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RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO BE SPRINKLERED. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"857518","date":"2018-04-06","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-04-29","scope":"INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13R THROUGHOUT THE 2ND & 3RD FLOOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO INCLUDE 2\" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE AND 2\" WATTS LF007M1QT BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY AS PER APPROVED PLANS. 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NO OTHER EXTERIOR WORK ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"890063","date":"2018-10-03","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-03-12","scope":"TOTAL REWIRE OF 4 APARTMENTS, 4 NEW PANEL, OUTLETS, SWITHCES, LIGHTING AND NEW RISER"},{"number":"916616","date":"2018-10-23","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-04-29","scope":"INSTALL 6 WC, 6 LAVS, 2 BATH TUB, 4 SHOWERS, 4 KITCHEN SINK AND 4 LAUNDRIES, 4-DISWASHERS, 4-DISPOSAL & 4-HWH.THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004"},{"number":"PP-2021-019990","date":"2021-10-27","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-11-15","scope":"Replace curb trap and fresh air inlet"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"221712","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BRINTON HOUSING PARTNERS","legalName":"BRINTON HOUSING PARTNERS","address":"7127 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":3,"issuedDate":"2004-11-23","latestIssueDate":"2019-02-27","expirationDate":"2020-02-29","inactiveDate":"2020-04-29"},{"number":"513625","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"AMY CAKES LLC","legalName":"AMY CAKES LLC","address":"7127 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2010-09-03","latestIssueDate":"2012-11-10","expirationDate":"2013-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"607614","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"THE JUICE ROOM LLC (JUICE ROOM)","legalName":"THE JUICE ROOM LLC","address":"7127 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-10-15","latestIssueDate":"2026-05-08","expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"663283","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CHOCKADA LTD (CAROLS CORNER OF CANDY NUTS)","legalName":"CHOCKADA LTD","address":"7127 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2015-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2016-07-03","expirationDate":"2017-04-30","inactiveDate":"2017-06-29"},{"number":"839490","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"Brinton Housing Partners","legalName":"Brinton Housing Partners","address":"7127 GERMANTOWN AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":4,"issuedDate":"2020-03-09","latestIssueDate":"2026-02-26","expirationDate":"2027-03-08","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"663283","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"CHOCKADA LTD (CAROLS CORNER OF CANDY NUTS)","legalName":"CHOCKADA LTD","issuedDate":"2015-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2016-07-03","closureDate":"2017-06-29","expirationDate":"2017-04-30","inactiveDate":"2017-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"607614","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"THE JUICE ROOM LLC (JUICE ROOM)","legalName":"THE JUICE ROOM LLC","issuedDate":"2013-10-15","latestIssueDate":"2026-05-08","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"513625","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"AMY CAKES LLC","legalName":"AMY CAKES LLC","issuedDate":"2010-09-03","latestIssueDate":"2012-11-10","closureDate":"2013-04-30","expirationDate":"2013-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"839490","type":"Rental","businessName":"Brinton Housing Partners","legalName":"Brinton Housing Partners","issuedDate":"2004-11-23","latestIssueDate":"2026-02-26","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-03-08","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-30","units":4,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"5 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Escape Report: Safe with Repair through Jun 2, 2022; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Apr 16, 2027","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. 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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":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1915 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. 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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 #513625: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #663283: Inactive since Jun 29, 2017","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 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/"}]}