Thank you.
Okay, Chair, we have 37 attendees and we can start as you wish.
We're ready to go.
Good morning.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing this morning's EPA hearings.
With me is our Vice Chair, Ismail Shahid.
Present, Mr. Chairman.
Our Board Member, Thomas Holloman.
And our Board Member, James Snell.
Present, Chair.
Also present is Hilary Emerson, our attorney.
and our Executive Director, Tanya Sunkit.
Here's our virtual format.
Be advised, the proceedings are being recorded.
The video will be available by contacting
tanyasunkit at phila.gov.
For the benefit of our court stenographer,
we ask attorneys and witnesses
to identify themselves before testifying.
If you're participating by phone,
if you wish to testify,
press star nine to raise your hand
and star six to unmute. To enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548. Leave your email
and the address of the property in question. And finally, the question answer box on the screen
is not for comments or testimony. All comments should be directed to our executive director,
Tanya Sumpir. Let's look at our continuances for today. Number four, MI 2022-005-219-4212
Parkside Avenue. This case is a continued attorney moving party. Number 15,
M.I. 2022-006-979-2151 East Sargent Street. Cases continued, attorney moving party.
And number 16, MI 2022-006-822-2521 Jefferson Street. This case is continued. Are there any
comments relative to the three cases I just read? Good morning, Chair. This is Javette Benton. I'll
be your co-host today. I see no hands at this time. Are there any other requests for continuing?
i see no hands at this time chair thank you so i have a few cases i'm going to call out that we
do not have documents or exhibits number one mi 2022 006 882 1545 jefferson street
we have no exhibits this is the first listing sherman toppett is the attorney
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Thank you. So MI-2022-006-882-1545 Chess Jefferson Street, that case is continued. Mark must be tried.
Okay. Number three, MI 2022-006-880-2219 Sigel Street. Newman Investing is the listed owner. No exhibits. First listing.
I see no hands at this time, Chair.
Okay, so MI-2022-006-880-2219 Single Street, cases continued, mark must be tried.
Number five, MI-2022-006-746-226 Rittner Street.
J.G. Premier Homes is the listed owner, no exhibits, first listing.
No exhibits, first listing.
Thank you.
I see no heads at this time, Chair.
Number five, MI 2022-006-746-226 Ritten Street.
Cases continued.
Mark must be tried.
And number eight, MI 2022-006-757-1134 Waverly Street.
Diane Walsh is the listed owner. No exhibits first listing.
I see no handshare.
So MI 2022-006-757-1134 Waverhill Street, number 2R.
Cases continued. Mark must be tried.
We're going to go to our add-on list for today.
Number one, MI 2021-003-722-1901, West Westmoreland Street. We're re-voting this with a corrected proviso.
I vote yes, provisos. Revised plan, two pages, stamped by ZBA on May 3rd, 2023. Approved use
is adult care on the first floor with multifamily household living above.
Thomas Solomon, my vote is yes, with provisos. James Snell, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with proviso.
Number two, MI 2021-003-767-2622 East Allegheny Avenue, my vote is yes with proviso, per amended
refusal dated 4-26-23.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes with proviso.
James Snell, my vote is yes with provisos.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with provisos.
Thank you. We're going to go to our regular list. Number 12.
MI 2022-006-922-557 Parker Avenue. Number A, Chanel Peterson is the owner.
This application is for the erection of the tax structure to an existing single-family household living, size and location per plan.
An accessory structure for residential use shall not exceed 130 square feet and shall not exceed 15 foot in height, whereas the proposed structure is 160 square feet.
Chanel Peterson.
Ms. Peterson, can you raise your virtual hand?
She's coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Okay, I think you can hear me.
I'm here.
Good morning.
Could you turn your video on so we can see you, please?
Let me figure this out.
I'm sorry, I don't do many of you.
All right.
there you go
there you go
very good
could you state your name
please
and spell for the court reporter
it's Chanel N. Peterson
C-H-A-N-E-L
middle initials
last name is
P-E-T-E-R-S-O-N
my former name is Brodus
which is what's on the records
B-R-O-A-D-U-S
do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
our vice chair
has just a few questions for you
mm-hmm
Good morning, Ms. Peterson. Have you emailed in all the required documents that are needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
I did.
Thank you. Please proceed and share your screen.
Ms. Peterson, do you have a letter from the RCO?
They said they were sending it to you.
Okay, thank you.
And when did you check with them?
um we had our our here our meeting or whatever in january and that's the last we spoke all right
and you don't have the vote went in favor of me they said yes okay good proceed thank you
share your screen okay what am i sharing on my screen exactly all your documents okay all right
uh let me sorry let me see if i can't and yeah so i would if you would why don't you start with
you have any photos sure uh why don't you show us some photos okay so do you want to
sure uh let me show some photos okay so do you want to see where the space where the shed would
go sure okay um hold on so that's the can you see it yeah we can okay so that's the rear so
in front of the fence in the back where it would go the tree may have to be removed right um but
that's it. What else do you need to see? What else would you like to see? The photos. Okay, so
there's more of the where that's just facing the house.
That's the side of the house. I'm sorry. We need photos, ma'am.
It's not coming up. Oh, okay. Could you take this down off the screen
and then re-click on your actual photo so we can see those things thank you kindly okay you're so
okay i'm trying sorry we're still looking at the drawing that you oh i'm sorry okay i thought you
could see everything all right can you see that we just see the drawing oh wow okay let me let me
start this sharing over again stop share there okay okay now share screen let me see if i can't
share this now can you see this picture okay that's the side of the house right so let me
show you let me try to get to the back um take your time i'm sorry i just don't do these very
often at all. So it's a struggle for me a little bit. Um, show us a photo of the backyard. Yeah,
that's what I'm, that's what I'm pulling up now. So now I'm going to share that one.
There's a share, share screen. Okay. And the backyard. There we go. I can see it now. Okay.
All right. So explain to us what you're doing. Why are you doing this?
I'm putting a shed in the yard. I was trying to maximize the space, you know, because they cost so much money.
I would like to get, you know, the biggest space possible that would suit my needs.
I am working from home now. I have a growing family, a granddaughter, children, all that.
And so I need a place where I can go and sit down and do my work.
I work for PGW. And so I am working from home a few days, well, four days a week, as well as we
just need extra space for storage. So the thought process was for me to put a shed back there that
I could kind of work out of and store some things in. The shed that you want to use is a little bit
bigger than what you're supposed to. Is that right? So I think the rules are that you can
have 130 square feet and i wanted to get 160. okay all right thank you um questions from the board
no mr chairman
so is the 130 yes i have a question so it's 130 feet is it deep or wide
uh it would be wide it's 10 it would be 10 by 13 and i want 10 by 16. 16.
all right no further questions so it would fit nicely like kind of like in the middle of that
backspace by the back thank you thank you uh understood any other questions on the board
questions or comments for in the virtual audience
i see no hands at this time chair planning commission good morning chair bergman david
effecto F-E-C-T-E-A-U with the City Planning Commission. Do you swear or affirm to tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, sir, I do. Proceed. Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman
and members of the board, the comprehensive plan recommends no change to the residential single
family zoning at this location. The proposed dimensional variance for an accessory structure
will not impair the use of adjacent properties, and so the City Planning Commission recommends
of the board grant the dimensional variance. Thank you. MI-2022-006-922-557, Parker,
number A, I vote yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes. You have your three votes, ma'am. Okay, thank you. Okay. I can
get off. Thank you. Thank you for your present. You can get off. Thank you. Thank you. Bye.
We're going to move to
number two. MI 2022 00686
MI-2022-006-868-212 East Price Street.
Lee Elsie is the attorney for the owner.
Letter support from the Faith CDC.
Attorney Elsie is coming back in as a panelist now, Chair.
Okay, thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Elsie.
can you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter? Yes, Lee Elsie, L-E-E-E-L-S-E-Y.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do. Could you identify your client in relationship to this property?
Yes, I am attorney as well as architect on this project. My client is Mr. Mitchell Causey. I
believe he is on the meeting although i do not see him at the moment okay our vice chair has
just a few questions for you counsel do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate
to his accuracy i do have you emailed in all the required documents to proceed to proceed
with this case five days in advance of this hearing?
I have.
Thank you.
Please proceed and share your screen.
And Mr. Elsie, if I could just interject a thought,
your client is online, so you can proceed as you wish,
and as you need them, you can let us go.
Thank you.
we're looking at 212 east price street here currently a vacant lot you can see this red
arrow is highlighting partially behind the van an area that was demolished let me move into some
aerial views here is a locating us with some zoning you see 212 east price street here with
the red dot running street to street fronting on Price Street with a rear frontage on Stafford
Street or RSA 3 zoning. We've got some CMX 2.5 as well as a little bit of RSA 5 across the rear
as well as more RSA 3 and RSA 5 across Stafford, sorry, across Price Street. Here's an aerial
showing the previous structure that did exist on the site when my client purchased it.
Here's a picture of the existing building that was on the site when he built it.
His intention was to rehab this existing building.
And you can see that the rest of this is also the lot.
But it was condemned by the city.
There wasn't too much he could do to restore it.
and as of such he raised it. Here are some current pictures of the site. Again here you can see
kind of the same picture as the cover. You'll notice this is Price Street if you can see where
my little hand is moving. As you move across the site from Price Street through to the rear
there's kind of a significant drop in elevation to a point where the townhome on the rear
It's almost, you know, an entire story down from the first story on Price Street.
And the existing rear includes this masonry wall.