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BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"746678","date":"2017-01-10","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-27","scope":"INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE NON LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS, NEW ACOUSTICAL CEILLING, FLOORING, UPGRADES TO FINISHS, AND FIXTURES. ** ALL WORK SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS** SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY MEP AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK."},{"number":"748547","date":"2017-01-10","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-28","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DUCTWORK AND REGISTERS/DIFFUSER AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ANY ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK."},{"number":"749535","date":"2017-01-12","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-22","scope":"RELOCATE (21) EXISTING SPRINLER HEADS. (COMMERCIAL)"},{"number":"745318","date":"2017-01-18","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-22","scope":"FOR MECHANICAL WORK TO SPACE #127 TO INCLUDE (3) VAV BOXES, (3) EXHAUST FANS, NEW REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK, AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"745761","date":"2017-01-19","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-10-27","scope":"FIT-OUT OF LOWER LEVEL EXHIBIT SPACE IN A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING. NEW WORK INCLUDES MODIFICATIONS TO NON-LOAD BEARING PARTITIONS, NEW FINISHES, AND FIXTURES THROUGHOUT AS PER PLANS."},{"number":"745317","date":"2017-01-27","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-22","scope":"NEW CONSTRUCTION:INTERIOR PLUMBING; FIT-OUT OF SHELL SPACE 127 WITHIN A NEW MUSEUM FOR A NEW TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT/CAFE - THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS AND THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004"},{"number":"754681","date":"2017-01-27","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-28","scope":"EZ PERMIT SPRINKLER RELOCATION (NFPA 13)- FOR THE RELOCATION OF SPRINKLER HEADS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS."},{"number":"744731","date":"2017-02-21","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-14","scope":"INSTALL NEW LIGHT FIXTURES THROUGHOUT CAFE AREA.INSTALL NEW BRANCH CIRCUITS AND RECEPTACLES IN KITCHEN AREA AND DINING AREA OF CAFE PER 2008 NEC (MUSEUM)INSTALL NEW FIRE ALARM DEVICES IN KITCHEN AND DINING AREA PER NFPA 72"},{"number":"762641","date":"2017-02-28","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-10-27","scope":"EZ PERMIT SPRINKLER RELOCATION (NFPA 13)- FOR THE RELOCATION OF 7 SPRINKLER HEADS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS."},{"number":"753596","date":"2017-02-28","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-27","scope":"INSTALL WIRING FOR FIXTURES & RECEPTACLES FROM EXISTING LSHOP PANEL AS PER NEC 2008 CC DISTRICT"},{"number":"24726","date":"2017-03-31","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-31","scope":"4/5/17 ERECT ASSEMBLY TENTS 40X250, (2)30X15, 20X80, 9X55"},{"number":"24853","date":"2017-05-11","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-05-11","scope":"5/10/17 ERECT ASSEMBLY TENT 12X100"},{"number":"758669","date":"2017-05-30","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-10-27","scope":"LIGHTING FIXTURES AND POWER FOR TOUCH SCREENS IN AN EXHIBIT SPACE IN THE BASEMENT AS PER 2008 NEC (CC DISTRICT)"},{"number":"PP-2024-009062","date":"2024-07-01","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-10-03","scope":"MAIN DRAIN"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"736792","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"32 FOOD FARM LLC","legalName":"32 FOOD FARM LLC","address":"101 S 3RD ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2017-04-27","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-27","expirationDate":"2018-04-26","inactiveDate":"2018-06-25"},{"number":"773539","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"OVATIONS FOOD SERVICES LP","legalName":"OVATIONS FOOD SERVICES LP ","address":"101 S 3RD ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-04-19","latestIssueDate":"2024-04-26","expirationDate":"2025-04-18","inactiveDate":"2025-06-17"},{"number":"785770","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","status":"Active","businessName":"Event Network, LLC (Museum of the American Revolution Gift Shop)","legalName":"Event Network, LLC","address":"101 S 3RD ST","revenueCode":"3118","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-08-10","latestIssueDate":"2026-07-16","expirationDate":"2027-08-09","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"1001244","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Active","businessName":"Feast Your Eyes, Inc. (Feast Your Eyes Catering)","legalName":"Feast Your Eyes, Inc.","address":"101 S 3RD ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2026-03-06","latestIssueDate":"2026-03-06","expirationDate":"2027-03-05","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"1001244","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"Feast Your Eyes, Inc. (Feast Your Eyes Catering)","legalName":"Feast Your Eyes, Inc.","issuedDate":"2026-03-06","latestIssueDate":"2026-03-06","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-03-05","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"785770","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"Event Network, LLC (Museum of the American Revolution Gift Shop)","legalName":"Event Network, LLC","issuedDate":"2018-08-10","latestIssueDate":"2026-07-16","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-08-09","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"773539","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"OVATIONS FOOD SERVICES LP","legalName":"OVATIONS FOOD SERVICES LP ","issuedDate":"2018-04-19","latestIssueDate":"2024-04-26","closureDate":"2025-06-17","expirationDate":"2025-04-18","inactiveDate":"2025-06-17","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"736792","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"32 FOOD FARM LLC","legalName":"32 FOOD FARM LLC","issuedDate":"2017-04-27","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-27","closureDate":"2018-06-25","expirationDate":"2018-04-26","inactiveDate":"2018-06-25","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Aug 14, 2026; Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Mar 17, 2026; Sprinkler Certification: Deficient; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Feb 26, 2026; Damper Certification: Certified through Mar 23, 2027","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #19012: CLOSED · Granted with conditions; related permit 422782. Use permit #299104: 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: 702382 (Expired), 470044 (CLOSED). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"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 Apr 1, 2016.","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 #736792: Inactive since Jun 25, 2018; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #773539: Inactive since Jun 17, 2025","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":"full-tax-exemption","level":"verify","title":"OPA shows a full exemption; its legal basis is unverified","finding":"OPA currently marks the land and building assessment fully tax-exempt; BlockReport does not receive the exemption determination or basis.","why":"Full OPA exemptions can have different legal bases, including government, religious, charitable/institutional, veteran, or other treatment. The current owner/use record is not a buyer’s tax forecast.","action":"Confirm the exact exemption basis, buyer eligibility, and next tax-year treatment directly with OPA.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-property-assessment/tax-exemptions-and-abatements/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"},{"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/"}]}