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DEVIATIONS FROM THESE STANDARDS REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION AND SITE PLANS."},{"number":"947647","date":"2019-02-07","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-01-30","scope":"INSTALL 11 FIXTURES AS PER 2004 PPC"},{"number":"970739","date":"2019-04-26","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-01-23","scope":"INSTALL 200AMP SERVICE COMPLETE AND WIRE THROUGHOUT SWITCHES, LIGHTS, OUTLETS & SMOKE DETECTOR AS PER NEC 2008 SOUTH DISTRICT"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2017,"k":"land","p":150000},{"y":2017,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed ×2"},{"y":2017,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"New construction"},{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 492% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $115,300 to $682,400","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #31833: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 810719. 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