Hunting Park House Church 4223 North Franklin Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 Tel. 215/228-9777 May 20, 2015 Honorable Julia Chapman, Chair Zoning Board of Adjustment Municipal Services Building, Room 1130 1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19102-1687 RE: 532 W. Annsbury Street - Calendar #24548, Application #580863 Dear Chairwoman Chapman: Greetings! My name is Andrés Fajardo and I serve as the Lead Chaplain at the Esperanza Health Center (with three locations, one of which is in the Hunting Park neighborhood at 4417 N. 6 th Street). I also previously served as an Elder and Assistant Pastor at Spirit and Truth Fellowship, a long-standing church in the Hunting Park neighborhood at 4400 North 6 th Street. I am also the Pastor of the Hunting Park House Church, a church started by Spirit and Truth Fellowship. Finally, I have lived in Hunting Park since 1999 (16 years). Principally in my role as the Pastor of the Hunting Park House Church (almost all of whose members live within four blocks of the 532 W. Annsbury Street site) I am writing on behalf of our church to state our opposition to the zoning appeal for 532 W. Annsbury Street, which will be heard by the Zoning Board of Adjustment on May 20, 2015 at 5pm. The applicant cannot satisfy the burden of proof required by § 14-303(7)(e)(.1) and, therefore, I request that you deny appeal #24548 on the following grounds: §14-603(9)(b) states that "Junk and salvage yards and buildings may not be located within 150 ft. of any Residential district." A significant portion of 532 W. Annsbury Street is within 150 ft. of a Residential district. §14-603(9)(c) requires that "a masonry wall, not less than eight ft. in height and not more than 12 ft. in height, shall be constructed and maintained in good condition around all property boundaries abutting a zoning district other than I-3 or I-P. …There may be no stacking of material above the height of the masonry wall... ." The entire front, rear, and much of the westerly border of the property at 532 W. Annsbury Street has no masonry wall of any kind and is therefore in violation of this requirement. Moreover, the applicant is currently stacking material above the height of the incomplete masonry wall which does exist. §14-603(9)(d) requires a junkyard to be "landscaped in accordance with §14-705(2)" which states "At least one street tree per 35 ft. of linear frontage shall be provided. The front of 532 W. Annsbury Street is 140 linear feet and provides zero street trees of the three required by Philadelphia zoning code §14-603(9)(d).
Hunting Park House Church 4223 North Franklin Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140 Tel. 215/228-9777
May 20, 2015 Honorable Julia Chapman, Chair Zoning Board of
Adjustment Municipal Services Building, Room 1130 1401 John F.
Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19102-1687 RE: 532 W. Annsbury
Street - Calendar #24548, Application #580863 Dear Chairwoman
Chapman: Greetings! My name is Andrs Fajardo and I serve as the
Lead Chaplain at the Esperanza Health Center (with three locations,
one of which is in the Hunting Park neighborhood at 4417 N. 6th
Street). I also previously served as an Elder and Assistant Pastor
at Spirit and Truth Fellowship, a long-standing church in the
Hunting Park neighborhood at 4400 North 6th Street. I am also the
Pastor of the Hunting Park House Church, a church started by Spirit
and Truth Fellowship. Finally, I have lived in Hunting Park since
1999 (16 years). Principally in my role as the Pastor of the
Hunting Park House Church (almost all of whose members live within
four blocks of the 532 W. Annsbury Street site) I am writing on
behalf of our church to state our opposition to the zoning appeal
for 532 W. Annsbury Street, which will be heard by the Zoning Board
of Adjustment on May 20, 2015 at 5pm. The applicant cannot satisfy
the burden of proof required by 14-303(7)(e)(.1) and, therefore, I
request that you deny appeal #24548 on the following grounds:
14-603(9)(b) states that "Junk and salvage yards and buildings
may not be located within 150 ft. of any Residential district." A
significant portion of 532 W. Annsbury Street is within 150 ft. of
a Residential district.
14-603(9)(c) requires that "a masonry wall, not less than eight
ft. in height and not more than 12 ft. in height, shall be
constructed and maintained in good condition around all property
boundaries abutting a zoning district other than I-3 or I-P. There
may be no stacking of material above the height of the masonry
wall... ." The entire front, rear, and much of the westerly border
of the property at 532 W. Annsbury Street has no masonry wall of
any kind and is therefore in violation of this requirement.
Moreover, the applicant is currently stacking material above the
height of the incomplete masonry wall which does exist.
14-603(9)(d) requires a junkyard to be "landscaped in accordance
with 14-705(2)" which states "At least one street tree per 35 ft.
of linear frontage shall be provided. The front of 532 W. Annsbury
Street is 140 linear feet and provides zero street trees of the
three required by Philadelphia zoning code 14-603(9)(d).
14-603(9)(f) states that "No outdoor industrial processes
involving the use of equipment for cutting, shredding, compressing,
or packaging may be conducted within 300 ft. of a Residential
district." The entirety of 532 W. Annsbury Street is within 300 ft.
of a Residential district.
Moreover, 14-303(7)(d) requires the applicant to show that the
granting of a special exception will not cause detrimental impacts
to the neighborhood through burdening schools, parks, or other
public facilities and 14-303(7)(e) seeks to prevent the impairing
or permanently injuring of the use of adjacent conforming
properties. In regards to this last requirement, as I am sure has
been mentioned to you by numerous others, the applicant has already
conducted itself in a manner for many years which causes negative
physical and social effects for our neighborhood. These include
processing and dealing with toxic substances (e.g., recycled
gasoline, Freon, other coolants, oil) in unauthorized and negligent
ways, being threatening and uncooperative with neighboring
properties, damaging adjoining walls to other properties, and
having amassed an enormous quantity of unpaid city taxes, which
hurts not just Hunting Park but the entire city! In addition to
these technical disqualifications for the applicants proposed use
of 532 W. Annsbury Street, please know that the Hunting Park
community overwhelmingly opposes this application on the grounds
that it is inconsistent with Hunting Park Neighborhood Strategic
Plan 2022 developed as a collaborative community effort and
formally accepted by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Our
Hunting Park House Church strongly urges you to turn down this
proposed use of 532 W. Annsbury Street. Thank you for your time and
attention. Sincerely, Pastor Andrs Fajardo Hunting Park House
Church
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