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For use as six (6) dwelling units (multi-family household living). Size and location as shown on plans.\n\nOne (1) Use Refusal\nThree (3) Z","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2021-01-29","number":"ZP-2020-007929","relatedPermit":"ZP-2020-007929"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":true,"assessmentExemption":true,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2025,"v":558800,"taxable":55880,"land":55880,"improvement":502920,"taxableLand":55880,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":502920},{"y":2026,"v":558800,"taxable":55880,"land":55880,"improvement":502920,"taxableLand":55880,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":502920},{"y":2027,"v":706500,"taxable":70600,"land":70600,"improvement":635900,"taxableLand":70600,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":635900}],"taxNow":782,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2020-007929","date":"2021-01-13","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-08","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURE FOR MECHANICAL ACCESS ONLY. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2021-000268","date":"2021-02-10","work":"New Construction","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-08","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE (3) STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLANS. FOR USE AS SIX (6) DWELLING UNITS. STRUCTURE TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13 MINIMUM. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK.** **2018 IBC**"},{"number":"FP-2021-000897","date":"2021-05-07","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-30","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A 2-INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE, 2-INCH BACKFLOW PREVENTOR AND WET FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS, HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS AND NFPA 13."},{"number":"EP-2021-004400","date":"2021-06-21","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-08","scope":"INSTALL A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT AS PER THE 2017 NEC & 2016 NFPA-72."},{"number":"PP-2021-012762","date":"2021-08-18","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-03-04","scope":"Storm and sanitary curb traps, fresh air inlets, main drains, and 1 1/2\" water service"},{"number":"PP-2021-019584","date":"2021-10-26","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-30","scope":"rough and finish plumbing for six unit apt building interior only"},{"number":"MP-2021-005316","date":"2021-11-02","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-30","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES. (Work description: Design and install ductwork for 3 story home with 6 dwelling units. Add furnace and A/C for each unit., Equipment Size: (6) 1-1/2 ton air handlers, 14 SEER , Ductwork Design: 5 diffusers, 1 returns in each unit, condensers on the roof)."},{"number":"EP-2021-012205","date":"2021-11-15","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-21","scope":"Wiring 6 apartments , outlets, switches, lights,110v interconnected hard wired smoke alarms. Install 600 amp service, 125 amp each Apartament, 100 amp house panel. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2020,"k":"land","p":50000},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2021,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"935003","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"811 N 40th LLC","legalName":"811 N 40th LLC","address":"813 N 40TH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":6,"issuedDate":"2023-10-05","latestIssueDate":"2025-08-25","expirationDate":"2026-10-04","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"935003","type":"Rental","businessName":"811 N 40th LLC","legalName":"811 N 40th LLC","issuedDate":"2023-10-05","latestIssueDate":"2025-08-25","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-10-04","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","units":6,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["2 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2020-007929: Completed · Granted with conditions; related permit ZP-2020-007929.","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: PP-2021-012762 (Expired). 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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"2 open L&I violations","finding":"2 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Apr 22, 2026; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Oct 27, 2026","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":"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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Apr 27, 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":"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/"}],"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/"}]}