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FOR A SINGLE- FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. AS PER PLANS. *************************NO UNDERPINNING ON THIS APPLICATION. SEPARATE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR PLUMBING, MECH. OR ELECTRICAL WORK. ******************************"},{"number":"EP-2022-002496","date":"2022-04-19","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-06-12","scope":"DEMO - Electrical demo due to renovation and refeed existing circuits to remain. Leave existing panel for temp power. Install (3) quad GFI receptacles with (2) dedicated 20 amp circuits each where specified. - Add receptacles and lighting asper plan. EQUIPMENT - Install dedicated circuit to furnace and air conditioning condensing unit. - Install all wiring for 20 amp dedicated circuit for boiler. Supply and install required disconnect switch. - Install all wiring, box, device and plate for tamper resistant receptacle on 20 amp circuit for gas hot water heater. SERVICE UPGRADE & RELOCATION TO GARAGE - Shut down power at panel and remove meter. - Disconnect taps from PECO and remove 100 amp service cable, meter socket. Remove off-peak meter and disconnect for hot water heater. - Remove service cable from main breaker panel. - Remove main breaker panel. - Supply and install 200 Amp service cable, PVC weather head strap securely to building to new meter socket located towards front of barn by garage. - Supply and install a 200 Amp aerial fed meter socket with weather-proof hub. - Supply and install a 200 amp, 40 space, main lug load center. - Supply wiring from new meter socket to main breaker of new load center panel. - Supply all required bonding and grounding of new service. - Supply and install all required branch circuit breakers. - Make all mains and branch circuit terminations. - Identify circuits and place panel schedule. - Prepare a drip leg and make insulated splice connection to PECO feeders. - Re-install meter into socket, energize and test circuits. TYPE II SURGE SUPRESSION - Supply and install Leviton single-phase, 120/240 volt NEMA-1 Surge Protection Devices for new 200 amp main breaker panels. - Supply dedicated 240 volt, 20 amp circuit mounted at the top of the buss in panel. - Supply required breaker in panel for new surge suppression circuit. 12 KW STANDBY GENERATOR - WHOLE HOUSE - Supply and install a Kohle"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Addition"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"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. 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