okay okay just just for clarification i just said just just for clarification is the vote is going
to be on october 24th at 9 30 a.m no 22 22 thank you all right and thank you for your presentation
thank you go birds right okay all right
he skipped over the phillies i mean all right let's let's go back to uh
well what was it yeah mr rivera number eight
mr rivera
coming back in as a panelist now chair thank you
hello again hi mr river how do you make out yeah to move to a different device
this one seems to be a bit
better
apologies bar earlier I did not
why don't you start
to happen
so yes
my property
2954 number
Fur Hill was
previously
why don't you put your documents up as you're talking
absolutely no problem
anybody on the board can confirm if they see so so we have we have your um
we have all your documents what what i would recommend you do is show photos and drawings of
the property okay why don't you turn that around a little bit i will go ahead and
okay why don't you turn that around a little bit i will go ahead and present that
um well i can show you the drawings of the
there we go it's just loading in my usb
um i hear it connecting sorry
i can i have the drawings right next to me i think that would be better because my oh there
we go my usb is here all right we have your document so right yeah all right so let's see
your drawings or the photos well i don't remember exactly which pdf i have it but i do have it with
me at the moment okay well um right well you know you you got to have the documents on the screen
right i mean you can't okay do that right i'm just looking for them i know that i have them here so
do me do me a favor i'm gonna go on i'll be back to you in a half hour okay find all your documents
and be ready to go okay thank you sir all right
number three mi 2023 005 621 254 south 54th street joseph uh console is the attorney
I have a hand up
for my
I don't know if they're related to the case
you just thought but I would love
Mr. Consul right
yeah Mr. Consul is in the audience
I'll promote them shortly
as the console if you are still in the virtual audience please raise your hand so you can be
promoted
do we see
Mr. Consul
I see him
in the virtual audience but he hasn't
raised his hand for whatever reason
okay thank you i thought i heard him i'm i'm here my button wasn't working
all right there you go all right mr console um could you please state your name and spell for
the stenographer yeah joseph console it's j-o-s-e-p-h last name c-o-n-s-o-l-e do you
swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth i do but you identify
your client a relationship to this property? Yeah, Nicole Ramirez
and she is one of the two owners of the LLC that owns the property.
Our Vice Chair, Tenetta Graham, has a few
questions for you. Good morning. Have you submitted your
documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing? Hold on. This is
254 South 54th Street? Yes.
I apologize. I was told another attorney was going to enter
their appearance on that is there anyone else in the audience for that okay oh uh mr zenjin
had his hand raised as well so it could be okay okay all right thank you melt them right now
i'll see you in a minute i'm hoping
good morning good morning council um you do you're doing 254 south 54th yes i was uh just
please state your name and spell for the stenographer.
Yes, my name is Zen Jin, Z-H-E-N-J-I-N, 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1838,
Philadelphia PA 19103, here on behalf of the applicant.
All right. Do you swear we're firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
All right, do you swear we're firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing?
Yes, I do.
Counsel, could you identify your client?
Yes. PS Investments LLC is the owner of the property. I believe the one, the representative
of the company is here with us. His name is Mr. Schall Starter and should be in the audience.
Sure. All right. Our vice chair, Teneda Graham, has a few questions for you.
Good morning. Have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing?
So my client should have submitted it five days in advance. I would just retain recently for the purpose of the hearing.
Okay. Thank you. And do you stipulate to the reading of refusal and waive the accuracy of, I'm sorry, do you stipulate to the reading of refusal?
Okay, thank you.
Thank you.
As a preliminary matter, Chair and members of the Board, I believe the submission made by the client does not contain plans.
I don't know what the Board's feeling is on that.
This is a legalization of an existing three-family dwelling.
We can either present and then supplement the plans or if the Board would like a continuance.
I'm open to either option.
Why don't we move? Why don't we just keep moving?
Thank you, Chair. Good morning. I'm going to try to share with the board the documents I have previously received from my client that should be submitted to the board. Can the board see my screen on theirs? Thank you. Good morning.
We have we have all that. Thank you. So good morning. This is a refusal issued against 254 South 54th Street. This is a RSA five zone district, and there is an existing multifamily three unit structure there. And so the proposal is for that use.
As the community indicated in their letter of support, my client did meet with the community, and the community is aware that this used to be an REM1 zoned district.
In fact, the district was changed, I believe, in 2019 to the RSA 5. The property lost its prior use primarily because it was vacant for some time before my client purchased it.
At the time of purchase, the property was already a three-family dwelling.
My client did interior renovations and updating.
However, he was later notified that it is, in fact, now zoned single family.
And so he sought to have this existing condition legalized.
The community have no opposition, partly because the neighbors have no opposition, and they
are aware that this used to be a triplex.
As you can see, this property is a corner property off of 54th Street and near between Spruce and Locust.
The other corner right across the street from this property and across 54th Street, there are three corner properties.
They're all triplexes, although there is a fourth one that the record does not show as a multifamily.
The building, the property building itself is here in the photos.
You can see that the poster was done here.
The history of the property is not in the system.
So we do not know what exactly was in the permit system in the past.
However, the neighboring properties are a mix of single family, duplexes, and multifamily, as this area was at one point, RM1.
As you can see from the photos, everything is already completed in the property from before.
My client actually purchased it as an investment and was under the impression that it was actually a legal triplex and ultimately found out that it's not.
to convert this back, given the way it's structured, would be an expensive process and
quite honestly would be converting back what was at one time a pre-existing condition of the
property. So that is primarily the hardship my client faces in converting this back to a use of
RSA 5, and also the community is aware that this was, in fact, at one point, a triplex.
Although majority of the property is now new, it is set up as a unit on each floor. The basement
will be used for utilities. As you can see here, the water heaters and utilities are in the
basement. Each floor has its own individual HVAC that was added. And each unit has,
the first and second floor has two bedrooms, one bath, and the third floor has
The first and second floor has two bedrooms, one bath, and the third floor has three bedroom, one bath as the structure.
Again, I do not have plans here to show the board, but we can supplement the floor plans, which will clearly show the board how it's laid out.
The basement, incidentally, is a walkout basement, although there's no plan to use it for any living space.
Furthermore, because it's a corner property, the rear yard is accessible by all units for trash storage,
and the plan is to keep an enclosed rear yard with the trash cans in the yard for trash purposes.
And that is my presentation relating to this matter.
I'm happy to try to answer any questions, and I believe my client should be here to verify my testimony.
Why don't you bring your client on to adopt your testimony?
Mr. Sardar, can you raise your hand virtually to be identified?
Mr. Hsiao?
Yes, sir.
Yeah, great.
Sir, could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Yeah, my name is S-H-O-W-E-L.
And last name is Sardar.
It's like Sam, A-R-D-E-R.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Proceed, counsel.
Thank you.
Mr. Sardar, did you hear my representations to the zoning board and see my presentation on your screen?
It's true, yes.
Okay, so that was my next question.
Can you verify everything I've represented is true and correct and adopted as your own testimony?
yes true thank you all right so uh council i'm going to open this up to the board but
you know keep in mind we do not have the plans and what we'll do is hold the vote at the end of this
for the plans and uh of course okay so questions from the board of what we have seen so far um
So, yeah, well, you said that there was one two-bedroom unit on the first floor, right?
Two-bedroom, one-bath, and then...
Two-bedroom, one-bath, two-bedroom, one-bath, yes.
Okay, that's the first floor?
First and second floor are each its own unit.
Oh, first and second floor.
And then it was the third floor that you said had the three bedrooms, and I didn't hear how many baths.
Three-bedroom, two-baths, because I believe there's a master bath in one of the bedrooms.
You said the third floor has three.
I mean, wasn't the third floor very small?
The third floor, I'm looking at the image.
The photos?
Yeah, the third floor is smaller than the rest of the floors.
Mr. Sardar, can you confirm if the third floor is the one with the three bedrooms?
No, third floor, there is no third floor.
There are two bedrooms on the third floor.
And second level is the one floor, one bedroom.
So second and third is the one unit.
So second and third floor is one unit?
And first floor and level base.
First floor is one unit.
That's a duplex.
Is this two units?
Triple.
Triple.
So, where's the third unit?
Third unit, the second one is the third unit.
And this is called the third.
One is the base, the level base, and first floor and second floor.
Okay, I think I'm a little confused now.
I was told that the, so I was instructed that the first floor was one unit.
Is that correct?
Yes, sir.
Second floor is a second unit?
Second unit.
And the third floor and part of the second floor is the third unit?
No, it's the level base.
Basement?
Yes, sir.
So the basement has living space?
okay i was not told that um so i i think i think so we need the plans yeah i'm sorry for the confusion
we need a resumptive
hold on mr sardin it's okay all right we're gonna all right zen we're gonna go with a
resumptive hearing on this okay i don't have do i have i don't have resumptive dates why don't we
we'll take
we're going to have a resumptive hearing
March 11th, 2026.
I don't have dates for resumptive hearings.
Why don't we why don't we get back to you with the date?
Why don't we
get back to you with the date?