Do you need to serve approximately 700 square feet?
All right.
All right.
Do you have any witnesses you need to put on, Mr. Dufino?
No, I would just, Admir's here, if you could come in and wave, put your face on.
um i don't do you see it do you see admir here or
the owner yes yeah you want to you want do you want to get him on the record yeah
admir velko could you please spell your name uh my name is admir velko a d m i r and last name
and you heard my testimony yes and you adopted as your own yes okay thank you
hold on do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes yes yeah we heard your testimony okay excuse me um this is sharon saletta i'm sorry i got
called away for a moment mr dofino are you saying that you were changing the plan from
the originally proposed vacant ground floor commercial space with two dwelling
units above to an entirely residential use? Well that's what we were we were
okay we were okay with the vacant commercial but the neighbors want the
residential units there so yes. I understand that but that's a that's a
different application you're changing the number of units and you're removing
the commercial space in a cmx1 district you would need a new refusal from lni for that
yeah i was i was thinking of that but uh the neighborhood was dead resentful against a
commercial bottom floor what sharon is saying if you're going to do three residential requires
another refusal that's why i asked that you the application as i read it was the commercial space
and two-family dwelling but you're removing the space the commercial space and now you're going
to three-family that's why i asked that question mr dofino it wouldn't require starting another
um appeal you would keep the same appeal number but you would have to submit a letter
appeal you would keep the same appeal number but you would have to submit a letter requesting
that you be authorized to submit an amended application to lni and they will then issue
an amended refusal i can explain the process to you offline but okay there will be another step
thank you so sharon we we will have to hold this correct yes and it would be hard to give a
specific date on this because you don't know how long it will take just for we could ask Mr.
Dufino to contact us when he has the amended refusal. Will it be attorney moving party or
just hold? You can do it attorney moving party that's fine. All right is there anyone else who
wishes to testify on this matter if so please raise your hand.
here i have petra gamble miss gamble you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in
okay thank you good morning miss gamble uh your name and address please
good morning my name is petra gamble my address is 2305 federal street philadelphia pa 19146
uh do you swear in a firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
yes I do thank you please proceed I just wanted to go on record saying that I am
one of the members of the coordinating RCO Point Breeze CDC and we are in
support of the project thank you very much appreciate it anyone else anyone
else to testify if so please raise your hand I have chair a caller with the last
three digits 855 you can unmute yourself and speak to this case before the board
good morning chairman and board my name is albert little page a l b e r t l i t t l e p a z e
i'm the president of the plain breeze community development coalition um mr little page mr
a little bit i know you were wrong yesterday do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth love me god thank you please proceed i am just wanted to make a
correction to mr defino's testimony he said tiffany white it was it wasn't tiffany white who uh
we're doing the affordable requested affordable unit it was actually tiffany green who is rco
with concerned citizens um so i just wanted to make sure that that was a matter of correction
for the record um and without any other uh when we look forward to it we have to be revisiting on
the uh the next refusal but we also are in support of what the community's desire was
to support this particular project and thank you mr chairman and the board have a great day
everything so noted thank you anyone else we have brandon strauss brandon you can unmute yourself
and wait to be sworn in. Brandon when you get on please spell your name for the stenographer give
us your name and address. E-R-A-N-D-O-N-S-T-R-A-U-S. Brandon? Uh yeah I just wanted to say that I
your address oh sorry my address uh 1424 south 24th street you swear and affirm to tell the
truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes thank you please proceed yeah i just wanted
to say that these revised plans look uh like something that's going to please the neighbors
uh i live directly across from the property and i've been in contact with with several of my
neighbors asking what their thoughts were so i just wanted to say thank you for making these
changes and we hope that the project will go smoothly i am concerned about what kind of
construction noise is going to be happening and in what time frame so if that's something that
can be addressed in this conversation i would appreciate it well the guidelines are i believe
no construction prior to 7 a.m in the morning and i don't know if it's six seven to six p.m or seven
to somebody could help me with that there there are certain guidelines for construction and what
are the dates of construction that we're looking at i you'll have to speak to the uh uh the uh
property owner and his and or his attorney about that because they don't know yet they're going
to have to go back in and address the other refusal so i think it would be hard for them to
to to give you a definitive date ballpark i i'm not in the ballpark so we'll have to discuss that
with mr dofino and his client all right thank you i appreciate it thank thank you
that's it chair you can proceed okay thank you calendar numbers
that's it chair you can proceed okay thank you calendar number three nine nine seven five
two three five six garrett street attorney moving party
okay mi 2020 001108 510 east hayne street
Justin, you've been promoted to panelists.
You can unmute yourself and share your screen as necessary.
Good morning, members of the board.
Good morning.
Justin, you agree to waive the reading of his refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Yes, I do.
And do you swear in the firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Thank you. Please identify yourself for the record.
Yes, my name is Justin Crick, K-R-I-K. My address is 1500 JFK Boulevard, Suite 630, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102.
i am here on behalf of the applicant haynes street holdings and the applicant is applying
for a variance to adapt the current use of the property at 510 east haynes street as well as
the the adjacent properties to it for the relocation to turn the vacant land into a plumbing
supply warehouse. Just a little bit of background for you. This matter has basically been approved
by the board in January 2019, but due to a slight expansion of the already approved variance and
expansion of the land area, the applicant made some changes to the size and location of the
buildings on the property. So we're here basically seeking similar approvals to those which have
already been granted. I will direct you to the to the screen with the the outline on it and as you
can see the refusals that were the summary of the refusals are that number one this wholesale
distribution with the accessory office for the plumbing supply warehouse is prohibited. This is
an RSA 5 zoning classification. We have refusals for parking spaces the required amount being 22.
we've proposed 12 bicycle parking is three and we've proposed zero another
refusal is that there are multiple buildings on the same lot and I'll
describe what those two buildings are momentarily and then we have a rear yard
required setback that is nine feet but we have not proposed any however on the
plans I will show you that there is somewhat of a setback that can be viewed
that way. Skipping past the refusal and the application as well as the deed, I'm going to go
to first to the original plan that was presented. This was the prior plan. If you take a look at
this area, this is 510 East Haynes Street. This existing two-story building at the time was not
owned by the applicant, nor was this street formerly known as Eli Street. So this is the
prior application with one building here and a shed building over here for supplies and so forth.
The new application expands on this bottom corner of the site plan because the owner has acquired
510 East Haynes Street as well as the street formerly known as Eli Street through the courts.
So therefore we've expanded the size of these two buildings and rearranged a few of the
items in the parking area which generated these refusals. We have met with the RCO,
actually several RCOs on this property and project, and we do have a letter of support
from them in the file. We also have a letter of support from the adjacent neighbor to the,
to the, it's not the south, but to the other side of what was Eli Street, it's a church.
so essentially what we're talking about here is on this plan we don't we don't believe that the
the number of parking spaces is necessary and that that the variance would be appropriate because
this is a this is not a like a home depot sort of plumbing supply this is a plumbing supply for
contractors and we don't expect to see heavy traffic flow of people in and out for their
everyday shopping similarly we don't expect that there's a requirement for bikes other than
potentially for employees because we don't see anybody uh coming to the plumbing supply warehouse
and riding away with with pipe on their shoulder um the need for the two buildings again is one
So the need for the two buildings, again, is one is the main building in a warehouse.
is the main building in a warehouse
The other, the shed building, is open on three sides.
It is not an enclosed space, and it's just to house some of the larger plumbing supplies and piping.
You can also see from the picture right around this side, these are train tracks that run along,
septa train tracks that run along the property.
And there is a grassy area between the parking lot, but that's just not considered as rear space for us.
uh we have pictures of the property and over uh an aerial view right here of a street view so you
can see the size of the property we're talking about just shy of one acre of land and this is a
basic general satellite view of the picture of the property we have posted the property um well sorry
that picture is a little bit too big but we have posted the property with zoning notices on both
frontages and this is a better uh indication of what the property looks like from the street
level we believe that this is the highest and best use for the property and that there's a
hardship existing because the the property does not have a desire there are no desired developers
willing to develop this into residential land and for those reasons we would like the board
to grant the variance application i do have mr hecht lee hecht is on the call and he is the owner
of the entity applicant if there are any questions from the board i would ask him to adopt my
testimony please get please uh get your client to uh testify okay if the board could uh unmute him
or admit and unlock his am i unmuted yes you uh yes you are okay please state and spell your name
and your address for the record lee hecht l-e-e-h-e-c-h-t address is 126 executive drive ambler
pennsylvania 19002 and you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but
the truth yes i do uh mr hecht uh you you are the sole member of haine street holdings llc correct
That's correct.
And have you heard my testimony to the board today regarding this variance application?
I have.
And do you accept my statements and adopt them as your testimony?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Questions from the board?
Anyone else wish to testify in this matter?
If so, please raise your hand.
no hands are up chair thank you planning commission mr chairman david effecto f-e-c-t-e-a-u
with the city planning commission david do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth
and nothing but the truth yes sir i do thank you please proceed mr chairman and members of the
board this property is indicated for industrial and commercial mixed use on the city's comprehensive
plan we do not believe the proposal will pose a negative impact on the surrounding area
accordingly we have no objection to granting this variance
thank you um calendar number i'm sorry mi-2020-001108
510 east hanes street my vote is yes my vote is yes my vote is yes
my vote is yes thank you confessor could you hold off for a couple minutes
sharon's got to go over something with me i'll be right back with you you've got it
thank you members of the board
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
thank you for that confessor we're going to go with number five
after that uh that'll finish the 9 30 list we're going to go back and do
a case for
I'll give you all the information when we're ready
North 4th Street
and then 53rd Street
Ms. Cartwright's case we'll go back to that
let's do number 5
at Brentwood Road and then we'll go to the other
you got it calendar number
Brentwood Road
Northwest 72nd Street
Attorney is Leo
Leo, good morning, do you swear and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth?
And do you agree to waive the reading of its refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Thank you. Please identify yourself for the record.
Certainly. This is Leo Mulvihill, M-U-L-V-I-H-I-L-L.
Address is 2424 East York Street, Suite 111, Philadelphia 19125.
I'm here today for the applicant, Jerry Hogger.
Jerry is on the line. I will be asking him to testify at the end of the