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DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS."},{"number":"ZP-2021-004610","date":null,"work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2022-06-07","scope":null}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 5 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal denied"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"201380","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"SPIDER KELLYS SOUTH INC","legalName":"SPIDER KELLYS SOUTH INC","address":"6101 HARLEY AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-07-31","latestIssueDate":"2012-04-24","expirationDate":"2013-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"699110","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"LUCKY 2U LLC","legalName":"LUCKY 2U LLC","address":"6101 HARLEY AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2016-04-13","latestIssueDate":"2024-03-26","expirationDate":"2025-04-12","inactiveDate":"2025-06-11"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"699110","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"LUCKY 2U LLC","legalName":"LUCKY 2U LLC","issuedDate":"2016-04-13","latestIssueDate":"2024-03-26","closureDate":"2025-06-11","expirationDate":"2025-04-12","inactiveDate":"2025-06-11","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"201380","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"SPIDER KELLYS SOUTH INC","legalName":"SPIDER KELLYS SOUTH INC","issuedDate":"2004-07-31","latestIssueDate":"2012-04-24","closureDate":"2013-04-30","expirationDate":"2013-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","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":["2 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as mixed-use; no active Rental License row matched.","why":"A multi-unit or mixed-use classification does not prove that space is currently rented. 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