{"asOf":"2026-07-29T05:35:31.262Z","block":"200-299 E MOUNT AIRY AVE","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/200-299-e-mount-airy-ave","address":"224 E MOUNT AIRY AVE","parcelNumber":"222000010","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=222000010","ownerType":"investor","kind":"multi-family","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"PB0","buildingCodeNew":"36","buildingClass":"AUTO REPAIR SHOP MASONRY","buildingClassNew":"TWIN OLD STYLE","useLabel":"Store","owner":"PRA PROPERTIES LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":389400,"landAssessment":77880,"improvementAssessment":311520,"livableArea":1974,"yearBuilt":1925,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2023-11-13T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.063047632193474,"lng":-75.18725559226303,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.186940903,40.062790035],[-75.187650525,40.063242713],[-75.187579639,40.063307657],[-75.186865967,40.062859426],[-75.186940903,40.062790035]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19119","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":3,"lotArea":7461,"zoning":"RSA3","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":"H","centralAir":false,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"518 MULLIN RD, AMBLER PA, 19002","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT APPLICATION IS FOR A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING (THREE (3) DWELLING UNITS ON THE SAME LOT WITH ALL OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. \n\nThe permit for the above location cannot be issued because the proposal does not comply with t","status":"Dismissed / Withdrawn","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2023-09-27","number":"ZP-2023-001340","relatedPermit":"ZP-2023-001340"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2024,"v":233600,"taxable":233600,"land":46720,"improvement":186880,"taxableLand":46720,"taxableImprovement":186880,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":372000,"taxable":372000,"land":74400,"improvement":297600,"taxableLand":74400,"taxableImprovement":297600,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":372000,"taxable":372000,"land":74400,"improvement":297600,"taxableLand":74400,"taxableImprovement":297600,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":389400,"taxable":389400,"land":77880,"improvement":311520,"taxableLand":77880,"taxableImprovement":311520,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":5207,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2022-000926","date":"2022-01-28","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Residential - Household Living - Two-Family"},{"number":"GM-2023-008676","date":"2023-09-26","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-26","scope":"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-2023-001340","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2023-11-07","scope":null}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"246503","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"FELLNER GABRIELEE & WERNER","legalName":"FELLNER GABRIELEE & WERNER","address":"224 E MOUNT AIRY AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2001-04-14","latestIssueDate":"2018-03-01","expirationDate":"2019-02-28","inactiveDate":"2019-04-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"246503","type":"Rental","businessName":"FELLNER GABRIELEE & WERNER","legalName":"FELLNER GABRIELEE & WERNER","issuedDate":"2001-04-14","latestIssueDate":"2018-03-01","closureDate":"2019-04-29","expirationDate":"2019-02-28","inactiveDate":"2019-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","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":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 59% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $233,600 to $372,000","no permit shown in 2024-2026"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2023-001340: Dismissed / Withdrawn · Withdrawn; related permit ZP-2023-001340.","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":"1 permit not marked completed: ZP-2023-001340 (Refused).","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":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family; no active Rental License row matched.","why":"A multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.","action":"Confirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"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/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as multi-family. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"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/"}]}