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INSTALL ONE 100 AMP SUBPANELS FOR HOUSE, ONE 200 AMP SUBPANEL FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE AND FOUR 125 AMP SUBPANELS FOR DWELLING UNITS. INSTALL WIRING, LIGHTING, SWITCHES AND RECEPTACLE OUTLETS. INSTALL INTERCONNECTED SMOKE AND CO ALARMS ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC. INSTALL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE 2016 NFPA 72 AND PER PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2025-001403","date":"2025-10-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Amendment Application Incomplete","completedDate":null,"scope":"LEVEL II ALTERATIONS AND VERTICAL ADDITION TO CREATE A FOUR (4) STORY BUILDING FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT (FOUR (4) TOTAL DWELLING UNITS AND COMMERCIAL SPACE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PERMIT CP-2024-004328) AS PER APPROVED PLANS AND BBS VARIANCE NO. MI-2025-006475. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13 AND INCLUDE STANDPIPES PER NFPA 14. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"FP-2026-000259","date":"2026-03-30","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. INSTALLATION TO INCLUDE 2\" FIRE SERVICE LINE AND 2.5\" DC COLT 200 BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY AS PER APPROVED PLANS.**STANDPIPE SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 14 TO BE INSTALLED **ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.**"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":0.63,"timeline":[{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Party Wall Protection"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Excavation"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal approved"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"200085","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","status":"Inactive","businessName":"KI HYUN BAIK (BAIK'S COLUMBIA SUPER MARKET)","legalName":"KI HYUN BAIK","address":"1628 CECIL B MOORE AVE","revenueCode":"3118","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2001-06-07","latestIssueDate":"2001-06-07","expirationDate":"2002-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"206898","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CHUS EZ FOOD MARKET","legalName":"CHUS EZ FOOD MARKET","address":"1628 CECIL B MOORE AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-04-29","latestIssueDate":"2009-04-22","expirationDate":"2010-04-30","inactiveDate":"2010-11-16"},{"number":"519561","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","status":"Inactive","businessName":"KI HYUN BAIK","legalName":"KI HYUN BAIK","address":"1628 CECIL B MOORE AVE","revenueCode":"3118","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2010-11-16","latestIssueDate":"2015-05-01","expirationDate":"2016-04-30","inactiveDate":"2016-06-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"519561","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"KI HYUN BAIK","legalName":"KI HYUN BAIK","issuedDate":"2010-11-16","latestIssueDate":"2015-05-01","closureDate":"2016-06-29","expirationDate":"2016-04-30","inactiveDate":"2016-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"206898","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"CHUS EZ FOOD MARKET","legalName":"CHUS EZ FOOD MARKET","issuedDate":"2004-04-29","latestIssueDate":"2009-04-22","closureDate":"2010-11-16","expirationDate":"2010-04-30","inactiveDate":"2010-11-16","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"200085","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"KI HYUN BAIK (BAIK'S COLUMBIA SUPER MARKET)","legalName":"KI HYUN BAIK","issuedDate":"2001-06-07","latestIssueDate":"2001-06-07","closureDate":"2002-04-30","expirationDate":"2002-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","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":["11 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 #27754: CLOSED · Denied; related permit 684062. Use permit #272113: 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":"7 permits not marked completed: CP-2024-004328 (Issued), FP-2025-000348 (Amendment Applicant Revisions), PP-2025-001687 (Issued), MP-2025-001567 (Issued), SP-2024-001410 (Issued).","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-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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"5 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. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location #200085: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #206898: Inactive since Nov 16, 2010; Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location #519561: Inactive since Jun 29, 2016","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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 2 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/"}]}