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To include the removal and replacement or the covering of existing materials, elements, equipment, or fixtures using new materials, elements, equipment or fixtures that serves the same purpose. No structural work and/or changes to rated assemblies. Remove all trash & debris in the building, renovate existing bathrooms (2) complete, the existing concrete slab will be refinished so floor is level & smooth, the outer cement wall will be framed on the inside (non-Load-bearing) and sheet rocked, repair walls as needed, paint walls, all other work will be performed by licensed subs who will pull there own permits."},{"number":"ZP-2025-010481","date":"2025-12-05","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Eating and Drinking Establishments - Sit-Down Restaurant"},{"number":"CP-2025-005580","date":"2025-12-08","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR LEVEL III ALTERATION WITH COMPLETE CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION TO CREATE A SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT WITHIN THE EXISTING ONE-STORY STRUCTURE. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FP WORK. AMENDMENT#1 TO CHANGE THE KITCHEN DESIGN."},{"number":"ZP-2025-003648","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Denied","completedDate":null,"scope":null}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2021,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"205887","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ETTA WILLIAMS (BOB & STAN RIB HOUSE)","legalName":"ETTA WILLIAMS","address":"4610-12 N BROAD ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2003-05-22","latestIssueDate":"2003-05-22","expirationDate":"2004-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"282028","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ETTA WILLIAMS (T/A BOB N STANS RIBHOUSE)","legalName":"ETTA WILLIAMS","address":"4610-12 N BROAD ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2003-07-24","latestIssueDate":"2003-07-24","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"792122","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"TRACEY  WESCOTT","legalName":"TRACEY  WESCOTT ","address":"4610-12 N BROAD ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-10-17","latestIssueDate":"2018-10-17","expirationDate":"2019-10-16","inactiveDate":"2019-12-15"},{"number":"907626","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Alpha and Omega Christian Academy LLC","legalName":"Alpha and Omega Christian Academy LLC ","address":"4610-12 N BROAD ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-10-03","latestIssueDate":"2022-10-03","expirationDate":"2023-10-02","inactiveDate":"2023-12-01"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"907626","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"Alpha and Omega Christian Academy LLC","legalName":"Alpha and Omega Christian Academy LLC ","issuedDate":"2022-10-03","latestIssueDate":"2022-10-03","closureDate":"2023-12-01","expirationDate":"2023-10-02","inactiveDate":"2023-12-01","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"792122","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"TRACEY  WESCOTT","legalName":"TRACEY  WESCOTT ","issuedDate":"2018-10-17","latestIssueDate":"2018-10-17","closureDate":"2019-12-15","expirationDate":"2019-10-16","inactiveDate":"2019-12-15","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"282028","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"ETTA WILLIAMS (T/A BOB N STANS RIBHOUSE)","legalName":"ETTA WILLIAMS","issuedDate":"2003-07-24","latestIssueDate":"2003-07-24","closureDate":"2010-07-31","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"205887","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"ETTA WILLIAMS (BOB & STAN RIB HOUSE)","legalName":"ETTA WILLIAMS","issuedDate":"2003-05-22","latestIssueDate":"2003-05-22","closureDate":"2004-04-30","expirationDate":"2004-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"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 2023, 2025"],"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":["2 permit events since 2023","2 zoning/board appeals 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-2025-003648: Prepare Meeting; related permit ZP-2025-003648.","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":"3 permits not marked completed: CP-2021-004938 (Expired), CP-2025-005580 (Issued), ZP-2025-003648 (Denied). 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"5 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Apr 16, 2025.","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":"Food Preparing and Serving #205887: Inactive; Dumpster License - Private Property #282028: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #792122: Inactive since Dec 15, 2019; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #907626: Inactive since Dec 1, 2023","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"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/"}]}