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BUILDING TO FULLY SPRINKLERED PER NFPA 13. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. *2018 IEBC* AMENDMENT 11/6/2025 TO INCLUDE NEW PARTITIONS AND DOORS AS PER APPROVED PLANS. AMENDMENT 3/24/2026 TO ADD DRAIN AND SUMP PUMP."},{"number":"GP-2025-008115","date":"2025-09-04","work":"Shelter/Platform","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"SHELTER PLATFORM PERMIT- Erection of sidewalk shelter platform 45 l.f. with the deck at 300 P.S.I. on S. 13TH ST. as per Engineered Plans. Streets Department permit is required for sidewalk closure prior to the start work. Sidewalk shed, overhead protection system at 1232 Chancellor St to protect pedestrians while renovation work goes on overhead as per the stamped drawings."},{"number":"PP-2025-011940","date":"2025-09-26","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-16","scope":"AMENDMENT 4/1/2026 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SUMP PUMP AND FLOOR DRAIN LOCATED IN FIRE PUMP ROOM. PER 2018 PPC AND APPROVED PLANS. INTERIOR ALTERATION TO UPPER FLOOR APARTMENTS. INSTALLATION OF DRAINAGE, WASTE, VENT, AND WATER SUPPLY FOR LISTED FIXTURES CONNECTING TO EXISTING PIPING. ALL WORK TO BE PERFORMED IN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH 2018 PPC AND APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"MP-2025-004773","date":"2025-09-29","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-16","scope":"INSTALLATION OF NEW HVAC SYSTEM FOR DWELLING UNITS ON THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH FLOORS OF AN EXISTING BUILDING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IMC REVIEW*"},{"number":"FP-2025-002247","date":"2025-11-10","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-05-07","scope":"05/01/26 AMENDMENT: TO CHANGE / CORRECT PERMIT LANGUAGE TO INDICATE THAT THE 4\" MAIN WAS AN EXISTING FIRE-SERVICE LINE. FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING STRUCTURE TO AN EXISTING 4\" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE WITH 4 \" WILKINS 350 BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY, TALCO FIRE PUMP AND FIRE SYSTEM TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF TWO STANDPIPES IN EXIT STAIRWAYS, STANDPIPES TO BE INTERCONNECTED PER NFPA 14. AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA."},{"number":"EP-2025-009681","date":"2025-11-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-01","scope":"Installation of a 600 amp service. Wiring 9 dwelling units. Install a fire alarm in accordance with NFPA 2016 & The Philadelphia Fire Code 2018 AMENDMENT: Install main service equipment to FIRE PUMP RM, under no less than 2\" of concrete (SEE NOTE 12) for 10 HP FIRE PUMP AND JOCKEY PUMP AS PER SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM E 100 Installation of Rescue Assistance System, as per 2017 NEC. **TEST OUTLEST TO BE ELECTRICALY MONITORED-SUPERVISED- PER .913.4.1 ***COMMERCIAL SPACE ON 1ST FLOOR NOT ON THIS PERMIT***"},{"number":"PP-2025-011959","date":"2025-12-17","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-01-13","scope":"Install 6\" curb trap, 4\" vent, 6\" house drain"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Shelter/Platform"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"595736","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"JACOBS WYPER ARCHITECTS","legalName":"JACOBS WYPER ARCHITECTS","address":"1232 CHANCELLOR ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-06-06","latestIssueDate":"2013-06-06","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null},{"number":"780496","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"JACOBS H A III & WYPER J III","legalName":"JACOBS H A III & WYPER J III ","address":"1232 CHANCELLOR ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-06-18","latestIssueDate":"2018-06-18","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null},{"number":"1012242","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"Chancellor Street Development LLC","legalName":"Chancellor Street Development LLC","address":"1232 CHANCELLOR ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":9,"issuedDate":"2026-07-08","latestIssueDate":"2026-07-08","expirationDate":"2027-07-07","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"1012242","type":"Rental","businessName":"Chancellor Street Development LLC","legalName":"Chancellor Street Development LLC","issuedDate":"2026-07-08","latestIssueDate":"2026-07-08","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-07-07","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"780496","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"JACOBS H A III & WYPER J III","legalName":"JACOBS H A III & WYPER J III ","issuedDate":"2018-06-18","latestIssueDate":"2018-06-18","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"595736","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"JACOBS WYPER ARCHITECTS","legalName":"JACOBS WYPER ARCHITECTS","issuedDate":"2013-06-06","latestIssueDate":"2013-06-06","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","units":9,"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":["8 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":"The record identifies more than one dwelling/use.","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: GP-2025-008115 (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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Nov 8, 2024; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Oct 10, 2025","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":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1910 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"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/"}]}