Thank you.
Thank you.
ready to go chair
thank you good morning everyone my name is frank de chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of
adjustment. I'll be participating in today's hearing along with our Vice Chair, Ms. Carol
Tenere, Board Secretary, Confessor Plaza, and Board Members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James
Snell. Board Administrator, Fatina L., and our Board Attorney, Ms. Rebecca Cole, are also in
attendance, as is our Zoning Board Administrator, Ms. Tanya Sunkett. 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. Third, 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.
I will repeat, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, for anyone to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
i'd also like to remind everyone please do not attempt to testify in the chat any comments and
or concerns should be directed to fatina l our board administrator with that i will begin with
the 9 30 add-on list uh mi number one mi 2020 dash zero zero two five eight three three nine
2959 Lancaster Avenue, my vote is no.
Carol Tenere, my vote is no.
Professor Plaza, my vote is no.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is no.
Jim's muted.
Okay, we'll move on to number two.
MI 2021-002-276-1630, Cecil B. Moore Avenue. MI 2021-002277, 1632, Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
One, seven, three, five, Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
My vote is yes to all five.
Carol Tenere, my vote is yes to all five.
Confessor Plaza, yes to all.
James Snell, yes to all.
Thomas Holloman, yes to all.
Number three.
I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman.
This is Alan Ockamson of Ockamson, PC.
No, no.
I don't know.
Can somebody mute him?
we're not ready for people yet um chair we do have um a proviso that you have on your list
sharing provided for you with that right yeah yep that's what i forgot i'm sorry i was
scribbling it on the back hold on let me get it up my mistake
i'm working off of two devices here
all right as it relates to the five cases on cecil b more avenue that i just read into the record
my vote is yes with
approved new use is group living
um i think i have this wrong i'm going to need somebody to i'm sorry um i got it here i have
approved living with previously approved uses to remain thank you chair thank you so if the
board can just re-vote with the with that proviso okay carolton airy my vote is yes with proviso
confessor plaza yes with proviso james snell yes with proviso
tom okay
all right um allegheny avenue mi 2021-001558 1415 west allegheny avenue there was a letter of
support from tayoga united and councilwoman bass also in support my vote is yes carol
Tenere. My vote is yes. Confessor Plaza. Yes. James Snell. My vote is yes.
Thank you. Sorry about the confusion. We will now go to our regular 930 list.
The following cases have been requested to be continued.
Number six, MI 2021-002-010, 2528 Lloyd Street.
This is a request for continuance, must be heard.
Number eight on our list, MI 2021-002-016, 4271 North Bodine Street.
My vote is yes to continuance, must be heard.
At this time, is there anyone else requesting a continuance or withdrawal, please raise
your hand.
Chair, we have Charles Richardson, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair, Mr.
Good morning, Mr. Richardson. Please identify yourself and I'll swear you in.
Good morning, Mr. Chair. Charles Richardson from the Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass, room 312 City Hall.
Do you want to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you. Please proceed.
Requesting a continuance for 1528 West Erie Avenue, which has the meeting ID MI2020000752.
uh requesting on behalf of the rco 13th ward uh did speak with the attorney this morning uh harry
cook and uh he hopefully he's on the line right now but he agreed to the continuum so they would
be able to meet and go over the revised plans that they have mr cook available
mr cook please identify yourself i'll swear you in thank you mr chairman harry cook anastasia law
You're a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
I do, sir.
You concur with that request for the continuance?
Thank you.
Thank you.
And Mr. Cook's name is spelled C-O-O-K.
MI 2020-0007521528 West Erie Avenue is continued.
Any other requests for continuances or withdrawals?
Chair, we have Scott Shoutsman.
Chair, we have Scott Schatzman.
Please unmute yourself and please wait for the chair.
Good morning, sir. Please spell your full name and I'll swear you in.
Scott G. Schatzman.
S-C-H-A-T-Z-M-A-N.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Thank you. Please proceed.
uh well i live at 25 24 lloyd street and all my neighbors i got like half a dozen people here
we're we're i'm sorry i'm sorry chair sir are you here to request a continuance yes i am we already
read that into the record it will be continued okay well any more information be sent to the
neighbors? Yes. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else can requesting a continuance or
withdrawal? I see no more handshake. Okay. Thank you. First case on our list. MI 2021. That's
zero zero two zero one seven one five one three cyber seybert street uh olga sokolov is the
attorney of record beach community service sent a letter of opposition friends of the 47th ward rco
and map community development corporation rco sent a letter of support as the community land trust
good morning chair members of the board good morning sir please spell your full name sure
oleg sokolov on behalf of the applicant crete llc oleg o-l-e-g sokolov s-o-k-o-l-o-v 1700
market street suite 105 philadelphia pa 19103 you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. Ms. Tenere has some questions for you. Yes ma'am. Hello,
okay I'm unmuted. Do you agree to wait the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes ma'am. Have you emailed the exhibit packet with proof of ownership tax compliance,
refusal referral, photos and or plans of this property five days in advance of this hearing
and have you met with the RCO and do you have a letter? Yes ma'am. Okay you may proceed and good
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for your time. If I may share screen, so go ahead and take you through our exhibit packet, please.
applicant herein is seeking variants to use the property as a two-family dwelling in an rsa5
district we intend or would like to build a three-story structure with two dwelling units
The first being located on the first floor and the basement, and the second unit being located on the second and third floors.
The unit A on the first floor and basement will consist of 1,084 square feet of living space in three bedrooms.
Let me just quickly take you through. Here's the deed.
tax clearance for the owner crete llc
here's a photo of the subject lot i just like to direct the board's attention that this is an
infill project this is located between not just two but a number of multifamily units that
you can see here from the multiple electrical meters on the outside. I'll also go through
the addresses that are on the block that consist of multifamily units. Here's a little bit of a
zoomed out photo of the lot and some further photos. This is facing out. You'll see that
there's a large vacancy, a large vacant lot across the street from the unit or from the property,
excuse me zoning maps some aerial shots you'll see once again the the large vacant lot located
across the street and nearly the entirety of that side of the block is filled in with multi-family
units. I just, for the record, I'd like to go through 1511 and 1515 Sabert, as I stated, both
adjacent to the subject property are multifamily designated, as well as 1511 and 1515 Sabert,
Subject property are multi-family designated as well as 1509, 1503, 1517, and 1521 Sabert are all multi-family designations.
Here's the front and rear elevations.
a rendering i'd like to just direct the board's attention that you know the property is congruent
with the other properties on on the block similar design similar shape
further elevation photos
is everyone able to see that if i if i zoom it or zoom out that much
a little bit larger would be helpful okay let me
i think i can go a little bit more and still get it in the screen
Okay, here are the floor plans. As you will see, we're seeking to have a three bedroom unit on the first floor and the cellar and then the same on the second and third floors.
The second floor and third floor unit B will consist of 1236 square feet so it'll be just a little bit larger than the first unit.
Our project information form.
Our appeal application.
our certificates of mailing
pardon me
our zoning notice poster
this is the letter from um beach which was the coordinating rco in our initial meeting
the one um comment that i would like to make about this while not included in the exhibit
packet i believe it was shared with the board the notes of the meeting summary and the one thing
that I would just like to direct the board's attention to is that there was one vote in
opposition from the coordinating RCO. There was only one vote that could vote, given their
proximity to the property. We then further met with additional community organizations,
all three of which have supported the project, that being the Community Land Trust,
friends of the 47th ward and the map cdc rco here's a letter of support from friends of 47th ward
and map cdc and an additional letter of support from community land trust
are there any questions i could answer for the board
do you need your client to adopt your testimony
yes please client's name mr kogan are you on the line here
sir you're muted so you need to unmute yourself
yes i am mr kogan excuse me spell your name sir and i'll swear
sir d-a-n-i-e-l-k-o-g-a-n you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the
truth i do thank you mr shakalov uh mr kogan were you on the line for my testimony today
yes i was and do you adopt that testimony as your own yes i do is there anything in addition that
you'd like to add for the board's consideration uh nothing at this time no okay and and if if i
may mr kogan you do um have additional properties in this neighborhood and are going to be developing
have additional properties in this neighborhood and are going to be developing other properties
in this in this vicinity as well correct yes thank you uh any questions from the board
no mr chairman no no mr chair anyone else would like to testify in this case if so please raise
your hand chair we have a calling user phone number ending at six eight nine four please unmute
Reach yourself and wait for the chair.
Golden user, please identify him or herself.
Spell your name.
Louise, L-O-U-I-S-E, Bundy, B-U-N-D-Y.
We're leading a friend of 474.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Thank you.
Ms. Bundy, please proceed.
I just would like to know, I mean, I would like for y'all to know that I think that this should be in our neighborhood, okay?
Because they have went through what they had to go through.
Now we have checked them out and we know that they're trying to do the right thing, okay?
We want them to be one of our neighbors because we believe that they will be good neighbors, okay?
I'm for them, okay?
Okay, thank you.
Thank you very much.
anyone else
we know the handshare thank you planning commission
good morning david fecto f-e-c-t-e-a-u with the city planning commission you swear affirm to tell
the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes sir i do thank you please proceed thank you
sir. Mr. Chairman, members of the board, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the
existing single-family zoning. This is a 910-square-foot lot. Although there is nothing
unique about the lot that would require two units to be built, the majority of the block has been
converted through variances to multiple-unit homes. We recommend that the board grant the requested
variance my 2021-002 017 1513 cyber street cyber street my vote is yes
frank did you just vote that
i didn't i think i was muted yeah i think you were
um my vote was yes okay carol tenere my vote is yes
sir plaza my vote is yes james snell my vote is yes thomas holliman my vote is yes
okay we gotta go to case number three mi 2021-002087 1715 mckean street
matt monroe is the attorney of record um i don't have an rco letter but we'll ask that question
uh mr monroe when you get on please spell your full name and i'll swear you in
hey good morning chairman de chico members of the board
matt monroe monroe law 2030 uh pemberton street uh 19146
where we're firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth