neighboring properties such as 2603 right next door to the property which is two units that's
an rm1 zoning district but it's two units and it also has a substandard size lot 1144 north
huntington directly across the street is five units it's a long-standing five-unit structure
Again, the other structures in the area are either commercial use with vacant residential
use above directly across the street and another commercial use of takeout beer store with
again, vacant commercial uses above or other properties in the area that are five residential
units three residential units two residential units all of which have no
commercial use other than the church none are being used as provided for in
the zoning code this property that is shown by the support of the community
there's no support for commercial uses in this area there's only a few that are
able to even survive and they supported us and said we would like to see the
multifamily units two units here that's not an overbilled it's in conformity
with the remainder of the area, most of which is RM1 zoned.
So granting the variance would allow for this property to be redeveloped after many years
of sitting vacant.
It would remove the vacant parcel and the likelihood of illegal dumping that are out
there cleaning the lot all the time.
It would add eyes and ears to the street.
and again most of the area is rm1 on the corners it's cmx2 so a multi-family structure is in
conformity with basically everything in the area and will allow this to be developed in a manner
that conforms with other properties including the property right next door 2603 and 1144 across the
which is five units so you know we believe that it's a very small deviation in the required lot
size and that in order to properly use this property that the variance is required um so
we're requesting the two variances to remit this proper project to move forward uh with that i
would like to call mr reside is the duplex next door in favor yes okay thank you please call your
client renato rezai r-e-n-a-t-o right r-i-z-a-j do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the
whole truth nothing but the truth sir yes counsel did you hear my statements to the board yes and
are they true and correct yes and do you adopt them as your testimony yes nothing further mr
chair questions from the board yeah can you pull up the plans for a second sir sir what's what's
the the height of the building is it it's under 30 35 feet i believe it means we meet all the
dimensional and other requirements you know height requirements all those okay did you have the floor
plants yes and they're two okay so the two bedrooms in the basement and that's really
and that's really five feet out of the ground and if you see on the the site plan there's no real
five feet out of the ground and if you see on the site
window well there it's yeah yeah i saw that i saw that and appreciate that because that's one of the
things that always concerns me when the um the basement unit is so far below the low grade um so
um all right thank you i have a question for the upper unit what's the plan for their trash storage
all the trash goes in the back this is on a corner so you can walk out of the unit and walk
walk behind the structure there'll be a fence so you're going to have access to that rear okay yes
i have a question about um the other commercial uses on the adjacent uh four corners so there's
a current store right that's operating and then there's another store is that store closed
or that you know of?
I went by that the other day.
It was open at night.
It was basically a takeout beer place
with plexiglass inside.
It's closed a lot of the day.
It's closed during the day, open at night.
Okay, so there are other,
those two commercial uses are still available
for the community?
They're available, yes.
Okay, all right, thank you.
Questions from our attorney?
Not at this time, but I apologize.
I was looking at something else. Did he adopt your testimony? Yes. Okay.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience or the
occurring audience here?
Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised.
Planning Commission. Amy Wood with the Planning Commission, AYBOID.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. I do.
Please proceed. The Comprehensive Plan recommends a change in zoning at this location
from the current CMX2 commercial mixed use to RSA5 residential single family.
The proposed deviation from the lot area per dwelling unit ratio
is de minimis deviation from the requirements of the north-central Philadelphia overlay sub-area B.
The proposed ground floor residential would be allowed by right under the proposed zoning.
Further, of the eight-corner zone CMX2 on this block, there is low commercial activity,
so the residential nature is characteristic.
the planning commission recommends that the board grant their requested variances for lot
area per dwelling unit and ground floor use mi2026-002-179-2601 north 12th street i vote yes
michael johns my vote is yes daryl gaston my vote is yes teneta graham my vote is yes
brian mcadams my vote is yes
thank you my vote is yes my vote is yes thank you thank you council
number 17 mi 2025 006 455 12 51 levick street uh spanish interpreter please
good morning your honor this is uh leonel guillen uh leonel spelled as an l-e-o-n-e-l
Gillen spelled as G-U-I-L-L-E-N
I am the Spanish interpreter
Do you swear or affirm that you will
interpret accurately
completely and impartially
from Spanish to English
or from English to Spanish?
I swear
Would you please call for us
Hector Toredo
Yes, Your Honor
Muy bien, está presente
el señor Héctor Toredo
or Hector Teredo Valles?
El señor Hector Teredo Valles.
it can be on standby why yeah i think i think we should do that okay i'll be right here i know
you'll be right there thank you very much uh sir could you please state and spell your name
my name is uh hector xavier dorado vales do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth i don't and just for the record could you spell your name uh is h e c t o r
x for xavier uh and then my last name is uh tirado t-i-r-a-d-o and my second last name is
vales v-a-l-l-e-s thank you our vice chair has just a few questions for you
good morning have you submitted your documents and exhibits 14 days in advance of this hearing
Yes, yes, I did. Okay. And is it your understanding that you're here for application for visitor accommodations? That is correct. Okay. And also, is it your understanding that you've been refused that application because the visitor accommodations is prohibited in the RSA five zone industry? Yes. Okay. All right. Thank you. You can share your screen and see to put on your case and describe your photos. And Hector, just one, one quick issue.
yes yes i did okay and is it your understanding that you're
I see that the RCO is in opposition to this as well as the council member.
Okay, please proceed.
Yes, so I would like to begin with, first of all, thank you for the opportunity of letting me present this case.
Also, I would like to express that my English is not my first language, so I apologize if I need a question.
That's right. You have backup there.
Very good. If I had to, any questions that could be repeated or explained, I would do my best to answer all of the board questions currently.
So I do understand that L&I issued a refusal because of the visitor accommodation.
And we have come up with a plan for the resident.
I just want to mention that the property will continue to maintain as a residential appearance.
And we are proposing to do this.
Why don't you put your documents up?
The documents that I have.
Let me share the screen.
That way, as you talk, you can refer to documents.
Very good.
Let me let me share the screen.
And how do I share the screen?
There is.
bear with me so i can now look here is it's coming up now very good
Can you see my screen?
We see unopened documents.
That's what we see.
You see an unopened document.
All documents are unopened.
All right.
Let me look and see.
I found a plan here for whatever reason.
Let me look.
this is this one here yeah
can you see the uh plan floor the floor pan we still see on open documents
let me stop cheering and share it back okay thank you
how about now
can you see the plan now no no
so Mr. Tirado good morning this is Ian Hegger the executive director I'm going to give you
um some instructions on this the uh best way to do this is to open the document that you want to
share first and then um select that as an application window when you're given the uh
the option to share your screen the other way to do it would be to just share your whole screen
which is i think the first selection when you open that window that says share screen and that'll
share everything that that you can see with it with the board very good i think then it should
do that now there again yes perfect thank you ah very good so um all right so this is our our plan
that uh is a three bathroom uh one bathroom uh it's gonna stay as a residential um property
uh we are not adding any any extra um uh space for the building um any additional uh it's just
going to stay as as a residential property and we have the entry of the property the floor plan
plan one as you can see
this is the basement
this is the uh the dining room the kitchen so the living room the entrance so you have the entries
an exit through the basement and this is a floor plan for the second floor it's a bathroom
And this is a floor plan for the second floor. It's a bathroom, bathroom, and also the two bathrooms in the back.
and I would like to also share the pictures
this is the front
the front house
this is also the inside
where the living room is
the dining room
and also the kitchen
for the first floor
and also the kitchen
This is the front door with also an access sign and one of the bathrooms, the main master
bathrooms and the second or third bathroom as well, also the bathroom.
this is more a picture of the first floor
and this is the
basement
with the laundry
also the basement
storage room
this is the exit
door rear
with also
you guys can see that
we have a smoke alarm
and this is the
back of the house currently and I would like to put the operation plan let me open here
Let me send it from my other computer.
One second, please.
Operating at Airbnb?
We are not operating at Airbnb.
Our request is to operate at Churton Rental.
But are you currently doing that or this is your first time?
No, we are currently doing...
We're not necessarily using Airbnb, but we have Verbal, we also have Booking.com, we host for professional business people that stayed in the city, such as nurses, and there's multiple different platforms, not necessarily have to be Airbnb.
be yep so this is this is our plan our plan is simple um so the prop the property and proposed
use the property is an assisted single family row house run home and uh the three bathroom
and one full bathroom one of the second floor living room uh we have a local property management
accountability which her name is rosemary pass and also this is uh her phone number
as well which you live very nearby to the uh to the property uh so the way how we're going to
operate this in and and we are currently operating this uh i know we allowed to only rent the property
for 30 days or more uh no less than 30 days so we are requesting to be able to um
post and and have our guests to stay less than 30 days uh and we have a system in place which
is a guest screening and reservation control which uh review the available guest identifications
um and also uh through it's going to be through the booking platform uh review the um the prior
guest ratings uh reviews uh and and it'll also requiring the reservation holder to provide
appropriate identifications as such as an id um and and and this is this is going to help us to
know who we are hosting the property to and and also we have in place that there's no party we
are not having a property to have any event uh it's very strict to no party and event and no
event policy and and gathering uh so it's more such as that uh renting the property for family
members of the uh of the community and people that also comes to the area for work uh we also