MI 2026-004-461-149 Wright Street, I vote yes.
I have to speak in that. Go ahead. Planning has submitted its recommendation. The comprehensive
plan recommends no change to the RSA-5 residential single-family attached zoning at this location.
The existing parcel could meet dimensional requirements to support approximately eight
units while meeting associated parking requirements. There is residential and
commercial development adjacent to this proposal the city planning commission recommends that the
board grant the request for multi-family residential use okay so for 149 wright street i vote yes
149 Wright Street, I vote yes, with proviso.
would prove
Revised plans, three pages, stamped by ZBA on November 4, 2026.
Johns, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Tywin, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Number six, MI-2026-003-763-1000-Ritner Street.
The vote on this has been moved to November 18th at 2 p.m.
number seven
MI 2025
1828 McClellan Street
I vote yes
no provisos right
Michael Johns
one thing no household
living in basement
Michael Johns, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Tywin, my vote is yes, with proviso.
Number eight, MI 2026-003-842-1550, North 26th Street, a vote no.
Michael Johns, my vote is no.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is no.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is no.
Taya Nguyen, my vote is no.
Layla Beebe, my vote is no.
Number nine, MI2026-004010-2013 East Orleans Street.
I vote yes with proviso, no basement living.
Michael Johns, my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso.
my vote is yes with proviso
my vote is yes with proviso
number 10
MI 2026
003073
Tarsdale Avenue
we do have a
for number 10 am I correct
I vote yes
amended refusal received but still what are we doing here come on
this one here okay this one here okay number 10 i vote yes
proviso use of second floor limited to storage offices bathroom and locker room
Michael Jones, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Tyo Nguyen, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes with Proviso.
Number 11, MI 2026-003-464-18 West Evergreen.
I vote yes with Proviso.
per amended refusal dated November 2nd, 2026.
My vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso.
Ty Hoan, my vote is yes with proviso.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes with proviso.
number 12 mi 2025 007 716 40 45 spring spring garden
i i vote yes to reconsideration and rehearing michael johns my vote is yes to reconsideration
and rehearing. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes to reconsideration
and rehearing. Donetta Graham, my vote is yes to reconsideration and rehearing.
Ty Owen, my vote is yes to reconsideration and rehearing.
And what we're calling number 13 is the case from this morning.
Am I correct? MI 2026-003-0001-6236
door of broad street michael johns will certify that he he watched the uh tape of this video of
this and
I vote yes with proviso.
i vote yes with proviso
Revised plans, one page, stamped by ZBA on November 3rd, 2026.
Use registration required prior to occupancy for vacant commercial space on the first floor
and roof deck for maintenance access only.
Hi, I'm Michael Johns, certified that I watched the video recording of the October 27th,
2026 hearing in this matter, and my vote is yes with proviso.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes with proviso.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes with proviso.
Okay, so now we're going to get to our...
Andrea's?
what number is andrea's she is uh come on up what is it she's number 15 on the regular list okay
what number on the regular list 15. i got it i got it
m i 20 26 004 111 30 15 to 23 north broad street andrea solomon is the attorney
could you please state and spell your name for the stockbird good afternoon andrea solomon
a-n-d-r-e-a-s-a-l-o-m-o-n you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the
truth? I do. We see a letter from Lisa
Management Partner. We'll see also a letter of non-opposition with provisors from
Council Member Young. Yes. Okay. Vice Chair has a few questions.
Good afternoon. Have you submitted your documents in the zip is 14 days in advance of this hearing?
We did. And do you know your referral and stipulate to its accuracy? I do. All right,
thank you. You can share your screen and proceed. Okay, thank you very much. Again, my name is
Andrea Solomon with Claire Harrison. I'm here on behalf of the owner, Callie Dave, 2929 North
Broad LLC, the applicant for 3015-23 North Broad Street. We're seeking a special exception approval
for use of the ground floor which was formerly a furniture store for use as an event space
the second floor tenant is a daycare facility and they have common ownership with the tenant
that wants to lease the ground floor to primarily use the ground floor for events for the daycare
things such as kindergarten graduation um tea with mom and dad uh and um but also make the
space available for rentals for life events to the community um we're requesting the approval for
special exception approval again we did receive a letter of non-opposition from councilman young's
office we met with the rco on october 15th and have since been in communication with them about
some of the issues raised such as uh that we thoroughly discussed at the community meeting
such as trash hours of operation uh but i'll share um with everybody the the space is uh just
on North Broad Street. There's a rear diagonal road, Sedgley Avenue, where the loading and
of deliveries will occur as well as trash pickup currently occurs. The property where you see my
cursor just south of that has common ownership with the owner and will make parking available
for any events that take place. This is the views of the property. You can see there's a separate
entrance to the daycare to the second floor and this would be the main entrance for the event
space. These are the adjacent properties on North Broad. This is the view from Sedgley Ave
uh where the loading and deliveries would occur in the rear and uh already there exists some trash
totes and there's a commercial trash pickup contract which would be increased as needed
based on the event bookings more images of the neighboring properties and broad street and this
is the it really is a blank canvas of a space that can be subdivided as needed with for for
different events with bathrooms there is also a food preparation area but no commercial oven or
a food preparation area but no commercial oven or cooking in the place everything would be catered
cooking in the place.
and brought in um this is the second floor tenant space the daycare and some of the events that
they've had in different event halls for the kids and just to show an example of the types of events
that that would occur um it um the the owners own the daycare one of them is the co-owner of the
daycare upstairs and the other one has significant event planning experience here's uh she's here
with me today and can talk about her experience and event planning and and putting on these types
of events um it's so on cmx3 and on north broad street which is why we need the special exception
approval so we have the refusal we have floor plans um that show both floors but as i mentioned
it really is kind of a blank canvas um for the events to set up as needed
but we're only doing the ground floor am i correct it's just the ground floor the daycare
will maintain its space on the second floor uh the rest are the documents the application for
approval the for the special exception approval and um our our co notice the project information
form um mr mack van horn is here today on behalf of ownership so i'll ask that he come up also to
testify and adopt my testimony bring them up
hi could you please state and spell your name for the stenographer
Sure thing.
It's going to be Mac, M-A-C.
Do me a favor.
Get a little closer.
Sure thing.
It's going to be Mac, M-A-C, last name Van Horn, V-A-N, space capital H-O-R-N.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Counsel?
Mac, can you state for the record your relationship to the owner, Kylie Dave, 2929 North Broad?
I run and do all of the construction and everything from the development to tenant acquisition.
And this building, we built the daycare about two years ago. They've been operating for about
two to three years there. The space on the first floor became available and this is what they
brought us to want to do on the first floor. Great, thanks. And you saw the entirety of my
presentation and um was was it too inaccurate to the best of your knowledge uh yes it was
and would you adopt it as your own testimony uh yes and um i i know you're proposing hours of
operation uh 7 a.m to 11 p.m uh are you amenable to those hours of operation uh yes we are great
Thank you.
Do you have anyone else you're going to bring in?
Yes, I have Ms. Lisa Randolph.
Thank you.
Hi, how are you?
Could you please state and spell your name for this phonographer?
Lisa, L-I-S-A, Randolph, R-A-N-Z-O-L-P-H.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, I do.
Hey, Lisa, thanks for being here today.
Can you state for the record your relationship to Zay Events, the tenant of the ground floor?
So I'm one of the owners of Zay Events. I serve as the event planner and event stylist
as well. And just briefly state for the record your experience in event planning and
the purpose of the space for the ground floor. Sure. My experience in event planning has been
fairly extensive. I served as such for the past 12 years. I've worked with Crystal Bailey
productions, various churches in the community as far as doing events for the community and
other events. The main purpose of the space is to host events specifically for the daycare,
such as kiddie prom, Christmas events, Thanksgiving events, meetings. We also plan to extend the use
to the community um for private events that um they see fit to who's there as well
great thank you you're welcome and i have um miss jayla hooks as well okay
good afternoon could you please state and spell your name for the stenographer
good afternoon thank you so much for having me my name is jayla hooks it is spelled as in j as
in juliette a as in alpha l as in lima a as in alpha last name hooks h as in hotel o as in oscar
H as in hotel, O as in Oscar, O as in Oscar, K as in kilo, S as in Sierra.
o as in oscar k as in kilo s
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, told truth, nothing but the truth?
Counsel?
Yes, I do.
Thanks, Jayla.
And can you state for the record your relationship to Little Village Learning Academy, the second floor tenant?
Yes, of course.
I am the owner of Little Village Learning Academy, located at 3015 North Front Street.
We've been operating since about October of 2024.
Our motto is a home for nourishment.
So really with the space downstairs, we want to make sure that we are giving the kids a
space to be celebrated with their parents and as well as their peers.
And currently, where are you hosting these types of events that you've outgrown and what
would the space mean for Little Village?
Yeah, we've been hosting them at different community events.
I mean, I'm so sorry, centers throughout the Philadelphia area.
One of them is the Honigman Center that is located in North Philadelphia.
However, we've noticed so far that it is difficult to get our parents to go to a place that is far from the center.