tax balance of the applicant and there is um no balance currently okay so that's good
And if you wish, I can share the screen for all involved so that we can confer that there is no tax balance for 1347 South Hex.
Got it. Thank you.
All righty. Thank you.
Thank you.
That matter is taken care of.
Mr. Swick, what is your involvement in this?
i'm actually at the time at this time i'm representing the buyer
who would be if assuming that the board is okay
with the uh change of lot lines that i'm representing the buyer um
i'd like to see if it's possible if miss fuller do you happen to have
any exhibits that you can share with us yeah i can
share my screen and this is what we emailed earlier
if that's okay yeah yeah okay yeah it'll I think it'll really help and it'd be
very easy for everybody to understand
so he's had to go out and come back
so he had to go out and come back as a panelist and that we were him I think we
did earlier but I'll just make sure well I'll squirm it
Mr. Swick are you back
crazy day
I'm here I'm sorry I didn't realize I got muted everybody
are you guys able to see my screen yeah I don't know if I swore you in earlier
so please give us your full name for the record okay I apologize everybody
It's Mark Zwick, M-A-R-K-Z-W-I-C-K.
Z as in zebra, W-I-C-K.
I live in 749 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146.
You're swearing a firm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.
Yes, I do, sir.
Okay, so very quickly, if we go to Atlas right quick, the issue is this.
And let me just pull my Atlas.
I'm trying to find it here.
Okay, if you look in Atlas, which you guys hopefully can all see here, this is Ms. Hicks.
This is Ms. Hicks.
I mean, Ms. Hicks.
This is Beretta's property, Ms. Fuller.
This is 1513 Reed right here, and it's actually landlocked.
So I'm going to show you photos, but right now you cannot get to 1513 Reed unless you
cross over the backyard of 1347 Hicks, okay?
okay so when you go to the panel to the letter first off there's her deed this is the deed for
1513 which you can see in 2005 phdc gave her that lot for um a thousand dollars
and if we go down to the refusal refusal zero backyard and 1347 will have zero backyard
and it'll have a minimum, you know, the square footage of 550 square feet. Here's the application
that we submitted for the appeal, Point Breeze approval letter, which you all have. And then
what I want to show you is this is the current lot situation right here. This is Ms. Hicks. This
is on 1347 Hicks and White. This is the lot right here, which is her backyard and 1513 Reed is his
alleyway. Well, not alleyway. It's this lot that you can't get into. If we scroll down one more
page, you can see it from the side looking down towards 16th Street. And then if we go down one
more page, that's towards the other street. But if you go down the aerial photo, this is the aerial
photo. And this is Hicks Street right here. This is 1347 Hicks. This is her backyard, which is
concrete and then you have 1513 reeds starting right about here so you can't get you can't
access 1513 reed without you know from the street so i showed you the atlas this is the plot line
from 1990 if you go down the lower corner you'll see 12 20 12 20 1990 from the redevelopment
authority. So at some point, this lot went from going out to the street to them cutting off the
first about 15 feet and then taking it away from Hicks Street. I mean, adding it to Hicks and
taking it away from Reed, we're asking you to bring the lot line back to the 1513 Reed Street
1990 edition. And we've done it. We have our survey, which I can get a bigger copy of,
but we submitted the survey to go along with this.
We've done all of our neighborhood meeting, the mailings, the printing, the postal, et cetera.
So that's all we wanted to share with you is we're just asking permission to go back to this lot line
versus the lot line, which is currently right here, as you can see.
And that's all we have to present.
I have questions from the Board. Chair, can I, this is Tanya, can I just ask the question,
do we have, or would the applicant have the refusal? Yes, the refusal is page. If you go
onto the packet I sent, the refusal is on page. Sharon actually has it, she sent it to us, Tanya.
Yeah, it's on page seven of the packet.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Anything else, Tanya?
Anything else, Tanya?
Tanya?
Sorry, no, we don't.
It's just that I didn't have it here.
Thank you.
Yeah, we didn't have it either, but Sharon sent it over.
Thank you.
Questions from the board?
Anyone else would like to testify in this case?
If so, please raise your hand.
no hands at this time thank you planning commission
oh yeah good afternoon chair members of the board is it possible to
to um take some more time on this as we haven't seen any of these uh items until today
yeah we can uh vote on it next week's executive session
um is that i think we're a little confused with the lot lines and how they relate to the zoning
refusal here it doesn't it doesn't entirely make sense uh sure i i'm also happy to get if we go
back to the photo um if i could chair i'm sorry to keep interrupting but if we could um hold this
because in fairness to planning commission and others involved there was some um technical
problems and the information was not provided on the website so it might not have been a full
review for a recommendation so if we can hold this for a week I would be appreciative as well
so we think it'll be okay if we just hold it for executive session next week yes thank you
actually no the planning commission will have to come back and make a recommendation on the record
but it would be held strictly for that all right so we'll do the uh specific date
yep next week the 21st is fine all right at uh two o'clock or 9 30 or what um it whatever works
for you chair all right well then uh so we'll resume the hearing and correct me before i put it
on uh at which time we'll get any feedback from the planning commission correct okay all right so
mi-2020-001136 1347 south hick street uh this hearing will be resumed well actually no yeah
this hearing will be resumed on uh october 28th no 21st 21st at uh 9 30 a.m at which time
we will consider any feedback from the planning commission
that work yes thank you okay mr swick thank you thank you chair this is sharon saleta before you
decide on whether to take a break. I just sent everyone an email. It appears that there may be
only one case that will go forward and even that it's there's a question involved. So if that makes
difference to you thank you muted sorry unless someone needs a break if not we'll
go ahead with the cases because apparently we might not have any cases
to be heard maybe one or maybe you can determine if any of them are ready to go
forward and then decide um whatever why don't we do it that way all right um so do i need to read
the statement in if we're just going to find out if anybody uh just call each case and find out if
anyone or anyone's uh anyone's here to testify yes i'm still here you are yes i'm still here
veretta fuller no no we're done miss miss fuller oh mr mr mr swick swick will explain what we're
doing okay yes sir thank you have a good night you too thank you all right so i'll read these
off individually um yes or you can read let's see why don't i read the statement then i ask if
anybody's here and then we'll go. If I could interject, if we could read the statement since
this is a recording, I would appreciate that. Yep, it's going to do that. Okay, good afternoon
everyone. My name is Frank DiCicco. I'm the chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. I'll be
participating in today's hearing along with our board members, Mr. Thomas Holloman and Mr. James
Snell. Board Administrator Tanya Sunkett and Board Attorney Sharon Saleta are also in attendance.
For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through some
For those of you who haven't yet participated in one of our virtual hearings, I'll go through some of the
of the basics of what you can expect. First, we will be administering oaths to individual
participants prior to their testimony. Second, for the benefit of anyone participating by phone,
we ask that attorneys and witnesses identify themselves prior to speaking or testifying.
Third, we'd like to advise everyone that this proceeding is being recorded,
and that by participating, you acknowledge your agreement to be recorded.
Fourth, anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
I'll repeat, for anyone participating by phone, if you wish to testify, you must raise your hand by hitting star nine and then star six to unmute yourself.
To enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
Again, to enter an appearance statement, call Google 267-270-5548 and leave your email address and the address of the property at issue.
before we begin calling any cases we'd like to ask if anyone is requesting a continuance
and or a withdrawal for an appeal listed for this afternoon's session if you are we did
i'm sorry chair we did receive a request for a continuance of case number four that came from
the appellant's attorney and on case number five we had a request for withdrawal also submitted by
the appellance attorney okay so mi-2020-000200 what is the address on that the address is 180
west gerrard avenue 180 west gerrard avenue this case is continued and mi-2020-000181431 south
Street is withdrawn. Any other requests? Chair, I have a request. This is Tanya. A request for
continuance from the attorney of record for number three on your list.
Number three.
Hold on one minute. I'm sorry. Okay. MI-2020-000239, 2349 North 20th Street is continued.
Any other requests?
We have Sloan Foulkes, Sloan Foulkes, you can unmute yourself.
Good afternoon, Mr. Foulkes, you're still under oath.
Please identify yourself.
Good afternoon, Chairman DiCicco, members of the ZBA.
Name is Sloan Foulkes, S-L-O-A-N-E, FSF Fire, O-L-K-S, Office of Counseling Maria Quinones Sanchez, Room 508 City Hall.
we are requesting a continuance on um on account or meeting number mi-2020-000985
1616 north second street uh they have yet to meet with the uh the coordinating rco um and we and uh
and we're waiting that our meeting. Thank you. MI-2020-000985-1616
North 2nd Street is continued. Any other requests? I just wanted to make sure
there was nobody here for that case. We also had no exhibits submitted on that
case. I do see a hand up for Jehan. Jehan, you can unmute yourself and wait to be sworn in.
Yes, good afternoon. I'm here.
Please identify yourself with a record, spell your first and last name.
yes jehan kutab j-e-h-a-n last name k-u-t-t-a-b uh the address is uh 3001 kensington avenue
philadelphia pennsylvania you swear and affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing
about the truth yes this is number seven on your list yeah i have it thank you we request continue
We request continue if it's possible, please.
if it's possible please yes ma'am
Yes, ma'am.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Thank you, Jeff.
MI-2020-000022-3001 Kensington Avenues continued.
Any other requests?
We have Charles Richardson.
Mr. Richardson.
I'm here.
Good afternoon.
Please identify yourself in your under oath since this morning.
Charles Richardson from the Office of Councilwoman Cindy Bass, room 312 City Hall.
Asking for either a continuance or dismissal for MI 2020-000246, the address being 3401 North 16th Street.
We've received no communication from this applicant, and I don't know that they've been in contact with the RCO as well.
So we're thinking that this needs to just go away.
Typically, we would do that.
But under these circumstances, we've been giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, and we will continue it.
If there is no activity.
Yes, Shari?
Can I say that we did receive an exhibit packet for this one?
there was a question though
whether there was an attorney which
they would need
and then I do have a hand up here
and it appears to be regarding
this case
is it Miguel
you can unmute yourself
wait to be sworn in
please identify yourself
spell your first and last name
yes my name is Miguel Torralta
it's a
Philadelphia PA 1940
And the correct spelling of your name?
Miguel, M-I-G-U-E-L, Peralta, P-E-R-A-L-T-A.
Your address?
It's 341 North 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 1914.
Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?