quarters. There's not going to be plumbing. It's just really solely for personal home
office use. Um, so this refusal along with the plan, uh,
why don't you show us the photos of what you have now? What's there now?
Yeah, show us photos of what you have there.
so current garage
is back here okay um so one floor it goes up to the alleyway on uh for the driveways on east
allen's lane and we did find in our deed that we technically have an easement eight feet into that
alleyway. And this is from our Ardley Street. We drive in on Ardley because we have the corner
property. And then show us now the plans of what you want to do. Sure. So this is from inside the
yard. This fence is where the view that I just showed from Ardley Street. We would just build
up one level um so that i could use for a home office uh the stairs would be on the exterior
inside the yard um so they wouldn't really be visible to other people um and it's not connecting
this space within the garage there was some concern of you know again the living space it's not it's
not planned for really adding actual living space it's just for office
And you have a letter of support, am I correct, from East Mount Airy Neighbors?
Show that.
All right.
Questions from the board?
No, Chair.
No, Chair.
No, Mr. Chairman.
Okay, questions or comments from the virtual audience?
Mr. Chair, I have Mr. Lee Elsie with a hand raised.
I have allowed him to speak at his time.
Good morning.
Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Good morning.
This is Lee Elsie, L-E-E-E-L-S-E-Y.
Right.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Are you a neighbor?
No, I'm actually the architect on the project.
I want it to be available in case there were any questions.
Thank you for calling in.
Anyone else in the virtual audience have comments?
Yes, sir.
Mr. Charles Richardson has his hand raised again.
I have allowed him to speak at this time.
Good morning, Mr. Richardson.
Just state your name.
You've already been sworn.
Good morning again, Mr. Chair.
Charles Richardson, Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass, room 508 City Hall.
Councilwoman has no opposition to this project.
Thank you for calling in.
We appreciate it.
Is there anyone else in the first audience?
I do not see any other hands at this time, sir.
Okay, Planning Commission.
Thank you, Chair Bergman.
sarah bond philadelphia city planning commission s-a-r-a-h-b-a-n-h do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes i do proceed the comprehensive plan
recommends no change to the existing residential single-family zoning the appellant has not shown
that the property cannot possibly be used in strict conformity with the zoning code and that
a variance is therefore necessary to enable the viable economic use of the property the city
planning commission recommends that the zoning board deny the variance. Thank you. MI 2022-006-115-405
East Mount Airy Avenue. I vote yes. I vote yes. Thomas Holloman. My vote is yes. James Snell. My
vote is yes. Ishmael Shaheed. My vote is yes. Thank you for calling in. You have your votes.
Thank you so much.
All right.
We're going to go to number one now.
So number one is a resumptive hearing.
It's MI-2022-005-423-9722 Wally Avenue.
And Mr. Ishmael Shahid will take over for this particular case.
yeah so jojo jose is the attorney this application is for the erection of an addition
including a front porch and a carport for one parking stop is exit parking to remain as
previously approved for single family house living household living size and location is
also shown on the application
plans. Is
JoJo available?
Yes, sir. They have been promoted to
panelists. They will be
rejoining shortly.
Good morning, sir.
Good afternoon. Good morning.
Please state your name and spell it for the record.
My name is Giorgio Joyce, J-O-J-O-J-O-I-S-E.
I couldn't really hear you, but did the court recorder get that?
I'm sorry, what did you say?
Yes, Vice Chair, I did.
All right.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.
All right. We're going to, this is a resumption hearing, so we're going to proceed on and hear
out the rest of the case. This case was first heard back on February 8th, and we had held the
case full until we heard more information from the community and registered community organizations.
Yes, so I attended the community meeting on the February 28th, and I do have the letter
from them, and I submitted that earlier when I received it from the committee.
Can I present that?
Yes, a little difficult hearing, but yes.
Okay, sorry, sorry about it.
So, Hillary, was this already received on our end?
I'm looking.
It looks like it was just sent within the last half an hour.
So we just, I think we just got it.
And it is a letter, it is a letter of support.
I guess we can go straight to questions in the virtual audience.
I guess we can go straight to questions in the virtual.
Yes, that was the only thing that we were not able to do last time is public testimony.
So we're going to go out to the public audience and see if we have any questions or concerns on this case.
Is anybody in the virtual audience?
Mr. Shaheed, I have Mr. Jack O'Hara with his hand raised.
Oh, wait, you put it down.
Okay, now we put it back up.
I have a lot of Mr. O'Hara, Jack O'Hara to speak.
Good morning, Mr. O'Hara.
Yes, good morning.
Please state your name and spell it for the court recorder.
Jack O'Hara, J-A-C-K-O-H-A-R-A,
and I am the president of the Greater Boston Civic League.
do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
I do please proceed
I uh I was late in getting the uh uh summary in and I uh I apologize to Jojo and you know
and and the chair but I did want to get on and confirm our support of his uh application
thank you so much is that it yes that's it sir
All right, thank you. Anyone else in the virtual audience?
Do not see any hands at this time, sir.
I believe the planning commissions already made their piece on this, so we're gonna
hold one second, just gotta pull that one back up.
hillary is anything else before i move forward with the vote
uh no mr shaheen all right mi2022005423 9722 wally avenue my vote is yes yes
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Congratulations, sir.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We'll move to number three, MI 2022-006088-7203-05 Edmond Street.
John Pack is the attorney.
There is a letter of non-opposition for the Taccone Civic Association with Proviso.
Mr. Peck.
Good morning, Mr. Peck.
If you are in the virtual audience, please raise your virtual hand and wait to be sworn in.
okay mr pack has been promoted to panelists you will be rejoining us
good morning mr pack
good morning hi could you please state your name and spell for the court reporter oh yes
my name is john pack uh j-o-h-n last name p-a-k right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do could you identify your client and their
relationship to the property okay uh my client's name is mr jonathan alvarado and he's the property
owner okay our vice chair has just a few questions for you sir good morning counsel do you agree to
waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate towards accuracy i do have you emailed into our
offices all the required documents to proceed with this case and exhibits uh five days in
advance of this hearing i have thank you please proceed and share your screen
Here, screen on the bottom, there you go, thank you.
Okay, so this is the refusal, well, good morning.
My name is John Pegg, and I represent Mr. Jonathan Alvarado, the property owner of 7203-05 Edmund Street.
This matter concerns a refusal on an application.
This matter concerns the refusal on an application.
This is the refusal.
This is the refusal.
Mr. Alvarado wishes to erect a carport parking at the side of his yard.
And this refusal is due to the size of the carport.
it says here the residents of the carport with a flat or shed roof are limited to
10 feet in height and 25 feet in depth and he's proposing a garage with 13.1 inch height and 45
feet depth and another reason for the refusal was the the location where it requires eight
feet of five yards is required and we don't have that here so let's do the refusal
this is the application that was submitted
i want to okay this is the proposed uh part part and the shaded area the crossed out area represents
the um purple and this is the uh the floor plan for the carpool
this is the d that shows the uh ownership of mr jonathan alvarado
mr pack let me see the photos okay yeah these are the photos this is the property and this
This is where the carpool, this is an older picture, if I may bring your attention to the newer pictures.
This is the residence and this is the parking area that he plans on putting the carpool at.
He's going to put the carpool right here, basically.
More pictures of the backyard.
There's already a curb cut there? Excuse me? There's already a curb cut?
He already parks there. Is there a curb cut in the street? Oh yes.
Now this is the uh the notice that was sent out for the uh the RCO meeting. The RCO meeting was
held on December 6th and we do have like you said we do have a non-opposition letter with six
provisals. This is the bulk mailing that went out. This is the certified mail to the adjacent
property owners. And this is the zoning notice posting that we put up there at the property.
Now, I want to bring your attention to the RCO opposition letter.
And these are the six provisals that they're recommending.
And I spoke to the applicant and he has no issues with complying with these provisions.
All right.
Questions from the board?
no mr chairman no chair
no mr chairman questions or comments in the virtual audience
do not see any hands mr chair by planning commission
thank you chair uh the comprehensive plan excuse me sarah bond
S-I-R-A-H-B-A-N-H-Philadelphia City Planning Commission.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the existing residential single-family zoning.
The appellant has not shown that the property cannot possibly be used in strict conformity with the zoning code
and that a variance is therefore necessary to enable viable economic use of the property.
The City Planning Commission recommends that the zoning board deny the variance.
MI-2022-006-088-7203-205-Emmon Street.
I vote yes with proviso.
Use of garage for personal vehicle storage and maintenance only.
No vehicle pain.