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Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"ZP-2021-010448","date":"2021-09-22","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2026-02-11","scope":"Eating and Drinking Establishments - Sit-Down Restaurant"},{"number":"MP-2021-005300","date":"2021-09-22","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-08-10","scope":"EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES - For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. EACH HVAC UNIT TO BE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN EACH DWELLING UNIT. NO PENETRATIONS OF RATED ASSEMBLIES. (Install Goodman Gas furnace 60k btu 92% heater 2.5 ton AC (13 seer) 15 registers and 2 returns. Condensers will be placed in the backyard.)"},{"number":"ZP-2021-008832","date":"2021-12-15","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-03-27","scope":"For the erection of a third floor addition of a roof deck with roof access structure and an exterior access stair above an existing attached structure. Size and location per plan."},{"number":"CP-2021-005341","date":"2022-02-01","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-03-27","scope":"FOR LEVEL 2 ALTERATIONS TO A EXISTING STRUCTURE AS PER PLANS. AMENDMENT (4/26/2022) TO INCLUDE THE ERECTION OF A NEW ROOF DECK AS PER REVISED PLANS."},{"number":"FP-2022-000637","date":"2022-05-17","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-03-27","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A 2-INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE FOR AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH A BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13. ALL WORK SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS/HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS."},{"number":"PP-2022-002767","date":"2022-05-18","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-23","scope":"INSTALL 3 WATER CLOSETS, 3 LAVATORIES, 1 URINAL, 9 KITCHEN SINKS, 7 FLOOR SINKS, 4 FLOOR DRAINS, 3 ROOF DRAINS, 1 GREASE INTERCEPTOR, 1 BACKFLOW PREVENTER AND 1 SUMP PUMP ACCORDING TO THE 2018 PPC."},{"number":"EP-2022-004388","date":"2022-08-10","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-06","scope":"Install new wire thru out lighting outlets switches smokes and co's replace 200 amp panel with new replace sub panel install fire alarm . FISHING OF WALLS ONLY . ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72,2018 PHILA FIRE CODE."},{"number":"MP-2022-004123","date":"2022-08-10","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-02-26","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) TYPE I COMMERCIAL KITCHEN HOOD (12'-6\") AND ONE (1) TYPE (II) COMMERCIAL KITCHEN HOOD (3'-4\") AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"FP-2022-002217","date":"2022-08-23","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-03-27","scope":"EZ KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION- For the installation of New Wet Chemical Kitchen Fire Suppression System as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans."},{"number":"ZP-2023-004442","date":"2023-09-27","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-02-13","scope":"Erection of two (2) flat wall signs on an existing structure accessory to a sit-down restaurant, size and location as shown on plan."},{"number":"GP-2022-005685","date":"2023-10-04","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-02-13","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ACCESSORY WALL SIGNS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"ZP-2026-006443","date":"2026-06-26","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A THIRD-STORY ADDITION OVER AN EXISTING ATTACHED TWO-STORY STRUCTURE, FOR USE AS A SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT IN THE STRUCTURE; SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPROVED PLANS."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"242680","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"JAMES J MURPHY","legalName":"JAMES J MURPHY","address":"3743 MIDVALE AVE","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2003-03-16","latestIssueDate":"2008-05-21","expirationDate":"2008-02-29","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"943949","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"taqueria cresta (taqueria cresta)","legalName":"taqueria cresta","address":"3743 MIDVALE AVE","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2024-02-09","latestIssueDate":"2026-02-18","expirationDate":"2027-02-08","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"943949","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"taqueria cresta (taqueria cresta)","legalName":"taqueria cresta","issuedDate":"2024-02-09","latestIssueDate":"2026-02-18","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2027-02-08","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"242680","type":"Rental","businessName":"JAMES J MURPHY","legalName":"JAMES J MURPHY","issuedDate":"2003-03-16","latestIssueDate":"2008-05-21","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2008-02-29","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["3 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"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":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2021-008832: Completed · Granted with conditions; related permit ZP-2021-008832.","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":"4 permits not marked completed: ZP-2021-007876 (Expired), GM-2021-010229 (Expired), ZP-2021-010448 (Expired), MP-2021-005300 (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":"3 open L&I violations","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":"Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Apr 7, 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"6 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jul 6, 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":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. 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/"}]}