{"asOf":"2026-07-26T19:44:05.437Z","block":"1000-1099 S 52ND ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/1000-1099-s-52nd-st","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","parcelNumber":"881428122","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=881428122","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"apartments","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":true,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"CA0","buildingCodeNew":"804","buildingClass":"APTS 5-50 UNITS MASONRY","buildingClassNew":"APARTMENTS - LOW RISE","useLabel":"Apartment building","owner":"JETT RONDELL","coOwner":null,"marketValue":515000,"landAssessment":103000,"improvementAssessment":412000,"livableArea":4488,"yearBuilt":1920,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2011-06-23T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":4,"violations":[{"number":"658219","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-907.4/4","title":"FIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658217","date":"2007-08-20","code":"A-503.1/2","title":"PROSEC- EMERG IMMED RI","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658221","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-905.7/1","title":"FIRE PROT CABINET-OBSTRUCTED","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658220","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-901.6/6","title":"FA-REPAIR SYSTEM","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658218","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-901.7/1","title":"FIRE PROT SYS MAINTENANCE","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3101404","date":"2014-01-27","code":"PM-102.1/1","title":"LICENSE-RES MFD","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3101403","date":"2014-01-27","code":"FC-915.1/3","title":"ANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2020-011728","date":"2020-06-18","code":"PM15-304.1(H)","title":"ROOF DEFICIENCIES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-02-11","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-011727","date":"2020-06-18","code":"PM15-108.1","title":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-02-11","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-011729","date":"2020-06-18","code":"PM15-305.1","title":"INTERIOR UNSAFE GENERAL","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-02-11","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045969","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/54","title":"NEW PLUMBING","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045970","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/50","title":"NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045968","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.6/1","title":"PLANS REQUIRED TO COMPLY","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045967","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/43","title":"DUCTWORK","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045966","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/4","title":"ALTER INTERIOR PORTION","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2025-079121","date":"2025-10-06","code":"PM15-304.19V","title":"DOOR AND WINDOW VACANT","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-079122","date":"2025-10-06","code":"PM15-304.3","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCTURE  IDENTIFICATION","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-079123","date":"2025-10-06","code":"9-3905","title":"VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-079124","date":"2025-10-06","code":"PM15-301","title":"VACANT STRUCTURE & LAND","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"124983","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"HCEU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2007-08-21","completedDate":"2007-11-15","violations":[{"number":"658219","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-907.4/4","title":"FIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658217","date":"2007-08-20","code":"A-503.1/2","title":"PROSEC- EMERG IMMED RI","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658221","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-905.7/1","title":"FIRE PROT CABINET-OBSTRUCTED","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658220","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-901.6/6","title":"FA-REPAIR SYSTEM","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"658218","date":"2007-08-20","code":"FC-901.7/1","title":"FIRE PROT SYS MAINTENANCE","status":"COMPEXCP","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]},{"number":"417330","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"CI","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2014-01-27","completedDate":"2014-03-17","violations":[{"number":"3101404","date":"2014-01-27","code":"PM-102.1/1","title":"LICENSE-RES MFD","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3101403","date":"2014-01-27","code":"FC-915.1/3","title":"ANNUAL CERT FIRE ALARM","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]},{"number":"CF-2020-028041","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"UNSAFE","responsibility":"CSU INVESTIGATOR","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2020-06-18","completedDate":"2021-02-12","violations":[{"number":"VI-2020-011728","date":"2020-06-18","code":"PM15-304.1(H)","title":"ROOF DEFICIENCIES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-02-11","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-011727","date":"2020-06-18","code":"PM15-108.1","title":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-02-11","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-011729","date":"2020-06-18","code":"PM15-305.1","title":"INTERIOR UNSAFE GENERAL","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2021-02-11","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}]},{"number":"CF-2020-077525","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BUILDING INVESTIGATOR","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2020-11-02","completedDate":"2023-03-24","violations":[{"number":"VI-2020-045969","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/54","title":"NEW PLUMBING","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045970","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/50","title":"NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045968","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.6/1","title":"PLANS REQUIRED TO COMPLY","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045967","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/43","title":"DUCTWORK","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2020-045966","date":"2020-11-02","code":"A-301.1/4","title":"ALTER INTERIOR PORTION","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-03-24","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}]},{"number":"CF-2025-110087","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"QOL VACANT PROPERTY INVESTIGATOR","status":"IN VIOLATION","createdDate":"2025-10-06","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2025-079121","date":"2025-10-06","code":"PM15-304.19V","title":"DOOR AND WINDOW VACANT","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-079122","date":"2025-10-06","code":"PM15-304.3","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCTURE  IDENTIFICATION","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-079123","date":"2025-10-06","code":"9-3905","title":"VACANT STRUCTURE LICENSE","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-079124","date":"2025-10-06","code":"PM15-301","title":"VACANT STRUCTURE & LAND","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2007,"n":5,"worst":null},{"y":2014,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2020,"n":8,"worst":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2025,"n":4,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"124983","date":"2007-08-20","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"124983","date":"2007-09-11","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"139679","date":"2007-11-08","type":"BC INSP","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"417330","date":"2014-01-27","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"417330","date":"2014-03-03","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"417330","date":"2014-03-17","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2020-028041","date":"2020-06-18","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2020-077525","date":"2020-11-02","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2020-077525","date":"2021-01-26","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2020-028041","date":"2021-02-12","type":null,"status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2020-077525","date":"2023-03-24","type":null,"status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-110087","date":"2025-10-06","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-110087","date":"2025-12-16","type":null,"status":"FAILED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2007,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2014,"fails":2,"passes":1},{"y":2020,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2021,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2023,"fails":0,"passes":1},{"y":2025,"fails":2,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":5103.38,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":true,"totalDue":5103.38,"principalDue":3983.9,"penaltyDue":241.48,"interestDue":231.15,"otherChargesDue":646.85,"yearsOwed":2,"oldestYearOwed":2020,"mostRecentYearOwed":2021,"mostRecentPaymentDate":"2021-03-21","assessmentYear":2022,"totalAssessment":232300,"taxableAssessment":232300,"exemptAbatementAssessment":0,"homesteadValue":0,"netTaxAfterHomestead":3251.74,"actionableAtSnapshot":true,"paymentAgreementAtSnapshot":false,"bankruptcyAtSnapshot":false,"assessmentUnderAppealAtSnapshot":false,"yearMonth":"202206"},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.94426973567276,"lng":-75.22371098309038,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.223543668,39.944310153],[-75.223775661,39.94414417],[-75.223878352,39.944230076],[-75.223645514,39.944395106],[-75.223543668,39.944310153]]]},"liDistrict":"SOUTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19143","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":2,"lotArea":3520,"zoning":"CMX2","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"216 E PRICE ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19144","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[{"year":2014,"total":2723.74,"principal":1468.73,"interest":535.03,"penalty":217.79},{"year":2016,"total":46.06,"principal":42.39,"interest":0.64,"penalty":0.42}],"taxNet":2769.8,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":201900,"taxable":201900,"land":15973,"improvement":185927,"taxableLand":15973,"taxableImprovement":185927,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":201900,"taxable":201900,"land":15973,"improvement":185927,"taxableLand":15973,"taxableImprovement":185927,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":225100,"taxable":225100,"land":67530,"improvement":157570,"taxableLand":67530,"taxableImprovement":157570,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":231800,"taxable":231800,"land":69540,"improvement":162260,"taxableLand":69540,"taxableImprovement":162260,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":232300,"taxable":232300,"land":69690,"improvement":162610,"taxableLand":69690,"taxableImprovement":162610,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":232300,"taxable":232300,"land":69690,"improvement":162610,"taxableLand":69690,"taxableImprovement":162610,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":232300,"taxable":232300,"land":69690,"improvement":162610,"taxableLand":69690,"taxableImprovement":162610,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":513700,"taxable":513700,"land":154110,"improvement":359590,"taxableLand":154110,"taxableImprovement":359590,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":513700,"taxable":513700,"land":154110,"improvement":359590,"taxableLand":154110,"taxableImprovement":359590,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":513700,"taxable":513700,"land":154110,"improvement":359590,"taxableLand":154110,"taxableImprovement":359590,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":513700,"taxable":513700,"land":154110,"improvement":359590,"taxableLand":154110,"taxableImprovement":359590,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":515000,"taxable":515000,"land":103000,"improvement":412000,"taxableLand":103000,"taxableImprovement":412000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":7191,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"RP-2020-013768","date":"2020-11-20","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Residential Building","description":"Residential Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-02-16","scope":"MAKE SAFE PERMIT TO RESOLVE CASE VIOLATION # CF-2020-028041 TO REPAIR DAMAGED ROOF JOISTS AS PER APPROVED ENGINEERED PLANS AND ENGINEER'S REPORT. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NO OTHER WORK THIS PERMIT. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS NOT ADDRESSED IN ENGINEER'S REPORT/PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2021-000958","date":"2021-03-23","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-06-13","scope":"For level II altearation to the existing mixed-use (multifamily(6 dwelling units and grocery store)) building without change of occupancy classification. Building is not required to be fully sprinklered. separate permits required for MEP work."},{"number":"PP-2021-004758","date":"2021-06-23","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-06-13","scope":"Installation of all interior supply and Drain/Waste/Vent pipe to listed fixtured per plans and the 2018 Philadelphia Plumbing Code."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations"},{"y":2014,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2020,"k":"viol","w":"8 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"205746","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MARTIN MANON","legalName":"MARTIN MANON","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2002-04-15","latestIssueDate":"2002-04-15","expirationDate":"2003-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"206875","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ADELA PENA (PENA GROCERY)","legalName":"ADELA PENA","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2003-05-01","latestIssueDate":"2003-05-01","expirationDate":"2004-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"322841","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"SATURNINO GARCIA (GARCIA GROCERY)","legalName":"SATURNINO GARCIA","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-06-17","latestIssueDate":"2005-06-17","expirationDate":"2006-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"373232","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ANA ESTEVEZ (ESTELLA GROCERY)","legalName":"ANA ESTEVEZ","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2006-06-14","latestIssueDate":"2022-04-05","expirationDate":"2023-04-30","inactiveDate":"2023-06-29"},{"number":"568848","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"RONDELL JETT","legalName":"RONDELL JETT","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":6,"issuedDate":"2012-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2014-03-11","expirationDate":"2015-02-28","inactiveDate":"2015-04-29"},{"number":"595025","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"ANA ESTEVEZ (ESTRELLA GROCERY)","legalName":"ANA ESTEVEZ","address":"1012-14 S 52ND ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-05-31","latestIssueDate":"2013-05-31","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"595025","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"ANA ESTEVEZ (ESTRELLA GROCERY)","legalName":"ANA ESTEVEZ","issuedDate":"2013-05-31","latestIssueDate":"2013-05-31","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"568848","type":"Rental","businessName":"RONDELL JETT","legalName":"RONDELL JETT","issuedDate":"2012-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2014-03-11","closureDate":"2015-04-29","expirationDate":"2015-02-28","inactiveDate":"2015-04-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"373232","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"ANA ESTEVEZ (ESTELLA GROCERY)","legalName":"ANA ESTEVEZ","issuedDate":"2006-06-14","latestIssueDate":"2022-04-05","closureDate":"2023-06-29","expirationDate":"2023-04-30","inactiveDate":"2023-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"322841","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"SATURNINO GARCIA (GARCIA GROCERY)","legalName":"SATURNINO GARCIA","issuedDate":"2005-06-17","latestIssueDate":"2005-06-17","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2006-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"206875","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"ADELA PENA (PENA GROCERY)","legalName":"ADELA PENA","issuedDate":"2003-05-01","latestIssueDate":"2003-05-01","closureDate":"2004-04-30","expirationDate":"2004-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"205746","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"MARTIN MANON","legalName":"MARTIN MANON","issuedDate":"2002-04-15","latestIssueDate":"2002-04-15","closureDate":"2003-04-30","expirationDate":"2003-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"strong","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.","evidence":["4 open L&I violations","$5,103 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 121% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $232,300 to $513,700","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"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":"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":"2 permits not marked completed: CP-2021-000958 (Expired), PP-2021-004758 (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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"4 open L&I violations","finding":"19 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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$5,103.38 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2020–2021.","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":"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":"8 failed, 4 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Dec 16, 2025.","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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"1 fire/suppression-related permit matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving #205746: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #206875: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving #322841: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Food Preparing and Serving #373232: Inactive since Jun 29, 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/"}],"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/"}]}