MAYFAIR CIVIC ASSOCIATION
3122 Windish Street
Philadelphia, PA 19152
Mayfaircivicassociation@yahoo.com
www.mayfaircivicassociation.com
215-292-3926
August 31, 2010
Lynette Brown-Sow, Chairperson
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Municipal Services Building
1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Phila PA 19102
Re: Zoning Application:
3101 Fanshawe St.
Applicant: Siew May Wong
Date of Hearing: Tuesday August 31, 2010
Time of Hearing: 9:30 am
To Whom It May Concern:
Please accept this letter as the official stance of the Mayfair Civic Association (“MCA”). We recently held a meeting a meeting where both the community and the business were represented. Both sides were able to ask questions and this was an open forum. After this meeting, the MCA took a vote and decided that they could not stand behind this business; therefore we ask that you deny the application of the above for a daycare. This property or this block is not conducive to handling a business like this. This is a residential block. When our neighborhood was designed, it was clearly set out with separate commercial and residential districts. We have many vacant stores in our commercial districts, i.e. along Frankford Avenue, in the Mayfair Shopping Center, etc. that would be a better location for this type of business. The increased traffic and potential for an accident on this residential block makes this use unappealing to our neighbors.
Therefore, we ask that this board either deny this request. Thank you. Feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have.
Sincerely,
_______________________
Joseph J. DeFelice, Esq.
President
Cc: Reese Hartey, Mayfair CDC
Mike Scotese, Mayfair Business Association
Linda Lawrence, Councilwoman Krajewski