Thank you.
how are we doing uh it's trying to load up and i'm
trying to get access to this to the documents themselves
these documents are the same documents that were previously submitted to the board in preparation
for the hearing.
If I may, while the documents are being loaded, might I address the letter that was received from the RCO?
I believe that was sent directly in.
Well, I'll wait only because I'll be able to, I'll have to upload that one also.
we can't
okay Mr. Feynman
one second
so Mr. Feynman
I believe we have it now.
I'm just checking with my secretary right here.
Thank you.
Correct.
Okay, there you go.
There we go.
And I thank everyone for their patience.
Sure, sure.
Go ahead, put the first page up.
Okay, put the first page up.
Did you get it up there?
I just, it's here.
It's Burger Street Documents.
This is a lot of desktop stuff.
I'm trying to get to it, not letting me scroll.
no okay
so why don't we start putting these documents up my apologies here uh i'm running into
some type of problem here what's up on the screen are not all the documents
somehow it's accessing my entire computer file system
as opposed to the particular document.
And I don't know what's causing that.
Bill, are you able to give us a hand with this one?
Sorry, okay.
So can you open the...
Okay, so if you stop sharing, then open the document that you wish to share and get that on screen.
Okay, so if I stop sharing.
Stop sharing.
Stop it.
Stop share.
Open the document you wish to share.
okay just straight open the document we want to share
i don't know it's not like this it's like frozen
did it open
i uh i think so you see it we're checking it right now believe bergen yes i mentioned the
dates right
i'm on it okay try to try to do this this is that's the documents right there
everything that we need yes do you see your document is it open open it up
no no it's not opening for some reason
okay so so so mr feinman i i have a case that's ready to go why don't you can listen to me
continue to work on it and i'll come back to you is it okay that would be fine thank you very much
Sure. All right. So. All right. MI 2021-003-784-6134 West Oxford Street. Phyllis Wise is the owner.
letter of opposition from overbook west neighbors letter of opposition from council
council person jones and letter of opposition from the block captain
mr chair i just want to correct the mi number on that um 2021-003786 okay thank you
phyllis wise miss wise you have to unmute yourself and please wait for the chair
hi miss wise
unmute yourself please okay i'm here all right good morning could you state your name and spell it for
the court reporter phyllis wise p-h-y-l-l-i-s w-i-s-e you're right do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes and this wise your application
is for a multi-family household living three dwelling units in an existing structure the
proposed multi-family household living is prohibited in this zoning district
Mr. Howellman has a few questions for you.
Good morning, Ms. Wise.
Good morning.
Did you email all of the exhibits and documents as required, such as proof of ownership, tax clearance, copy of the refusal?
Proof of ownership, tax clearance, copy of the refusal, pictures or drawings of the property five days in advance of this hearing.
Did you meet with the RCO and do you have a letter?
Yes. Yes.
Thank you. Please proceed and share your screen.
I actually have my property is presently a two-family unit.
I'm requesting that it be approved for a three-family unit.
On that block, actually, there are several properties on there
that are presently three or four family units.
So I want that to be approved.
Ms. Wise, so you have up now from the vote was taken for you, right?
Okay, wait a minute. Okay, and show us your property.
Okay. That's not mine. Hold on.
Excuse me one second. Where is it?
Let me give you one second picture. That's why I wanted it up.
I thought we had everything up.
It was up.
I'm sorry one second get out get out of this one
excuse me share my property
where do we have it it's in my files
where hold on
excuse me
one moment excuse me i have a friend helping me with the computer i'm not too computer savvy
I apologize.
Put a picture of Oxford Street, picture of property.
Do you remember which one it is?
You gotta type the chair.
right here
oh god it's in the files here
so why don't you go back to photo show us a photo of your property yes that's why i'm trying
i'm trying to get you i had a photo of it oh god okay um it's the front of it
no that's the sides
here you go
yeah that's some of them
I want to get the front of it
where's the ones that he just sent
no that is not it I'm trying to tell you
those were the properties on the block
he didn't send a picture of it
I have a picture of my house in there
look in the documents
this is the Oxford Street picture
okay go ahead the front of the house
Let's go down, see if you see the front.
No, that's a violation.
Let's see.
Let's just go up.
I have all the pictures.
We went through there already.
that's just inside
see the front one there was one
there okay so I want to see the front
of the property yes that's what I'm trying
to get and we'll talk through this
yeah I have plenty of them I'm trying
to get to and I had it up I don't know what
happened to it
I have all those pictures where are my pictures well you know let me say what about the petition
in the email the pictures from the front of the house that took the picture maybe if you type in
I took a picture from the front of the house. I took a picture. Maybe if you type in picture of front of Oxford Street up here. Front of Oxford Street picture. Oxford Street front.
picture of
Yeah, I see that. What happened? Go back. I see that pretty blue. Is it pretty blue? Right here.
Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. That's the front.
So listen to me. That's your property, right?
How many units in there now?
There's presently three units. It's approved for two.
When you say approved for two, that's the zoning?
That's the zoning. It was zoned for two.
I didn't realize that the things weren't taken care of as far as when the first four was actually renovated
because it was vacant for years until maybe April of 2020.
Then when I went down to get my license renewed for that year,
I said, well, you have it as two.
The first floor is finished, it's three.
And then they informed me I had to go before the zoning board.
So that's why I'm here.
So let me ask this.
The rest of the block, what are the properties on the block?
well most of my um quite a few of them are a duplex or triplex most of them are single family
homes yeah you know like you're saying your house was zoned for a duplex for a duplex yes now and
you went down and now they're telling you you gotta go back to zoning because you want to add
to add to three is that right yes okay all right and you went to the um the rco right yes the rco
said no yes against you right yes and then then there was also a petition from some people on the
block sent in right well yeah and that was motivated by someone that had a vindictive
against my husband but but what i'm saying if i understand but that but there still was a petition
against you right it was as far as long but yes right and let me ask you this are the properties
rented now yes so you have three three three units rented yes and how long have you had three
units there the first well since uh july of 2000 i think 20 2020 okay that's when you went to three
units yes that's when the first floor was actually kitchen all that stuff put in okay so then so
then you had three units then then you went down and tried to get your your licenses to rent they
reminded you you had to go back to zoning yeah actually i told them i said you had me down as a
as a two i says three i said the first floor is finished now okay and they said oh okay all right
Okay. All right. So is there anything else you want to add to that?
I just want to think that my property and as an asset to the community is not interfering with anything.
My first floor tenant actually have all street parking.
My third floor tenant doesn't have a car.
You know, my second floor tenant has a car, but it doesn't cause any problem.
Plus, there's a three car driveway.
I have, if you can see, on the draft floor plan that I sent previously.
All right.
All right.
So questions from the board?
Yes, Mr. Chairman.
Ms. Weiss.
We'll see you, Thomas.
Why didn't you get an approval from zoning before putting the first floor apartment in?
Actually, I did not know.
I thought everything was taken care of.
I went down there innocently and said, told him that my first floor is finished.
I did not know that everything wasn't taken care of in advance.
Honestly, I am actually telling you the truth as far as that's concerned.
Or I would have gone through everything that's necessary because I believe in doing things decently and in order.
But it is what it is at this point.
I would have if I had known it.
Pardon me?
he said thank you thank you okay any other questions comments from the board
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