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SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK."},{"number":"820971","date":"2018-01-08","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-08-09","scope":"REMOVE AND REPLACE LIGHTING, RECEPTACLES AND NURSE CALL UNIT PER 2008 NEC (HEALTH CARE) NO FIRE ALARM WORK"},{"number":"821135","date":"2018-02-28","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-09-07","scope":"ALTERATIONS: INTERIOR PLUMBING;HEALTH CARE; WATER PIPING FOR NEW BATHROOM AND SINKS-THE INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADEPHIA PLUMBING CODE 2004"},{"number":"916860","date":"2018-10-09","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"TO RETROFIT THE FOLLOWING LISTED LIGHT FIXTURES AND TO INSTALL LIGHT SENSORS IN PLACE OF EXISTING SWITCHES. ALL EXISTING CIRCUITRY TO BE REUSED AS IS: (20)BATTERY BACK UP FOR 2X4 AND 2X2 912) RECESSED LIGHT (22)STRIP FIXTURE (66) RETROFIT KIT (16) 2X2 EM BACK UP (22) WALL MOUNT SENSOR IN EXISTNG BOX (4)DIMMER INSTALL IN EXISTING BOX. PER 2017 NEC."},{"number":"1029561","date":"2020-03-03","work":"New Construction","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-02-13","scope":"INSTALL FIRE ALARM SYSTEM COMPLETE WITH FACP, HORN/STROBES, PULL STATIONS PER NFPA 72(EAST DIST)"}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"279534","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS","legalName":"RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS","address":"518-20 KNORR ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"1999-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2013-08-24","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"279534","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS","legalName":"RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS","issuedDate":"1999-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2013-08-24","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 25% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $1,240,000 to $1,550,000","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 219677 (Expired), 1029561 (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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Jul 12, 2023","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":"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/"}]}