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SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT OR CLOSURE."},{"number":"PP-2025-012599","date":"2025-10-02","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"5\" lateral seal for a demolition"},{"number":"ZP-2025-009942","date":"2025-12-16","work":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE LOT LINE TO CONSOLIDATE TWO (2) ZONING LOTS (PREMISES “A”: 4006 CHESTNUT ST) AND (PREMISES “B”: 4008 CHESTNUT ST) INTO A SINGLE LOT (PREMISES “C”), SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLAN."}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2021,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Party Wall Protection"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"demo"},{"y":2024,"k":"sale","p":1190000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"208831","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"PATTAYA GRILL INC","legalName":"PATTAYA GRILL INC","address":"4006 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2002-04-26","latestIssueDate":"2002-04-26","expirationDate":"2003-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"209080","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CECILIA NUFABLE LLC","legalName":"CECILIA NUFABLE LLC","address":"4006 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-04-19","latestIssueDate":"2008-04-16","expirationDate":"2009-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"513534","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Closed","businessName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","legalName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","address":"4006 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2010-09-02","latestIssueDate":"2021-03-16","expirationDate":"2022-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"579190","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","legalName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","address":"4006 CHESTNUT ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2012-12-05","latestIssueDate":"2012-12-05","expirationDate":"2013-07-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"579190","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","legalName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","issuedDate":"2012-12-05","latestIssueDate":"2012-12-05","closureDate":"2013-07-31","expirationDate":"2013-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"513534","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","legalName":"PATTAYA RESTAURANT INC","issuedDate":"2010-09-02","latestIssueDate":"2021-03-16","closureDate":"2022-04-30","expirationDate":"2022-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false},{"number":"209080","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"CECILIA NUFABLE LLC","legalName":"CECILIA NUFABLE LLC","issuedDate":"2004-04-19","latestIssueDate":"2008-04-16","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2009-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"208831","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"PATTAYA GRILL INC","legalName":"PATTAYA GRILL INC","issuedDate":"2002-04-26","latestIssueDate":"2002-04-26","closureDate":"2003-04-30","expirationDate":"2003-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-21","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 3 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2024","permit activity in 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2021-002904: Completed · Granted; related permit ZP-2021-002904.","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":"5 permits not marked completed: CP-2022-001327 (Expired), GM-2023-005095 (Expired), PP-2023-007966 (Expired), DP-2023-001443 (Issued), PP-2025-012599 (Issued). 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":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"1 fire/suppression-related permit matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #208831: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #209080: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #513534: Closed; Dumpster License - Private Property #579190: 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/"}],"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/"}]}