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AND 14 GOOD STREET WITH PREMISES \"A\" AND \"B\" AND 16 GOOD STREET) (SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN)SEE AP#874077 FOR THE APPROVED PLAN."},{"number":"761520","date":"2018-06-01","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-06-01","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED STRUCTURE ON THE NEW LOT WITH ROOF DECKS ACCESSED BY ROOF TOP ACCESS STRUCTURES (SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLAN/APPLICATION). FOR USE AS TWO VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND BASEMENT. (USE REGISTRATION PERMIT IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY) AND MULTI-FAMILY (10 DWELLING UNITS) FAMILY HOUSEHOLD LIVING ON 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS. NO PARKING ON THIS APPLICATION. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION. FAIRMOUNT PARK APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BASED ON 14 -705(2)"},{"number":"916209","date":"2018-12-05","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-12-05","scope":"AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW APPROVAL OF AP#761520, CAL#32150 TO ADD SIX INTERIOR VEHICLE PARKING SPACES (INCLUDING ONE VAN-ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE) ACCESSORY TO THE APPROVED RESIDENTIAL USE, SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2015,"k":"sale","p":22500},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 375% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $141,500 to $672,500","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #761520: COMPLETED.","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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$1,791.90 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"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/"}],"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/"}]}