Industrial property report

4942 National St

2,070 sqftICMXbuilt 1950

Property at a glanceIndustrial building

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$155K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$176K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
Tacony · Wissinoming Approximate · based on ZIP 19135
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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 $175,900. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

$0$100K$200K$176K2005200920132017202120252027
Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleInspectionLicense

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 record8 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $133K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $133K
  3. LicenseSCOTT R SMITH: Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing business license marked inactive
  4. InspectionADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)
  5. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  6. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  7. InspectionBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)
  8. LicenseSCOTT R SMITH: Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing business license initially issued

Verify the public record

$2,174/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $155,300 × 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 $175,900. 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 884943100
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion

This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.

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

Property report

Industrial property

Industrial building, recorded in the City's industrial category. The public record and owner trail follow.

What it is
Industrial building Ind Warehouse Masonry+Oth
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
$ / sq ft
$85 above the $70 median for 3,574 industrial parcels citywide
Interior area
2,070 sqft
Lot size
4,200 sqft
Built
1950
Zoning
ICMX

Block context

4900 block of National St. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 4946 National St  ·  4936 National St

Business licenses at this address Latest pull

What L&I has registered at this OPA parcel, newest initial license date first.

Open the City record ↗
SCOTT R SMITHInactive

Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing · Initial issue date Jan 13, 2005 · Terminal license date Jul 24, 2012

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 7 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$133K transfer

    2015

  2. License terminal eventSCOTT R SMITH: Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing business license marked inactive

    License 283704 · Inactive

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

  3. InvestigationADMIN INSP (likely: administrative inspection)

    Case 92696 · PASSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; the title alone does not state what condition was examined. The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  4. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 92696 · CLOSED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  5. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 92696 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  6. InvestigationBC INSP (likely: building-code inspection)

    Case 92696 · FAILED

    Legacy inspection shorthand; confirm the inspection type and scope in the City case file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  7. License issue eventSCOTT R SMITH: Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing business license initially issued

    License 283704 · Inactive

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

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 26, 2026, 6:53 AM 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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