Thank you.
Yes, thank you.
So MI 2023-002-463-7811 Frankfurt Avenue.
I vote yes.
i vote yes temporary variance expires 12-1-26 use limited to ultrasound testing
Temporary variance expires.
thomas holliman my vote is yes with proviso
james snell my vote is yes with proviso
thank you we have our vote
Mr. Chair, we need Mr. Shahid to vote on the last one because Mr. Snell wasn't present
for the hearing.
Ishmael Shahid, my vote is yes, we're provisor.
Thank you.
We're going to go to our regular list.
We're going to start with number seven and number 12 at the same time, MI 2023, 004-449-2706
Next, Federal Street, and number 12 is MI 2023-004-445-2708 Federal Street.
Henry Clinton is the attorney.
There is a letter of support from residents organized for adequacy and direction, and the applicant provided a petition in support by approximately 13 neighbors.
henry clinton has been promoted to panelists
mr clinton could you please state your name is spelled for the court stenographer
mr clinton
i did i saw his name there and i put it on is this is this might be his number here six ones
Yeah, so this phone number is him calling in, and then his paralegal is going to be
running the presentations because he is out of the country right now.
So she may be under his name.
Okay, I did promote his name.
Okay, that would be Margie.
Should I promote this phone number, Hillary, please?
Yes, yes, please.
Thank you.
you both should be allowed to speak hi mr clinton
i believe it's star six to unmute yourself
mr clinton
the name henry clinton has disappeared off the the list let's see if he calls back
mr clinton
hello mr chairman i hear you hello mr chairman henry just for the record and please spell for
the court stenographer sure henry clinton uh h-e-n-r-y clinton c-l-i-n-t-o-n right do you
swear for him to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do would you identify
your client and the relationship to the property sure i represent three clients uh it's a father
and two children father is angelo tartaglini t-a-r-t-a-g-l-i-n-i daniel tartaglini and erica
e-r-i-k-a tartaglini today daniel tartaglini will be my witness and uh our vice chair has
just a few questions sir uh this is one of them i had to refuse myself once i think uh
tom could you do a time please yes mr chairman
good afternoon council do you agree to waive the reading of the refusal
and stipulate to his accuracy i do mr holliman did you email all of the exhibits and documents
as required five days in the pants to this hearing
i did the rco letter came in late and then our petition we added a couple more signatures
rather than what was submitted originally other than that yes thank you please proceed and share
please proceed and share your screen thank you mr
your screen thank you mr hollman
your paralegals online henry yes he's sharing the screen now okay thank you
and thank you for the accommodation mr chairman that's well appreciated
And there will be that green share button at the bottom of your screen on Zoom.
And just make sure you have the documents open before you hit that green share button.
Should be shared?
It's not shared.
once you click that green button it should ask you uh what document
you would like to share and then you'll click on that and hit that share button
um yep and it's up now thank you thank you so much you're welcome please proceed henry
thank you sir chairman again henry clinton for the tardiglini family angelo daniel and erica
uh and this concerns two properties on federal street and we have two presentations today mr
chairman 2706 and 2708 federal they both have separate mi numbers but the refusals are the same
and the projects are the same so what i'd like to do with your permission is to present 2706
and indicate that it's also the same as 2708.
It's basically presentations, or rather than doing two,
I'll do one and incorporate everything from 26 into 2708,
if that's okay with the chairman.
Please proceed.
So this is a request for a three-family dwelling on a large lot that's 15 by 100
in an ITE industrial zoning district,
where if we were proceeding under an RM zoning district,
we would be able to build four family dwellings on each parcel.
The request today is that we are asking for three family dwellings on each parcel,
each with two parking spaces.
As the chairman knows, in RM1, parking would not be required,
but here, in deference to the community's wishes,
each three family dwelling will have two parking spots.
These lots, and I'll get to that with aerial photographs, but these lots are through streets from federal to man.
So the second page is the table of contents.
Table of contents contains exhibits A1 through A11 with all the typical documents you would see in a zoning presentation,
including six zoning records indicating to the panel that this block is really not being used as industrial.
it's multifamily, some single family, and then some vacant lots. And both of these lots have
been vacant for at least five years. Next document is the refusal. And at the top,
you can see zoning district is I-2, it's industrial, and it's being refused the
application because multifamily household living is not permitted in an I-2 zoning district.
The next document is the RCO letter of support.
And you'll see in one of the additional documents,
I have actually a travel advisory from the night of the community group presentation.
It happened to be October 17th.
So there weren't a lot of people at the meeting, but they did vote in support of the meeting.
On October 17th, there was a Phillies game, a Flyers game, and a soccer game.
So that's why we went around the neighborhood and tried to get as many signatures as we could on a petition supporting the project, and that is in my packet, too.
Next is an aerial photograph.
This is looking south, and you can see where it says 2706 Federal Street.
There are two parcels there, 2706 and 2708.
You can see to the right, there's garages, actually four roll-top gates with curb cuts.
The only industrial that I'm familiar with on this block, Mr. Chairman, is an ironworks.
It's a gentleman who does, actually, he signed the petition.
He does ornamental iron for residential single-family and commercial, like railings, grab bars, and things like that.
the remainder of the block on the right-hand side has either been approved for multifamily
has either been approved for multifamily or is multifamily.
or is multifamily and when i get to the end of the
And when I get to the end of the presentation,
I have an aerial photograph with the multifamily demarcated
so that the panel can see exactly what is multifamily on the block,
what is vacant, and what is single-family.
The next group of photographs just show the vacant lot, again, looking southbound.
And then there's a few photographs looking eastbound
to show you the curb cuts that are existing already on Federal Street,
and you can see the roll-top gates in front of some of the garages on the block.
Then the larger photograph depicts Manton Street,
which is, as I said, the lot runs all the way from Federal to Manton.
It's 100 feet deep, and you can see that there are curb cuts on Manton Street.
There's no parking on Manton Street,
So we're providing two parking spots for each project.
The remaining photographs are photographs of the posting of the notices to the community about the hearing.
Next, we'll move on to the plans.
The first plan is the zoning plan, which shows a tire brick front.
The community group wants to see brick as much as possible.
um also there's a pilot house at the top there's a rooftop deck
then we can move on to the floor plans again these are three units mr chairman uh the basement
the first floor uh is one unit uh the first floor and second floor is the second unit and the third
second and third floor is a third unit now i brushed over this not not because i'm trying to
not bring it to your attention, but the first floor and basement is one unit in the sense that
the rear of the first floor is a bedroom for the basement. And so then the first floor and the
second floor, the rear bedroom on the second floor belongs to the first floor. And then the
second and third floor are their own units. And then there's a rooftop deck. We're going to have
Trash storage in the rear yards of both properties with containers
so that the tenants can come down and place their trash there on a regular basis.
Beyond the floor plans and the zoning plan,
we do have streets approval for both parking on both Federal Street as well as Manton Street.
The rest of the documents, we have an application for appeal.
We have the project information form.
We have the tax balance for a real estate printout indicating zero balance.
And then, Margie, if you can move down to the zoning district map, the colored map,
and you can see that the entire federal street of both sides of the block are I2 industrial.
Next is the deed indicating ownership by the Tardiglini family.
Then we have our notices to all the neighbors.
We mailed out 164 pieces of mail to the surrounding neighborhood.
And then the photograph I do want to spend some time on is the aerial photograph where I've marked in red the multifamily properties already on the block.
If you start from right to left, at the corner is a bar.
It's a 1201 bar.
It's been there for decades, at least 50 years.
moving right to left next is a 24 unit apartment building which was approved around two to three
years ago to the left of that is an approval for two dwellings that they're in the making
i was able to obtain that approval from the board about two years ago to the left of the two unit
dwelling is a four unit approved dwelling unit again that construction has not started and then
And as you move further left, you can see there's garages.
The first garage is where Mr. Breen has his ornamental iron business.
And then the other garage is storage, actually storage for my clients who operate a marble and granite business for well over 50 years at 25th and Ellsworth.
And then you can see the blank space, 270608 Federal Street.
That's where our proposed project is to be located.
And then in the foreground of the photograph, there's a six-unit apartment building.
Even though there is facing on Grace Ferry Avenue, that address is Federal Street.
And then to the left of that is another three-unit apartment building on the block.
And the following documents are the support for what I just related to the board.
These are the zoning records that reflect 2736 is 24 units.
That reflects 2736 is 24 units, 2731 is the next entry, that's the six-family dwelling, 2728, that's a four-family dwelling, 2721, that is a three-family dwelling, and 2732 is a two-family dwelling.
So in conclusion, Mr. Chairman, this is a block.
While it is zoned I-2, we try to design the building pursuant to RM1 regulations
because there are multifamily on the block, and it's trending multifamily as we move forward.
If we were in RM1 zoning district, we'd be able to build four units per lot by right with no parking.
we're seeking three units with parking on both 2706 and 2708 and again I ask that my presentation
for 2706 is duplicative of 2708 and I guess I can address that if the chairman is going to call
as a separate item. With that, I would ask the panel to consider this
application. We're not impacting anyone's latent error. We're in conformance with what the community
group wants. We're in conformance with the block and we are in harmony generally with the code.
So with that, I would conclude the testimony and ask for my client to adopt it and unmute himself.
Thank you.
Mr. Tartaglini, can you raise your hand, please?
Thank you.
Mr. Tartaglini has been allowed to speak.
He's been allowed to speak.
Mr. Tartaglini, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
mr tartaglini mr tartaglini can you unmute yourself please yes i'm sorry can you hear
me yeah we can just name and please spell for the court stenographer sure my name is
Daniel Tartaglini
my D-A-N-I-E-L
last name
Tartaglini
T as in Tom
A-R-T-A-G-L-I-N-I
Do you swear or affirm
to tell the truth
the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Proceed, counsel.
Mr. Tartaglini
were you on the call
when I presented
your two projects
2706 and 2708
Federal Street?
And if you had
the opportunity
to testify in either one of those cases and or in both of those cases would you adopt my testimony
as your own and as true and correct yes sir thank you mr tardiglini questions thank you