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FOR CREATION OF THREE(3) PARKING SPACES (PER PROVISO PLAN STAMPED BY THE ZBA ON 3/18/14) AT THE REAR , ALL FOR USE AS A SEVEN (7) DWELLINGUNITS ."},{"number":"530800","date":"2014-06-30","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-07-07","scope":"CONVERSION OF A THREE STORY PLUS BASEMENT RECTORY AND CHAPEL INTO NEW APTS. WORK INCLUDES EXT AND INT RENOVATIONS AND A 220 SF REAR ADDITION @ 2ND FLOOR LEVEL PLUS TWO ROOF DECKS."},{"number":"551714","date":"2014-08-29","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-07-07","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A COMBINED AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM & CLASS I MANUAL WET STANDPIPE SYSTEM W. TWO (2) INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE & BACKFLOW PREVENTION (BFP) ASSEMBLY TO SERVE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THREE (3) STORY ABOVE GRADE PLANE, W. BASEMENT, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM & MANUAL WET STANDPIPE SYSTEM INSTALLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13R & 14 RESPECTIVELY."},{"number":"554926","date":"2014-09-15","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL 600-AMP SERVICE AND WIRE THROUGH OUT A MULTI DWELLLING BUILDING AS PER 2008 NEC (CC DISTRICT) INSTALL AND WIRE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THROUGH OUT BUILDING AS PER NFPE72"},{"number":"563728","date":"2014-09-24","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-01-16","scope":"REMOVAL OF 1,000 GALLON HEATING OIL STORAGE TANK"},{"number":"571722","date":"2014-11-03","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-01-16","scope":"HD,CT, FAI & WATER SERV (MULTI FAMILY) PA20143032454 \"SELF-CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED\" - \"ALL EXCAVATIONS & PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5' IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION"},{"number":"573094","date":"2014-11-12","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-07-07","scope":"INSTALLATION OF 7 18,000 BTU AND 24,000 BTU. HIGH EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMPS. 2'X2'X2' ON ROOF AS PER HISTORICAL APPROVED PLAN. NOT TO BE VISIBLE FROM SPRING GARDEN STREET. INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. ALL EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK IS TO BE INSTALLED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE SAME DWELLING UNIT WITH NO PENETRATIONS OF FIRE RATED ASSEMBLIES AND INSTALLED AS PER MANUFACTURES' SPECIFICATIONS. INSTALLATION MUST MEET THE CODE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE."},{"number":"559569","date":"2014-11-17","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-07-07","scope":"INTERIOR PLUMBING CONSTRUCTION FOR AN EXISTING (7)FAMILY DWELLING TO A POINT 5'-0\" OUTSIDE ONLY - WORK WILL COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PLANS AND THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004"},{"number":"628894","date":"2015-07-31","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-02-19","scope":"REPLACE LATERAL PA#2015-2120253 \"SELF-CERTIFICATION'S ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED\" - \"ALL EXCAVATIONS AND PLUMBING TRENCHES IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH MUST HAVE APPROVED SHORING IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION\""}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Demolition"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2015,"k":"demo"},{"y":2015,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2017,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"710939","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"1903 SPRING GARDEN ASSOCIATES LP","legalName":"1903 SPRING GARDEN ASSOCIATES LP","address":"1903 SPRING GARDEN ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":7,"issuedDate":"2016-08-12","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-22","expirationDate":"2026-08-11","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"710939","type":"Rental","businessName":"1903 SPRING GARDEN ASSOCIATES LP","legalName":"1903 SPRING GARDEN ASSOCIATES LP","issuedDate":"2016-08-12","latestIssueDate":"2025-10-22","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-08-11","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","units":7,"signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #507558: 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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: 554926 (Issued).","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 Jun 24, 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":"managing-agent","level":"verify","title":"Tax mail goes outside Philadelphia; owner residence still needs verification","finding":"OPA mails the property tax record outside Philadelphia (53 MELROSE PL, MONTCLAIR NJ, 07042).","why":"A tax mailing destination does not establish where the owner lives. If a rental owner lives outside Philadelphia, the City requires a managing agent with a Philadelphia mailing address; the owner remains legally responsible.","action":"Verify the buyer’s residence and, if the buyer will live outside Philadelphia, identify the Philadelphia managing agent on the new license application.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1920 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 3 historical violations across 3 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/"}]}