Permits have been issued for the construction of a three-unit residential building at 1830 North 17th Street in Cecil B. Moore, North Philadelphia. The attached three-story structure will span 5,214 square feet. Zoning plans show a basement, roof deck, and roof access structure. SL Construction LLC is liste as the owner, with Plato Studio LLC as the architect.
Construction costs are listed at $165,000, which includes $150,000 allocated to general construction and $15,000 to excavation.

1830 North 17th Street Plan via Plato Studio
The property is zoned RM-1 and spans a 1,700-square-foot lot measuring 17 feet wide and 100 feet deep. Drawings show a 1,275-square-foot building footprint and 425 square feet of open area, equivalent to 25 percent of the lot. The rear yard measures approximately 17 feet. The main roof rises 35 feet high, below the district’s indicated 38-foot maximum.
The site plan positions the new structure between existing three-story buildings at 1828 and 1832 North 17th Street. The drawings indicate Juliet balconies at the second and third floors, a one-foot-eight-inch bay projection along the street frontage, and several egress wells. The roof deck is accessed by a pilot house designated for stair access only.

1830 North 17th Street Zoning Plan via Plato Studio
The approved zoning drawings also show a 12-foot sidewalk and 26-foot cartway along North 17th Street, with steps, a window well, and the bay projection extending into the permitted encroachment area.
The property is located on North 17th Street between West Montgomery Avenue and West Berks Street, about one to two blocks west of Temple University’s Main Campus. Cecil B. Moore station on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line is located several blocks southeast at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
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