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NO CO REQUIRED FOR OUTDOOR SPACES."},{"number":"PP-2022-005901","date":"2022-04-18","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-05-04","scope":"Replace collapsed curb trap FAI 6'\"and replace first 5’ of main drain inside of building."},{"number":"PP-2025-001618","date":"2025-02-07","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2026-03-03","scope":"Locate and repair fresh air inlet for existing curb trap"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"COVID-19 Temp Use (Restaurants / Retail)"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"10 L&I violations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"832974","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Active","businessName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","address":"1223 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-01-03","latestIssueDate":"2025-11-21","expirationDate":"2027-01-02","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"835940","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BODEGA TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA TACO BAR LLC ","address":"1223 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-02-04","latestIssueDate":"2024-03-18","expirationDate":"2025-02-03","inactiveDate":"2025-04-04"},{"number":"845731","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","address":"1223 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-07-10","latestIssueDate":"2021-12-19","expirationDate":"2022-12-31","inactiveDate":"2023-03-01"},{"number":"849061","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BODEGA TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA TACO BAR LLC ","address":"1223 WALNUT ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-08-18","latestIssueDate":"2021-12-19","expirationDate":"2022-12-31","inactiveDate":"2023-03-01"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"845731","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","businessName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","issuedDate":"2020-07-10","latestIssueDate":"2021-12-19","closureDate":"2023-03-01","expirationDate":"2022-12-31","inactiveDate":"2023-03-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"835940","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","businessName":"BODEGA TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA TACO BAR LLC ","issuedDate":"2020-02-04","latestIssueDate":"2024-03-18","closureDate":"2025-04-04","expirationDate":"2025-02-03","inactiveDate":"2025-04-04","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"832974","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","legalName":"BODEGA  TACO BAR LLC","issuedDate":"2020-01-03","latestIssueDate":"2025-11-21","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-01-02","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","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":["1 permit event 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 #27544: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 677323. Use permit #677323: COMPLETED. The history also contains “NEW 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":"6 permits not marked completed: 760360 (EXPIRED), 813764 (ABANDONED), ZP-2020-005272 (Expired), AP-2020-010908 (Issued), PP-2022-005901 (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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Mar 6, 2026; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Mar 6, 2026; Special Hazards Certification: Certified through May 21, 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-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":"10 failed, 7 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jun 23, 2021.","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Sidewalk Cafe #835940: Inactive since Apr 4, 2025; Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary) #845731: Inactive since Mar 1, 2023; Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary) #849061: Inactive since Mar 1, 2023","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"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 19 historical violations across 6 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/"}]}