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FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INTERIOR PARTITIONS, STOREFRONT SYSTEM, STAIRS, PLUMBING FIXTURES, LIGHTING, FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND NEW FINISHES AS PER APPROVED PLANS. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK** *L.O OF MAXIMUM 80 PERSONS AS PER BBS VARIANCE, CASE # 24904*"},{"number":"614362","date":"2015-06-02","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-25","scope":"RELOCATE MAIN AND LOWER (6) HEADS."},{"number":"632904","date":"2015-09-03","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-08","scope":"PLUMBING ALTERATIONS IN THE BASEMENT AND 1ST FLOOR FOR A SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT - INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS, PHILA PLUMBING CODE 2004 TABLES P-811.2 & P-904.7 AND BACKFLOW ISOLATION DEVICES WILL COMPLY WITH TABLE 608.1 OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE 2009"},{"number":"634051","date":"2015-09-11","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-16","scope":"INSTALLATION OF HVAC AND RELATED DUCTWORK, REGISTERS/GRILLES AS PER PLANS."},{"number":"640713","date":"2015-10-27","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-11-15","scope":"INSTALL BRANCH CIRCUIT WIRING FOR POWER AND LIGHTING.INSTALL FIXTURES AND BRANCH CIRCUIT WIRING FOR KITCHEN EQUIPMENT PER 2008 NEC (RESTAURANT)"},{"number":"653338","date":"2015-11-24","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-12-24","scope":"SHELTER PLATFORM PERMIT- ERECTION OF A SIDEWALK SHELTER PLATFORM AS PER ENGINEERED PLANS. STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK CLOSURE PRIOR TO THE START OF WORK."},{"number":"652428","date":"2015-11-30","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-08","scope":"INSTALLATION OF TYPE 1 HOOD SYSTEMS (2) SIZES AND SECTIONS AS SHOWN ON PLANS, WITH ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK, FIRE WRAP INSULATION, EXHAUST AND SUPPLY AND FANS. SEE PRIOR MECHANICAL APPROVAL AP634051 FOR FANS, ADDITIONAL INSTALLATIONS. ADDITIONAL ANSUL FIRE SYSTEM PERMITS REQUIRED."},{"number":"658401","date":"2015-12-15","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-11","scope":"EZ STANDARD KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION- FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW WET CHEMICAL KITCHEN HOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS."},{"number":"657025","date":"2016-02-08","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-08","scope":"INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY ILLUMINATED FLAT WALL SIGN WITH 6'7\"L X 1'3\"H, ALL EXISTING WILL BE REMOVED,"},{"number":"670558","date":"2016-02-18","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-19","scope":"T C O FOR SIT DOWN RESTURANT, BASEMENT AND 1ST FLOOR.(PARENT PERMIT #593409)"},{"number":"670630","date":"2016-02-18","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-25","scope":"LOWER 20 HEADS ON 1ST FLOOR TO MEET NEW CEILING ELEVATIONSEZ PERMIT* SPRINKLER RELOCATION (NFPA 13)- FOR THE RELOCATION OF SPRINKLER HEADS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS."},{"number":"680549","date":"2016-04-13","work":"Sign","type":"BP_SIGN","description":"SIGN PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-04-14","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE ILLUMINATED FLAT WALL SIGN PER SUBMITTED PLAN. SEPARATE PERMIT FOR ELECTRIC MAY BE REQUIRED."},{"number":"670959","date":"2016-07-08","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-10-14","scope":"REPLACE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN RESTAURANT AS PER NFPA-72. (CC DISTRICT)"},{"number":"633742","date":"2016-09-08","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-09-08","scope":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT FOR A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR 90 DAYS. ALTERATION PERMIT #498949. EXTENSION OF TEMP CO #548277 AMEND EXISTING PERMIT AP 498949 AND 550279 FOR TCO. NO WORK ON THIS PERMIT"},{"number":"790945","date":"2017-06-12","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-12-27","scope":"TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY"},{"number":"933905","date":"2018-12-10","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"CLOSED","completedDate":null,"scope":"TEMP. CERT. OF OCCUPANCY"},{"number":"PP-2025-006586","date":"2025-05-23","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-11","scope":"Interior main drain one section"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2016,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2016,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 5 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"209393","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"HIDEO OMOVI (H & Y OMORI INC)","legalName":"HIDEO OMOVI","address":"1720 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2008-04-28","expirationDate":"2009-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"687354","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"SUGA LLC","legalName":"SUGA LLC","address":"1720 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2016-01-26","latestIssueDate":"2016-01-26","expirationDate":"2016-03-01","inactiveDate":"2016-04-30"},{"number":"691816","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"SUGA LLC","legalName":"SUGA LLC","address":"1720 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2016-02-22","latestIssueDate":"2019-02-07","expirationDate":"2020-02-01","inactiveDate":"2020-04-01"},{"number":"742241","type":"Vendor - Center City Vendor","status":"Revoked","businessName":"SUGA LLC","legalName":"SUGA LLC","address":"1720 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3287","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2017-06-14","latestIssueDate":"2017-06-14","expirationDate":"2018-06-13","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"811481","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"1720 SANSOM STREET LP","legalName":" 1720 SANSOM STREET LP ","address":"1720 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":3,"issuedDate":"2019-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2026-04-10","expirationDate":"2027-05-05","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"871043","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"DNT Hospitality, Inc. (General Tsao's House)","legalName":"DNT Hospitality, Inc.","address":"1720 SANSOM ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2021-06-16","latestIssueDate":"2024-05-06","expirationDate":"2025-06-15","inactiveDate":"2025-08-14"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"871043","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"DNT Hospitality, Inc. (General Tsao's House)","legalName":"DNT Hospitality, Inc.","issuedDate":"2021-06-16","latestIssueDate":"2024-05-06","closureDate":"2025-08-14","expirationDate":"2025-06-15","inactiveDate":"2025-08-14","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"811481","type":"Rental","businessName":"1720 SANSOM STREET LP","legalName":" 1720 SANSOM STREET LP ","issuedDate":"2019-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2026-04-10","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-05-05","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"742241","type":"Vendor - Center City Vendor","businessName":"SUGA LLC","legalName":"SUGA LLC","issuedDate":"2017-06-14","latestIssueDate":"2017-06-14","closureDate":"2018-06-13","expirationDate":"2018-06-13","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Revoked","statusLabel":"Revoked","active":false},{"number":"691816","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"SUGA LLC","legalName":"SUGA LLC","issuedDate":"2016-02-22","latestIssueDate":"2019-02-07","closureDate":"2020-04-01","expirationDate":"2020-02-01","inactiveDate":"2020-04-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"687354","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"SUGA LLC","legalName":"SUGA LLC","issuedDate":"2016-01-26","latestIssueDate":"2016-01-26","closureDate":"2016-04-30","expirationDate":"2016-03-01","inactiveDate":"2016-04-30","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"209393","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"HIDEO OMOVI (H & Y OMORI INC)","legalName":"HIDEO OMOVI","issuedDate":"2004-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2008-04-28","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2009-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","units":3,"signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Jan 20, 2027; Sprinkler Certification: Deficient; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jan 30, 2027","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #487206: COMPLETED.","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: 933905 (CLOSED).","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":"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 (1409 E BUTLER PIKE, AMBLER PA, 19002).","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":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1920 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. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"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 PASSED on Apr 8, 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 Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #209393: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Dumpster License - Public ROW #687354: Inactive since Apr 30, 2016; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #691816: Inactive since Apr 1, 2020; Vendor - Center City Vendor #742241: Revoked","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 17 historical violations across 9 cases.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"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/"}]}