Yes, Chairman.
I'd like to request a continuance for 1436 South 12th Street.
We just wanted to have additional time to work with the RCO.
That's great.
That's great.
That's for the court reporter. That's MI 2021-003-720-1436-South12.
That's for the court reporter.
That's MI 2021-003.
Thank you. It must be tried. It must be heard.
Thank you, Chairman.
Thank you.
okay number one mi 2021 003 716 140 south broad street jared klein rco center city
resident association have a letter of non-opposition he's coming back in as a
panelist now chair thank you i appreciate it good afternoon mr chair members of the board
uh jared klein it's k-l-e-i-n from black rome 130 north 18th street philadelphia 19103
you swear a firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes i do thank you uh our vice chair has a few questions hi mr klein do you agree to waive the
reading of the referral and stipulate to its accuracy yes I do I'm assuming you've emailed
the exhibit packet with all the required documents I have okay you may proceed thank you very much
I will share my screen make sure everybody can see that and I do want to add there's a letter
from the RCO Center City Residents Association in non-opposition you took the words out of my
mouth thank you okay uh so i'm i'm pleased to be here this afternoon on behalf of the union league
uh and this is it an expansion uh to their to their building to create uh some outdoor dining
space on the roof uh the referral that we got is pretty straightforward um as the board is well
aware uh because this is a cmx zone property uh having any non-residential use of a roof deck
requires the special exception so that's what we're here for um is to use a create a new area
on the roof of the building uh for an extension of their existing dining options and to provide
some outdoor space just to orient the board this is the property here i'm sure everybody is very
familiar with the location of the union lake building located here uh and just for for context
Next, this is the existing building, though from this angle you would not be able to see
the addition that's been contemplated.
This is a rendering of what the design will look like for the rooftop area.
They're creating a small terrace space here for outdoor dining.
There's going to be indoor seating here and then the back of the house that will have
kitchen and other facility items because the building does not lend itself to be able to
get food from the current kitchen location in the basement up to the roof. So we're doing a
secondary kitchen there. The addition itself is set well back from Broad Street, so you will not
be able to see it from the Broad Street frontage. In fact, you will barely be able to see it from
any of the surrounding streets. And I'll show some sight lines in a moment just to give the
board a sense of what they're looking at here. Here's the area of the of the addition. You can
see that the sight lines are very very minimal from Sansom Street, Moravian Street, which is
essentially a service alley. And then even on 15th Street, the actual addition is set back from the
mansard roof. So visibility will be extremely limited. This is just some additional detail on
how we're putting this in with the existing parapet walls and then just to show a conceptual
rendering of what it would look like when it's done the intention here is to have very soft
lighting and have it be minimally disruptive to the existing buildings that's currently surrounded
as the vice chair mentioned we did have a meeting with CCRA their letter of non-opposition is
included here on the screen and i'll also mention that we were very pleased to get the approval of
the philadelphia historic commission uh last week on december 10th um so that we have gone through
and gotten approval from the historic process also um at this point i will ask uh if scott lute
can uh raise his virtual hand so he might be able to adopt my testimony scott are you there
mr lute you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair
please sir state your name and spell it for the court reporter good afternoon my name is scott
ludy s-c-o-t-l-u-t-t-e i'm an owner yes yes i do thank you great thank you uh scott did you
great thank you uh scott did you have a chance to hear my presentation yes i did yes i did do you
a chance to hear my presentation yes i did yes i did
adopt everything i said is true correct in your own if you've been given the chance to testify
yourself yes great uh thank you very much uh mr chair we're here to answer any questions the board
may have but that concludes our presentation questions from the board no no question is from
the virtual audience i see no hands at this time chair planning commission good afternoon david
fecteau f-e-c-t-e-a-u with the city planning commission you swear for him to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes sir i do okay sir thank you sir mr chairman members
the Board. The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the commercial and residential mixed
use zoning for this property. The applicant has shown that the addition of a roof deck
will have no more of an impact than a roof deck might expected to have at this location.
We recommend that the Board grant a special exception. MI 2021 003716 140 South Broad Street.
yes sure i'm i'm sorry to interrupt i wanted to note that we did submit a revised plan i do i i
i have that we have i'm going to say that with proviso four pages of a revised plan thank you
very much sorry to interrupt i vote yes i vote yes uh carolton airing my vote is yes with proviso
james snell my vote is yes with proviso thomas holliman my vote is yes with proviso
Thank you very much, Mr. Klein. MI 2021 003719 1537 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Vern Anastasio,
RCO Beach Community Services as a letter of support.
Chair, Mr. Anastasio is coming back in as a panelist now.
Thank you.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the board.
How are you?
Can you state your name and spell for the court reporter?
It's Vern, V-E-R-N, Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O, 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
19107.
You swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
our um vice chair has a few questions yeah mr anastasia do you agree to wave the reading of
the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy i do and i'm assuming you've emailed the exhibit packet
with all the required documents i have okay you may continue thank you i'm going to share my screen
if i can uh this is 13 1537 cecil b moore avenue it's a referral and our application is for take
out restaurant with a walk up window at the first floor with previously approved three family
dwelling above i'll walk you through this is going to be a uh everyone who goes down the
shore knows core brothers right this is basically um philadelphia style core brothers it's going to
be a uh an ice cream parlor uh with um we're going to have a service window counter a menu billboard
some prep space and a restroom in the rear trash will be stored in the rear yard which is 18 feet
there'll be commercial trash pickup let me pull back here so you can see the this is the property
in question this is the interior photos we'll get to beach companies which we met with uh and of
course they uh they've given us a letter of support for this i'm not quite sure if ms jones
Mary Jones is on the Zoom. If she is, I'm sure she would like to weigh in. Otherwise, here's
the letter that went out to all impacted neighbors. And we also have, there was a tax compliance
issue, which has since been cleared up as of two days ago. So there's that. And here's proof of
mailing to 83 individual households for impacted neighbors so if you enjoy ice
enjoy ice cream, then I ask respectfully that you approve this appeal. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
cream then I asked respectfully that you approve
Would you want your client to adopt your testimony?
I would. Dimitri, are you there? If you could raise your hand, Dimitri.
Mr. Carolus, can you unmute yourself and wait for the chair?
Yeah, am I unmuted? Can you hear me?
Yeah, could you do me a favor, state your name and spell for the court reporter, sir.
Demetrius Corrales, K-A-R-A-L-I-S.
First name Demetrius, D-E-M-E-T-R-I-O-S.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Demetrius, did you hear my presentation to the board today?
I did.
And was it true and accurate to the best of your knowledge?
True and accurate.
And would you adopt it as your own testimony?
I would.
Okay, then I move everything into evidence, including the testimony of my client, and I respectfully request the granting of the variance, and I'm open for questions. Thank you.
Questions from the board?
No, Mr. Chair.
Questions from the virtual audience?
Chair, we have Ruth Medina. Ms. Medina, you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
You're still muted.
If you can unmute yourself.
Hello?
Hello?
Could you state your name and spell it for the court reporter, please?
Yeah, it's Demetrius again, I think.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Never mind.
Demetrius, we're okay.
Thank you, sir.
No problem.
Are they still on the line?
Any other comments from the virtual audience?
Hello? Chair, we have Ruth Medina. Okay.
Hello, this is Ruth Medina. Hi, could you do me a favor? Could you state your name and spell it
for the court reporter? Sure. My name is Ruth Medina, R-U-T-H-M-E-D-I-N-A. I'm an
spanish interpreter i would send uh uh this uh do me a favor we're gonna we're gonna call you in
in in in five minutes we'll give you your get off the phone we'll get back to you in five minutes
okay thank you sure okay i'm sorry i'm sorry chair um miss medina could you please just wait don't
get off the phone because we just lost the other interpreter just wait and we'll be with you in a
minute. Okay. Thank you. Planning Commission, please. Good afternoon, David Fecto, City
Planning Commission, Mr. Chairman, members of the Board. The comprehensive plan recommends
no change to the commercial and residential mixed use zoning for this property. The applicant
has permits from 2019 for vacant commercial with three residential units, a takeout restaurant,
and the impacts it would have are what a reasonable person would expect to find on a commercial
corridor. We recommend that the board grant the special exception. Thank you very much, sir. MI
2021-003719-1537, Cecil B. Moore Avenue. I vote yes. Carol Tenere, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes. Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes. Thank you, counselor. Thank you all.
Tanya what's our next
what's the number in this case
for the
the interpreter
we'll call that now
I think it's number
is that 15
I think yes
I'm sorry I'm away from my computer
okay no
no it's not 13
no it's number 15
15 okay good
MI-2020-002812, 830 East Thayer Street.
Mr. Ramos, no RCO letter.
Sir, could you come back on, please?
hi hi do me a favor just state your name and i'm going to get to well let's let's get the
interpreter on too interpret in spanish carl yep yep okay thank you carlos could you could
you spell your name for the our court reporter carlos por favor
C-A-R-L-O-S
R-A-M-O-N
L-A-N-T-I-G-U-A
D-I-A-Z
Carlos Ramón
Lantigua Díaz
C-A-R-L-O-S-R-A-M-O-N, La Antigua, L-A-N-T-I-G-U-A-D-S-D-I-A-Z.
Do you swear or affirm that tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Jura y declara que dirá la verdad, solamente la verdad, y nada más que la verdad.
yes interpreter could you could you um tell us your name and spell it for us too and we'll swear
you into my name is ruth medina r-u-t-h m-e-d-i-n-a i raised my hand okay do you swear a firm to tell
the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do okay um can you tell carlos to to uh
Well, first, Vice Chair, could you ask the questions to the interpreter that we need to know?
Okay, I'll be happy to. To the interpreter, can you ask Carlos if the exhibit packet was mailed in, emailed in, which consists of proof of ownership and tax compliance?
Madam Vice Chair, if it would help, I can confirm that we did receive the required exhibits.
Okay, to the interpreter we have everything and you may proceed.
Ms. Medina.
Carlos, please proceed with your presentation.
can we pause for a second
um this is the administrator um can um you provide exhibits on the screen
uh my name is carlos uh carlos lantigua and i decided to buy the property that is in 830
tire street and decided to make it two apartments. The cost is very expensive here, so I'm planning