Land report

228 Dorset St

Property at a glanceVacant lot

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$17K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$21K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Mount Airy Approximate · based on ZIP 19119
Street view of 228 Dorset St
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Assessment and City record timeline

The line tracks this property’s published City assessment. Markers show deeds, permits, inspections, licenses, violations, certifications, and appeals on their recorded dates. Select one to read the filing.

Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals. OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $20,800. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

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Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationAppealInspection

Scroll horizontally to move through the years. Each icon sits on its recorded date; records without a day are labeled and centered within their year. Select one to explain the filing.

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Every dated record12 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $245K
  2. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  3. AppealRB_LIRB
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. Deed / saleDeed / sale $2K
  6. L&I violationVACANT LOT LICENSE
  7. L&I violationPERM Z- NEW USE
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  10. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  11. InspectionCSUINITIAL
  12. InspectionL_INITIAL

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$237/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $16,900 × 1.3998%. This is an estimate, not a bill or account balance. The City maintains payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due.

OPA has published a 2027 assessment of $20,800. It is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Current City balanceCheck Tax Center

Payments, credits, interest, and the current amount due are maintained by the City.

OPA 222017500
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $1,555.24 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2011$518.93 total · $0.00 principal · $357.36 interest · $62.11 penalty2012$1,036.31 total · $471.51 principal · $380.11 interest · $73.38 penalty

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

Land report

Vacant land

Vacant land. Deeds, ownership, zoning, and the public-source record follow.

Historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Vacant lot Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
Lot size
900 sqft
Zoning
RSA5

Block context

200 block of Dorset St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 24, 2026.

A license is an L&I registration, not proof that a business is open, operating today, or located at this storefront. Dates are license dates. Events are deduped by parcel, business identity, and license type, so a renewal is not shown as another opening. Other permit and filing types remain in the full source ledger.

Open every source row 11 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$245K transfer

    2022

  2. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 607458 · PASSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  3. AppealRB_LIRB

    Appeal 33917 · OPEN · City affirmed

    Related permit 607458 · THE CITY DEMOLISHED HOUSE AND I PURCHASE LOT AUCTION.

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 607458 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  5. Recorded transfer$2K transfer

    2018

  6. ViolationVACANT LOT LICENSE

    Case 607458 · Violation 4642858 · Code 9-3904 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  7. ViolationPERM Z- NEW USE

    Case 607458 · Violation 4642859 · Code A-301.1/65 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  8. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 607458 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  9. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 48002 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  10. InvestigationCSUINITIAL

    Case 38969 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  11. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 16785 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 25, 2026, 10:14 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

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