my presentation all right do you need a continuance i beg your pardon you need a continuance
what's a continuance in other words we'll hear your case on a different day
No, Mr. Chair, I think, Ms. Clark, when we call your case, you'll be promoted to a panelist and then you'll be able to share your presentation. You cannot do that right now.
Okay, no problem. Okay.
Is there any other requests for continuance?
Yes, I have a hand up for my Charbonne Anderson. I will allow them to speak.
Hi, could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Charbonne Anderson, C-H-A-R, B as in Boyd, O-N-E, A-N-D-E-R-S-O-N.
Where or from to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Yes, Chairman.
What case are you interested in?
The case is 5558 Croson Street.
Is that your particular case?
Yes, that's my particular case.
That's number two on the list, Mr. Chair.
Well, we have no exhibits. This is the sixth listing.
So that's why I wanted to get a continuance. I was having like a debate basically with an attorney.
So I want to hire counsel and probably revisit some other provisional issues and everything as well.
Look, this is the sixth time we've had this case. If you're going to have to hire another attorney, you're going to have to start over.
We just can't go on any further with this one, okay?
So if you get an attorney, he'll tell you what to do.
But, you know, this case is just too many times, and we're going to dismiss the case today, okay?
MI 2023-003-244-5558, Crossin Street, I vote to dismiss.
My vote is to dismiss.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is to dismiss.
my vote is to dismiss
thank you
okay we're going to go to our add-on list
number one
MI 2024-004-290-21
wall street the board will vote on this matter upon receipt of the signed lease requested at the
hearing number two mi 2024 004 130 3700 to 40 kensington avenue i vote no michael johns
my vote is no
tennetta graham my vote is no
ishmael shaheed my vote is no
number number three mi 2024 005 487 34 to 40 south 11th street i vote yes
michael johns my vote is yes
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes.
Ishmael Shaheed, my vote is yes.
We're going to go to our regular list.
It's going to start with number 10, MI 2024, 005, 511, 1128 O'Neill Street.
Leanna Fon is the listed owner.
This is a pro se case.
Thank you.
Ms. Fahn?
Leigh Ann Fahn has been promoted to penalist.
Good morning.
Good afternoon.
I'm sorry.
Could you please state your name and spell for the stenographer?
Hello.
Could you turn your video on, please?
Good afternoon.
Could you please state your name?
It's spelled for the court stenographer.
Leanna Fahn.
L-E-A-N-N-A.
Last name is Fahn.
P-H-A-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Our vice chair has a few questions for you.
good afternoon ma'am 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 yes i did thank
you you can proceed and share your screen okay give me a second please with the green
button on the bottom. Can you see my? It said you're starting to share. Yep, it's up. Yep.
Okay. And this is my exhibit.
Give me a second.
So I'm a little bit nervous.
You don't have to be nervous. So you're requesting a visitor accommodation. Am I correct?
Yes, yes. So my proposal is to ask the city of Philadelphia to grant me visitor accommodation for existing structure.
And the neighborhood description is at the corner of O'Neill and Durant.
And it's between the front street, north front street and second street in the Northern Liberty section.
the this is the size and the site plan of the property next one is the existing lot that where
is located on the map the next screen to have is this is a deep map it's showing the north and the
south side and this is the scale and the where the part the blue square is where the property is at
It's between O'Neill, Howard, and Hancock, and between Girard Street.
It's at this corner.
We have your tax clearance.
That's your posting.
Am I correct?
And then here I'm going to go through the interior and exterior photo of the property.
Let me ask you a question first.
What happened when you went to the RCO meeting?
That was on the 7th of October.
What happened there?
I present, delivered the presentation to the community there.
And they, after the presentation, I had to leave.
And then they'll vote.
And I believe the organizer sent in the documentations to the city of the vote.
I don't know what the voting voting is. Yeah, I don't I don't I don't think we have that yet.
Am I correct, Hillary? That is correct. The council office did not have it either.
All right. So proceed. Just want to see where we stood with that. OK. OK.
So the the home style is is a Trinity. Trinity style is the the staircases whirl around from the bottom of the basement all the way up to the third floor.
Um, so, uh, it has four room, uh, two bedrooms, one bath.
It's 862 square feet.
Um, the, it's, uh, the camera is above grade.
Um, well, why don't you show us the photos?
Show us the photos.
Show us the photos of the inside and outside.
So this is the, in front of the street.
This is the property and this is the, uh, alleyway.
that's different and this is the in the back patio probably and this is
back patio of the property and this is the north view of the house
and next one is the south view of the property
this is the unfinished basement this corner that's behind this door is the half bath
half bathroom and this is the basement half bathroom inside next one is the living area
this is the entrance right after you come in the front door this is the kitchen
and then it's just a second picture of the the kitchen and this door is to go outside to the patio
next one is the first bedroom the bedroom number one the door as you see on the right hand side is
where the staircase is is that and all the way at the bottom I mean all the way in the back that is
the entrance to the full bath.
This is the inside of the full bath on the second floor.
Next one is the second bathroom on the third floor.
There is no bathroom. It's just a room and with a staircase all the way up to the top.
Let's have a flat roof of this house.
so that is the um the interior and the extra photo of the of the house have you have you
already started how long have you had this property um since june of this year and have
you rented it yet i have big problems with renting it because of the economic no i'm saying have you
use it as an airbnb yet no i have not i want to write the book okay okay all right good good good
good good all right questions from the board
so so at the rco meeting do you were at the rco meeting right yes yes i was do you remember what
the vote was or the conversations and the issues that came up according to their policy um they
I have to leave. Then they will discuss about the presentations and each of the members, they will cast in their vote.
And then the organizer will submit the paperwork.
So after the meeting, I have to draft the House policy for guests, and I did send that to them too.
So let's say if I'm going to rent it out, these are my policy, make sure that guests respect their neighbors and make sure it is quiet as well.
Okay, thank you.
Questions to the board.
Do you know if there's any other visitor accommodations on that block?
I heard, just hearing it from rumor that there are, but I do not know that it is formally or legally approved.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And why do you want to use the property for visitor accommodation?
When you bought the property, were you planning to live in it, rent it out?
Yes, I wanted to do a long-term rental, and I also want to live there too
because it's in a great location.
As soon as I saw the house, I loved the location.
and I have my sister live five minutes from that from where the property is at too but then
I have a hard time renting it out and I hardly have anyone renting it my
mortgage is way higher than what I have lowered the rent down to I keep lowering it but then I
couldn't find any good renter that quality i mean qualify um to fit uh to get the place and even
open up for section a too but unfortunately um due to the trinity style um it's just not work
for a lot of people unfortunately and i thought of doing the visitor accommodations which is mean
allowed me it's all be it would be furnished and it would also allow me to live there when i don't have
And it would also allow me to live there when I don't have a renter, when I don't have anyone living there, too.
a renter
Thank you.
Other questions to the board?
Questions or comments from our attorney, Hillary Emerson?
Not at this time, Mr. Chair.
Questions or comments from the virtual audience?
I do not see any hands, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.
The Planning Commission.
Amy Boyd with the Planning Commission, A-M-Y-B-O-Y-D.
Do you swear or affirm the tell-the-truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Please proceed.
The Comprehensive Plan recommends no change in zoning at this location from the existing residential single-family, RSA-5.
The plan has not shown that there are unique physical conditions or circumstances that would prevent the property from being used in conformance with the zoning code.
Planning Commission recommends the board to neither request a variance or visitor accommodation.
Ms. Fahn, this is what we're going to do.
I'm going to hold this until next Wednesday.
We're going to vote at 2 p.m. because we believe that the RCO is sending the paperwork, but the councilman doesn't have it, and we don't have it.
So once we see where the RCO is, we'll let you know we're going to vote on this next Wednesday at 2 o'clock, okay?
Okay. Should I email to remind the organizer?
You can, but I tend to think that they're in the process of doing it.
But why don't you do that? You could do that too. It would be helpful.
Okay. Thank you very much. And thank you for your presentation.
Thank you so much.
And Mr. Chair, just to note the record is closed except for the RCA letter.
And if Mr. Fon, excuse me, Ms. Fon, if there's something that she wishes to respond to in that letter.
okay thank you okay thank you thank you all right have a good day thank you to you too
so number 15 mi 2024 005 563 5222 west columbia avenue lisa clark is the owner applicant
need to recuse myself yeah michael johns is recusing himself
Recommendation support from Parkside Association of Philadelphia vote was three to zero.
So I may have a system, please.
Ms. Clark.
Okay, they're coming back in.
Thank you.
Ms. Clark?
Now they should be able to hear you.
Hello?
Hi Ms. Clark, how are you?
I'm good. How are you? All right. I think I've already sworn you in. So just for the record, state your name. Lisa Clark. And this application is to enclose the front open porch under the existing porch roof as part of the existing attack structure for continuous use as a single family household living.