Yes, Chair, it's 77 attendees.
And you can start as you wish.
Michael on?
All right, we'll start.
Good afternoon, everyone.
My name is Bill Bergman, and I will be chairing in this afternoon's meeting.
With me is our Vice Chair, Ismail Shahid.
okay he's here
our board member tenetta graham good afternoon chair president our board member michael johns
I believe he's, here he is, Michael.
And our board member, Ty Wynn.
Also present is our attorney, Hillary Emerson.
Here's our virtual format.
Proceedings are being recorded.
With your participation, you agree to be recorded.
The video will be available by contacting
ZBA Executive Director at phila.gov.
For our court stenographer,
we ask attorneys and witnesses to identify themselves before testifying. If you're
participating by phone, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to unmute.
To win an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email address and the address of the property in question.
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to ZBA Executive Director
at phillip.gov. Here's our schedule for this afternoon. Number six, MI 2024-002-617-3230,
Belgrade, that case is continued, attorney moving party. Number eight, MI 2024-003-271,
1201 to 03 Adams Avenue. That case is continued. Number 11, MI 2024, 005-199-7000 Halston Avenue.
That case is continued. Number 13, MI 2024, 005-237-2281-Oregon Avenue. That case is continued.
Number 14, MI 2024, 005-323-4317-19-Comley Street. That case is continued. Are there any
other requests for continuances you hear me now chair good afternoon mr chairman very good yes
jason any any um yes i'll be your um co-host again for the afternoon we have a hand up from a ron
parik i've allowed them to speak ron please unmute and wait to be sworn in yes all right could you
state your name and spell it please for the court stenographer. My name is Ranthik Parikh,
R-A-N-T-I-K, last name Parikh, P-A-R-I-K-H. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth, nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. What case are you interested in,
there? 52-31
Greenway,
my attorney, Mr.
Mike, Maternal
is on the other line.
Are you
requesting a continuance, sir?
No, no. I just
wanted to make sure I'm in the right meeting
because last time we were in a wrong meeting
and we missed the
announcement.
Mr. Chair, we
do have that case on the 2 o'clock list
and it is ready to proceed okay it will be called shortly thank you thank you sir thank you all right
are there any other requests for continuance i have a handout from frank turner i have allowed
them to speak hey sir could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer
yes my name is frank turner i'm here for um b-span trust hold on a moment sir could you
just for the record, spell your name for the court stenography.
Absolutely. Sorry. It's Frank Turner, F-R-A-N-K, T-U-R-N-E-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
I do. Also, I'm the attorney for East Band Trust.
I do. Also, I'm the attorney for East Band Trust.
What's the address of that, sir?
What's the address of the...
That's the Greenway case, Mr. Chair.
Yes. Mr. Turner, we just advised your client that that case would be proceeding.
Just please wait to be called.
Great. Thank you.
Are there any other requests for continuances?
Yes. I have a hand up from Mr. Ron Patterson.
I will allow him to speak.
i'm mr patterson sure could you just state your name for the record and spell for this
stenographer of course uh ronald patterson r-o-n-a-l-d-p-a-t-t-e-r-s-o-n mr chairman
hold on one minute do you swear a friend to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the
truth uh yes i do what case is it sir uh the 2281 oregon avenue that was continued i would just like
to clarify we also needed a request or leave to amend the plan back to uh the department okay
great thank you i'll i'm on the list later so i'll see you soon thank you
uh any other requests for continuance yes i have a hand up from anna rendos i've allowed them to
speak and could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer sure thing anna rendos
A-N-N-A
You swear a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. Yes, I do.
What case?
What's the address?
2052 Blair Street.
Mr. Chair,
that case is on our add-on list.
Ms. Rindos, that case will be voted
shortly. Okay,
great. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Any other
requests for it?
There are no further answers, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. And number 10, MI 2024, 004-851-1409-13 Fitzwater Street. Gregory Schumann and Vernessa Lewis. This is the first listing, and we have no exhibits.
Mr. Schumann, could you state your name and spell for the court stodographer?
Sure. It's Gregory Schumann, G-R-E-G-O-R-Y-S-C-H-U-M-A-N-N.
You swear, Fern, to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, sir?
Yes, I do.
We do not have your exhibits yet.
I did mail everything.
I'm not sure why I wouldn't have gone through, but I can also share my screen if that's possible.
But we're not making any changes to the facility.
Well, we would have to have our documents five days in advance.
We don't have your documents yet.
Why don't you do this?
We're going to continue the case.
Call the office.
We'll make sure that your documents are ready the next time.
OK. Excuse me, Mr. Chair. Mr. Schumann, are you the owner or tenant of the property?
What's your relationship to the property? I'm the tenant.
I am the one who's going to be taking over the lease here. Oh, OK. All right.
Thank you for the clarification. What documents exactly are missing?
Please look in the chat for information about how to contact the ZBA and they can assist you.
Okay. Thank you, sir. And number one, MI-2024-000-659-7000-Caster Avenue. That case is but withdrawn.
We're going to go to our add-ons.
Number 1, MI 2024, 004286, 2052 Blair Street.
I vote yes per amended refusal dated 9-20-24.
Yes, with amended refusal.
Senator Graham, my vote is yes, par amended refusal.
But Iowyn, my vote is yes, par amended refusal.
Ms. Mille Shaheed, my vote is yes, par amended refusal.
Number two, MI 2024-001-332-5301, West Montgomery.
0-0-1-3-3-2-5-3-0-1, West Montgomery Avenue, number E.
I vote yes for amended refusal dated 9-23-24.
My vote is, Michael Johns, my vote is yes with amended refusal.
Can I agree on my vote is yes with amended refusal?
my vote is yes with amended refusal
number three mi2024 005594 9901 frankfurt avenue
i vote
i vote yes and members will have to certify watching of the video
In this video, we're going to look at how you can compress the media file so it takes
up less space without...
Hello.
Yes, Michael Johns, my vote is yes, and I watched the video.
Hi Owen, my vote is yes, and I watched the video.
Tana Graham, my vote is yes, and I did watch the video.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes, and I did watch the video.
Number four, MI2023-002787, 90 Red Lion Road.
my vote is no
michael johnson my vote is no and this was a video also
tana graham my vote is no and i did watch the video
i won my vote is no and i did watch the video
ishmael shaheed my vote is yes
Department of Refuse.
Number five, MI 2024-004-763-3412 North 19th Street, the vote in this matter, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, October 30th, 2024, at 2 p.m.
Number six, MI 2024, 004-887-3222-Frankford Avenue.
I vote no.
Michael Johns, my vote is no.
Snyder Graham, my vote is no.
Zion, my vote is no.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is no.
We're going to go to our regular list.
First case will be number two, MI 2024,
4-0-0-0-8-9-9-5-2-31
Dreamway. Frank Turner is the attorney.
There's a letter of support from the 51st Ward Democrat
They should be rejoining as a panel of short, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.
good afternoon mr turner i'm here um thank you bear with me one second
so um like mr turner could you turn could you could you please uh put your video on
Yes, I am. Can't hold it one second. Sure.
Difficulty, my apologies.
thank you mr turner um when i i think i called your name earlier and i think i swore you in
earlier uh yes correct all right could you identify your client the relationship to this
property uh yes my client is east band trust it's a family trust that's um that's the owner
of the property and our vice chair has just a few questions for you sir certainly
good afternoon sir have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits that's needed
to proceed with this case yes i have thank you please proceed and share your screen
yes i have thank you please proceed and share your screen certainly screen sharing
Certainly.
sorry looking for the screen sharing sure green green button at the bottom got it thank you
yep you're coming up so um so here we have the let's make this a little bit larger for everyone
so this property um is located on greenway avenue um in the uh 50 200 block it's a
It's a relatively busy commuter corridor close to Grace Ferry Bridge.
And what we have here is a property that was purchased after it had already been built out as a duplex.
And so we're just trying to legalize that duplex at this point.
Of course, the hardship being that the property is already built out, and in order to comply with the zoning code, they would have to remove an entire second-floor unit with two bedrooms.
and it was a it was the property the zoning application was refused because it's a
RSA one and and there are no other two-family properties on this block however
legalizing this in this case second floor would at most add a small family to the block it wouldn't
increase congestion or change the character of the neighborhood in any other way
and it would then i'm sure continue to be used as it had been used
prior to my client's purchase of the of the property
Mr. Turner, could you move the plans over a little bit?
Here's the entire plans. Here's the...
This is the first floor.
Here is the one-bedroom unit.
The bedroom in the back.
Utilities and storage.
and the second second floor is a two bedroom with an additional bedroom in
the front and I believe that my my client is here and can testify that the
property is only one of the units is currently being used because um because
they're they only are able to obtain a rental license for one unit and so
do you have photos of it yes we do interior photos
this is the uh it's the entrance of the sands this is the back patio area
this is the first floor unit the stairs already built out
This is the basement, which I believe is only accessible by the first floor.