House report

249 Rochelle Ave

5 bd1 ba1,961 sqftRSA5built 1900

Property at a glanceHouse

Owner-occupancy signal

2026 assessment
$349K OPA value, not a listing price
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1 violation row marked OPEN in 1 active case

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Case 722605

Perm Z- New Use

IN VIOLATION

Opened Jan 27, 2020 · Latest inspection FAILED · Oct 21, 2020

  • Perm Z- New UseA-301.1/65

OPEN is the status in the fetched L&I file, not a new inspection by BlockReport. Read the notice for the cited condition and required correction, then verify the live case with L&I.

Assessment and City record timeline

Published City assessments for this house against its block and ZIP. Dated City filings are marked on the same line. Select one to read it. Assessments are tax-roll values, not sale prices or appraisals.

$0$250K$500KZIP 19128 (Roxborough) median$380K2006201020142018202220262027
Property assessmentBlock median & rangeZIP 19128 (Roxborough) medianAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationAppealInspectionLicense

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Every dated record11 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance
  2. InspectionL&I investigation
  3. InspectionL&I investigation
  4. InspectionL&I investigation
  5. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  6. L&I violationPERM Z- NEW USE
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. LicenseJesse Evans: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued
  9. Deed / saleDeed / sale $210K
  10. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

Flags: active rental license · 1 L&I violation row marked OPEN · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only. Not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

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$4,883/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $348,800 × 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 $380,300. 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 213013500
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

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

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

Where the record looks off

Conflicts in City paperwork. Flags on the data, not the property.

"Built 1900" is usually a placeholder

Philadelphia records use 1900 as a stand-in when the real construction year was never documented. Treat the age as unknown, not as 120+ years.

The property, on paper

OPA physical field record.

Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
1
Interior
1,961 sqft livable area
Lot
2,544 sqft
Basement
Full, unfinished city code C
Heat
Hot water / radiators city code B
Central air
No
Exterior condition
Average city code 4
Interior condition
Average city code 4
Quality grade
B- assessor's grade
Zoning
RSA5 city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1 Completed · Denied · 2021

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Block context

200 block of Rochelle Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 247 Rochelle Ave  ·  251 Rochelle Ave

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 25, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

These are property registrations or landlord filings, not businesses operating at this address.

Jesse EvansActive

Rental · Initial issue date Jun 21, 2019 · Filed expiration Jun 20, 2027

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 12 dated rows
  1. AppealZBA Permit Denial - Variance

    Appeal ZP-2020-005916 · Completed · Denied

    Related permit ZP-2020-005916 · PERMIT FOR THR CREATION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY PARKING SPACE ACCESS FROM THE FRONT STREET FOR AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING.

  2. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 722605 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 722605 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  4. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 722605 · FAILED

    The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  5. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 722605 · 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.

  6. ViolationPERM Z- NEW USE

    Case 722605 · Violation 211986625 · Code A-301.1/65 · OPEN

    The individual violation row was marked open in the assembled City file; verify the live notice and any later inspection.

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 722605 · 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.

  8. License issue eventJesse Evans: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 816253 · Active

    License event. Registration does not prove present operation or storefront occupancy.

  9. Recorded transfer$210K transfer

    2017

  10. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 80058 · 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.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 80058 · 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.

  12. PermitChange of Use

    Permit ZP-2020-005916 · Refused

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 26, 2026, 9:11 PM 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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