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THE EQUIPMENT PLATFORM IS TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE EXISTING FENCED COMPOUND AS PER PLANS."},{"number":"137718","date":"2008-03-11","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2008-05-29","scope":"AMEND PERMIT #129571 TO INCLUDE CONTRACTOR"},{"number":"141517","date":"2008-03-28","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2009-01-15","scope":"INSTALL A 200 AMP SERVICE FROM UTILITY POLES TO EQUIPMENT PLATFORM, PER 2005 NEC (SOUTH DIST)"},{"number":"139733","date":"2008-04-10","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2008-04-10","scope":"WIRELESS SERVICE AS PART OF AN EXISTING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY."},{"number":"468838","date":"2014-01-17","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-04-15","scope":"INSTALL ONLY 1-80KW 1P 120/240V GENERATOR, 1-200AMP ATS SWITCH & 1-800AMP DISTRIBUTION PANEL (CELL SITE)"},{"number":"944110","date":"2019-02-27","work":"Foundation","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2021-07-13","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HELICAL PILES FOR THE FOUNDATION REINFORCEMENT FOR THE EXISTING ONE-STORY DETACHED STRUCTURE ONSITE."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Foundation"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 98% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $692,000 to $1,368,500","no permit shown in 2024-2026"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #37420: 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. 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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/"}],"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. 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