ZBA Hearing - June 10, 2026

property was granted a temporary variance by this board in august 2023 for the same use as is

proposed today there is a shared driveway condition with the neighboring single family home and thus

this driveway is inappropriate for sharing with a commercial use with the level of intensity as

group child care in a single family attached district this is an almost exclusively single

family location and the property is situated mid block on a quiet side block with high potential

for continued disruptions to neighboring properties due to nuisances associated with the use there is

no unique circumstance or physical condition of this property that would prevent it from being

used in strict conformance with the zoning code therefore the city planning commission recommends

that the board denied variances for group child care use and multiple principal uses in an rsa

district i know it's been a long day no it's not all right keep going what what do you want to say

this exactly i'm gonna get poured on anyway uh it's it's this property's been used this way since

2008 for almost a generation my client and and i should have her testify to this has spent

significant resources in maintaining this property for that period of time this community depends on

her facility for local kids and there were a ton of people that stated how positive this experience

has been for all those reasons and and based on the doctrine of vested rights which i believe

would apply here given her detrimental reliance on you know this use over the course of a generation

i would ask that the board grants not only grant the variance on a permanent basis thank you so um

thank you for your testimony um it was a lot said as you know so what i'd like to do is really just

take next wednesday in the morning sit with the board and get everybody's feel where we stand with

this and we will vote on this at 2 p.m thank you very much okay thank you thank you for your day

does anybody on the board have to go anywhere because we only want to read a couple of things

go anywhere because we only want to read a couple of things if you don't have this i mean has anybody

I mean, has anybody got a...

got a pressing meeting or nobody wants to go out there so everybody's going to stay here

it's only three in the room

hillary go with the preamble too

for me

i'll meet us at little parkinson's emergency

alan i hope the door was okay seriously yeah did he take him home right away yeah he had surgery

oh good good

good afternoon everyone my name is bill bergman and i will be chairing this meeting of the

the Philadelphia Zoning Board. With me is our Vice Chair, Tenetta Graham.

Mr. Chairman. Our Board Secretary, Cheryl L. Gaston.

Mr. President, Mr. Chair. Board Member Michael Johns.

Mr. President, Mr. Chair.

Naya Nguyen. Mr. President, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Ryan McAdams. Mr. President, Mr. Chairman.

Also, here is our Attorney, Hillary Emerson, and our ZBA Director, Ian Haggerty.

this hearing is being recorded and will be posted on the the zba website by participating you agree

to be recorded this is an in-person meeting with um particip remote participation whether in person

or on zoom if you're called to speak please state and spell your name then wait to be sworn in

after that state your name each time before you testify

doing what was that to uh to to enter your appearance indicate the address

on your zoom webinar speak to a a staff member

call the zba office close office by by business close of business tomorrow call 215-686-2429

and provide that then with your name your email and the address of the property remote remote

participation raise your virtual hand when when directed so that we can we can let you speak

while while you uh when you are called to speak make sure that you click the join as a panelist

button use the q a button of the q a only for talking about uh procedural issues not the not

the cases themselves and if you join by phone press star nine to raise your hand and star star

six to unmute um there's no one here to tell them how to do it here so let's go to

Here we go.

Number one, MI 2025 00792 2061 by Burry Road.

This case is continued until 9 30 26 at 3 30.

Number two, MI 2025 004410, 500 West Duncannon Street, Duncannon-Navu.

That case is continued until 9.3026 at 3.30 p.m.

And number three, MI-2025-007-852-403 North 41st Street.

This is the first listing.

We have no documents.

Douglas Tien is the listed applicant.

I see no hands, Chair.

okay so that mi 2025 007 892 403 north 41st street that case is continued until 9 30 26

at 3 30 p.m and will be marked must be heard is there anyone in the audience whose case has not

been called there are no answer is there anyone in the audience who wants to go home thank you

thanks everybody all right thanks guys good night good night