions yeah i went how long has he owned this
property him and his wife owned have owned the property since 1994 he had a
Him and his wife have owned the property since 1994.
He had a local grocery store here in the community for several years.
He transferred the deed to his LLC in 2003.
And so it's been in his name and his interest since 1994.
And it's still not cleaned.
Well, you know what, Carol, in this case, if we don't approve it, it'll continue.
we'll put a conditional geo all right and that may make force him not to do what he should have
been doing all along no reflection on you mr young thank you sir all right um you know that ken
good afternoon david effecto city planning commission mr chairman and members of the
board this property is indicated for single family residential use on the singles on the
city's comprehensive plan this appears to be an existing use we do not believe that the relocation
of the lot lines will have a negative impact on the surrounding area. Accordingly, we have
no objection to granting the variance. Thank you. MI-2020-001125, 740 Snyder Avenue. My
vote is yes with proviso. CO to be issued within three months. Yes with proviso. Yes
with proviso yes with proviso yes with proviso and mr young if you could remember to send me
that refusal please i'm going to email you right now and thank you all i may be excused yes you
may thank you mr young i think that's a wrap frank
it is 24 so we'll take a 15 minute break does that work i have some good news for you it looks
as though only one case on the 3 30 list is ready to go forward uh you want to take the break uh
what hold on which case is that sharon um hold on
Matt on Maddie Monroe's case on 13th Street yes that's it okay let's take a
15-minute break it's not correct soon can use a break as well all right okay
Thank you.
One more minute to go, 4.14.
Thank you.
can you hear me i can hear you okay
4 15 is everyone back uh jim yes confessor everybody's here tanya yes tanya's here and
yes everybody's here okay all right we'll begin good afternoon everyone my name is frankie chico
I'm the Chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
I'll be participating in today's hearing with Vice Chair Ms. Carol Tenere,
Board Secretary Confessor Plaza, and Board Members Mr. Thomas Holloman 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.
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.
First, we will be administrating
Second, for the benefit of anyone participating by phone,
we ask that attorneys and witnesses identify themselves prior to speaking or testifying.
I think I'm going to repeat that.
For the benefit of anyone participating by phone,
we ask that attorneys and witnesses identify themselves prior to speaking or testifying.
Third, we would like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded and that
by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.
Fourth, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your
hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
I'll repeat, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your
hand by hitting star nine and then star six 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 sorry the dog is telling you to shh all right let me repeat that finally 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 vice chair tenere calls our
first case we'd like to ask if anyone is requesting a continuance or withdrawal to be heard this
afternoon if so please raise your hand identify yourself for the record and wait to be sworn in
and also if you have the page number of your case that would be helpful uh chair they don't they
don't have these they don't have that okay no some folks from the council person's office
Mr. Fulks
Good afternoon Chairman DeChico and the ZBA board
Sloan Fulks