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APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR DECKS, DATED FEBRUARY 2007. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND THE IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES."},{"number":"385500","date":"2012-01-30","work":"Zoning","type":"ZP_ZONING","description":"ZONING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-01-30","scope":"INSTALL 12'-0\" X 14'-0\" DECK IN REAR YARD OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. APPLICANT AGREES TO LIMIT THE CONSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH EZ PERMIT STANDARD FOR DECKS, DATED FEBRUARY 2007. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN THE REVOCATION OF THIS PERMIT AND THE IMPOSITION OF FURTHER PENALTIES."},{"number":"468454","date":"2013-05-01","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-05-15","scope":"REPLACE WATER SERVICE FROM CURB TRAP TO INSIDE FRONT BASEMENT WALL PA20131210854"},{"number":"470020","date":"2013-05-08","work":"Alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-07-30","scope":"SETTING NEW LIMESTONE HEADERS & NEW LIMESTONE SILLS ON 4 WINDOWS. REPLACING NEW PENT ROOF WITH NEW SHINGLES & FLASHING"},{"number":"GP-2020-003797","date":"2020-07-07","work":"Fence","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2020-10-19","scope":"For the removal and replacement of a CMU fence (N.T.E. six (6) ft in height) and for miscellaneous site work as per plans. 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NO WORK MAY BE PERFORMED IN THE BASEMENT OR CELLAR. Separate permits required for Mechanical, Electric and Plumbing. Installation of new wood pergola and lattice structure in rear yard of 2203 Lombard Street. Structure to be fully open and detached from house. For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"ZP-2021-010672","date":"2021-10-01","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"for the erection of a rear third floor addition and roof deck with pilot house and basement egress well to an existing single family attached structure (size and location as shown on the plan)."},{"number":"GM-2022-003630","date":"2022-05-11","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-03","scope":"For the interior demolition of non-bearing partition walls and ceiling in accordance with the attached EZ Permit Interior Demolition Standard. Failure to comply with the attached EZ Permit Interior Demolition Standard shall result in revocation of this permit. Interior work only under this permit; no work to exterior as per PHC. (Removal of all interior non-load bearing walls and finishes throughout entire home). STRUCTURAL ALTERATION OR REPAIR IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PERMIT. PROHIBITED STRUCTURAL WORK INCLUDES ANY MODIFICATION TO EXTERIOR WALLS, PARTY WALLS, FLOOR/ROOF FRAMING OR FOUNDATIONS; UNDERPINNING AND EXCAVATIONS (I.E. DIGGING IN BASEMENT). NO WORK PERMITTED IN THE BASEMENT."},{"number":"ZP-2022-004133","date":"2022-08-22","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-22","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION ABOVE AND AT THE REAR OF THE EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH TWO (2) ROOF DECKS AND ONE (1) ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION/PLANS. AMENDMENT APPROVED AS OF 10/24/22: TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE PROPOSED ROOF DECK. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON AMENDED PLAN. AMENDMENT APPROVED AS OF 10/30/25: TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE ROOF DECKS. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE AMENDED PLANS."},{"number":"RP-2022-003222","date":"2022-10-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-22","scope":"11/24/25 AMENDMENT: TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE ROOF DECKS AS PER APPROVED PLANS. AMENDMENT: FOR THE AMENDMENT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMIT TO DOCUMENT CHANGE IN SPECIAL INSPECTOR, REMOVE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND CHANGE IN 2ND FLOOR LAYOUT AND MINOR ALTERATIONS. AS SHOWN PER APPROVED PLANS. FOR UNDERPINNING AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION ABOVE AND AT THE REAR OF THE EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH TWO (2) ROOF DECKS AND ONE (1) ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO FRONT FACADE AND THROUGHOUT STRUCTURE. FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. AS PER PLANS."},{"number":"PP-2022-015932","date":"2022-11-13","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-15","scope":"New DWV and water piping through-out home. Basement: 3 Piece bathroom: Shower, water closet, lavatory - Drainage will be piped on a sewage ejection system. Electric water heater 1st floor: Kitchen sink, water closet and Lavatory. 2nd floor: Washer hook-up, Laundry-sink, Kitchen sink, Shower, Water closet, 2 lavatories. 3rd floor: Bathtub, Water closet, lavatory."},{"number":"RP-2022-013261","date":"2022-12-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-22","scope":"**AMENDMENT APPROVED ON 12/05/2025: TO AMENDMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUILDING PERMIT # RP-2022-013261, TO DOCUMENT THE REDUCE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ROOF DECK SIZE, AND THE REMAINING PERMIT SAME AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS** FOR TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THIRD FLOOR PROJECTION AND PROPOSED ROOF DECK ONLY. THE REMAINING PERMIT AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUILDING PERMIT RP-2022-003222. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN."},{"number":"MP-2023-002502","date":"2023-06-01","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-15","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. (2) Appliances (12) Register/diffusers Install 3-ton AC with 60,000 Btu gas furnace Install 2-ton AC with 60,000 Btu gas furnace all duct 12 registers"},{"number":"PP-2023-008103","date":"2023-06-19","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-06-23","scope":"REPAIR/REPLACE MD, CT & FAI"},{"number":"EP-2023-006667","date":"2023-08-15","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-11","scope":"Install 200 amp service wiring/devices throughout including 130-volt smoke detectors and arc fault breakers as per NEC 2017"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","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":["3 permit events 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":"2 permits not marked completed: 385502 (EXPIRED), PP-2020-005867 (Expired). 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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"An unsafe-building history still deserves the repair file","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 6 historical violations across 3 cases.","why":"The aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.","action":"Review the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 2 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Mar 15, 2024.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration and appears related-party/family-held.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"}],"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/"},{"title":"Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill","body":"LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.","action":"Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/payment-plans-and-assistance-programs/income-based-programs-for-residents/apply-for-the-longtime-owner-occupants-program-loop/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/tax-freeze/"},{"title":"Seller disclosure and independent inspections","body":"For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.","action":"Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/real-estate-commission"}]}