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ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC. - NOTED: LABEL AND NUMBER ALL SERVICE DISCONNECTS."},{"number":"ZP-2022-004371","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2022-11-29","scope":null}],"storyTag":"Renovated & sold on","storyDelta":1.86,"timeline":[{"y":2017,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"567653","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"NGA & JENNIFER YUEN TAM","legalName":"NGA & JENNIFER YUEN TAM","address":"1155 S 8TH ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2012-06-25","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-04","expirationDate":"2018-02-28","inactiveDate":"2018-04-29"},{"number":"775307","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"JONATHAN KIET PHUNG & VO TRAN PHUNG","legalName":"JONATHAN KIET PHUNG & VO TRAN PHUNG","address":"1155 S 8TH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":2,"issuedDate":"2018-05-03","latestIssueDate":"2025-04-21","expirationDate":"2026-05-02","inactiveDate":"2026-07-01"},{"number":"0971626","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"Mug Coffee and Clay LLC","legalName":"Mug Coffee and Clay LLC","address":"1155 S 8TH ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-02-13","latestIssueDate":"2026-01-12","expirationDate":"2027-02-12","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0971626","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"Mug Coffee and Clay LLC","legalName":"Mug Coffee and Clay LLC","issuedDate":"2025-02-13","latestIssueDate":"2026-01-12","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-02-12","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"775307","type":"Rental","businessName":"JONATHAN KIET PHUNG & VO TRAN PHUNG","legalName":"JONATHAN KIET PHUNG & VO TRAN PHUNG","issuedDate":"2018-05-03","latestIssueDate":"2025-04-21","closureDate":"2026-07-01","expirationDate":"2026-05-02","inactiveDate":"2026-07-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"567653","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"NGA & JENNIFER YUEN TAM","legalName":"NGA & JENNIFER YUEN TAM","issuedDate":"2012-06-25","latestIssueDate":"2017-04-04","closureDate":"2018-04-29","expirationDate":"2018-02-28","inactiveDate":"2018-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"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":["4 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal 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 #30689: OPEN · Granted; related permit 779232. 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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":"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":"5 failed, 3 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Nov 13, 2012.","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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"3 fire/suppression-related permits matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. 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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 8 historical violations across 3 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. 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