okay you're you're cut you're
okay so you're gonna have to open them up right yes do you see that it's not open yet but yes we
Okay, so, yeah, I'm just going to provide whatever I sent to those emails.
So this is application for appeal.
I'm so sorry, but I need you to turn your video for verification that you are Mr. Urban, okay?
Can you please turn on your video camera at the bottom near your cell, your audio?
and you can proceed after doing so.
There we go.
Thank you very kindly, sir.
Can you open the start opening now?
I'm trying to.
Hi, this is Tanya again.
So what you need to do is open your file first
before you hit the green button so unshare again hit the green button to go out
open your file that you wish to share and then hit the green button
hit the green button okay open your documents that you want us to see
there we go thank you very kindly oh okay you still have the file up just your files are up
So, you need to open your file first. What do you want us to look at?
Go back out again.
Hit the green button.
Hit the green button.
Okay. Now, open your file before you hit the green button.
open your file and have it visible on your screen.
You're using a regular computer, right? Yes. Okay.
So now your files are open. Do we see what you want to show us
on your screen? I mean,
do you see it? No, not yet.
So Greg, Greg, is your
file open? And you have the, okay.
no okay all right so tanya could we have somebody talk to him on the phone
So, Tanya, could we have somebody talk to him on the phone and let us move on and go back to him?
Not really, Tia.
Try one more time.
That's what I'm doing.
Open the file.
So, sir, when you unshare, hit the green button, okay?
So you're not supposed to click on this for us to view.
You're going to click on your pictures, your tech cert, whatever information you want us to see.
That's what you're going to click on.
So unshare.
Hit the green.
There we go.
There you go.
Thank you, Chair.
All right.
Start your presentation.
So this is the application for appeal.
Mr. Hammond, have you spoken to him?
I did speak, yes.
Okay, thank you.
All right.
All right.
I'm not sure if you see whatever I'm trying to post here.
We saw the application.
Just the application?
That's all we saw.
Chair, if allowed, can I ask the staff, could you please pull up this information and email it to me, please?
Yes, all the information, all the exhibits?
No, no, I'm talking to my staff.
because we're trying to help you
so that you don't have to be continued.
Do you have the other documents?
Here you go.
Keep going.
Yes, I do have all the documents.
This is the pictures of the post-it.
okay this is um this is the front of the house
this is this is the alley which is um which is going to the back of the house
um okay this is the this is the back of the house so what i'm trying to do i'm trying to
to build an addition on the second story, on the existing first one, and the refus-
the refuse that
or is it
what not is a refusal okay um the the not this is notice of a refusal so the problem was because
the depth and minimum minimum depth is uh nine feet which the cedar requires and the existing
one the first floor the existing one which i have is only six six ten so um instead of like keeping
uh two feet roof on the on the on the on the second floor i want i want to do the addition
aligning with the first with the first floor um so i um
okay this is this is um proof of uh that i'm that i'm owner of 3344 tilton this is deed um also uh
Okay, so this is the plan. As you can see, as you can see the distance between, where
is the site plan? This is not this one, I'm sorry. Site plan right here. Okay. It's on
The existing first floor has only 610 to the back of the lot.
to the back of the lot.
And like I said, the city requires nine feet.
So I'm trying to build the addition even,
I mean, align with the first floor.
What else?
you wanted it to the rco right the civic group yes this is the proof of the
of the meeting with the neighborhood uh it was approved
this is the project information form which i sent
so basically the problem was the debt that's the only reason that the the the project was
refused because the debt the city the city requires nine feet and i i i just i just want
to build the addition aligned with the first floor uh that that's the that's the only thing
so let me ask this you have no revised plans right you just had one set of plans yes okay
all right questions from the board no mr chairman no mr chairman no mr chairman
uh questions or comments from the virtual audience
i see no hands mr chair planning commission thank you chair bergerman ian hegarty for the
Philadelphia City Planning Commission the comprehensive plan recommends no
change to the existing RSA 5 single-family zoning at this location we
find these proposed dimensional variances to be minimal and find that
they do not conflict with the purpose and spirit of the zoning code we
recommend that the board grant the variance thank you MI 2021-003-025-3344
Tilton Street I vote yes Thomas Hallman my vote is yes
James Snell my vote is yes
it's Mel Shaheed my vote is yes
thank you Mr. Urban
Mr. Urban are you still here
let's get off okay
all right thank you so much yeah thank you thank you have a good day
Let's see here. Number 11, MI. Okay. MI 2021-005-129-4215 Boone Street.
Letter of support from Councilman Jones. Letter of support from Central Roxburgh Civic Association.
Rachel Pritzker.
She's been promoted.
Good morning.
Sorry, I was on mute.
Say good morning.
Could you state your name and spell for the court reporter, please?
Rachel, R-A-C-H-A-E-L, Pritzker, P-R-I-T-Z-K-E-R.
Do you swear a phone?
I'm sorry.
right 1521 locust street 2605 philadelphia 19102 you swear for him to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth yes could you identify your client the relationship the client
has with the property yes my client is uh colin coppola who is the owner of the property thank you
mr holliman has a few questions good morning counselor do you agree to waive the reading
of the refusal and stipulate to his accuracy yes did you email all of the exhibits as required
proof of ownership tax clearance copy of refusal referral pictures or drawings of the property
five days in advance of this hearing did you meet with the rco and do you have an rco letter
yes and we have a letter of support from the rco thank you please proceed and share your screen
thank you i apologize for my uh casual dressing today i am sick with closing
i did not want to miss an opportunity to move this case forward um this is 4215 boone street
um this is basically for the installation of three accessory parking spaces in a of a
semi-detached structure where a duplex was previously approved the only refusal that we
have is because rsa 5 does not allow for parking access by a front street if it can't be accessed
from a shared driveway alleyway or rear street i'm just going to show the board
I'm just going to show the board on Atlas, the property, just so you can get a feel.
Boone Street is this kind of long winding street that kind of stops in the middle of some random land slash privately owned land.
And it kind of dead ends, as you can see on the bottom of the screen.
Where we are looking to get this parking proposed is right here where you see this car.
This was taken before the client realized that we had to go through the variance process,
but he basically owns this duplex here.
Then there is a space where he owns this sort of rear, sorry, side driveway essentially
at the end of this street.
And as you can see from Atlas, you know, there's no parking on this side of the street.
I'm not even sure there's legal parking on this side of the street, but as we've heard almost all day today, given the amount of congestion with parking, the goal here would be to take three parking spaces off the street, not inhibit anybody's ability to have parking on that side of the street as it's not permitted, and to help alleviate bringing three cars off the street.
I want to also provide the plans. I know that Mr. Holloman had asked the former, another applicant regarding their plans. So as you can see from this project, essentially, we have Boone Street, which is here, the proposed driveway, and then three parking spaces that we are proposed to legalize today.
i also want to bring up the streets approval document um i guess uh the way that they're
doing it now is submitting a streets approval letter as opposed to stamping the plans in eclipse
so i just wanted to bring it to your attention that we do have approval as you can see here
from the streets department obviously pending the approval from the zoning board of adjustment
i'll go through thank you council for updating me yeah no i was updated as well i didn't know that's
how they were doing it either. So my pleasure. Here is our packet. Here is our appeal, essentially
basically stating in the appeal that there's plenty of room on the side of this property
to have off-street parking. As you can see from the plan, it's going to be a 22-foot curb cut
and three parking spaces. So plenty of room to maneuver in and out. We're not disrupting open
area or open space. And we're not infringing on the existing duplex that has been there for quite
some time. Project information form, tax clearance, the deed for the property. As I said, as I
mentioned, I represent the owner. Property zone RSA 5. As you can see, there's really no way to
access this property from a rear alleyway or rear street or shared driveway. So the only way is to
go through the front. And as you can see from the aerial, there's plenty of room on the side to
allow for this parking as well. Here is the zoning posters that we have posted on the property.
Again, a good shot of that where that curb cut is being proposed and where the parking would be.
So you can see there's plenty of room to maneuver in and out.
this was our RCO letter. We had a meeting back in February with the Central Roxborough Civic
Association. They provided a letter of support, as you can see from the screen.
More details, but essentially just stating that, you know, they believe that this has been a
longstanding kind of useless side yard. It's kind of been informally used for these purposes without
out any objection from the neighbors. Pedestrian traffic at the site's very limited, so they
believe that the proposed use would not present any detrimental impact to the neighborhood,
and everybody who was at the meeting who voted did vote in support of our application.
We also have a letter of support from Councilman Jones's office as well, basically stating we met
with the RCO and they have no opposition. These were our letters, and we also have had the client
get letters signed of support from the near neighbors. So those are evidenced in the packet
as well from the directly adjacent near neighbors on the 4200 block of Boone Street. I'm happy to
go into any more detail or answer any questions that the board may have. My client is out of town,
but I did submit a letter from him, a notarized letter authorizing me to represent him in this
matter and to adopt his testimony as a member of the court if the board will allow. That's fine.
questions from the board no Mr. Chairman no Mr. Chairman questions or comments from the virtual
audience Ms. Petita Cazillo has her hand raised okay no she's for the other case
Okay. No, she's for the other case. Okay. Okay. Thank you.
Questions are caught out. Planning commission. I'm sorry.
Thank you, chair Bergman. Ian Hegarty for the city planning commission.
The comprehensive plan recommends no change to the RSA five zoning at this location. However,
given the location of the property at the end of the improved section of Boone street,
The City Planning Commission has no objection and recommends that the Board grant the variance.
Thank you. MI 2021-005-129-4215 Boone Street, I vote yes.
Thomas Holloman, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
James Snell, my vote is yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.