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PARTITION WALLS AND CEILINGS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS."},{"number":"597642","date":"2015-04-01","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-08-07","scope":"1ST FLOOR ACCESSIBLE TOILET ROOM PLUMBING ALTERATIONS"},{"number":"597376","date":"2015-04-20","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-10-29","scope":"FURNISH AND INSTALL 58 NEW LIGHTING FIXTURES,9 DIMMERS AND 2 KEY SWITCHES AS PER 2008 NEC (CC DISTRICT)"},{"number":"597127","date":"2015-04-20","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-08-07","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLTION OF THREE (3) EXHAUST FANS AND ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"599828","date":"2015-05-19","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-12-30","scope":"FIRE ALARM INSTALLATION/ALTERATION WORK THROUGHOUT - INSTALLATION OF NEW FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM PER THE APPROVED PLANS FA6439-1 THRU 9 - INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE 2008 NEC AND NFPA 72"},{"number":"597339","date":"2015-06-05","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-08-07","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING SCHOOL TO INCLUDE NEW EXTERIOR ACCESSIBLE RAMP, NEW TOILET ROOMS, INTERIOR PARTITIONS, AND INTERIOR FINISHES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION.* *NO CHANGE IN OCCUPANT LOAD.* **ABATEMENT OF ASBESTOS REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF ANY WORK**"},{"number":"840295","date":"2018-06-01","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-01-25","scope":"REMOVE SECTION OF EXISTING STAIRS APPROXIMATLY 5'X5'X6' TO ACCOMMODATE INSTALLATION OF A FREE STANDING ELEVATOR (SEPARATE APPROVAL REQUIRED FROM PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY FOR ELEVATOR INSTALLATION). REMOVE SECOND FLOOR RAILING AT ELEVATOR ENTRNACE AND REINSTALL AS GUARD WHERE STEPS WERE REMOVED. ALL WORK PER APPROVED PLANS; SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ALL ELECTRICAL WORK."},{"number":"891413","date":"2018-07-05","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-11-19","scope":"1-NEW 30AMP SINGLE PHASE CIRCUIT AND DISCONNECT FOR A FREE STANDING ELEVATOR AS PER NEC 2008 EAST DISTRICT"},{"number":"903921","date":"2018-08-31","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-09-19","scope":"AMMEND PERMIT # 840295 TO REFLECT STRUCTURAL CHANGES AS PER APPROVED PLAN"},{"number":"PP-2022-012537","date":"2022-08-29","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-10-24","scope":"INSTALL BACKFLOW DEVICE ONLY"},{"number":"ZP-2024-011569","date":"2024-11-20","work":"Lot Line Relocation","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"For the relocation of lot lines to create two lots (Parcels A and B) from two parcels (known as 2328 and 2332 E Lehigh St) with one deed (deeded 2328 E Lehigh St). Size and location per plans."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"529855","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"ST ANNES CHURCH (REV EDWARD BRADY)","legalName":"ST ANNES CHURCH","address":"2328 E LEHIGH AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-04-07","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-20","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"529855","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"ST ANNES CHURCH (REV EDWARD BRADY)","legalName":"ST ANNES CHURCH","issuedDate":"2011-04-07","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-20","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","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 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 26% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $395,000 to $496,400","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: PP-2022-012537 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","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":"1 violation row 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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Escape Report: Safe with Repair through Dec 5, 2024","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"3 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jun 3, 2025.","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":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"}],"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/"},{"title":"Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill","body":"LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.","action":"Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/payment-plans-and-assistance-programs/income-based-programs-for-residents/apply-for-the-longtime-owner-occupants-program-loop/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/tax-freeze/"},{"title":"Seller disclosure and independent inspections","body":"For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.","action":"Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/real-estate-commission"}]}