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INSTALL ONE 60000 BTU 92% GAS FURNACE AND ONE 2.5 TON 14 SEER A/C UNIT AND ALL DUCTWORK AND A CONDENSER MOUNTED ON A PAD IN THE REAR YARD. *THIS PERMIT PARTIALLY RESOLVES CASE #690762 FOR MECHANICAL ALTERATIONS W/O PERMITS*"},{"number":"1004622","date":"2019-08-22","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-03-12","scope":"INSTALL 13 LIGHTS RUN 3 DEDICATED CIRCUITS INSTALL 8 OUTLETS AS PER 2014"},{"number":"1019539","date":"2019-10-16","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-03-12","scope":"INSTALL 7 FIXTURES AS PER 2004 PPC"}],"storyTag":"Renovated & sold on","storyDelta":1.02,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"sale","p":123750},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"8 L&I violations"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2020,"k":"sale","p":249900}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 142% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $118,700 to $286,900","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Oct 31, 2019.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. 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