Mixed-use property report

4227 Germantown Ave

2,877 sqftCMX2built 1950

Property at a glanceApartment building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$155K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$167K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Hunting Park · Nicetown–Tioga Approximate · based on ZIP 19140
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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 $166,800. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$125K$250K$167K2003200720112015201920232027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspectionLicense

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 record18 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $115K
  2. LicenseLEON WILLIAMS: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive
  3. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  4. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  5. L&I violationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE WINDOWS
  6. L&I violationELECTRICAL -RECEPTACLES
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  9. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  10. L&I violationINT S-HANDRAIL REPAIR
  11. L&I violationINT-BATHRM TOILET REPAIR-RES
  12. L&I violationEXT S-DOOR WEATHERTIGHT
  13. L&I violationFIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS
  14. L&I violationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD
  15. L&I violationANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM
  16. L&I violationINT S-CEILING REPAIR/MAINT SAN
  17. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  18. LicenseLEON WILLIAMS: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

Verify the public record

$768/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $54,900 × 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 $166,800. 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 871519730
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Exemption classificationHomestead exemption

2026 OPA removes $100,000 from the taxable assessment through the owner-occupant exemption.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$3,873.27 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$3,026.36 principal$158.89 interest$181.58 penalty$506.44 other charges
1year recorded 2021tax period 2022-01-04last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $233,000 total assessment, $233,000 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

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

Property report

Mixed-use property

Apartment building, recorded in the City's mixed-use category. The public record and owner trail follow.

$4K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot

What it is
Apartment building Str/Off+Apt 3 Sty Masonry
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$58 assessed value ÷ interior sqft
Corridor
Germantown/Staub-St. Paul city commercial corridor
Interior area
2,877 sqft
Lot size
1,462 sqft
Built
1950
Zoning
CMX2

Block context

4200 block of Germantown Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 4225 Germantown Ave  ·  4229 Germantown 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 28, 2026.

Landlord and residential filings

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

LEON WILLIAMSInactive

Rental · Initial issue date Mar 24, 2003 · Terminal license date Apr 29, 2019

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 18 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$115K transfer

    2020

  2. License terminal eventLEON WILLIAMS: Rental landlord or residential registration marked inactive

    License 255095 · Inactive

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

  3. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 636630 · 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.

  4. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 636630 · 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. ViolationEXTERIOR STRUCTURE WINDOWS

    Case 636630 · Violation 4719482 · Code PM15-304.13 · COMPLIED

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

  6. ViolationELECTRICAL -RECEPTACLES

    Case 636630 · Violation 4719483 · Code PM15-605.2 · COMPLIED

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

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 636630 · 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. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 373400 · 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.

  9. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 373400 · 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.

  10. ViolationINT S-HANDRAIL REPAIR

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806860 · Code PM-305.2/3 · COMPLIED

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

  11. ViolationINT-BATHRM TOILET REPAIR-RES

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806862 · Code PM-405.3/19 · COMPLIED

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

  12. ViolationEXT S-DOOR WEATHERTIGHT

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806859 · Code PM-304.8/15 · COMPLIED

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

  13. ViolationFIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806856 · Code FC-907.4/4 · COMPLIED

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

  14. ViolationLICENSE-RES SFD/2FD

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806858 · Code PM-102.3/1 · COMPLIED

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

  15. ViolationANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806857 · Code FC-915.1/3 · COMPLIED

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

  16. ViolationINT S-CEILING REPAIR/MAINT SAN

    Case 373400 · Violation 2806861 · Code PM-305.3/3 · COMPLIED

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

  17. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 373400 · 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.

  18. License issue eventLEON WILLIAMS: Rental landlord or residential registration initially issued

    License 255095 · Inactive

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 29, 2026, 8:40 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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