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NEW PERMIT REQUIRED WITH PLANS IF EXCEEDS THE EZ STANDARD."},{"number":"ZP-2021-016494","date":"2022-11-02","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Assembly and Entertainment - Nightclubs and Private Clubs; Public, Civic, and Institutional - Libraries and Cultural Exhibits"},{"number":"AP-2023-000833","date":"2023-04-18","work":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…","type":"Administrative","description":"Administrative Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-22","scope":"FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR USE AS ASSEMBLY AND ENTERTAINMENT-NIGHT CLUBS AND PRIVATE CLUBS IN SPACE 107 & 111, FOR LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL EXIBITS IN SPACE 104 OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.**NO WORK APPROVE ON THIS PERMIT**PLUMBING FIXTURES TO BE SHARED BY TENANTS**ADDITIONAL PLUMBING FIXTURES IN THE HALLWAY**"},{"number":"ZP-2025-012254","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Denied","completedDate":null,"scope":null}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 10 failed, 3 passed"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"285697","type":"Hazardous Materials","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ACRO DISPLAY INC","legalName":"ACRO DISPLAY INC","address":"3251 FOX ST","revenueCode":"3335","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2001-10-26","latestIssueDate":"2001-10-26","expirationDate":"2002-10-26","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"0975011","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"FC Fox LLC (FCLA Fox)","legalName":"FC Fox LLC","address":"3251 FOX ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2025-03-31","expirationDate":"2026-03-30","inactiveDate":"2026-05-29"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0975011","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"FC Fox LLC (FCLA Fox)","legalName":"FC Fox LLC","issuedDate":"2025-03-31","latestIssueDate":"2025-03-31","closureDate":"2026-05-29","expirationDate":"2026-03-30","inactiveDate":"2026-05-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"285697","type":"Hazardous Materials","businessName":"ACRO DISPLAY INC","legalName":"ACRO DISPLAY INC","issuedDate":"2001-10-26","latestIssueDate":"2001-10-26","closureDate":"2002-10-26","expirationDate":"2002-10-26","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-21","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":["15 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022, 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":["1 permit event since 2023","3 zoning/board appeals since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 358% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $2,182,900 to $10,000,000","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":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Deficient; Emergency and Standby Power Systems Certification: Certified through Feb 24, 2026; Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Jun 3, 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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2021-016494: Completed · Granted; related permit ZP-2021-016494. The history also contains “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: 1039859-RI (Expired), 1049263 (Expired), 1055874 (Issued), AP-2021-011319 (Issued), FP-2021-003391 (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":"15 open L&I violations","finding":"22 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"22 failed, 4 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Jan 13, 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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Hazardous Materials #285697: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #0975011: Inactive since May 29, 2026","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":"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 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/"}]}