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ELECT. WORK CONSISTS OF REPLACING THE EXISTING EMERGENCY GENERATOR AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. NEW LIGHTING WILL BE INSTALLED IN NEW GENERATOR ROOM. FIRE ALARM WORK CONSISTS OF RELOCATION ONLY OF EXISTING DEVICES. NO NEW DEVICES REQUIRED.AS PER 2005 NEC"},{"number":"186326","date":"2008-11-20","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-04-25","scope":"FURNISH & INSTALL NEW 400AMP PANEL, FEEDER AND DISCONNECT. NO FIRE ALARM AS PER 2005 NEC (NORTH DISTRICT)"},{"number":"307734","date":"2010-10-22","work":"Alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-12-08","scope":"RE-ROOF TO EPDM .075 FULLY ADHERED."},{"number":"CP-2025-004154","date":"2025-11-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AS A PART OF SWITCHGEAR UPGRADES IN AN EXISTING BUILDING PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"EP-2025-010970","date":"2025-11-25","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Demo various electrical equipment .Install new service entrance switchboard, install new utility transformer and service, install new fire pump transfer switch & run MI cable to existing fire pump . ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC & IEBC . **NO FIRE ALARM ON THIS PERMIT**"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2007,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2008,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2010,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"541602","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION","legalName":"VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION","address":"1500-06 N 16TH ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-10-19","latestIssueDate":"2011-10-19","expirationDate":"2012-07-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"541602","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION","legalName":"VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION","issuedDate":"2011-10-19","latestIssueDate":"2011-10-19","closureDate":"2012-07-31","expirationDate":"2012-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: CP-2025-004154 (Issued), EP-2025-010970 (Issued).","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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Mar 1, 2023; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Mar 3, 2026","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Dumpster License - Private Property #541602: Inactive","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":"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/"}],"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/"}]}