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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-2021-004694","date":null,"work":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Denied","completedDate":null,"scope":null}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2008,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2008,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2009,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"208237","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"THE REFORMED SEVENTH DAY","legalName":"THE REFORMED SEVENTH DAY","address":"1736 ELLSWORTH ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"1996-05-13","latestIssueDate":"1996-05-13","expirationDate":"1997-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"215893","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","legalName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","address":"1736 ELLSWORTH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":12,"issuedDate":"2004-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2009-10-14","expirationDate":"2010-02-28","inactiveDate":"2012-04-02"},{"number":"202508","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","legalName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","address":"1736 ELLSWORTH ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2010-10-08","expirationDate":"2011-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"215892","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","legalName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","address":"1736 ELLSWORTH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":8,"issuedDate":"2004-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2012-04-02","expirationDate":"2012-02-29","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"202508","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","legalName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","issuedDate":"2004-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2010-10-08","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2011-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"215892","type":"Rental","businessName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","legalName":"WENDELL W HOLMES","issuedDate":"2004-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2012-04-02","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2012-02-29","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"208237","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"THE REFORMED SEVENTH DAY","legalName":"THE REFORMED SEVENTH DAY","issuedDate":"1996-05-13","latestIssueDate":"1996-05-13","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"1997-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["$2,104 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #174796: COMPLETED.","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":"2 permits not marked completed: GM-2024-008427 (Expired), ZP-2021-004694 (Denied). 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A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 4 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Sep 25, 2024.","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #208237: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #202508: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"},{"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 and appears related-party/family-held.","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":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation across 1 case.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"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"}]}