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COMPLETE SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT OR CLOSURE."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Party Wall Protection"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Major Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"799589","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ARDA GROUP LLC","legalName":"ARDA GROUP LLC","address":"3051 N 5TH ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2019-01-15","latestIssueDate":"2019-01-15","expirationDate":"2020-01-14","inactiveDate":"2020-03-14"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"799589","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"ARDA GROUP LLC","legalName":"ARDA GROUP LLC","issuedDate":"2019-01-15","latestIssueDate":"2019-01-15","closureDate":"2020-03-14","expirationDate":"2020-01-14","inactiveDate":"2020-03-14","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023, 2024"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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. 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