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SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ANY ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING WORK."},{"number":"EP-2021-001430","date":"2021-07-14","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-08-24","scope":"Run and Install CAT 5 Data cables as proposed on plans as per 2017 nec"},{"number":"EP-2021-005111","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-01-12","scope":"Wire up house with outlets, switches, lights, smoke detectors, c/o detectors. cable lines, install 200 amp service as per 2014 NEC"},{"number":"EP-2021-005114","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-05-23","scope":"Wire up house with outlets, switches, lights, smoke detectors, c/o detectors. cable lines, install 200 amp service as per 2014 NEC"},{"number":"EP-2021-005110","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-01-12","scope":"wire up house with outlets, switches, lights, smoke detectors, c/o detectors, and cable lines, install 200 amp service as per 2014 NEC."},{"number":"EP-2021-005112","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-01-12","scope":"Wire up house with outlets, switches, lights, smoke detectors, c/o detectors. cable lines, install 200 amp service as per 2014 NEC."},{"number":"FP-2021-000655","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-31","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 CALCULAITONS AND NFPA 13R."},{"number":"EP-2021-005115","date":"2021-07-16","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-05-23","scope":"Wire up house with outlets, switches, lights, smoke detectors, c/o detectors. cable lines, install 200 amp service as per 2014 NEC"},{"number":"EP-2021-005113","date":"2021-07-20","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-05-23","scope":"Wire up house with outlets, switches, lights, smoke detectors, c/o detectors. cable lines, install 200 amp service as per 2014 NEC."},{"number":"PP-2021-005232","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-15","scope":"Install drains, vents, and water lines throughout, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs, 1 kitchen sink, 1 washer, 1 hot water heater, 1 hose bib, 1 bar sink, 1 house drain, 1 fresh air inlet and 1 - 1\" water line"},{"number":"PP-2021-005234","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-05-11","scope":"Install drains, vents, and water lines throughout, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs, 1 kitchen sink, 1 washer, 1 hot water heater, 1 hose bib, 1 bar sink, 1 house drain, 1 fresh air inlet and 1 - 1\" water line"},{"number":"PP-2021-006732","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-01","scope":"Install vents, drains, water lines, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs/showers, 1 kitchen sink, 1 bar sink, 1 hot water heater, 1 washer, 1 sump pump, 1 ejector pump, 1 hose bib, house drain, house trap, fresh air inlet, and a 1\" water line"},{"number":"PP-2021-005126","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-03","scope":"Install drains, vents, and water lines throughout, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs, 1 kitchen sink, 1 washer, 1 hot water heater, 1 hose bib, 1 bar sink, 1 house drain, 1 fresh air inlet and 1 - 1\" water line"},{"number":"PP-2021-005235","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-07","scope":"Install drains, vents, and water lines throughout, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs, 1 kitchen sink, 1 washer, 1 hot water heater, 1 hose bib, 1 bar sink, 1 house drain, 1 fresh air inlet and 1 - 1\" water line"},{"number":"PP-2021-006730","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-13","scope":"Install drains, vents, and water lines throughout, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs, 1 kitchen sink, 1 washer, 1 hot water heater, 1 hose bib, 1 bar sink, 1 house drain, 1 fresh air inlet and 1 - 1\" water line"},{"number":"PP-2021-006736","date":"2021-07-23","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-01","scope":"Install vents, drains, water lines, 4 toilets, 4 lavs, 2 tubs/showers, 1 kitchen sink, 1 hot water heater, 1 washer, 1 hose bib, house drain, house trap, fresh air inlet, and a 1\" water line"},{"number":"MP-2020-005225","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-31","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES."},{"number":"MP-2020-005234","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-31","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES."},{"number":"MP-2020-005232","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-05-12","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES."},{"number":"MP-2020-005238","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-01","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES."},{"number":"MP-2020-005281","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-31","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES."},{"number":"MP-2020-004354","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-06-03","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH ROOF DECK ACCESSED BY A PILOT HOUSE. FOR USE AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING. NO UNDERPINNING ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"MP-2020-004307","date":"2021-08-04","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-09-01","scope":"FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE (3) STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE ON REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTINGS/FOUNDATIONS, GROUND / FIRST FLOOR COMMON DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO OTHER STRUCTURES, ROOF DECK AND ONE ROOF ACCESS STRUCTURE. FOR USE AS A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING THROUGHOUT. BUILDING SHALL BE FULLY SPRINKLERED, SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS."},{"number":"EP-2021-008604","date":"2021-09-26","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-02-21","scope":"Install 200 amp service, wire up house with lights, outlets, switches, smoke detectors, c/o detectors and cable lines as per 2014 NEC."},{"number":"PP-2021-006740","date":"2021-10-18","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-11-23","scope":"Install a 12\" storm drain lateral from main to curb with curb trap and fresh air inlet"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"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"},{"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":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"570111","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HOMES","legalName":"UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HOMES","address":"1520 SOUTH ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2012-08-03","latestIssueDate":"2016-07-08","expirationDate":"2017-02-28","inactiveDate":"2017-04-29"},{"number":"851682","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"The Royal on South Street LP","legalName":"The Royal on South Street LP ","address":"1520 SOUTH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":53,"issuedDate":"2020-09-18","latestIssueDate":"2025-09-11","expirationDate":"2026-09-17","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"879246","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large)","status":"Closed","businessName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","legalName":"Broadside Kitchen","address":"1520 SOUTH ST","revenueCode":"3119","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2021-10-12","latestIssueDate":"2021-10-12","expirationDate":"2022-10-11","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"885278","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Active","businessName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","legalName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","address":"1520 SOUTH ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-01-12","latestIssueDate":"2026-01-11","expirationDate":"2027-01-11","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"885335","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","legalName":"Broadside Kitchen","address":"1520 SOUTH ST","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-01-13","latestIssueDate":"2024-01-11","expirationDate":"2025-01-12","inactiveDate":"2025-03-13"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"885335","type":"Sidewalk Cafe","businessName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","legalName":"Broadside Kitchen","issuedDate":"2022-01-13","latestIssueDate":"2024-01-11","closureDate":"2025-03-13","expirationDate":"2025-01-12","inactiveDate":"2025-03-13","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"885278","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","legalName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","issuedDate":"2022-01-12","latestIssueDate":"2026-01-11","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-01-11","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"879246","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large)","businessName":"Broadside Kitchen (Rex at the Royal)","legalName":"Broadside Kitchen","issuedDate":"2021-10-12","latestIssueDate":"2021-10-12","closureDate":"2022-10-11","expirationDate":"2022-10-11","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false},{"number":"851682","type":"Rental","businessName":"The Royal on South Street LP","legalName":"The Royal on South Street LP ","issuedDate":"2020-09-18","latestIssueDate":"2025-09-11","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-09-17","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"570111","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HOMES","legalName":"UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HOMES","issuedDate":"2012-08-03","latestIssueDate":"2016-07-08","closureDate":"2017-04-29","expirationDate":"2017-02-28","inactiveDate":"2017-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","units":53,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2026"],"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":"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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"3 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":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Nov 20, 2026; Special Hazards Certification: Certified through May 31, 2027; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Feb 28, 2025; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Nov 20, 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":"3 failed, 2 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jul 10, 2026.","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":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot #570111: Inactive since Apr 29, 2017; Food Establishment, Retail Perm Location (Large) #879246: Closed; Sidewalk Cafe #885335: Inactive since Mar 13, 2025","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":"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 multi-family. 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/"}]}