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LOT TO INCLUDE AN ENCLOSED TRASH COLLECTION AREA AND COMMON OPEN SPACE TO BE USED BY AFOREMENTIONED LOTS. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS/APPLICATION. SEE A/P NO 604257 FOR APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"744666","date":"2016-12-22","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-12-22","scope":"ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF A/P NO 604269, CAL NO 20592 TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING: RELOCATE TRASH ENCLOSURE AND RECONFIGURE PARKING (NO CHANGE TO QUANTITY OF PARKING SPACES. SEE A/P NO 729865 FOR APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"771140","date":"2017-04-04","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-04-04","scope":"ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF A/P NO 604269, CAL NO 20592 TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING: RELOCATE TRASH ENCLOSURE AND RECONFIGURE PARKING (NO CHANGE TO QUANTITY OF PARKING SPACES. SEE A/P NO 759639 FOR APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"841534","date":"2018-03-27","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-04-05","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 10\" SANITARY SEWER PIPING THROUGHOUT THE SITE NO PLASTIC PIPE.\"SELF-CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED\" - \"ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION\"."},{"number":"815659","date":"2018-04-03","work":"New construction","type":"BP_NEWCNST","description":"NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-04-03","scope":"SITE WORK FOR PREPARATION OF LOT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE EXCAVATION AND GRADING FOR STORM WATER BASIN AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PLUMBING PERMITS REQUIRED FOR PIPING AND STORMWATER BASIN INSTALLATION."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"New construction"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #604269: COMPLETED.","why":"Philadelphia says a zoning approval or Property Sales Certification can identify a use without proving that it was established under the Building Code. A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"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.","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/"}]}