It's recording right now.
Thank you.
okay chair i see 24 attendees we can start now good morning everyone my name is frank
de chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment i'll be participating today's hearing
along with our Vice Chair, Ms. Carol Tenere, Board Secretary, Professor Plaza, and Board
Members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James Snell.
Board Administrator, Ms. Yvette Benton, and Board Attorney, Ms. 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, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded
and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded
and that the recording will be made available to the public on the web or otherwise.
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.
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 will repeat, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
And I also would like to remind everyone, please do not attempt to testify in the chat.
Any discussion should be made with our board administrator.
Having said that, we now will go to our first case, which is an add-on.
And before I ask for the vote, I will ask the Planning Commission to weigh in
on its recommendations for MI 2020-001-532-1526 Pecker Avenue.
Planning Commission, if you can identify yourself and I'll swear you in.
Good morning, Chair Chico. Ian Hegarty for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I-A-N-H-E-G-A-R-T-Y.
You swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
Please proceed.
Good morning, sir. With regard to 1526 Packer Avenue, the comprehensive plan recommends this property for commercial use.
planning commission believes that the applicant has demonstrated that the proposed use
will have no more of an impact than might normally be expected for this type of facility
we recommend that the board grant the requested special exception thank you mi 2020-001532
1526 packard avenue my vote is yes my vote is no my vote is no my vote is no my vote is no
Thank you. Hold on one second. Let me get these.
Where's the continuance list? Okay, the following cases have been requested to be continued.
MI 2021-000723, 1142 Watkins Street. Attorney Mr. Raymond Diorizio has asked
for continuance number two on our list mi 2021 that's zero zero zero
Number two on our list, MI 2021, that's 000721, 1240 Rittner Street.
Attorney Mr. Vincent Dufino has requested a continuance.
And if anyone disagrees with the request for those continuances, please raise your hand at this time or others keep your hand down until you're recognized.
i see no hands at this time chair thank you at this time we'll request any uh any requests for
continuances or withdrawals please raise your hand here we have a miss lakeisha graham
miss graham please unmute yourself and you can speak now i'm sorry good morning can you can you
guys hear me yes please identify yourself spell your full name um yes lakisha graham that's l-a-k-e-s-h-i-a
last name is graham g-r-a-h-a-m you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing
but the truth i affirm yes i do please uh you're calling regarding what case um generation of
scholars expanding my family child care to group at 5921 Haverford Avenue.
Hold on, please.
Thank you.
That's number 14.
We have not received any exhibits, ma'am.
Could you explain why we didn't receive any exhibits?
I'm sorry.
Are you asking for a continuance?
yes i am oh okay thank you all right so mi 2021-0 excuse me chair if i could could we call
to see if anyone for the applicant is here i think she is she is the applicant um oh the
applicant is a corporation i believe oh i'm sorry are you um miss are you the owner of the property
No, I'm renting a property.
My landlord gave me permission.
Either way, we'll have to continue it.
MI2021-000889-5921-Hoverford Avenue is continued.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals on the 930 list?
Please raise your hand.
Here we have Sloan Foulkes. Mr. Foulkes, you can unmute yourself and speak.
Mr. Foulkes, please identify yourself and I'll swear you in.
Yvette, you have to unmute him. He hasn't been allowed to speak yet.
good morning chairman de chico uh members of the zba board my name is sloan folks uh representing
the office of councilwoman ria canyona sanchez room 508 city hall where from to tell the truth
the whole truth, nothing but the truth. I do, sir. Thank you. I am, regarding meeting number
MI2020-0024951652 North 2nd Street, I have neither record of a community meeting
nor has the property owner reached out to our office. I'm just wondering if there's someone
here representing them today. Okay, I'll ask, is there anyone here representing 1652 North
2nd Street? If so, please raise your hand. All other hands, stay down, please.
1652 North 2nd Street. Here, I have two other hands that are up.
okay mr mr barrel yuxel
you can unmute yourself on your side and speak now
yes good morning sir good morning sir how you done this morning
please spell your full name yeah v-a-r-o-l first name
Y-U-K-S-E-L
You swear if I'm to tell the truth
the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Sir, have you met with the RCO?
Yeah, we have.
I'm his son.
If it's okay, can I...
Please identify yourself.
Please identify yourself.
Spell your full name.
Sadha Yuxel, S-E-R-H-A-T
Y-U-K-S-E-L
Y-U-K-S-E-L.
You swear if I'm to tell the truth
You swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Our notations indicate that there's no RCO letter in our packet.
Could you shed some light on that?
I'm not sure which one the RCO letter would be, but we did have a meeting with the RCO.
Mr. Fulks, could you set some light? You have not received any indication of a letter from South Kensington?
No, sir. The last two discussions that I've had, South Kensington Community Partnership didn't have a meeting with them.
They are the coordinating RCO, and they had reached out to the property owner.
That's the reason why I'm circling back around to the request.
We're going to need to continue this case. MI 2020-002-495-1652 North 2nd Street is continued.
Anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal?
Chair, we have a Rita Morgan. Ms. Morgan, you can unmute yourself and speak now.
ma'am please identify yourself for the record spell your full name and i'll swear can you hear
me please identify yourself spell your full name and i'll swear you in can you hear me yes hello my
name is rita morgan ma'am please spell your full name and i'll swear you in r-i-t-t-a
M-O-R-G-A-N
You swear if I'm to tell the truth
the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes. And what case are you talking
about? Pardon me?
What case are you calling about?
Property
Musgrave Street
Philadelphia
13, Frank
Mr. Chair
Exhibits, yes, what is your
request. For zoning. I know what what do you you raised your hand? Are you asking for a continuance?
No, I'm not familiar with zooming. So maybe I did something. We did not. We did no worries. We did
not receive the exhibits five days in advance. Therefore, this case will be continued. Excuse me,
Chair, if we could, the attorney in this is Darlene Threat, if you could call her.
Oh, I missed that.
I'm sorry.
Is Ms. Threat available?
Good morning, Commissioner Darlene Threat on behalf of the applicant.
Please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
Darlene, D-A-R-L-E-N-E, Threat, T as in Thomas, H-R-E-A-T-T as in Thomas.
You swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
I do, Commissioner.
Please proceed.
Commissioner, we did not submit the exhibits five days in advance.
I had a problem with my account with the Department of Records.
I was unable to download the deed, and my client had to make a payment agreement with the Department of Revenue.
We have uploaded all the documents, and we are ready to go.
I apologize for any convenience, but I respectfully request that we be allowed to proceed today.
Okay, so noted.
We'll get to you.
Thank you.
Anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal?
Chair, we have Andrew Goodman.
Mr. Goodman, you can unmute yourself and speak.
Good morning, Mr. Goodman.
You know the drill.
Please identify yourself and I'll swear you in.
Andrew Goodman, G-O-O-D-M-A-N, here representing the Office of Third District Council Member
Jamie Gaudier, room 586, City Hall.
You're swearing for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Yes, I do.
Thank you, sir. Please proceed.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We received a request from the applicant of MI 2021-0007185732, Catherine Street.
The applicant was requesting a continuance.
Noted, and there were no exhibits, so we were going to continue.
All right.
Calendar number MI 2021.
that 0007185732 catherine street is continued thank you any other requests for continuances
or withdrawals on the 9 30 list please raise your hand all others remain with your hand down
i see no hands at this time chair okay i think we can begin with it's number number three calendar
Calendar number MI 2021-000667-1426-44 North 6th Street.
your number MI2021-0000.
The attorney is Jared Klein.
Mr. Klein, are you somewhere out there in the virtual world?
1426 panelists thank you good morning mr chair members of the board sorry took me a moment
good morning mr klein name and address for the record and spell your last name before you get
sworn in absolutely uh jared klein from blank rome it's j-a-r-e-d last name's k-l-e-i-n 130 north
18th Street. Do you swear I affirm to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy? I can waive the
reading. I can't stip to the accuracy, but it's an easy fix that I will explain as we get into
the presentation. Okay, great. Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax
compliance, 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 all of the above.
Thank you. You may proceed.
Thank you. I'm going to share my screen, and I'm going to assume everybody can see it,
unless you tell me that you can't. So this is 1426 to 44 North 6th Street. This is an
affordable housing development on behalf of ASE, and the application is seeking to demolish the
existing structures on the lot and to replace them with 55 affordable residential units.
The refusal which you got on the screen in front of you is correct in terms of the refusals that
it lists. So we are seeking a variance for the front setback. We are seeking a variance for
height. The small correction we wanted to make is with respect to the description.
as the description describes as 55 age restricted dwelling units. The more specific description is
that there are 24 regular residential units and 31 senior age restricted units. And we have a
revised plan that we submitted that I'll reference as we proceed of one page that changes the bicycle
COUNT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO REFUSAL THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY THAT STYLE OF HOUSING
CLARIFICATION. BEFORE I GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, I'LL JUST NOTE WE DID MEET WITH ATM
AND THEY TOOK A POSITION OF NO OPINION. IT WAS A VERY SPARSELY ATTENDED MEETING,
BUT THOSE WHO ATTENDED DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS. WE ALSO DID PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO THE CIVIC
design review committee on June 1st. We have not received a letter, but the CDR committee
did vote to conclude the CDR process after the one meeting. I imagine the planning commission