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Room 508 City Hall
And you're still under oath Mr. Fulks
Yes sir
I would like to request continuance for appeal number 39848
1383 Sanger Street. The applicant has not milked the RCO and we wish to request
continuous until such time as the applicant meets the RCO. Thank you.
number one on our sheet. MI-2020-000263-1383 Sanger Street is continued. If there's anyone
who has a problem with that case being continued, please identify yourself. If not, we'll move
on to the next case.
Chairman, I have a request that came in from Attorney Allen Nockerson to continue number
two on your list.
Thank you.
MI-2020-0007661512Lindley Avenue is continued.
I have a request, Chair, for a continuance from the attorney that came in for number
four on your list.
Titan Street.
MI-2020-0006992143, Titan Street is continued.
And I might add, Chair, that that was requested by the RCO as well.
Okay, that case is continued at the request of the attorney and the RCO.
Thank you.
I would also like to state case number five on your list.
A request to continue came in from the attorney, Vern Anastasio.
Thank you. MI-2020-000745-212. Robin Street is continued at the request of the attorney.
If I might add, Chair, a continuance request came in by attorney Darlene III for number six on your list.
Thank you. MI 2020-0002345123 Viola Street is continued at the request of the attorney.
Thank you. MI-2020-00023.
That's all that I have.
There are two more cases. This is Sharon Saleta. There are two more cases you might want to call
to see if there's anyone here
we haven't received exhibits
for number 7 or number 8.
Okay, now is there
anyone present for
MI-2020
000718
excuse me
Vine Street. If there's anyone
someone should speak on this case, please raise your hand.
hands up at this time thank you so that's a continuance
or is that a continuance or dismissal if i could ask that we could uh continue it
okay all right so mi-2020-0007186066 vine street is continued
And what about the 2241 North 15th?
Is anyone here for 2241 North 15th?
No Chair, you can proceed, plus Sharon did not receive exhibits timely.
So we have nothing on this case, no exhibits, no requests for continuances?
nothing all right mi-2020-000233 2241 north 15th my vote is to dismiss dismiss
dismiss
unless this was the second listing i thought that we were going to continue all cases
I apologize yeah you're right I'm so used to not doing it that way all right so let's go back
on the record again MI-2020-000233 2241 North 15th Street is continued. Thank you. Thank you.
Carol I think we're going to go with Mr. Jin's case first.
Did you get that from Ms. Sharon earlier?
Yes, set calendar number 39325, 4606 Woodland Avenue.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon. Name and address for the record, Mr. Jin?
Sure. Z-H-E-N-J-I-N, Zin Jin, 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1838, Philadelphia PA, 19103.
here on behalf of the applicant.
My client is also here with us,
ACES Estate LLC.
The gentleman representing that company
is Vaz Avakayan.
Jen, you're still under oath from earlier today.
Do you agree to wave the reading of the refusal
and stipulate to its accuracy?
And have you emailed the exhibit packet
with proof of ownership, tax compliance,
refusal referral photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing
have you also met with the rco and do you have a letter i do we have submitted the
necessary documentation at least five days ahead we did receive a letter of support from the
community organization as well thank you you may proceed thank you i'm going to go ahead and share
the information with the board. So just to quickly go through the exhibits, we
have provided a notice of hearing, refusal, the support letter from the
community, certificate of tax clearance deed, our application, the PIF, photos,
and with this latest submission, the revised plans as well as the prior
submitted plans. When we first came before the board, this is a second hearing,
when we first came before the board, the application was for a five unit in a CMX2
property. The property has been vacant and was rebuilt. What the proposal is to rebuild it and
use it as a five family. The community actually met with us and supported the proposal. However,
at the first hearing, the board reviewed the plans and there were concerns that these units
were too small and the plans were rather vague when it comes to providing the
providing the details that the board required. As such, we have rescheduled with the board to
details that the board required. As such, we have rescheduled
present the plans before us today. First of all, my client has reduced the unit count from five
to four. One of the units that were originally proposed in the back of floor one is removed
because in order to provide more space storage for the other proposed units, instead of having
a unit in the back where the commercial space exists my client has converted it into a accessory
storage space allowing all the other occupants to have more storage space since their units are
rather small in addition we're keeping the existing commercial space in the front the way this
building is designed there's a center stairwell which splits essentially the building front and
back in half and that's part of the reason we kind of designed the units as front back units.
They are small units but per the board's instruction we have made the plan so that it is clear
how the bathroom, kitchen, and the bedrooms will be specifically laid out in each of the units.
They are mirror image, I'm sorry, they are mirror images of each other on each floor and they have
reduced from a total of five to four. In addition, with the centralized
stairwell, everyone has access to the rear yard
allowing trash storage pending pickup day.
The front commercial space also has its own
entrance which is also existing. The separate entrance for the
residential units would allow the residents to not have to
access at all the commercial space. The basement is for utilities only
so there's no living spaces in the basement all the living spaces that are now located only on
the second and third floor these are small units but I do want to point out part of the reason
the community supported this application is because in our discussion with the community
they really wanted what is essentially lower income or lower cost housing and we negotiated
and discussed with the community that these smaller spaces although they are small would
reduce the cost to individuals who are looking to utilize the space and therefore they actually
approved our original plan of five units although I understand the board's concern with the small
sizes and my client did in fact reduce it by one unit and provide now a shared storage space as
additional space for any occupants in the upper floor so we would ask for the board's favorable
consideration in this request this is a cmx2 property however this building as you can see
from the photograph and I'm going to shrink that down to a easier size to look at. This building
has been vacant for quite a while it was actually an unsafe structure at one point but generally
speaking the interior base structure is usable but it will require extensive renovations to make it
nice and habitable for the proposed uses. The block itself also has mix of commercial
residential use with some apartments being proposed and built nearby as well. So this,
even though the density of this particular proposal is rather high, it is not out of
character with the neighborhood and not out of character with the cost of the area. And again,
that's why the community supported our proposal i'm i'm back on the floor plan here so if the
board wants to reference any specific parts of the plan i'll be happy to zoom into it
thank you any questions from the board
anyone else to testify in this case please raise your name i believe my client is here
vass can you raise your hand please he can unmute himself thank you
this is sharon salette i had one question if the board should vote to approve this
would it be enough to say maximum four units rather than revised plans or are you submitting
revised plans to be stamped i i'll leave that to the discretion of the board um we're certainly
happy if the board wants these plans stamped it's not an issue okay yeah i think we'll get them
stamped there are no other hands up for this particular case i can say we generally don't
don't the board generally does not stamp floor plans because um i mean if you want to move a
the board generally does not stamp floor plans because um i mean if you want
bathroom or do something internal that's minor in the future it could stop you from doing that
post and that a proviso will be put in no more units on the first floor other than commercial
and storage that would essentially match what the plans would be requesting repeat that repeat
it will be a maximum of four units no residential units on the first floor
only commercial space and storage permitted thank you thank you did your
client get on you I I believe I asked him Vaz if you're here please raise your
hand on the zoom app so you can be so you can testify actually I see him yes
Hello? Yeah, this is Boz Avakins.
Sir, please spell your first and last name.
V-A-Z-G-E-N. That's my first name. Last name is A-V-A-K-Y-A-N.
And your address?
1398 Chikupin Road, Southampton, PA, 18966.
Thank you. You swear to the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Thank you.
Could I just ask if we could have the street spelling of his address?
Would you spell the street?
Chikwapin.
C-H-I-N-Q-U-A-P-I-N.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. Avakian, you heard my testimony before the board in the last few minutes.
Can you verify that all my testimony is true and correct?
and adopt it as your own?
Yes, I do.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Anyone else to testify in this case?
Please raise your hand.
No one, Chair.
Thank you.
Planning Commission?
This is Ronald Bednar, R-O-N-A-L-D, B-E-D-N-A-R.
Planning Commission.
And could you swear them in, Chair?
Ron, do you swear to the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
While this property is currently indicated for neighborhood commercial mixed-use on a city plan,
given the site's character and the location in relation to the block,
we have no objection to the granting of the variance.
Thank you.
Calendar number 39325.
4606 Woodland Avenue.
My vote is yes with the following provisors.
maximum four units first floor restricted to commercial and storage use only my
vote is yes with proviso
yes with proviso yes with proviso thank you very much
calendar number mi2020 000975 1543 south 13th street the attorney is matt monroe well i think
yes okay i'm matt hey good afternoon uh uh vice chair tenere how are you great name and address
for the record please uh matt monroe monroe law uh coming to you from the uh monroe law south philly
offices at 2030 pemberton street uh philadelphia pa 19146 do you swear to tell the whole truth and
nothing but the truth i do do you also agree to wave and step i do and have you emailed an exhibit
packet with the required documents including proof of ownership tax compliance refusal referral
photos and or plans of the property five days in advance of this hearing have you also met with
the rco and if so do you have a letter yes we um we uh sent the uh documents initially to the
board administrator but we did forward them to uh the correct email so that was a slight
snafu but um uh the documents are in uh and uh we did meet with the rco and we have a letter in the
our board packet. Thank you. You may proceed. Okay. I'm just going to share my screen and
I am here today. Also, I know my client, Vanessa, my client and friend, Vanessa Ginnarelli is
on the call and available to testify. This is a case, I believe we did have a split boat at the
RCA will just address that at the top and we received an opposition letter, but I believe
that the evidence in this case will show that this is really a classic Hertzberg hardship case