All right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Absolutely.
So I just continued three cases.
What's the case?
Case number MI2022004684.
What's?
9800 Postleton Avenue.
Yeah. So that case is continued, attorney-moving party.
Correct. I wanted to just have my parents recognized, and I also want to make sure that I would like to become a party to the case, and I'm on all future notices as it relates to the ZBA hearing, or as it relates to this particular case.
We will make sure you're notified of this case, okay?
Thank you. Can I be dismissed?
And thank you for your call.
No, no problems. Have a great day. Have a blessed day.
Is there anyone else who has comments for all of these three cases?
I see no hands, Mr. Chair.
Is there any other requests for continuance?
Sir, Ms. Mary Friend has her hand raised.
I have allowed her to speak at this time.
Hi, could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Ms. Friend, if you're available, please unmute.
Yes, sir. My name is Mary Friend, F-R-I-E-N-D.
Right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
What case do you want to talk about a continuance?
9800 Busselton Avenue.
So that case has been continued, turning moving parties.
Do we have any idea when it will be postponed till?
Hillary, do we have any idea how long this will be?
No, she can reach out to our office at RCO, ZVA at philadelphia.gov.
They will let you know when it's going to come up again, okay?
Thank you, sir. I appreciate your help.
That's fine. That's fine.
Any other requests for continuances?
so it looks like mr knockamson has his hand raised i will allow him to speak
i'm mr knockamson could you just state your name is spelled for the court reporter for the record
mr knockamson
is his hand so up
yeah it is but i'm not sure yes but it's not allowing him to um speak for some reason i'm not
sure. Mr. Not comes in. Well, he has one other case on the list. It's number six, and it'll be
a while before we get there. Hopefully, he'll be in by then. Any other requests for continuances?
I do not see any other hands at this time, sir.
I have two withdrawals I want to enter in.
Number 10, MI 2022, 004-697-2401 North 13th Street.
That cave has been withdrawn.
And number 13, MI-2022-006-688-1303, Poplar Street, lot number one.
That case has also been withdrawn.
We're going to go to our add-on list.
MI-2022-003-690-688.
58 56 Belmar Street. This is for a vote only. We have received a letter of non-opposition from the
RCO. I vote yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes. James Snell, my vote is yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Vishnu Shaheed, my vote is yes.
Number two, MI 2022-004-389-1222, North 41st Street, I vote yes.
With proviso, revised plans, one page, stamped by ZBA, January 11th, 2023.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes, with proviso.
James Snell, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes with Proviso.
And number three, MI 2022, 004-390, 1220 North 41st Street.
I vote yes, revised plans, one page, stamp by CBA, January 11th, 2023.
Thomas Holliman, my vote is yes with Proviso.
James Snell, my vote is yes with Proviso.
and number four my vote is yes for proviso thank you ish number four mi 2022 01695 530
the 32 moore street this case was held for a vote we now have a letter of support from old
kensington neighbors association and a letter of non-opposition from council member lazada i vote
yes. Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes. Jane Snell, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes. Thank you. We're going to go to our regular list. Number two,
MI 2022. Mr. Chair, this is Hillary. I got you. I got you. I got you. We're going to go first
to number seven because of a scheduling conflict. MI 2022-004-924-234-36 South 4th Street.
Attorney is Catherine Mismer. Letter of support from Society Hill Civic Association.
Letter of non-opposition from Council Member Squilla.
Okay, sir, Ms. Missimer, we'll be rejoining as a matter shortly.
Good afternoon.
Hi, could you state your name and spell, please, for the court reporter?
Yes, Catherine Missimer.
It's M-I-S-S-I-M-E-R, 1835 Market Street, Suite 1400, 19103.
Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your client in relationship to the property?
Sure. It's 234 South 4th Street LP, which is the owner of the property.
All right. Mr. Howellman has a few questions.
Good afternoon, Counselor. Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to his accuracy?
Did you email all of the exhibits and documents as required, five days in advance to this hearing?
I have.
Please proceed and share your screen.
Great, thank you. Is that visible?
It is.
Great, thank you. We're here today with an application for the installation of a fence
to shield a utility transformer. There's no new construction proposed,
so I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible.
I have with me today, owner's rep, Michael Island, as well as project architect Ming Yan.
As you can see, this project has a letter of non-opposition from Councilman Squilla's office, as well as from the coordinating RCO Society Hill Civic Association.
They also have a letter of support from our direct neighbor across Locust Street at 400, Mr. Andrew Holmes.
This lot fronts 4th, Leithgow, and Locust Streets in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia.
Some of you may recall this project as we were recently before the board for the larger reconstruction here.
It was a proposed addition and restoration to some historic buildings.
What we're here for today is just the fence, if you can see in the southern portion of the plan on the screen, the fence enclosing this required PICO transformer.
It was in connection with the building permits for the larger development project that the current proposal arose.
When we were in for building permit, PICO advised that the current infrastructure in Locust Street was insufficient to support the proposed home.
As a result, they're requiring the installation of a new transformer on site.
It can't be accommodated underground.
As a result, the property owner has decided to shield that transformer from view using the same height and opacity of fence that was previously approved to.
using the same height and opacity of fence that was previously approved to enclose the property
in the prior presentation on the proposed addition and restoration for the larger development.
The fence proposed today would shield the required transformer with a like-kind fence.
In connection with the larger development project, we did receive this board's approval for a fence
that exceeds the allowable height, which is four feet in the RM1 district, and opacity of 50% in
the RM1 district. This site is zoned RM1. We are proposing a fence that obviously matches what was
previously approved. You can see in some of the posting photos what that looks like. It's a wrought
iron fence. And you can see that the site is already under construction in connection with that
prior approval. These images highlight exactly what's proposed today. This is a wood inlay and
a steel gate. And as you can see, this would be the PICO transformer that's being required to
serve the site. Here's some context photos. You can see that the wrought iron fencing is common
in this section of the city. The height is consistent. I apologize for flipping too quickly.
The height is consistent with the walls that are nearby. And as you can see, there's one refusal
issued in this case, and it's for the fencing. We met with Society Hill, the coordinating RCO,
to review this proposal. While they opted not to hold a separate RCO public meeting for this
application, given the elongated process we went through with them on the prior development project,
We did meet with their zoning committee on several occasions, including at the site, to discuss the height, the materials, et cetera.
The revised plans you have before you today, consisting of one page, reflect those comments on design in particular, as they reflect, by way of example, that wood inlay showing in the prior rendering.
That was at the request of the RCO in particular.
In addition to our conversations with the RCO, we did also publicly notice this application, and we did post the site.
As a result, you have a letter of non-opposition from the coordinating RCO, as well as Councilman's School's Office.
And again, we do include a letter of support from the near neighbor that's most likely the largest impacted across Locust Street and would otherwise be looking at the transformer, Mr. Andrew Holmes.
um obviously given the letter of non-opposition from the rco this application wouldn't be
detrimental to the public welfare or the use of neighboring parcels it's consistent with the
essential character of the neighborhood given again it's consistent with what was previously
approved by this board as well as the neighbors and lastly it would not be detrimental to any
other property owners do you have somebody is your client here or someone representing yes
Mr. Michael Island, I would just ask you to be promoted to speak.
He's been allowed to speak.
Could you state your name and spell it, please, for the court reporter?
Michael Island, E-I-L-A-N-D.
Right.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Proceed.
Mr. Island, have you heard the extent of my testimony today?
Would you agree that it's true and correct?
and would you adopt it as your own yes hi questions from the board
no mr chairman
no no mr chair okay no mr chairman thank you questions or comments from the virtual audience
do not see any other hands mr chair planning commission
so ron bednar city planning first name ron r-o-n last name bednar b-e-d-n-a-r
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceed, Ron.
This property is indicated for residential use on the city plan.
We have no objection to the granting of the variance.
Thank you.
M-I-2022-004-934-234-36 South 4th Street.
I vote yes with revised plans.
One page.
Stand by CBA January 11, 2023.
James Snell yes with proviso
Ishmael Shaheed yes with proviso
thank you counsel great thank you all all right number two MI 2022 004 970 101 25
RE-ROAD. LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM SOMERTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION. LETTER OF NON- OPPOSITION FROM
COUNSELMAN BRIAN O'NEAL.
Sir, Mr. Gusto O'Neal will be rejoining the panel.
O'Neill will be rejoined as well as the panelist.
Good afternoon, members of the board.
Hi. Could you state your name, please, and spell for the court reporter?
Sure. My last name is O'Neill, O-N-E-I-L-L.
Right. Do you swear for him to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Could you identify your client in relationship to the property?
Busselton Enterprises, LLC, and that is the owner of the property.
All right.
And Mr. Holloman has a few questions.
Excuse me.
Good afternoon, counsel.
Good afternoon.
Do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to his accuracy?
Did you email all of the exhibits and documents as required five days in advance of this hearing?
I did.
Thank you.
Please proceed and share your screen.
Can you not see that I've shared my screen?
It's starting to come up now.
All right.
I think my computer, hold on, sorry.
Of course, there's always a technical difficulty.
It looks like it's coming up.
Okay, great.
You're up.
Wonderful.
Thank you so much.
I'm here this afternoon representing the owner of the property at 10125 Varee Road.