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CONTACT STREETS DEPARTMENT FOR DUMPSTER PERMIT AND FOOTWAY CLOSURE PERMITS."},{"number":"649653","date":"2015-11-16","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"REPLACE WATER SERVICE PA20153071304 (SFD)SELF CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED\",\"ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FT IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION\""}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":-0.5,"timeline":[{"y":2008,"k":"sale","p":5400},{"y":2008,"k":"sale","p":2700},{"y":2010,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2010,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2013,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations incl VACANT BLDG UNSEC/UNSAFE CSU"},{"y":2013,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2015,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"7 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"strong","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.","evidence":["7 open L&I violations","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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