A group of Jewelers Row property owners and merchants
have teamed with preservationists to appeal the Philadelphia Department of
Licenses and Inspections' approval of plans for a 16-story condo tower on the
venerable Sansom Street shopping district.
L&I inspectors should not have issued demolition
permits for the project because relevant notices had not been posted to all the
properties that developer Toll Bros. is seeking to clear, Paul Steinke,
executive director of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, said
this week.
The developer also failed
to identify the buildings' owners in its zoning permit paperwork as
required, said Steinke, whose group is among those who filed appeal
applications on Aug. 26.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment will likely hear the
appeals within 45 days, Steinke said. L&I spokeswoman Karen Guss said the
department would abide by the board's decision.
Tim Spreitzer, a spokesman for the Toll unit planning the
development, Toll Bros. City Living, said the company is aware of the appeal
and remains "confident in our ability to proceed under the by-right zoning
status of this project."
Source: Philly.com
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