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PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE START OF WORK AND TO BE MAINTAINED DURING ALL DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK CLOSURE"},{"number":"ZP-2024-001991","date":"2024-04-01","work":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-03-10","scope":"**Amendment dated 7/8/2024 to revise survey to show entire block.** For the relocation of lot lines to create two (2) new parcels (Parcel A and Parcel B) from two (2) existing parcels (319 BROWN ST and 801-15 N 4TH ST) and eight (8) deeded lots (319 BROWN ST, 323 BROWN ST, 325 BROWN ST, 800 N ORIANNA ST, 810 N ORIANNA ST, 814 N ORIANNA ST, 816 N ORIANNA ST, and 801 N 4TH ST), size and location as shown on plan/application."},{"number":"CP-2025-002590","date":"2026-06-09","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR ADDITION OF ROOFTOP DECK ATOP EXISING BUILDING PER APPROVED PLANS."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…"},{"y":2024,"k":"demo"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"606693","type":"Annual Small Games Of Chance","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CARDINAL DENNIS DOUGHERTY (ST AGNES & ST JOHN)","legalName":"CARDINAL DENNIS DOUGHERTY","address":"319 BROWN ST","revenueCode":"3843","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-10-16","latestIssueDate":"2015-12-17","expirationDate":"2016-10-31","inactiveDate":"2016-12-30"},{"number":"0967371","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Ori Feibush, Sole Member (319 Brown Street OCF LLC)","legalName":"Ori Feibush, Sole Member","address":"319 BROWN ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2024-12-10","latestIssueDate":"2024-12-10","expirationDate":"2025-12-09","inactiveDate":"2026-02-07"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0967371","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"Ori Feibush, Sole Member (319 Brown Street OCF LLC)","legalName":"Ori Feibush, Sole Member","issuedDate":"2024-12-10","latestIssueDate":"2024-12-10","closureDate":"2026-02-07","expirationDate":"2025-12-09","inactiveDate":"2026-02-07","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"606693","type":"Annual Small Games Of Chance","businessName":"CARDINAL DENNIS DOUGHERTY (ST AGNES & ST JOHN)","legalName":"CARDINAL DENNIS DOUGHERTY","issuedDate":"2013-10-16","latestIssueDate":"2015-12-17","closureDate":"2016-12-30","expirationDate":"2016-10-31","inactiveDate":"2016-12-30","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","signals":[{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["6 permit events since 2023","demolition activity since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: PP-2023-012350 (Expired), GM-2023-008507 (Expired), CP-2025-002590 (Issued). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Annual Small Games Of Chance #606693: Inactive since Dec 30, 2016; Vacant Residential Property / Lot #0967371: Inactive since Feb 7, 2026","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}