On the back is, yeah.
And there's two separate entrances,
one for commercial and one for residential.
And this is from far away.
This house is showing over here.
This is just recently built.
It's all a renting apartment.
And I have that house looking there on across the street.
On the left-hand side across the street, right there is yours.
And as you can see across the street, there's lots of apartments.
This is the condition right now.
It's from the egress from the basement.
And this is the front door of the commercial.
Our front door over here, but we saw another picture before.
Okay, questions from the board?
no mr chair
no mr chairman
questions from the virtual audience
i see no hands at this time chair planning commission uh properties indicated this is
ron bednar city planning this property is indicated for commercial mixed use on the city plan
on our doctor district plan recommends no changes to the existing zoning at this location.
The applicant's hardship is not supported with evidence of unique physical circumstances
or conditions of the site that would prevent it from being used in conformity with the code.
Therefore, we recommend the request for grants not be granted.
MI 2021-002431-1624 South 20th Street.
i vote no my vote is yes carol tennari james now my vote is now
we have support from the community um i'm sorry i'm sorry don't speak right now don't speak right
Ismael, are you there?
We got a 2-1 vote.
Thank you.
The 2-1 goes nowhere.
Yes, Ismael, are you there?
If so, sir, you just need to unmute.
Oh, can you hear me?
I'm sorry.
I thought I'd unmute it.
okay yes my vote is no thank you thank you everyone mi 2021 003550 1831 south camac street
no rco letter east passion civic association councilman squilla
and non-opposition refers to the rco letter of support
Andrew Miele
Andrew Mealy is coming back in as a panelist. Thank you.
is coming back
Hello? Mr. Mealy, state your name and spell it for the court reporter, please.
My name is Andrew Mealy, A-N-D-R-E-W, last name M-I-E-L-E.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Our vice chair has a couple of questions for you.
Hi, it appears according to the notes that you've submitted all of the required documents.
Okay, are you an attorney?
I am not.
No, you're per se.
Okay, you may proceed.
uh so what we're looking at is uh we currently have a third floor with an eight foot setback
uh we're looking to put a railing around that setback um uh and uh a deck so that we could
use it as a patio space um that's that's where we're at yeah do you have any drawings of it
Andrew? Yes, how would I share that? What kind of device are you working with today? I'm on a PC.
So, is it a regular, just a regular computer? Just a regular computer. If you go down to the
bottom of your screen on the Zoom application, you'll see a green share screen button. There it
is. So, before you do that, do you have your documents open that you want to share? I do.
okay let's try hitting the share screen okay and then click on your documents and it's coming open
there you go is that can you say that that's it yeah yeah okay um so this this is our current
property and uh right here is where our setback is located and we're just looking to put a railing
around it that's that's really yeah that's that's it
okay questions from the board no sir
no chair mr chairman questions from the virtual audience
i see no hands at this time chair planning commission
this is ron bednar city planning this property is indicated for
residential use on the city plan or adopted district plan recommends no changes to the
existing zoning at this location. The applicant's hardship is not supported with evidence of unique
physical circumstances or conditions of the site that would prevent it from being used in
conformity with the code. Therefore, we recommend the request of ranch not be granted.
MI 2021-003550-1831 South Camac Street. I vote yes.
Harold Tenere my vote is yes. James Snell my vote is yes. Ishmael Shaheed my vote is yes.
Thank you. MI 2021-003489-420-West Shoe. There's no RCO in this area. Councilwoman Parker's office has been working on this.
Latia Barnes is the pro se owner.
or tatcha brown barnes miss barnes
chair yes
okay i'm waiting for her to raise her hand i see i don't see her here
i just saw her name a minute ago i don't know what happened
yeah they they parker's office called about this today too hi hi hi yeah could you state your name
and spell for the court reporter please certainly my name is latisha barnes spelled l-a-t-e-a-c-h-a
last name barnes b-a-r-n-e-s do you swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth but and
nothing but the truth? I do. Our vice chair has a few questions for you. Certainly. Hi. It seems
based on our notes that you have submitted all of the required documents. Is that correct?
That's correct. Okay, you may proceed. So is this where I just tell exactly what I'm trying to do?
Yeah, and if you have any pictures of it or, right? I do. Yeah, so it's just, it will be a
So it's just, it will be a small event space for gatherings such as baby showers, repass, and things of that nature.
small event space for gatherings such as baby showers.
It's a space with 200, I'm sorry, 2,000 square feet.
It's just an open space.
I have pictures of it if you guys need pictures.
Do you have anything you can show on the computer?
It's just I'm on a cellular device, so if someone can just assist me with how to get to the photos.
ma'am which um type of phone are you using iphone or android it's iphone do you have um zoom app
installed i do have zoom app installed okay um when you open it and you're on the screen
and your files open does it show um share towards the bottom of your screen
um it doesn't it just has at the bottom of the screen it just has stop record it has more
but it just allows me to raise my hand background and filter and let me see if this would be
if not we might have to enable um your screen sharing your settings
okay um whatever we have to do i'm willing um sir would you like me to work offline
while you continue on with the case okay um miss barnes i will um can i write with her
or how can i troubleshoot if you want to chat with her offline that's fine okay thank you
that's what I'll do, Ms. Barnes. Okay, no problem. Thank you. Ms. Barnes, please close your video and
we'll come back to you. Thank you. Okay. MI 2021, 003522, 518 South 7th Street.
RCO, Washington Square, neighbors, letter of non-opposition with provisos. Appellant must
to be represented by an attorney who's here for that case chair we have someone with a hand up
by the name of hagana kim sure mr or miss kim you can unmute yourself and wait for the chair
hi mr chairman uh my attorney is callie kim she's also attorney here yes he's just been
promoted to panelists share okay let me let me go to him first
mayanna oh hello i'm i'm connected i'm sorry i'm sorry leticia please mute yourself thank you i'm
sorry go ahead okay hi i'm callie could you uh could you identify yourself for a court reporter
to spell your name? Sure. I'm Callie Kim, C-A-L-L-I-E. My last name is Kim, K-I-M, as in
Monday. And I'm here on behalf of the tenant of 518 South 7th Street, who also happens to be my
husband, but I'm his attorney. That's a good client. That's a good client. You swear for him
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Yes, I do. Okay. And our vice
Chair, I have a few questions for you. Sure. Hi. Do you agree? No. I'm asking, are you the attorney?
Yes. Okay. Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes. And I assume that you have sent in all the required documents? Yes. You may proceed
and start sharing your screen. Sure. So I'm going to share my screen and go through a few exhibits,
but just before I wanted to give you quick, and I promise it'll be brief, a very brief overview of
the issue. We're seeking a use variance for the first floor commercial space of 518 South 7th
for a yoga studio. The yoga studio has been open there since July 2019, although we were closed
for approximately a year due to COVID. We've reopened now since March of 2021. We are a beloved
to yoga community in the neighborhood. The majority of clients that come into our space
live within a few blocks, so very little impact on parking. And we did meet with the RCO and we
received a non-opposition letter from the RCO. So I'm just going to share my screen so you can
see this here. Now, what you see here is the exterior of 518 South 7th. As I said, it is
zone for RM1, the personal use is not allowed, so we're seeking a variance with the proviso
of no body art service and no fortune-telling service, given the feedback from the Washington
Square West RCL. This is the exterior. Here's our denial.
This is the exterior. Here's our denial from L&I. And yeah, it says personal services expressly prohibited in RM1.
This was our project form. This is our lease that was signed with the owner, 518 South 7th Street LP.
and we have the authorization letter from the owner to pursue the variance, which let me see
if I can get to that. Here we are. So this is from the owner to pursue the variance.
This is our certificate of tax clearance for Tuck Bar and Yoga. And then this is from the RCO,
from Washington Square West, 15 folks non-opposed. And they did send us this proviso we worked with
them. They were super helpful. They were just concerned that, you know, they didn't want a
tattoo parlor or a fortune teller coming in later, but they actually really appreciated the use and,
you know, thought that it was beneficial to the community, although I don't mean to speak for
them in any way, shape or form. And so we are seeking that use variance for personal services
with this proviso, the no body art service, no fortune telling service. And with that,
I'll leave it to you all for if you have any questions for me or for my husband, Haganah.
Could we swear your husband in, please, and he could adopt your testimony?
Sure. Haganah, are you there?
I'm here.
Haganah, you heard my testimony. Do you confirm that everything is true and accurate?
And you adopt it as your testimony?
yes i do just do me a favor could spell your whole name for the court reporter
sure h-a-g-a-n-a last name is kim k-i-m good any questions from the the board no mr chair
no mr chairman no mr chairman um chair i don't know if i missed it this tanya i apologize
but did he get sworn in i did not yeah thank you so i thought no i'm sorry i thought i did it
before. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do. Okay, thank you. Questions from the virtual audience?
I see no hands at this time, Chair. Any commission?
This is Ryan Bednar, City Planning. While the property is currently indicated for residential
in the city plan, given the site's physical condition and its documented use history,
We recommend that a request for variance be granted, provided that all L&I violations have been resolved on this property.
MI 2021-003-522-518 South 7th Street, I vote yes with provisos for L&I correction, if any exists.
Harold Tenere, my vote is yes with provisos.
James Snell yes we're provisos
thank you so much
yes we're provisos
thank you
thank you very much appreciate it
Mr. Chairman Bergman
will you record that the
provisos for no
the services no
body art service and no fortune telling service
on the record sure thank you
appreciate it Rebecca
All right. Let me take the last one because I'm not sure. MI 2021 007185732 Catherine Street. No exhibits, multiple listings. James Beasley.
chair this is tanya the administrator i have received correspondence from this applicant
stating that they wish to withdraw their case and come back with something different thank you case
withdrawn how are we making out with uh miss barnes i think i'm able to share content now i
can try it. All right. So this would be the outside. Are you able to see this? We're not
seeing it yes now yeah miss burns okay oh wait it's coming now okay so that's just yep the inside
entrance when you first walk in forgive me i just need to learn how to navigate around
Walk in.
Forgive me.
I just need to learn how to navigate around a little bit.
This would be the inside.
That's a full view of the inside.
Ms. Barnes, you have to restart screen sharing now so that we can see it again.
There you go.
All right.
So that's a full view of the inside.
um completely empty with no decorations no tables or anything that's just like
a full view um let me just go back
can you see the street view
yes yes okay so that's the outside it's the black building um it's between two
two um two churches and um i'm very friendly neighbor with um and then let me just i have one