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ALL PERMITTED DEMOLITION ACTIVITY TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED SITE SAFETY DEMOLITION PLAN & SUCH PLAN TO BE MAINTAINED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHILADELPHIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. COMPLETE SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUIRED AS REFLECTED ON APPROVED SITE PLAN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. SEPARATE STREET CLOSURE PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF WORK. ANY DEVIATION WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDED BUILDING PERMIT.**ASBESTOS REMEDIATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF WORK** SELECTED SPECIAL INSPECTION ITEMS TO BE MONITORED BY THE APPROVED AGENCY AT ALL TIME**"},{"number":"PP-2026-004696","date":"2026-04-13","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-21","scope":"SEAL LATERA FOR DEMO."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2006,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"sale","p":3000000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"199671","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","status":"Closed","businessName":"KITCHEN KAPERS INC","legalName":"KITCHEN KAPERS INC","address":"213 S 17TH ST","revenueCode":"3118","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2023-04-26","expirationDate":"2024-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"520707","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"PHILADELPHIA VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE &EDUCATION CTR","legalName":"PHILADELPHIA VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE &EDUCATION CTR","address":"213 S 17TH ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2010-12-02","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-31","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"520707","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"PHILADELPHIA VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE &EDUCATION CTR","legalName":"PHILADELPHIA VETERANS MULTI-SERVICE &EDUCATION CTR","issuedDate":"2010-12-02","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-31","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"199671","type":"Food Establishment, Retail Permanent Location","businessName":"KITCHEN KAPERS INC","legalName":"KITCHEN KAPERS INC","issuedDate":"2004-05-06","latestIssueDate":"2023-04-26","closureDate":"2024-04-30","expirationDate":"2024-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Closed","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"watch","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 2 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2025","permit activity in 2025, 2026"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: PP-2024-012031 (Expired), DP-2024-001096 (Issued). 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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 Establishment, Retail Permanent Location #199671: Closed","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/"}],"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. 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