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BUILDING NOT REQUIRED TO BE SPRINKLERED. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP WORK**"},{"number":"EP-2024-000621","date":"2024-02-18","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-07-15","scope":"Electrical Permit for combo CP-2023-006421"},{"number":"MP-2024-000268","date":"2024-03-01","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-13","scope":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit for combo CP-2023-006421 AMENDMENT APPROVED 8/3/24 AMEND MECHANICAL PERMIT MP-2024-000268 FOR CHANGES TO HVAC SYSTEM DESIGN TO INCLUDE REMOVAL OF ERV, ADDITION OF DEHUMIDIFIER UNIT AND INCREASE IN AIRFLOW OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RTU's AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"PP-2024-000820","date":"2024-03-01","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-08-13","scope":"Plumbing Permit (Interior) for combo CP-2023-006421"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2010,"k":"sale","p":1000000},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"280027","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BRIAN TRAN (STARLIGHT NAIL & BEAUTY SUPPLY)","legalName":"BRIAN TRAN","address":"1935 WASHINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2000-01-27","latestIssueDate":"2000-01-27","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":"2010-06-15"},{"number":"284728","type":"Hazardous Materials","status":"Inactive","businessName":"BRIAN TRAN (STARLIGHT NAIL & BEAUTY SUPPLY)","legalName":"BRIAN TRAN","address":"1935 WASHINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3335","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-12-07","latestIssueDate":"2004-12-07","expirationDate":"2005-12-07","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"524046","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MERCURY SOLAR SYSTEMS INC","legalName":"MERCURY SOLAR SYSTEMS INC","address":"1935 WASHINGTON AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-01-25","latestIssueDate":"2011-01-25","expirationDate":"2011-07-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"524046","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"MERCURY SOLAR SYSTEMS INC","legalName":"MERCURY SOLAR SYSTEMS INC","issuedDate":"2011-01-25","latestIssueDate":"2011-01-25","closureDate":"2011-07-31","expirationDate":"2011-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"284728","type":"Hazardous Materials","businessName":"BRIAN TRAN (STARLIGHT NAIL & BEAUTY SUPPLY)","legalName":"BRIAN TRAN","issuedDate":"2004-12-07","latestIssueDate":"2004-12-07","closureDate":"2005-12-07","expirationDate":"2005-12-07","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"280027","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"BRIAN TRAN (STARLIGHT NAIL & BEAUTY SUPPLY)","legalName":"BRIAN TRAN","issuedDate":"2000-01-27","latestIssueDate":"2000-01-27","closureDate":"2010-06-15","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":"2010-06-15","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","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":["6 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: PP-2023-013480 (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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Dumpster License - Private Property #280027: Inactive since Jun 15, 2010; Hazardous Materials #284728: Inactive; Dumpster License - Private Property #524046: Inactive","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":"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/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jun 1, 2027","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":"Confirm the certificate covers every applicable system and remains accepted by L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"}],"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/"}]}