This is the upper floor kitchen. So it it's a kitchen bathroom and three bedrooms
there's no no living room correct? There's the living
there's no living room right there's essentially kitchen
dining area and the bedrooms.
now i have discussed with my client the possibility of converting this space because
this is the entry area to um to a living area and leaving the kitchen that would reduce this
to a two bedroom um so we did have a discussion but i want to present to the board the actual
plan of what's existing there i appreciate that a different uh look
so again from from a physical hardship standpoint the building is structurally separated between the
two floors and that is not a condition my client created it was existing at the time that he
acquired the property I do want to also just quickly go through the petition with the board
um so my client actually reached out to most of his uh neighboring streets in the area franklin
street uh ritner 2300 block of ritner is not a near neighbor i'm sorry i don't know why that's
yeah i'm sorry that's uh i don't know why that went so far to franklin 2900 at 2800 franklin's
the other side of oregon avenue okay i'm sorry about that um i i know that he was your fault
I'm just saying, I get the 700 block of Rittner stuff, but I don't get.
I'm not sure why he went so far on Franklin.
So this is the Franklin side and Rittner side.
This is additional one block down on Rittner as well.
742, 713.
We also have letters, actual letters submitted from 738 West Rittner, 727 West Rittner,
2408 South Franklin, and this one is 732 West Rittner. These are all owners
of neighboring properties that again are in support of the particular proposed use.
and this is 2442 South Franklin okay you have your client is your client here yes
he is here with us it should be Hung Liu H-A-N-G-L-I-U
lu if you're available please raise your hand h-a-n-g-l-i-u she's available she can unmute
i apologize that might be his daughter then that's uh available or hey i'm sorry i just
know that they're unmuted yes mr lu are you there yeah mr lu please spell your first and last name
for the stenographer? First name H-A-N-G, last name L-R-U. Swear to affirm to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Yes. Please proceed, Mr. Jin. Thank you. Mr. Liu,
you have heard my testimony to the zoning board and the description of the property and its history.
Can you verify that it's true and correct
Adopt it as your own testimony
Thank you
Anyone else to testify in this matter
Please raise
Excuse me I'm sorry
Any questions from the board
Anyone else wish to testify in this matter
Please raise your hand
No hands
okay planning commission good morning david effecto city planning commission mr chairman
mr chairman and members of the board this property is indicated for single family use on the city's
and members of the board this property is indicated for single family use on the city's
comprehensive plan there appears to have been a corner store on the ground floor that at some
point was converted to a residential space we do not believe that a two-unit dwelling will have an
adverse impact on this block accordingly we have no objection to granting this variance
Thank you. MI-2020-000266, 729 Rittner Street. My vote is yes with proviso. Maximum two bedrooms per unit.
My vote is yes with proviso. Yes with proviso. Yes with proviso.
Thank you.
Thank you.
so that's a wrap i think all right good day thank you thank you uh tanya miss kitchen
sunk it uh tanya listen to me sorry tanya sharon any any unfinished business this morning
nope i think that's a wrap that's right see you all two o'clock thank you all right
take care everyone
Frank what's happening
I think you're going to have to know
hi Frank hi Jim
hi everybody
hi everybody
hi Tom Carol
hi Sharon
hi Cherise
is Jim Snell on
I'm on I'm in the middle of
woofing down a slice of pizza it caught me it's in my mouth right now all right my gosh
uh abby ready to go live yep you're good to go hey
tanya we'll give you a few minutes you'll let us know when we're ready to
oh we're ready chair that's okay thank you all right then okay good afternoon everyone my name
is frank de chico i'm the chair of the zoning board of adjustment i'll be participating in
today's hearing along with our vice chair miss carol tenere board secretary confessor plaza and
board members mr thomas holloman and mr james snell board administrator tanya sunkett and board
attorney Sharon Saleta are also in attendance. For those of you who haven't yet participated
in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through some of the basics of what you can expect.
First, we will be administering oaths to individual participants prior to their testimony.
Second, for the benefit of anyone participating by phone, we ask that attorneys and witnesses
identify themselves prior to speaking or testifying. Third, we'd like to advise everyone
that this proceeding is being recorded and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement
to be recorded. Fourth, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise
your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself. I repeat, for anyone
participating by phone. If you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine
and then star six to unmute yourself. Finally, to enter an appearance statement, call Google
267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
I'll repeat that as well. Finally, for anyone who wants to make an appearance statement,
call google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue
with that said we can begin but before vice chair tenere calls our first case
we'd like to ask if anyone is requesting a continuance or withdrawal of an appeal
listed to be heard this afternoon if so please raise your hand
frank this is sharon saletta um numbers two and four are being continued
okay so while we're waiting if anyone else is on let's see i get two
mi 2020 dash 000 328 4609 head street is continued
And MI 2020-000222, 305 South Watts Street is continued.
so again if anyone has a request for a continuance or withdrawal please raise
So again, if anyone has a request for a continuance or withdrawal, please.
your hand and if anyone has any question about the two cases that have
just been read into the record as being continued please raise your hand at this
time also you can unmute yourself and speak to a continuance after being
sworn in. Good afternoon, Mr. Bertil. Good afternoon. How are you? Please, good. Please
spell your name for the record. Steve Bertil, B-E-R-T-I-L, with Claire Harrison Harvey in
Brandsburg, 1835. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, you finish. 1835, Market Street, Suite 1400.
100 we're in the firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
uh yes i do and what case are you here on sir uh i'm here on uh 2844 tasker street number 13
yes that's correct thank you uh mrs vice chair uh i am here because uh representing the applicant
we were able to meet with the zoning committee of the registered community organization but we have
not been able to we were not able to schedule a full community meeting before the hearing date
we are currently on their schedule for October 16th just in terms of their internal procedures
they prefer having a zoning committee meeting first so we got that out the way but we still
need to have the full community meeting that's open to the neighbors request for continuance
thank you all right mi-2020-001181 2844-48 tasker street is continued
anyone else thank you that concludes my business thank you
here i do have a continuous request submitted by attorney of record for number 15 1528 porter street
okay mi-2020-000268 1528 porter street is continued
um chair there are two additional cases for which i don't have exhibits perhaps you could
call them so if um if they're not here we don't want anyone waiting okay why don't you call them
up. Okay. Sure. MI 2020-001184-2426
Frankfort Avenue. Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong one. Whatever it is, if you give us a page number,
that would be helpful. Okay. It's number 11.
Okay. I'll read it. Is that Lambert Street where we're waiting for documents, correct?
No, that's a different Lambert Street case.
Oh, different 100 block, yep, okay.
Yes, and 11 and 14 are the cases that I don't have exhibits.
So MI-2020-000248, 2200 North Lambert Street, Lambert, L-A-M-B-E-R-T Street,
and MI-2020-000977-301 St. Vincent Street are both continued.
Could we ask if anyone is here for those?
Just get ready to ask that.
If there's anyone here who has a concern about the cases that were just continued,
please raise your hand.
and again i'll repeat if anyone wishes to ask for a continuance or a withdrawal
please raise your hand at this time also
here we have richard ryan
good afternoon mr ryan please identify yourself for the record
richard ryan r-y-a-n last name and your address 310 south juniper
and you swear in the firm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
i do and what case are you concerned with sir 305 south watt street one that was uh request
for continuance yes yes so i just have a few questions um when and how will we find out about
the new date uh miss sunkett will you'll enter an appearance miss sunkett will uh notify you
you can speak to this applicant or attorney no i think you're an interested neighbor
i'm a property line neighbor yes yes
I'm a property line neighbor, yes.
Check the online ZPA appeal calendar.
If you put in appearance, then you will get notification.
All right.
So that's all.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Mr. Ryan.
Anyone else?
I have quite a few.
You can.
Mr. Dittree.
Dittree.
oh sorry i had to unmute myself can you hear me now yes uh please spell your first and last name
for the record and give us your address dino d-i-n-o d-tree d-i-t-r-i i'm on here for 301
st vincent street philadelphia pa 19111 and do you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole
truth and welcome about the truth yes sir and saint vincent was number 14 number 14 you uh there
was a request for continuance not that i know of we met last week with the rco and the neighbors
outside the place with the uh potential tenant who i believe is also on this call i texted him
he is he did say he's logged in um excuse me this is sharon's letter there wasn't a request for
continuance i just don't have any record of having received the required exhibits oh sorry
doctor i'm sorry i we didn't get any notices to to send anything in or whatever we thought that was
all this is fine for me so i'm not sure what what's it comes in with your instructions with
the poster you get an instructions of how to proceed what you should do with your exhibit
package five days in advance as well as your poster requirement because that wasn't done
timely we will continue your case you can find out the date of your new hearing by looking on
the zba calendar next week okay um but i thought we were we were originally scheduled for like in
may and all that stuff was sent in that we were supposed to do the poster the picture and everything
with you know we're not going to be labor at this point there's instructions that are sent out if
they're not followed to the letter you will be continued if you need to reach out to the zba
staff for information or guidance we'll be more than happy to help but this is continued okay so
we're done for the day then yes thank you thank you anyone else here we have tina marie russell
Tina you can unmute your mic and wait to be sworn in
Russell hi please spell your first and last name and give us your address
it's Tina Marie Russell 1631 West Susquehanna Avenue the RCO is North Central Philadelphia CDC
and what case are you here on I'm sorry do you swear in the firm to tell the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth i do and what case are you here on 2200 uh lambert street
the question i had was did i hear you say it was continued uh yes
um we did receive a letter in opposition from the rco but we did not receive any documents
from the applicant that i'm aware of okay thank you that's all you can proceed thank you
um carol before you begin um we have the uh let's let's do the uh well lambert street we already
did okay uh well in what order are we going to do 905 did we is that number one on our list
the number one is two but we also are going to be hearing uh 905 spruce correct
it's number three on our list that's 19 i got it okay 1905 all right it's okay let's let's go in
the order we have them then calendar number mi 2020 000 144 68 18 shoe avenue and let me also
announce uh please do not attempt to testify in the chat any comments should be directed to the
board thank you here if i could if i may please um that all participants be mindful that you will
not open your mic to speak unless directed by the chair or vice chair and please be mindful
to make sure that you fill out an apparent statement if you want to receive correspondence
about any hearing thank you chair thank you we want to add that to our opening statement i guess
We ought to add that to our opening statement, I guess.
All right.
Mr. Nockamson?