2621 FRANKFORD AVE

ZP-2022-004964 · ZBA Permit Denial - Variance

Approved
Filed
May 3, 2022
Decided
October 20, 2022
Filed by
2418 FRANKFORD APARTMENTS; DEAN MARCHI; KATHERINE MISSIMER DBA: KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP; RUSTIN OHLER; STEVE SHKLOVSKY
Proposed units
453
Coordinating RCO
East Kensington Neighbors Association
Grounds for appeal

PERMIT FOR THE REMOVAL OF AN ARTIST STUDIO AND ARTSAN INDUSTRIES INTO A VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE AT BASEMENT AND AT GROUND FLOOR OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STRUCTURE( 72’ HIGH) ( APPLICATION# ZP-2021-0008599 FOR PERMIT) WITH MULTI-FAMILY (453 DWELLING UNITS) , HUNDRED-EIGHTEEN(118) ACCESSORY PARKING SPACES INCLUDING WITH FIVE(5) VAN ACCESSIBLE SPACES; SEVEN(7) ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING SPACES; FIVE(5) AUTO SHARE PARKING SPACES, TWO(2) LOADING SPACES AND 234 CLASS 1A BICYCLE SPACES ON AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. The permit for the above location cannot be issued because the proposal does not comply with the following provisions of the Philadelphia Zoning Code. (Codes can be accessed at www.phila.gov.) Code Section(s): Code Section Title(s): Reason for Refusal: Section 14-602(4)(a) Notes for Table 14-701-4 [5] (. b) Industrial District Dimensional. Maximum height(ft) [An industrial use accounts for a floor area is not proposed equal to fifty percent (50%) of the ground floor area] Required proposed 60’ 72’ ONE (1) ZONING REFUSAL Fee to File Appeal: $300 NOTES TO THE ZBA: Application# 671479; calendar#27644, zba granted FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE; FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE (59 FT) FOR A VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE AT FIRST FLOOR AND MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING (178 DWELLING UNITS) WITH FIFTY-SEVEN (57) ACCESSORY OFF-STREET PARKING GARAGE AT FIRST FLOOR AND TWENTY-THREE (23) ACCESSORY SURFACE PARKING SPACES ON LOT (TOTAL EIGHTY (80) ACCESSORY OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES INCLUDING WITH FOUR (4) ACCESSIBLE SPACES ON LOT) on 8/24/2016.

Proviso

With provisos: "(1) Per amended refusal dated 9/1/22. (2) Commercial use at basement and first floor as permitted in the IRMX zoning district. Use registration required prior to occupancy."

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