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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS. SIGN ACCESSORY TO MIXED-USE STRUCTURE CONTAINING VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE (SEPARATE ZONING PERMITS REQUIRED FOR USE AND ACCESSORY SIGNAGE), MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING, AND VISITOR ACCOMMODATION USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED."},{"number":"ZP-2022-011346","date":"2022-10-14","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Visitor Accommodations"},{"number":"ZP-2022-012014","date":"2022-11-30","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Medical, Dental, and Health Practitioner - Group Medical, Dental, and Health Practitioner"},{"number":"ZP-2022-014099","date":"2022-12-30","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Office - Business and Professional"},{"number":"CP-2022-007032","date":"2023-01-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-07-19","scope":"FOR LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS WITHOUT A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TO CREATE A SHELL COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH ACCESSIBLE TOILET ROOM AT THE GROUND FLOOR OF A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED. *2018 IBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR FIT-OUT AND M.E.P. / FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"EP-2023-001375","date":"2023-02-14","work":"Rough-In","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-03-20","scope":"Rough in power and lighting in walls. Rough in in wall low voltage sleeves for owners vendors. Rough in power feeder and conduit as per 2017 nec"},{"number":"ZP-2023-000587","date":"2023-03-06","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-06-22","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF THREE (3) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS BELOW THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW SILL LINE OF THE EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE. SIZES AND LOCATIONS AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION/PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2023-001373","date":"2023-03-08","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-05-09","scope":"Electrical infrastructure expansion. Lighting and controls. Receptacles Telecommunications backboxes and pathways. Extension of existing fire alarm system. Connections to mechanical equipment. Diagnostic imaging systems, ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72,2018 PHILA FIRE CODE."},{"number":"ZP-2023-011118","date":"2024-01-31","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Eating and Drinking Establishments - Take-Out Restaurant"},{"number":"CP-2024-000294","date":"2024-02-14","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-17","scope":"FOR LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS WITHOUT A CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TO CREATE A SHELL COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH ACCESSIBLE TOILET ROOM AT THE GROUND FLOOR OF A NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED. *2018 IBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR FIT-OUT AND M.E.P. / FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"EP-2024-001818","date":"2024-02-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-10","scope":"Commercial Vanilla box . Install 200 amp, 3ph feeder from meter module, install 200a, 3ph main breaker panel and 100a 3ph mlo sub panel. Install bathroom wiring. Install heater & ac circuits. Install new Fire alarm devices as per plans.2017 NEC. **FUTURE FITOUT ELECTRICAL PERMITS REQ'D**"},{"number":"PP-2024-003256","date":"2024-03-18","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-17","scope":"Connect vents, drains, and water lines. Install 1 floor drain, 1 hub drain, 1 hot water heater, 1 ADA toilet and 1 ADA lav"},{"number":"MP-2024-000871","date":"2024-03-20","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-17","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF APPLIANCES. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS. FOR USE AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2024-003122","date":"2024-08-05","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS AND CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION."},{"number":"MP-2024-002543","date":"2024-08-06","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo CP-2024-003122"},{"number":"ZP-2024-005911","date":"2024-09-11","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Residential - Household Living - Multi-Family"},{"number":"EP-2024-007384","date":"2024-09-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-10-28","scope":"Install (36) lighting fixtures, (34) receptacles, (9) switches, (6) exit/emergency lights, (4) 208-volt receptacles as per 2017 NEC."},{"number":"PP-2024-004231","date":"2024-11-04","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"INSTALL 1 GREASE INTERCEPTOR, 1 FLOOR DRAIN, 1 HUB DRAIN, 2 HAND SINKS, 1 MOP SINK, 1 THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, 1 HOT WATER HEATER AND 1 FLOOR SINK ACCORDING TO THE 2018 PPC AND PER PLANS."},{"number":"FP-2025-001663","date":"2025-08-14","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"EZ STANDARD KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION- For the installation of New Wet Chemical Kitchen Fire Suppression System as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. INSTALL (1) ONE ANSUL R-102 WET CHEMICAL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF KITCHEN EXHAUST HOOD - SEE MECHANICAL PERMIT MP-2025-002543 FOR KITCHEN HOOD. Installation of one pre-engineered fire suppression system into kitchen hood at Papa John's. System type: Buckeye BFR-10 (wet chemical system)."},{"number":"EP-2025-007705","date":"2025-08-22","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-10-23","scope":"FITOUT FOR PAPA JOHNS VACANT SPACE. EXISTING FIRE ALARM PANEL TO BE USED TO TIE IN NEW CEILING STROBE AND MONITOR MODULE as per 2016 NFPA 72"},{"number":"ZP-2025-007043","date":"2025-09-04","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY WALL SIGNS. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS."},{"number":"GP-2025-006730","date":"2025-09-12","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY WALL SIGNS AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"FP-2025-001897","date":"2025-09-22","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"EZ PERMIT SPRINKLER RELOCATION (NFPA 13)- For the relocation of sprinkler heads as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Relocate 12 existing sprinkler heads in the new ceiling system."},{"number":"MP-2025-005050","date":"2025-10-17","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-11-03","scope":"INSTALLATION OF A WALK IN COOLER FOR A TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT IN SPACE 'C' ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF AN EXISTING BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IMC REVIEW*"},{"number":"ZP-2025-009235","date":"2025-11-21","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-03-06","scope":"One (1) new cabinet sign for a new Papa John’s location. The signage will span the front entrance. The illuminated cabinet sign, measuring 24”x142”, will display the company’s name in their standard red lettering on a white background."},{"number":"GP-2025-010962","date":"2025-12-01","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-03-06","scope":"For the erection of one (1) statically illuminated cabinet sign. **Separate permit required for electrical work**"},{"number":"ZP-2026-000953","date":"2026-02-11","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR INSTALLATION OF NINE (9) ROOF-TOP ANTENNAS. SIZE AND LOCATION PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"GP-2025-011383","date":"2026-02-12","work":"Antenna","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF NINE (9) ROOF-MOUNTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS AS PER APPROVED PLANS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2018 IBC. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY, CONTACT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR M.E.P. WORK. SEE ZP-2026-000953 FOR ASSOCIATED ZONING APPROVAL. SEE CP-2025-006170 FOR ASSOCIATED INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO CREATE A BASEMENT EQUIPMENT ROOM."},{"number":"CP-2025-006170","date":"2026-02-15","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AT THE BASEMENT TO CREATE AN EQUIPMENT ROOM IN ASSOCIATION WITH A ROOF-MOUNTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA FACILITY. EXISTING BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2018 IEBC. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR M.E.P. WORK. SEE GP-2025-011383 FOR INSTALLATION OF ROOF-MOUNTED ANTENNAS. SEE ZP-2026-000953 FOR ZONING APPROVAL OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY USE."},{"number":"EP-2025-012007","date":"2026-02-25","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL NEW 200 AMP SERVICE FROM EXISTING METER BANK INSTALL NEW EQUIPMENT CABINETS FOR VERIZON WIRELESS INSTALL NEW 30KW PROPANE GENERATOR INSTALL ANTENNAS ON EXISTING TOWER .PER APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC. ZP-2026-000953 GP-2025-011383"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Antenna"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"0992789","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"S Broad PJ LLC (Papa Johns)","legalName":"S Broad PJ LLC","address":"701 S BROAD ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-11-04","latestIssueDate":"2025-11-04","expirationDate":"2026-11-03","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0992789","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"S Broad PJ LLC (Papa Johns)","legalName":"S Broad PJ LLC","issuedDate":"2025-11-04","latestIssueDate":"2025-11-04","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-11-03","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","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":["12 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 #ZP-2024-005911: Completed · Granted with conditions; related permit ZP-2024-005911.","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":"5 permits not marked completed: CP-2022-007032 (Expired), EP-2023-001375 (Expired), GP-2025-011383 (Issued), CP-2025-006170 (Issued), EP-2025-012007 (Issued). 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":"rental-status","level":"verify","title":"Residential form does not establish rental use","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as apartments; 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":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Mar 17, 2022.","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":"9 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":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as apartments. 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 1 historical violation across 1 case.","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/"}]}