{"asOf":"2026-07-28T23:02:00.878Z","block":"6100-6199 RIDGE AVE","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/6100-6199-ridge-ave","address":"6100 RIDGE AVE","parcelNumber":"871000389","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=871000389","ownerType":"investor","kind":"mixed-use","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"AA0","buildingCodeNew":"821","buildingClass":"STORE 1 STY MASONRY","buildingClassNew":"ROW MIXED-COM/RES-BLT AS COM","useLabel":"Store","owner":"RIDGEBACK ASSOCIATES LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":493700,"landAssessment":98700,"improvementAssessment":395000,"livableArea":2698,"yearBuilt":1980,"lastSale":{"price":265000,"date":"2022-06-23T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.033439669676085,"lng":-75.21541577252121,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.215448019,40.033377771],[-75.215501669,40.033425298],[-75.215386664,40.033502358],[-75.21532932,40.03345159],[-75.215448019,40.033377771]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2024-022764","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-08-12","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2025-08-12","buildingId":"1135691"},{"number":"BC-2025-029979","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-07-28","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2026-07-28","buildingId":"1135691"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19128","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":3,"lotArea":1008,"zoning":"CMX2.5","grade":"B+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"2","intCond":"2","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"5 W 5TH ST, BRIDGEPORT PA, 19405","mailOut":true,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":3,"abated":true,"assessmentExemption":true,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2026,"v":476000,"taxable":218900,"land":95200,"improvement":380800,"taxableLand":95200,"taxableImprovement":123700,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":257100},{"y":2027,"v":493700,"taxable":227013,"land":98700,"improvement":395000,"taxableLand":98700,"taxableImprovement":128313,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":266687}],"taxNow":3064,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"GM-2022-010787","date":"2022-12-13","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-01-18","scope":"For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"ZP-2022-009881","date":"2023-01-17","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-23","scope":"ERECTION OF VERTICAL ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS PER APPROVED PLAN. CITY PLANNING APPROVAL FOR FACADE CONTROL IS REQUIRED BEFORE BUILDING PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED. AMEND ORGINAL PERMIT WITH RESIZE AND RELOCATION OF PROPOSED ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE. ERECTION OF ACCESSIBLE RAMP AS PER APPROVED PLAN."},{"number":"CP-2023-001333","date":"2023-06-28","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-05","scope":"FOR LEVEL III ALTERATIONS, ADDITION AND CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY PER APPROVED PLANS. BUIDLING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED WITH NFPA 13 AND 13R. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION."},{"number":"FP-2023-002075","date":"2023-09-19","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-11-08","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM DESIGNED PER NFPA 13 AT THE GROUND FLOOR AND BASEMENT LEVEL WITH A NFPA 13R SYSTEM ABOVE. FOR A 2 INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE AND SPRINKLER LAYOUT AS PER PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2023-008630","date":"2023-10-07","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-22","scope":"Install: 400-amp single phase service with 4 gang meter bank and (4)panel.125 MCB PANELS IN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, wire lights switch receptacles exit and emergency light and 240 v outlets ,110V interconnected smoke alarms, fire alarm system. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72. AMENDMENT: Move service to new electrical rm. and install emergency lighting in rm."},{"number":"PP-2023-013844","date":"2023-10-19","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-09-06","scope":"6100 RIDGE AVE PP-2023-013844 CP-2023-001333 EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR PLUMBING FOR A MIXED USE MULTI-FAMILY ADDITION WITH 3-STORIES (2 NEW), 1 COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND 2 RESIDENTIAL UNITS INSTALLATION OF ONE 1\" DOMESTIC COLD WATER DISTRIBUTION LINE, 1 HOUSE DRAIN, CURB-TRAP, AND FRESH AIR INLET FOR STORM DRAINAGE, AND 1 HOUSE DRAIN, CURB-TRAP, AND FRESH AIR INLET FOR SANITARY DRAINAGE SANITARY WASTE AND DOMESTIC HOT AND COLD WATER LINES TO 5 WATER CLOSETS, 2 SHOWERS, 2 BATHTUB, 5 LAVATORY SINKS, 2 KITCHEN SINKS, 2 LAUNDRY BOXES, 2 FLOOR DRAINS, 3 HOT WATER HEATERS, 1 SUMP PUMP, AND ONE 1\" BACKFLOW PREVENTION VALVE THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2018"},{"number":"MP-2023-003912","date":"2023-11-09","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-05","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REGISTERS, DIFFUSERS, AND APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"ZP-2024-008592","date":"2025-04-29","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-04","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO(2) SINGLE-FACED NON-ILLUMINATED FLAT WALL SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN."},{"number":"GP-2025-004344","date":"2025-05-28","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-04","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) SINGLE-FACED, NON-ILLUMINATED, ACCESSORY FLAT WALL SIGNS PER APPROVED PLANS."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":1.21,"timeline":[{"y":2000,"k":"sale","p":120000},{"y":2020,"k":"sale","p":185000},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":265000},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"735265","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #1","legalName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #1","address":"6100 RIDGE AVE","revenueCode":"3112","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2017-04-13","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-13","expirationDate":"2017-04-22","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"735275","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #2 & 3","legalName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #2 & 3","address":"6100 RIDGE AVE","revenueCode":"3112","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2017-04-13","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-13","expirationDate":"2017-04-22","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0995224","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"RIDGEBACK ASSOCIATES LLC","legalName":"RIDGEBACK ASSOCIATES LLC ","address":"6100 RIDGE AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2025-12-09","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-09","expirationDate":"2026-12-08","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0995240","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #2 & 3","legalName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #2 & 3","address":"6100 RIDGE AVE","revenueCode":"3112","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-12-09","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-09","expirationDate":"2025-12-06","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0995224","type":"Rental","businessName":"RIDGEBACK ASSOCIATES LLC","legalName":"RIDGEBACK ASSOCIATES LLC ","issuedDate":"2025-12-09","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-09","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-12-08","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"735265","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event)","businessName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #1","legalName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #1","issuedDate":"2017-04-13","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-13","closureDate":"2017-04-22","expirationDate":"2017-04-22","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"0995240","type":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event)","businessName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #2 & 3","legalName":"ROXBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORP #2 & 3","issuedDate":"2017-04-13","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-09","closureDate":"2025-12-06","expirationDate":"2025-12-06","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","units":2,"signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 9 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2022","permit activity in 2022, 2023, 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"The record identifies more than one dwelling/use.","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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jul 28, 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":"mixed-use","level":"verify","title":"Residential and business space run on separate compliance tracks","finding":"OPA classifies this parcel as mixed-use.","why":"The zoning/use and occupancy file must cover the actual residential and commercial spaces. Dwelling units can require Rental Licenses and lead compliance; the operator can separately need an Activity License and sector license; installed fire systems can require annual certification.","action":"Match every dwelling and business use to the zoning permit, CO, current operator licenses, and life-safety filings.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"rental-license","level":"verify","title":"A rental license does not transfer with the deed","finding":"1 active Rental License record matched.","why":"If dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.","action":"Plan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"managing-agent","level":"verify","title":"Tax mail goes outside Philadelphia; owner residence still needs verification","finding":"OPA mails the property tax record outside Philadelphia (5 W 5TH ST, BRIDGEPORT PA, 19405).","why":"A tax mailing destination does not establish where the owner lives. If a rental owner lives outside Philadelphia, the City requires a managing agent with a Philadelphia mailing address; the owner remains legally responsible.","action":"Verify the buyer’s residence and, if the buyer will live outside Philadelphia, identify the Philadelphia managing agent on the new license application.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event) #735265: Inactive; Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event) #735275: Inactive; Food Estab, Retail Non-Permanent Location (Event) #0995240: 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":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use. 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/"}]}