Tech, that's who it is.
Hey, recording has started.
It has started locally, though.
We have some issues to resolve.
It just popped up, but it is recording.
Thank you.
Okay, Chair, we have 35 attendees.
you can proceed as you wish. Thank you. Good morning everyone. My name is Bill Bergman and
I will be chairing the ZBA hearings this morning. With me is our Vice Chair Ismail Shahid. Present
Mr. Chairman. Our Board Member Cheryl L. Gaston. Present Mr. Chairman. Our Board Member Tanetta
Graham. Present Mr. Chairman. Our Board Member Michael Johns. Present Mr. Chairman. And our
Also present is our attorney, Hilliard Emerson, and Catherine Grady, the Deputy Director for Planning and Zone.
Here's our virtual format.
The proceedings are being recorded.
With your participation, you agree to be recorded.
The video will be available by contacting ZBAExecutiveDirector at phil.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 enter an appearance statement, call 267-270-5548.
Leave your email address and the address of the property in question.
And finally, the question box on the screen is not for testimony.
All comments or testimony should be directed to our deputy director for planning and zoning.
Here's our, let's look at our schedule for this morning.
Number eight.
M.I. 2024-003-045-6427 North 13th Street.
That case is continued.
Number 11.
M.I. 2024-003-240-422 Morris Street.
Roger Perry is the attorney.
I understand there may be a request for contingents.
Mr. Perry.
Good morning, Chair.
This is Yvette Benton.
I'll be your co-host for the day.
Roger Perry, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Okay, hopefully I'm unmuted.
You are, sir.
Mr. Perry, could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Thank you.
My name is Roger Perry, P-E-R-R-Y, and I'm representing the owner and applicant for 422 Moore Street.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Mr. Perry, I understand there may be a request for continuance.
Am I correct?
Well, let me tell you what happened in short.
It was a request by John Disley through Councilman Squilla's office.
We had two RCO meetings, just for the record, but there was no authorized representative
from Dickinson Square West.
So they contacted me yesterday and asked if they could proceed with a continuance or ask for a continuance.
And, of course, in conjunction with the councilman's office and Mr. Disley, we're not going to oppose that.
So that should be it to you.
All right. Thank you very much.
So MI 2024-003-240-422 Morris Street, that case is continued.
Thank you, Mr. Perry.
Thank you.
Number 13, MI 2024-003-268-3501 G Street.
That case is continued.
And number 16, MI 2024-003-373-532 West Ellett Street.
That case is continued.
Are there any other requests for continuance?
Chair, we have Steve Masters. Steve Masters, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Good morning, Mr. Masters.
Good morning, Mr. Chair.
Could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer?
Steve Masters, S-T-E-V-E, M-A-S-T-E-R-S.
You swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Mr. Masters, are you calling about 7121 Yocum Street?
yes i am so mr masters this is the third listing would you give us please an update
Yes, I am.
So, Mr. Masters, this is the third listing.
Would you give us, please, an update?
of where we stand with this absolutely um and um i apologize for the delay but um i submitted a
written update um a few minutes ago to um board council and to the director so this um we we were
brought into this case um last uh this past february and um then immediately requested
that the board give us leave to amend this application back at L&I.
This is a property that since the mid-1950s has been zoned,
has been authorized through a variance for the exact uses that our client wants.
But for a reason that we believe was a mistaken reason,
L&I thought that this use had been abandoned,
And so they denied his application to continue the uses that have been around for basically 70 years.
We have now located two witnesses who are prepared to create affidavits to demonstrate that the use has not been abandoned.
going back to the 1990s. And unfortunately, it took us a while, Mr. Chair, to locate those people
because we wanted to be able to have testimony with affidavits that went back to the time that
was recognized as the legitimate time by L&I. So this case was an attorney moving party. So we were
somewhat surprised that it was put back onto the calendar list. But we're requesting
a brief um to to go back to attorney moving party briefly so that we can present these affidavits
and we believe ellen i will grant um the use permit uh by right thank you very much so mi
2023 001 945 7128 yokum street cases continue to turn a moving party thank you very much
Thank you so much.
Number two, MI 2023-0036.
I'm sorry to interrupt you.
Joseph Vaccaro has his hand up.
Mr. Vaccaro, please unmute yourself and wait for the chair.
Hey, Mr. Vaccaro.
Can you hear me?
I can, sir.
Could you please state your name and spell for this phonographer?
Yes, good morning. My name is Joseph Vaccaro, and I'm V-A-C-C-A-R-O.
Where are firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, sir?
Could you tell me what case you're interested in?
20 Jackson Street?
One minute.
Okay, so we have no exhibits. That's their first listing.
That's one of the reasons that this matter needs to be relisted.
And I'm in the process of also being retained by the applicant.
So by the next time, we should be ready to proceed.
Thank you.
So is the Whitman Council representatives on the line?
anyone from whitman council if you're in the virtual audience please raise your hand
i see no hands share thank you so mi20 24 002 966 20 jackson street that case is continued
thank you mr vaccaro thank you have a good day mr burwood right number two mi20 23 003 681
147 West Luray Street, BF Homes, LLC, listed applicant, Bromley French is the listed owner.
Bromley French, if you're in the virtual audience, please raise your hand.
I see no hands, Chair.
well thank you so uh mi 2023 003 681 147 west de ray street um this is the third listing we
still have no exhibits i vote to dismiss johns my vote is to dismiss cheryl gaston my vote is to
dismiss. Tanetta Graham, my vote is to dismiss.
My vote is to dismiss.
My vote is to dismiss.
Thank you. So, number 10, MI 2024-003-179-815 Crispin Street. We have an email requesting
a withdrawal. We do not have a signed letter. This is the first listing.
Jose Bernard, there you know, is the listed owner.
Jose Bernadino is the listen owner.
Is it Met Ballot?
Ismet Bala and Bukhary Dosky are the listed owners.
Is anyone in the audience here?
So, MI 2024-003-179-815 Crispin Street.
This case is continued.
Mark must be heard. Thank you. And then we're going to go to our first list, what will be number, number, number, our first case, number six, MI 2024-002-967-2081 East Ann Street. Tyler Hunt is the owner applicant.
Tyler Hunt, please raise your virtual hand.
He's coming back and there's a panelist now, Chair.
Thank you.
Hello?
Excuse me, Mr. Chair, did we want to go to the ad?
I know.
I'm going to hear this and I'll go right back to the ad.
Okay, thank you.
Sure, I got it.
Mr. Hunt?
Good morning.
could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer yes good morning counsel
my name is tyler hunt t-y-l-e-r h-u-n-t you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth
nothing but the truth yes um could you please turn your video on yes sir
thank you this application is for use as a multifamily household living
three dwelling units in an existing structure. The proposed use multiple family household living
is prohibited in the RSA 5 zoning district. We have a letter of unanimous support from Somerset
Neighbors and non-opposition from Council Member Squiller. Our Vice Chair has a few questions for
you, sir. Yes, sir. Good morning, sir. Have you emailed in all the required documents and exhibits
that's needed to proceed with this case five days in advance of this hearing? Good morning. Yes, I
thank you sir please proceed and share your screen
second
see the green button on the bottom uh yep i'm doing it right now
all right can you guys see yeah we can sir all right
um yeah so today i'm just here for the property located at 2081 east and street uh oops
Yeah, so I'm here for 2081 East Ann Street.
And just a quick background about the property.
I purchased the property in 2021 as my primary residence.
It's a three-unit property.
I lived in the third floor unit.
The property is currently zoned as a single-family use at the moment.
It was originally built as a three-unit multifamily, but it got rezoned, I believe, back in 2017.
The application that was submitted is just for a change of use.
There's no work being done to the property.
I'm not making any modifications or changes to the property.
Everything is going to stay as is.
I just want to change the use.
It is currently rented.
low-income housing at the moment. I do have an active renter's
license. And since I've purchased the property, I've never
had any violations from Illinois or anything like that.
So here are some exterior pictures
of the property. It's a large property that sits right on the corner
of Andrews and Ann Street.
The point's not moving for us.
What was that?
Your power.
The sideshow.
You got to move on.
We're not seeing the sideshow, sir.
All right.
Oh, wait a second.
Can you see it now?
Here you go.
Here you go.
Yeah, so this is an outside picture of the property.
Like I said, it's located on the corner.
It's a large property.
It sits right on the corner of Amber and Ann Street.
So here's a rear view of the property. It has a yard in the back for the first floor tenant. And this is the interior entrance as soon as you walk inside of the property. I keep the property fairly clean. I have my maintenance guys go over there at least twice a week to make sure everything is clean over there.
So here's a rear view of the property.
It has a yard in the back for the first floor.
here's a picture of the first studio
it's a studio unit, just has a bathroom
a kitchen and small closet space
currently rented out $750 a month to a mother and her child right now