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i wasn't paying attention my w-2 so mean but we're getting them today
I'm waiting for Hillary. She'll be right here. There she is.
we're okay okay all right good morning everyone my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing
this meeting of the philadelphia zoning board of adjustment with me is our board vice chair
tenetta graham president mr chairman our board secretary cheryl l gaston president mr chairman
board member michael johns michael's here uh president mr chairman a board member tya win
who should be walking through the door any minute and our board member ryan mcadams president mr
chairman also here is our board attorney hillary emerson our executive board director in hagerty
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Number two, MI 2024-004-244-5300-02, Haverford Avenue.
This request for continuance from the coordinating RCO, Joseph Vaccaro is the attorney.
Good morning can you hear me good morning Mr Vaccaro could you please state your name
and spell for the stenographer good morning attorney joseph vaccaro vaccaro attorney for
the applicant do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes i
do the car i i see the rco has requested a continuance um and i i i notice where they're
saying you agree to that yes yes i have no objection okay so we're going to continue this
case let me see here hold on a minute possible date though please um well what we're going to
do is i'm going to have to give you what's available then i'll get you can come back and
see if we can't change it at a later time okay mr mr ricara what is the status of the rco meeting
in this matter we were supposed to have that meeting last week but i had an emergency on my
part so i i had to unfortunately cancel it so although this is their request it's it is on me
okay all right thank you thank you
july 22nd at 9 30 and if you can you can contact the staff to see if that can be changed okay
okay i appreciate it thank you thank you very much thank you
number 12 mi 2025 005 491 1804 oxford street cases continue to july
July 22nd at 9.30 a.m.
And number 17.
MI 2025-005-591-3142 North Taylor Street.
Vern Anastasio is the attorney.
We have to check to see if we have all the documents on this case.
Mr. Anastasio.
They're being promoted to panelists, Chair.
Right.
morning mr chair memory council could you please state your name and spell for the
stenographer sure burn anastasio a-n-a-s-t-a-s-i-o on behalf of mr brandon greer right you swear
a firm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth i do uh we don't have proof of
posting do you have that no the RCO is requesting a continuance so that we can further talk about
redevelopment of the property and I'm not going to object to that all right so 3142 North Taylor
Street that case is continued to July 22nd at 9 30 a.m thank you thank you is there any other
request for continuance? Chair, the hand just went down, Chair. No further hands at this time.
Okay, so I have several cases here that we need exhibits. Number three, MI 2024-006-262-460
Erlheim Street. No updated exhibits. This is the third listing. Michael Cedino and Yorlanda
Matthias are the owners. I see no hands at this time, Chair. This is our third listing. We still
this case is dismissed. I recommend this case is dismissed. Michael Johns, my vote is to dismiss.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss. Tanetta Graham, my vote is to dismiss.
My McAdams, my vote is to dismiss. Ty Owen, my vote is to dismiss.
Number six, MI-2025-001-539-8029 Castor Avenue. Bridge Gates is the listed owner,
and the name also is Foto Kapali.
No exhibits, second listing.
The attorney in this case has
withdrawn. And Mr. Chair, I'll just note for the record that this case
requires attorney representation. Yep.
Second listing, anyone in the audience?
No hands at this time, Chair.
MI 2025-001-539-8029, Caster Avenue, I vote to dismiss.
Michael Johns, my vote is to dismiss.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss.
Teneda Graham, my vote is to dismiss.
My McAdams, my vote is to dismiss.
Hyowin, my vote is to dismiss.
number 11 and my 2025 003 916 2901 home avenue ta 284082 rear harbor and rear
hr llc is the listed no exhibit second listing attorney is needed for this
no hands at the sign chair so this is the second listing no exhibits no attorney is uh entered
so mi 2025 003 916 2901 home avenue ta 284082 i vote to dismiss michael johns my vote is to
dismiss cheryl gaston my vote is to dismiss tenetta graham my vote is to dismiss ryan mcadams
my vote is to dismiss hi i win my vote is to dismiss number number 16 mi 20 25 005 579 39 14
north 5th street luz ortiz is the listed owner alga rosado is the listed applicant um no exhibits
first listing no hands at this time chair so mi 2025 005 579 3914 north 5th street
this case is continued to july 22nd at 9 30 a.m and number 19
mi-2025-005-849-3400 north sydenham street christopher dean is the listed owner no exhibits
first listing and philip fountain's son incorporated is the listed owner um mr chair
i have been in communication with mr dean and he is seeking a continuance in this matter okay so
MI-2025-005849-3400
North Sydenham Street. This case is
continuing to July 22nd at 9.30 a.m.
And number 18, MI 2025-005-663-6338 Woodland Avenue, that case has been withdrawn.
And number 18, MI-2025-005849-3400
And number four, MI2024-006-278-1430 Shunk Street at Cases.
Zen Jin, you want to come up for that?
good morning counsel could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer
turn your mic mic is not on
good morning my name is then jen z-h-e-n j-i-n all right do you swear a firm to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth i do and you're withdrawing 1430 shang street yes okay
Thank you very much. So MI2024-006-278-1430 Shunk Street. A case has been withdrawn. Okay.
We're going to go to our add-on list.
3245 North 27th Street. Brandi Talley-Johnson is the applicant. This is a request for a non-protonk hearing.
Could Brandy please raise their hand, their virtual hand?
Hello.
Could you please state your name and spell it for the stenographer?
Brandi, Tali, Johnson, B-R-A-N-D-I, Tali, T-A-L-L-E-Y, Johnson, J-O-H, N-S-O-N.
All right. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Okay. So could you give us a short reason why we should grant this non-proton hearing?
So I did all the paperwork as I was told to do the paperwork. The last document that I was told to do on the 19th,
and it was due on the 22nd I did do indeed on the 19th I submitted it at the end of the census
submit but in the the text I wasn't told that I was supposed to also put it on Eclipse
so I submitted it to the ZBA but I didn't upload it on Eclipse okay because I wasn't instructed
to do so so that that's where the you know they got drafted okay all right so the request for
Nung Protonk relief is granted. Application for appeal is accepted as timely.
Thank you.
Everybody has to read.
Oh, do I just have to say that?
Just the first part, Michael.
So I say yes.
Nung Protonk relief is granted.
Nung Protonk relief is granted.
Michael Johns.
So, Gaston, Nung Protonk relief is granted.
Tanetta Graham, non-protonk relief is granted.
Ryan McAdams, non-protonk relief is granted.
Taiwan, non-protonk relief is granted.
Thank you.
Thank you, ma'am.
So number two, MI 2024-006-071, 328 East Rittenhouse Street.
I vote yes.
Maximum two units.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with Proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes, with Proviso.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes, with Proviso.
Tywin, my vote is yes, with Proviso.
Number three, MI 2025-005-854-8129-31 Stanton Avenue, I vote yes.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes.
If I win, my vote is yes.
So we're going to go to number 10 first.
MI 2025 003-876-866 Medway Road.
Sharonk Abdoal is the current owner, and it's a pro se.
they're being promoted to panelists thank you
do we see him hello good morning good morning hi sir could you please state your name
and spell it for the stenographer okay my name is sharuk are you i'm the owners yes yes all right
who's going to testify i won't even okay could you please state your name and spell it for the
stenographer sure uh allah a-l-a-a last name is a-b-u-a-l-i right do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do so this application is for the removal
of one off-street parking place whereas the proposed removal of required off-street parking
space to prohibit in the rsa d3 zoning district or there's also a letter of opposition from the
greater bustleton civic league and i believe councilman o'neill is present in the room
and he's in opposition to our vice chair has a few questions for you sure good morning
morning have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing
yes and the chair just waved i mean read your refer refusal so do you waive additional read
another refusal and stipulate to its accuracy yes okay all right thank you you can share your
screen and proceed with your case all right what one moment mr chair i believe um the the only
person listed on the deed is um shiru abdua so we need that individual to testify shiru or is that
yes okay could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer uh my name is shiruk
abdua spelled s-h-u-r-o-u-k last name a-b-u-d-a-i-h right do you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth i do and our vice chair will just ask you the same question
real quick okay all right thank you um have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days
in advance of this hearing yes and do you waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its
accuracy yes all right thank you you can share your screen and proceed with the case thank you
do you see how to turn that on no no no no no i'm talking um you see the green button
there should be a green button at the bottom of your screen for you to share
what are we sharing i'm sorry
um we need to share the screen i thought we were just pleading our case sir
yeah well you're k but you have to show your documents on the case
relative to the case okay are your documents on the computer uh no no sir um okay so um
hillary um you're you said your your documents are not on the device that you're on right now
correct okay um yeah this is the integrity i can bring up the document why don't you bring them up
can you give me just two minutes to follow up thank you sure sorry about that
why don't uh one one i mean the documents are coming up but why don't you start your testimony
yeah so now that's it's her she has to testify all right could you tell us what you're trying
to do sure so essentially what we're doing is we're trying to get approval i know um we have
violations on the home right now for um converting the garage space into a living space without a
permit so we would like to remove the violation and could you tell me what is it you did in the
garage? Sure. So my mother-in-law lives with us. She's an older lady. And what we did is we just