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FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. FOR ONE (1) STRUCTURED (GARAGE) ACCESSORY PARKING SPACE. 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SIZES AND LOCATIONS AS SHOWN ON APPLICATION/PLAN. NO CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"ZP-2025-010821","date":"2025-11-06","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE TWO (2) ROOF DECKS. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN PLANS."},{"number":"RP-2025-013398","date":"2026-03-02","work":"New Construction","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF AN ATTACHED FOUR-STORY BUILDING WITH CELLAR AND ROOF DECKS (ACCESSED VIA WALL OPENING AND EXTERIOR STAIRWAY). BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED WITH NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR EXCAVATION, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. *SHARED TUNNEL ALLEY IS REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED ON DEED PRIOR TO C.O. ISSUANCE* **AMEND 6/17/26; ADD CANOPY/ROOF COVERING AT FRONT ENTRYWAY PER AMENDED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS** **AMEND 7/22/26; REVISED STRUCTURAL DESIGN PER AMENDED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS**"},{"number":"SP-2026-000259","date":"2026-03-04","work":"Excavation","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Site / Utility Permit for RP-2025-013398"},{"number":"FP-2026-000500","date":"2026-04-15","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A 2-INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE FOR AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH A 2 INCH WILKINS 950XLT2BFSS BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R. ALL WORK SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS/HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS."},{"number":"PP-2026-002630","date":"2026-05-04","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Plumbing Permit (Interior) for combo RP-2025-013398"},{"number":"PP-2026-002628","date":"2026-05-06","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-05-20","scope":"Plumbing Permit (Water Distribution) for combo RP-2025-013398"},{"number":"PP-2026-002629","date":"2026-05-06","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-05-20","scope":"Plumbing Permit (Exterior Building Drainage) for combo RP-2025-013398"},{"number":"EP-2026-001754","date":"2026-06-29","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Electrical Permit for combo RP-2025-013398"},{"number":"MP-2026-001234","date":"2026-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo RP-2025-013398"},{"number":"ZP-2022-003881","date":null,"work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2023-06-05","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH FRONT PORCH, MANSARD ROOF, ROOF DECK AND ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION/PLANS. ** A NEW DEED (TO INCLUDE THE PROPOSED TUNNEL ALLEY) IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CO, OR THE EXPIRATION OF THIS ZONING PERMIT."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":2.64,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"sale","p":80000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Excavation"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 9 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2025","permit activity in 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2022-003881: Completed · Denied; related permit ZP-2022-003881.","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"7 permits not marked completed: RP-2025-013398 (Issued), SP-2026-000259 (Issued), FP-2026-000500 (Issued), PP-2026-002630 (Issued), EP-2026-001754 (Issued).","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":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"3 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","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 unlabeled on Jul 3, 2026.","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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"2 fire/suppression-related permits matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"}],"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/"}]}