Thank you.
Thank you.
okay thank you all right good morning
okay good morning my name is tenetta graham and i will be chairing this meeting of the
philadelphia zoning board of adjustments with me today is secretary cheryl gasson
present mr chairman i'm miss chile board member michael johns present madam chairman thank you
board member tyah winn president madam chairman and board member ryan mcadams president madam
chair also present are board attorney hillary emerson zoning board director ian hekarty and
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Okay, so we're going to look at our schedule for today.
I'll do the continuances here. MI2025-001281-9418 Frankfurt Avenue. This case is continued to 85-2026 at 930.
Let's all do the continuuses here, MI2.
number five
seven um number seven mi20250013186247-49 dix avenue this case is continued uh till 8 5 20 26
at 9 30. Madam chair you can continue number six as well. Yep. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.
Okay. MI 2025 001309 1014 Fanshawe Street. This case will be continued to 85 2026 at 9 30.
MI 2025, 006074, 222 Hartel Avenue, this case will be continued till 8-5-2026 at 9-30.
okay all right so let's go what we have some cases that don't uh that are missing some exhibits so
um i'm gonna call up
case number one uh we have a bengali interpreter is the interpreter available
good morning chair this is jasmine and i will be your co-host for this morning's session
um if we have the bengali interpreter in the audience please raise your virtual hand
okay i have a muhammad kareem with their hand raised i'm going to allow them to speak
okay thank you good morning jasmine
Mohammed, Kareem, please unmute yourself.
so they are unmuted i'm not sure if they're having technical difficulties
okay um can you hear me now there you go okay mr corinne uh you are our bengali interpreter
Yes. Okay. Could you state your name and spell it for the record, please?
I am Mohamed M-O-H-A-M-M-A-D, D for David.
Okay. My ID is N as in November, O as in Oscar, 8, 1, 9.
Okay. Thank you. Do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately, completely, and impartially from English to Bengali and from Bengali to English to the best of your life?
your ability? Yes, I swear. Okay. So we have a case that we are missing exhibits for. So I'm
going to call up the case and I'll ask you to call up the applicant. Okay. All right. So case
number is mi-2024-006063 2137 north 8th street uh the applicant is uh must must
raman could you please call them for for us mr mustafis raman
Mr. Mustafiz Rahman, Mr. Mustafiz Rahman, Mr. Mustafiz Rahman, Mr. Mustafiz Rahman.
Chair, I think no one in the audience with that name.
Okay, all right, so we're going to dismiss the case.
We're going to dismiss the case. So interpreter, I'm going to read that we're going to dismiss the case and then you can interpret just in case anybody is here related to the case can hear it.
So, interpret
So MI2024006063, 2137 North 8th Street, I vote to dismiss.
Michael Johns, my vote is to dismiss.
My vote is to dismiss.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is to dismiss.
My vote is to dismiss.
Interpreter, can you interpret that the case has been dismissed, please?
okay thank you interpreter
okay so our next case um no exhibits third listing
MI-2024-006094, 4626 North Penn Street. Andrew Pierre-Saint is the listed owner.
I have a hand up and the phone number ending in 3552. I'm going to allow them to speak.
Okay, thank you.
good morning is this mr andrews pierre saint
okay can you speak up so are you really really low
okay we can't hear you sir can you speak up
can you hear me okay now okay yes is this for uh 4626 north penn street
no it's for another address i'll just keep holding on okay um
still looking for 4626 north penn street uh andrew pierre saint i see no one in the audience with
that name okay thank you uh m i two zero two four zero zero six zero nine four forty six
twenty six north penn street i vote to dismiss michael johns my vote is to dismiss
cheryl gaston my vote is to dismiss gathers my vote is to dismiss i win my vote is to dismiss
and madame charlie just excuse me want to note for the record that that was the third listing
for that matter and we have no exhibits okay thank you herelyn okay number four
i think we did we continued number four
number six
six and oh number eight
thirteen
All right. Number 13, MI-2025-006294, 1319 West Allegheny Avenue. This is Noah Zibik's first
listing. Greg Shore is the attorney. James Presley is the listed owner. Anybody from this case?
I have a hand up by the name of Bria Kennedy. I'm going to allow them to speak. And I also have another hand up after that.
Okay. All right. Thank you.
Hi. Good morning, board.
Okay. Good morning, Ms. Kennedy. Could you state your name and spell it for the record, please?
Yes. Bria, B-R-I-A, last name Kennedy, K-E-N-N-E-D-Y.
Okay. And do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
yes okay yes all right all right so this case is uh we have no exhibits and this is your first
lending listing um where where do we stand we're asking for continuance to make the changes and
considerations uh requested by swampoodle rco okay all right and ms kennedy what's your relationship
to this case the applicant ma'am along with the attorney he had a conflict today okay so i do
see him on here so normally we require either the attorney or the person who is seeking the variance
um to request a continuance um we'll take this since this is the first listing we'll take this
um we'll take this since this is the first listing we'll take this request but just wanted to let you
request but just wanted to let you know that the
know that the request does need to be made by the attorney or the appellant the person seeking
the variance okay thank you
okay MI 2025 006294 1319 West Allegheny Avenue this case is continued until 85 2026 at 9 30.
is there any more requests for continuances i see no hands up at this time here okay and we do have
a case that is withdrawn number nine mi 2025 004384 2528-30 south 69th street this case has been
withdrawn okay so we have no add-ons today so let's move on to our hearing list um number five
um do we have a spanish interpreter
yes i have a hand up by the name of stephen or bean i'm going to promote them to panelists thank you
good morning my name is stephen bain and my interpreter id is ym288 my last name is spelled
a wait a minute go ahead my last name is spelled a u b a i n and i'll be the spanish interpreter
okay thank you um do you swear or affirm that you will interpret accurately completely and
impartially from english to spanish and from spanish to english to the best of your ability
yes i do okay all right so we are i'm gonna state the case and you can just uh call up the applicant
for us so mi 2025 001308 5252 saul street felix pimentel is the current owner
okay good morning mr pimento can you state your name and spell it for the record
So, Mr. Pimentel, if you can give your name and let it out for the registration.
Good morning. My name is Felix Pimentel.
F-E-L-I-X-P-I-M-E-N-T-E-L.
so good morning my name is felix pimentel and is spelled f-e-l-i-x and last name spelled p-i-m-e-n-t-e-l
okay can you ask him do he swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the
truth what do you feel y afirma decir la verdad toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad afirmo
Yes, I affirm. Okay, so our board secretary Ms. Gadsden will have a question for you.
Good morning. This application is for the legalization of a 10-foot fence
at the rear of an existing attached structure.
Así que, buenos días.
El pedido de esta solicitud es para legalizar una cerca de 10 pies
a la parte exterior de una estructura que está atada.
No change of use from single family household living
Así que no hay cambio de uso de vivienda unifamiliar.
Y no hay cambio para el estacionamiento y asesorio en la calle como previamente ha sido aprobado.
There's one zoning refusal.
Y hay una negación de zona.
Property is zoned RSA 5.
Y la propiedad está en la zona RSA 5.
Whereas the maximum rear slash side yard fence height is six feet.
Y donde el límite máximo de la cerca del lateral en el lado de atrás es seis pies.
And ten feet is proposed.
Y diez pies está siendo propuesto.
And could you ask him, please, if he filed his documents or exhibits five days in advance of this hearing?
Y le estamos preguntando, ¿usted sometió los documentos y evidencia cinco días en adelante de esta reunión?
Sí, es correcto.
Yes, that's correct.
And does he waive the reading of the refusal and stipulate to its accuracy?
Y usted renuncia a que nosotros leamos la negación y estipula con su certeza?
You can share your documents and begin your presentation.
Así que puede compartir sus documentos y comenzar con su presentación.
Gracias.
Thank you.
So, before you, before we start, there is a letter of unanimous support from Fankford
Neighborhood Advisory Committee.
así que antes de comenzar hay una carta de apoyo unánimo de el comité de aviso de la vecindad
frankfurt y también hay una carta de no oposición de miembro de la junta del señor losada
so we have all your documents so you can just tell us what you're trying to do today
así que ya tenemos esos documentos y nos puede decir lo que está tratando de hacer
ok buen día este mi nombre es felipe mentel propietario de la 5252 saúl street este soy
So, let the interpreter interpret it to English for us.
So, good morning.
My name is Felix Bimentel.
I am the owner of 5252 South Street, and I've been the property owner since 2014.
In 2017, that's when I first put up the fence.
de conocida que necesitaba un permiso para eso una vez que pues nos dimos cuenta sometí el
permiso me fue negado posteriormente lo lo apelamos so um i didn't realize that i needed a permit for
this so once i found out that i didn't need a permit i asked for permission which was denied
and then we moved towards an appeal can you tell them to show us photos
así que se nos puede enseñar las fotos si aquí tengo el título de la propiedad
aquí tengo fotos de la propiedad de frente y de la parte de atrás de donde está instalado el fence
so this is the pictures of the front and the back where the fence is installed
he's gonna move a little bit slower tiene que ir un poco más lento por favor okay okay
esta es la foto del frente aquí tengo fotos de de atrás abierto y cerrado
so this is the front and then this is the back open and close
Okay. And so the fence, you said he installed the fence. When did he install the fence?
¿Y cuándo fue que usted instaló la cerca?
Instalé la fence en el 2017.
En 2017.
¿Y cuándo fue que usted instaló la cerca?
¿Y cuándo fue que usted instaló la propiedad?
En el 2014.
En el 2014, 2014.
Pregúntate la Junta.
Un momento.
Are there any other properties on your block that also have the same fence set up at the rear?
Hay alguna otra propiedad en la cuadra que también tiene esta misma cerca en la parte posterior?
correcto si hay varias fence yes that's correct there's a couple of fences like mine