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ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72."},{"number":"ZP-2025-006948","date":"2025-07-25","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Child Care - Child Care Center"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"7 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"213466","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"YEI GBATU G BROWN","legalName":"YEI GBATU G BROWN","address":"4918-20 BALTIMORE AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2003-05-30","latestIssueDate":"2022-01-31","expirationDate":"2022-02-28","inactiveDate":"2022-04-29"},{"number":"601085","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MUSA SILLAH (A. MUSA SILLAH INTERNATIONAL)","legalName":"MUSA SILLAH","address":"4918-20 BALTIMORE AVE","revenueCode":"3118","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-07-30","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-30","expirationDate":"2014-04-30","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"601085","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"MUSA SILLAH (A. MUSA SILLAH INTERNATIONAL)","legalName":"MUSA SILLAH","issuedDate":"2013-07-30","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-30","closureDate":"2014-04-30","expirationDate":"2014-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"213466","type":"Rental","businessName":"YEI GBATU G BROWN","legalName":"YEI GBATU G BROWN","issuedDate":"2003-05-30","latestIssueDate":"2022-01-31","closureDate":"2022-04-29","expirationDate":"2022-02-28","inactiveDate":"2022-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"strong","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.","evidence":["3 open L&I violations","$960 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2023, 2024, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["6 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #23697: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 551564. Use permit #365817: COMPLETED. The history also contains “PERM Z- NEW 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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: GP-2021-004579 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. 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":"3 open L&I violations","finding":"24 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 Alarm Certification: Certified through Feb 5, 2025; Fire Escape Report: Safe through Apr 3, 2029","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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$960.33 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2020–2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"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-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. If dwelling space is rented, Philadelphia generally requires a current Rental License and related occupancy, tax, violation, and lead compliance.","action":"Confirm actual occupancy first; if any unit is rented, verify the license and legal unit count with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"17 failed, 10 passed, and 4 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jul 9, 2026.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. 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 Establishment, Retail Permanent Location #601085: 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":"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/"}]}