Land report

842 E Chelten Ave

Property at a glanceVacant lot

Individual owner on record

2026 assessment
$26K OPA value, not a listing price
2027 published assessment
$28K Future roll, not the current tax bill
Neighborhood area
West Oak Lane Approximate · based on ZIP 19138
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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 $27,900. It is not yet the billed-year tax basis.

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Property assessmentAssessmentDeed / saleL&I violationInspection

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 record16 events · exact dates, newest first
  1. Deed / saleDeed / sale $10K
  2. Deed / saleDeed / sale $35K
  3. InspectionL&I investigation
  4. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  5. InspectionPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)
  6. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  7. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  8. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  9. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  10. L&I violationEXTERIOR AREA ACCESSORY STRUCT
  11. InspectionHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)
  12. L&I violationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI
  13. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  14. L&I violationVACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LIC
  15. L&I violationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE
  16. InspectionL_INITIAL

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$370/year estimated property tax

2026 taxable assessment $26,400 × 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 $27,900. 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 122117800
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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

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

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $18,657.88 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

1997$3,350.11 total · $760.29 principal · $1,311.50 interest · $53.22 penalty1998$2,450.36 total · $760.29 principal · $1,243.07 interest · $53.22 penalty1999$2,369.63 total · $760.29 principal · $1,174.65 interest · $53.22 penalty2000$2,288.88 total · $760.29 principal · $1,106.22 interest · $53.22 penalty2001$2,208.13 total · $760.29 principal · $1,037.79 interest · $53.22 penalty2002$2,127.40 total · $760.29 principal · $969.37 interest · $53.22 penalty2003$2,046.65 total · $760.29 principal · $900.94 interest · $53.22 penalty2004$101.29 total · $30.41 principal · $33.30 interest · $2.13 penalty2005$98.06 total · $30.41 principal · $30.56 interest · $2.13 penalty2006$94.84 total · $30.41 principal · $27.83 interest · $2.13 penalty2007$91.60 total · $30.41 principal · $25.09 interest · $2.13 penalty2008$88.37 total · $30.41 principal · $22.35 interest · $2.13 penalty2009$85.15 total · $30.41 principal · $19.62 interest · $2.13 penalty2010$81.92 total · $30.41 principal · $16.88 interest · $2.13 penalty2011$84.13 total · $33.42 principal · $15.54 interest · $2.34 penalty2012$82.79 total · $34.71 principal · $13.02 interest · $2.43 penalty2013$81.10 total · $35.96 principal · $10.25 interest · $2.52 penalty2014$336.93 total · $157.18 principal · $30.65 interest · $11.00 penalty2015$320.24 total · $157.18 principal · $16.51 interest · $11.00 penalty2016$270.30 total · $164.20 principal · $2.46 interest · $1.64 penalty

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

Land report

Vacant land

Vacant land. Deeds, ownership, zoning, and the public-source record follow.

Historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Vacant lot Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Individual owner on record Individual name redacted
Corridor
Chew and Chelten city commercial corridor
Lot size
1,911 sqft
Zoning
RM1

Block context

800 block of E Chelten Ave. Compare parcels, ownership, and public-record history.

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Next door: 840 E Chelten Ave  ·  844-46 E Chelten Ave

Business licenses at this address Latest pull

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

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No L&I business license is on record at this address in data through Jul 23, 2026.

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 16 dated rows
  1. Recorded transfer$10K transfer

    2022

  2. Recorded transfer$35K transfer

    2022

  3. InvestigationL&I investigation

    Case 618299 · PASSED

    The cited inspection visit was marked passed.

  4. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 618299 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  5. InvestigationPRECOURT (likely: pre-court compliance inspection)

    Case 618299 · FAILED

    A follow-up before or during enforcement escalation; confirm the case sequence in the City file. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  6. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 618299 · CLOSED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  7. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 618299 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  8. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 622461 · Violation 4591070 · Code PM-302.2/4 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  9. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 622461 · Violation 4591069 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  10. ViolationEXTERIOR AREA ACCESSORY STRUCT

    Case 618299 · Violation 211943766 · Code PM15-302.7 · CLOSED

    Resolution: CLOSED - WRITTEN IN ERROR City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

  11. InvestigationHCEU INSP (Housing Code Enforcement Unit inspection)

    Case 618299 · FAILED

    A legacy L&I inspection label. The unit inspected housing for property-maintenance, fire-prevention, and related code compliance; the separate status says how that visit ended. The cited inspection visit was marked failed; later rows may show follow-up or resolution.

  12. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 491385 · Violation 3636157 · Code PM-302.2/4 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  13. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 491385 · Violation 3636156 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  14. ViolationVACANT LOT KEEP CLEAN GET LIC

    Case 171683 · Violation 1061488 · Code PM-306.0/91 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  15. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 171683 · Violation 1061487 · Code CP-01 · COMPLIED

    City marked this violation complied with; check the resolution date and live case for what was accepted.

  16. InvestigationL_INITIAL

    Case 7434 · CLOSED

    City marked the record closed; open the case for the closing reason.

Unavailable when this report assembled: certifications. Unavailable does not mean no record.

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 23, 2026, 12:46 PM 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: unavailable. “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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