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SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK CLOSURE. A SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED ON CASE 513695."},{"number":"ZP-2025-005791","date":"2025-09-18","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Addition of an roof deck and three (3) roof deck access structure. 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FIRE RETARDANT TREATED WOOD STUDS AND SHEATHING REQUIRED FOR EXTERIOR WALLS AT PILOT HOUSES FOR TYPE III CONSTRUCTION. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2010,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2015,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7"},{"y":2015,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2016,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"sale","p":1025000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Excavation"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"339945","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD","legalName":"CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD","address":"1632 POPLAR ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-10-06","latestIssueDate":"2015-09-29","expirationDate":"2016-04-30","inactiveDate":"2016-06-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"339945","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD","legalName":"CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD","issuedDate":"2005-10-06","latestIssueDate":"2015-09-29","closureDate":"2016-06-29","expirationDate":"2016-04-30","inactiveDate":"2016-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["3 open L&I violations","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Jun 13, 2023","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. 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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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #339945: Inactive since Jun 29, 2016","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. 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