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SPRINKLERED THROUGHOUT PER NFPA 13."},{"number":"799505","date":"2017-07-13","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-08-07","scope":"REMOVE EXISTING WIRING FROM NON BEARING WALLS THAT WERE REMOVED TO CREATE 1 SPACE FROM 3 SPACES AS PER 2008 NEC (EAST DISTRICT)"},{"number":"806617","date":"2017-08-08","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-09-06","scope":"EZ PERMIT SPRINKLER RELOCATION (NFPA 13)- FOR THE RELOCATION OF SPRINKLER HEADS AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS.RELOCATION OF 12 SPRINKLER HEADS"},{"number":"994923","date":"2019-07-24","work":"Exterior Window and Door Replacement","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-05-10","scope":"EZ PERMIT WINDOWS & DOORS PERMIT- For the replacement of exterior windows and doors as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans."},{"number":"955843","date":"2019-08-22","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-08-22","scope":"FOR A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING SHOP WITH EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES ON 1ST FLOOR AND FIFTEEN (15) FAMILY DWELLING ON 2ND FLOOR AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. NO SIGN ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"ZP-2020-009552","date":"2020-12-04","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Wholesale Sales and Distribution - Distributor of Malt or Brewed Beverages"},{"number":"ZP-2022-001971","date":"2023-11-08","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Residential - Household Living - Multi-Family"},{"number":"ZP-2024-005895","date":"2024-06-13","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Office - Business and Professional"},{"number":"ZP-2024-005369","date":"2024-06-15","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Assembly and Entertainment"},{"number":"ZP-2023-007643","date":"2024-07-18","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Office - Business and Professional"},{"number":"CP-2024-001916","date":"2024-07-25","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2026-05-27","scope":"FOR LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS WITH A PARTIAL CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY AT THE 1ST FLOOR OF THE EXISTING TWO-STORY MIXED-USE BUILDING TO CREATE THREE (3) DWELLING UNITS (GROUP R-2) FROM THREE (3) EXISTING VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES (UNITS #112, #113, & #114) FOR A NEW TOTAL OF EIGHTEEN (18) DWELLING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. EXISTING BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2018 IEBC. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. IF SITE CONDITIONS VARY, CONTACT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL PRIOR TO START OF WORK. SEE ZP-2022-001971 FOR ZONING APPROVAL."},{"number":"CP-2024-003714","date":"2024-10-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Cancelled","completedDate":"2025-01-24","scope":"TO LEGALIZE LEVEL II ALTERATIONS FOR THE USE OF B OCCUPANCY AT UNIT 108 (GROUND FLOOR) OF AN EXISTING BUILIDING. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVMENTS THROUGHOUT. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2024-003483","date":"2024-11-21","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS AT UNIT #109. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. *REFERENCE BBS VARIANCE MI-2024-005287*"},{"number":"ZP-2024-012834","date":"2025-01-15","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Personal Services"},{"number":"CP-2024-006679","date":"2025-02-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-04-10","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATION WITH NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION TO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE UNIT#108 TO CREATE A PERSONAL SERVICE AS PER APRPOVED PLANS. BUILDING IS FULLY SPRINKLERED. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP AND FP WORK."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal approved"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"755527","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"3421 Richmond street-PMKALIL LLC & 211 JOHNSON LLC","legalName":"3421 Richmond street-PMKALIL LLC & 211 JOHNSON LLC","address":"3421-35 RICHMOND ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":15,"issuedDate":"2017-10-26","latestIssueDate":"2023-02-21","expirationDate":"2023-10-25","inactiveDate":"2023-12-24"},{"number":"858680","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","status":"Active","businessName":"RICHMOND BEVERAGE LLC","legalName":"RICHMOND BEVERAGE LLC","address":"3421-35 RICHMOND ST","revenueCode":"3118","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2021-01-06","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-02","expirationDate":"2027-01-05","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0958508","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Viera Property Management Pany III LLC","legalName":"Viera Property Management Pany III LLC","address":"3421-35 RICHMOND ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":15,"issuedDate":"2024-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2024-08-11","expirationDate":"2025-08-10","inactiveDate":"2025-10-09"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0958508","type":"Rental","businessName":"Viera Property Management Pany III LLC","legalName":"Viera Property Management Pany III LLC","issuedDate":"2024-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2024-08-11","closureDate":"2025-10-09","expirationDate":"2025-08-10","inactiveDate":"2025-10-09","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"858680","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"RICHMOND BEVERAGE LLC","legalName":"RICHMOND BEVERAGE LLC","issuedDate":"2021-01-06","latestIssueDate":"2025-12-02","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-01-05","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"755527","type":"Rental","businessName":"3421 Richmond street-PMKALIL LLC & 211 JOHNSON LLC","legalName":"3421 Richmond street-PMKALIL LLC & 211 JOHNSON LLC","issuedDate":"2017-10-26","latestIssueDate":"2023-02-21","closureDate":"2023-12-24","expirationDate":"2023-10-25","inactiveDate":"2023-12-24","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"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":["9 permit events since 2023","2 zoning/board appeals since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Deficient","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #24727: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 588890. Use permit #522486: ABANDONED. The history also contains “PERM Z- 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: 522486 (ABANDONED), 590156 (Expired), 994923 (Expired), CP-2024-001916 (Expired), CP-2024-003714 (Cancelled). 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":"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":"9 failed, 5 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Dec 27, 2024.","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":"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 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/"}]}