board what i think you know i'll just defer the board what they think is enforceable security
cameras will be installed and maintained on the subject premises or property and the applicant
will obtain all required governmental approvals uh and a co prior to occupancy and operation of
the proposed use that's that's an important right yes um so is it out of character to have
cmx2 properties with just a non-commercial component yeah and there's 15 examples including
our example. And then I just add pictures as well, just so the board can see. And then
maps to the area. While this is a row of CMX2 properties, as you can see, it's really out
of character to have, you know, commercial, at least in the mid parts of the blocks. And
the photographs of our property, you can see there's two doors here, right? So that does
not look like a commercial uh property or a cmx2 property and it's been like that since 2007
and then we have our orange nose poster on both doors i mean only needed one but you know we did
that 60th street to the right of the property to the left of the property or interior photos so
my client hired someone they did all this work with permits but as single family use he had no
idea that they weren't doing this as a duplex so it's always been configured this way this is just
of he gutted the place out got permits for it i'm having a little problems with that atlas this
morning but i did see a slew of permits that were issued after my client purchased the property
in january 2023 i was having problems like looking at each permit so i did look and see there was a
list of permits so did very good work we would also agree to proviso uh no basement living as well
and then you can see the washer dryer is an example that's for unit number two it's
located just outside the bathroom unit number one it's in the lower level
and pretty uh simple floor plans here you come in to the right you have well you go you go here
this is the right door you come in it's it's basically a living room dining room and kitchen
area there's a mini flight steps uh there is you know bedroom number one bathroom bedroom number
two you go down uh there is this is where the washer and dryer is is there open floor plan here
uh there is this is where the washer and dryer is it's an open floor plan here just many steps in
just mini steps
in the middle of it there are belco doors in the front so in case of emergency but no one plans
to like actually live down there uh instead of unit number one you come up to unit number two
living room dining room kitchen this is the picture where the washer and dryer is that was
where i previously showed i can always go back to it this is the bathroom and then there's three
bedrooms here meeting notice we met with the community on august 11th at 6 p.m this is our
email showing you know that we emailed the notice to them showing that it was mailed
to 125 addresses these are the addresses we mailed it to proof of mailing to those
addresses our deed to the property showing the corporate entity owns the property
um and on the certificate of tax clearance um of course i can always share my screen you know if
you need to see any exhibits further i would just so could you please state and spell your name for
this stenographer yes my name is adolph bellamy a-b-o-l-p-h-b-e-l-l-a-m-y 20 want to do that
one more time you can pull it right towards you right can you hear me now yeah that's right that
That's definitely much better.
My name is Adolph Bellamy, A-D-O-L-P-H, B-E-L-L-A-M-Y.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?
Yes, sir.
Counsel?
Mr. Bellamy, you heard everything I had to state today about your zoning matter.
Yes, sir.
Including the agreement to a proviso, no living in the basement.
Yes, sir.
And is everything I stated true and correct?
Yes, sir.
And do you adopt it as your own testimony?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Questions from the board trash. Oh, just asking about trash. How are you dealing with the trash?
Oh, sorry about that. You said stored inside. Yeah, it's stored inside story. Okay, stored inside as a provider.
Okay, I think I had 2 questions. I think 1 since we're already on trash. I didn't see.
uh vinted closets even though you said you were starting let me let me see where they
yeah let me take a look at it let me take a look i did miss i did not present that
specifically let me just make sure it was not intentional um it wasn't we know it wasn't
intentional no i know i was like i usually i go through all the you know stuff that i
know you guys are going to ask and i was so let me see where it is oh right here
right here so i mean that says it doesn't say it's a vented slash closet nor does it show that
it's vented well understanding that's no and and that was something that was asked of us and that
was added to the plans which we're going to have to do but that's exactly where we that's the plan
yeah that's the plan then where is it for unit one oh they have rear access yeah but the so the
The reason I ask is because the RCOs had asked for a proviso that all trash be stored inside.
And so we have the whole basement.
We have the whole basement.
So, but only the first floor has access to the basement, right?
That's right.
And then the second floor, it's board member Johns.
It's right here.
But you have to, so the rear yard is only accessible through that bedroom, right?
On the first floor unit.
I believe so.
Is that right?
mrs. Bellamy oh yeah you can oh yes sir and I think my second question is really just around
your main refusal is what drove the decision to make a residential unit instead of keeping it as
a storefront it does look like there's a mix on the block but there are certainly a lot of mid
block commercial spaces with the same facade well if you look if you look at the picture that we
have of the property in, you know, uh, in 2007 and recently, it's always just been two front
doors there. It looks like nothing commercial. Let me just stop showing my screen, get to that
specific picture. Hold on a second. All right. Let's see.
Let me get to the picture with that.
And it's definitely out of character.
It is in character, excuse me.
But there are many instances.
We had a whole list of examples that we gave.
But let me just show this.
It was out of character.
I just said that there are many similarly facaded pictures on that block that have commercial units.
No, I didn't mean to come off that way.
but here's the property in in 2007 right so two front doors that would look nothing commercial
uh this is what it looks like since um or now currently and then there are you know i think
And then there are, you know, I think it's in these.
it's in these yeah
So we've seen the, if you look at 613 through 23,
none of these are commercial in nature.
None of those are commercial?
And you guys verified that?
Yeah, we did.
Five of them.
I mean, they all.
I mean, so my team, like we, yeah, my team,
like we move this down, you know, I do have them check.
like you know if there's anything active from a commercial standpoint and according to and I know
this is going to move this thing down but like there are like oh there it goes you can see
there are like 14 other instances at least according to our review of the public records
okay I'm relying on my team but like all the questions so so you haven't seen like any demand
for commercial in that area first commercial space in that area for a minute um no ma'am
not to my knowledge
questions from our attorney
I just wanted to clarify
the letter that you're referring to is what you read
into the record we have that
I know but I promised to them
specifically I would read it
into the record
I just wanted to make sure that's the second letter
you're talking about
no there's a third letter
which is from them
they wanted me to send a letter
confirming that I would read into the record
those four conditions upon receipt of that letter they sent their own letter which is dated september
1st which is from that west philadelphia i didn't see you present that oh i can do that one more
time just so that if you if not then we have to make sure it's just made part of the record that's
the only yeah and we did include we i think we updated it once we got the the uh letter this is
the letter i'm talking about but once we got the letter i did update our presentation materials i
got at four o'clock yesterday okay but it's in your presentation yeah okay great thank you
questions or comments from the virtual audience
yes chair there's a hand up by the name of ronald waters i'm going to allow them to speak okay
good morning sheriff good morning mr chairman can you hear me could you yeah i can could you
please state and spell your name for this stenographer my name is ronald waters ronald
waters w-a-t-e-r-s i am the firm okay go ahead i'm sorry you swear or affirm to tell the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth yes i do proceed mr waters thank you mr chairman and thank
you to all the um board members for the cbcba uh we did hold a um a meeting a community meeting on
on the date stated, the 11th, and we had a chance to talk to both the client as well
as his attorney.
The only other provisor that we asked for was because the LLC and the client was going
to live in New York, they would have a local management team that would oversee and to
make sure that the tenants and the agreements that were made with this approval by our RCO
will be maintained. So I just wanted to state that for the record.
Yeah. Gordon, I think the attorney wants to respond.
Yeah, I think maybe it wasn't, you know, well written, but like it says the subject property
be professionally maintained or managed and then in philadelphia if you have a rental property you
have to have a local presence it's a requirement now in philadelphia okay mr wood thanks for taking
the time to cause we appreciate it thank you too chairman okay um anyone else in the audience
no further hands at this time chair planning commission good afternoon liz fuselay on behalf
of this philadelphia city planning commission the comprehensive plan recommends a change in zoning
at this location from cmx to commercial mixed use to rm1 residential multifamily this part of
the neighborhood still carries its original 1933 zoning this might once have been a commercial
corridor but most of the ground floors have been converted to residential use the proposed
elimination of a commercial ground floor matches the character of the buildings on this block face
the city planning commission recommends that the board grant the proposed use
variants for not including a commercial ground floor mi 2025 007 340 621 south 60 street i vote
yes with proviso trash stored inside um no basement living uh michael johns my vote is yes with
Provisors. Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with Provisors. Taneta Graham, my vote is yes, with Provisors.
Cheryl Gaston, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Tanetta Graham, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Ryan McAdams, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Pia Nguyen, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Layla Beebe, my vote is yes, with provisos.
Thank you very much.
You'll be back this afternoon?
I will.
All right.
Have a great day.
Number 15, MI2026001391, 4222 Salem Street.
Nixon Canna is the attorney.
they're being promoted to panelists thank you
mr chairman if you want me to ask some questions when you first you want to ask questions
yeah okay as soon as he gets here i see the document issue
good afternoon mr chairman good afternoon well it's it's our morning still i mean we haven't
progressed to the afternoon yet so we're we're staying still on a morning list could you please
state and spell your name for the stenographer yes mr jimmy um nixon connor n-i-x-o-n connor k-a-n-n-a-h
you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes all right so
council um we have a few questions about some documents council our our council wants to have
a little quick conversation with you how's that yes yes hi um it looks like we're missing your
proof of posting um do you have any documentation to support your proof of posting yes i do
can you please share that yes thank you
so you have it with you in the in the in the right yes i'm surprised it wasn't uploaded but
i believe it's part of my package yes sure so it may have been too far away to actually view so
sometimes those pictures are kind of hard to view so as you're as you're looking just a little note
the frankfurt uh rco has sent us a letter of opposition to your project yes um mr chairman
i believe only one person objected to it or one person voted against it um it's not really a
project um we're basically trying to legalize a use that has been at this location for would you
keep you if if you're going to show your presentation the proof of posting that's fine
okay why not why don't i move to our vice chair and she'll ask you a few questions
good afternoon have you submitted your documents and exhibits five days in advance of this hearing
yes we have okay and do you waive the reading of your refusal and stipulate to its accuracy
yes all right all right thank you can share your screen to begin okay and you're going to have that
proof of posting and to share it right yes okay and also i know that we're um missing the tax
compliance on this unless he has it so we're going to have you hold it have you used your tax
compliance well um the tax compliance um mr chair i would advise that i guess you hold on your
decision until we get there the taxes are on appeal as of right now so i believe um so we'll