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Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. 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":"DP-2024-000073","date":"2024-03-01","work":"Minor Demolition","type":"Demolition","description":"Demolition Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-05-22","scope":"FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING ONE (1) STORY MASONRY STRUCTURE.STRUCTURE TO BE DEMOLISHED BY HAND ONLY. PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE START OF WORK AND TO BE MAINTAINED DURING ALL DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. 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Size and location as shown on plans. **Mixed Income Housing Bonus (Low Income) per Section 14-702(7)(c) applied for structure height increase.**"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2017,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Party Wall Protection"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["5 permit events since 2023","demolition activity since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 179% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $30,400 to $84,900","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":"4 permits not marked completed: PP-2020-002419 (Expired), PP-2024-000352 (Expired), GM-2024-000476 (Expired), DP-2024-000073 (Expired). 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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":"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.","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 2 historical violations across 2 cases.","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. 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