{"asOf":"2026-07-25T23:46:38.997Z","block":"5100-5199 N 5TH ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/5100-5199-n-5th-st","address":"5140-42 N 5TH ST","parcelNumber":"882965307","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882965307","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":true,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"ZV0","buildingCodeNew":"253","buildingClass":"MISC DAY CARE MASONRY","buildingClassNew":"DAY CARE CENTER","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"WON MIN BAI","coOwner":"WON SUNG JA","marketValue":456200,"landAssessment":91200,"improvementAssessment":365000,"livableArea":4080,"yearBuilt":1920,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2010-12-08T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":1,"violations":[{"number":"2006390","date":"2010-02-24","code":"14-1704/50","title":"NO ZONING/USE PERMIT-SIGN","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983173","date":"2010-11-01","code":"FC-907.4/4","title":"FIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983172","date":"2010-11-01","code":"PM-102.3/1","title":"LICENSE-RES SFD/2FD","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983175","date":"2010-11-01","code":"FC-907.3/20","title":"SD-REQD EXIST GROUP R","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983174","date":"2010-11-01","code":"FC-908.7/1","title":"CO DETECTOR NEEDED","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"4860212","date":"2018-10-31","code":"FC-13-901.6","title":"FIRE SYSTEMS MAINTAINED","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"4860213","date":"2018-10-31","code":"FC-13-915.1","title":"FIRE ALARM TESTED/CERTIFIED","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"VI-2025-031619","date":"2025-05-12","code":"F-901.6.4","title":"PERIODIC TESTING\n","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"236026","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2010-05-20","completedDate":"2011-05-24","violations":[{"number":"2006390","date":"2010-02-24","code":"14-1704/50","title":"NO ZONING/USE PERMIT-SIGN","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]},{"number":"256979","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"HCEU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2010-11-01","completedDate":"2011-04-12","violations":[{"number":"1983173","date":"2010-11-01","code":"FC-907.4/4","title":"FIRE-PULL STATION SIGNS","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983172","date":"2010-11-01","code":"PM-102.3/1","title":"LICENSE-RES SFD/2FD","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983175","date":"2010-11-01","code":"FC-907.3/20","title":"SD-REQD EXIST GROUP R","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"1983174","date":"2010-11-01","code":"FC-908.7/1","title":"CO DETECTOR NEEDED","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]},{"number":"661844","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"CI","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2018-10-31","completedDate":"2018-11-01","violations":[{"number":"4860212","date":"2018-10-31","code":"FC-13-901.6","title":"FIRE SYSTEMS MAINTAINED","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"4860213","date":"2018-10-31","code":"FC-13-915.1","title":"FIRE ALARM TESTED/CERTIFIED","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]},{"number":"CF-2025-041901","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"QUALITY OF LIFE COURTS","status":"IN VIOLATION","createdDate":"2025-05-13","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2025-031619","date":"2025-05-12","code":"F-901.6.4","title":"PERIODIC TESTING\n","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2010,"n":5,"worst":null},{"y":2018,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2025,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"236026","date":"2010-02-24","type":"BC INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"236026","date":"2010-08-26","type":"BC INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"236026","date":"2010-10-05","type":"BC INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"236026","date":"2010-10-05","type":"BC INSP","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"256979","date":"2010-11-01","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"256979","date":"2011-02-17","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"236026","date":"2011-03-10","type":"PRECOURT","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"256979","date":"2011-04-12","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"236026","date":"2011-05-24","type":"PRECOURT","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"661844","date":"2018-10-31","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"661844","date":"2018-11-01","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"CLOSED"},{"caseNumber":"661844","date":"2018-11-01","type":"CEASE INSP","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-041901","date":"2025-05-13","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-041901","date":"2025-10-30","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-041901","date":"2025-12-08","type":null,"status":"FAILED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2010,"fails":4,"passes":0},{"y":2011,"fails":2,"passes":2},{"y":2018,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2025,"fails":3,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.02983381414748,"lng":-75.13230760366986,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.132100839,40.029806221],[-75.132110816,40.029763376],[-75.132523192,40.029818008],[-75.132504218,40.029904382],[-75.13209229,40.029849535],[-75.132100839,40.029806221]]]},"liDistrict":null,"certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":false,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19120","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":2,"lotArea":3645,"zoning":"CMX2.5","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"5","intCond":"5","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1927 CORI LN, BLUE BELL PA, 19422","mailOut":true,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE ONE (1) LOT FROM TWO (2) LOTS; FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF A FLATWALL SIGN (2'6\"X16') ACCESSORY TO AN EXISTING RETAIL CLOTHING STORE ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH AN EXISTING SINGL","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Dismissed","date":"2011-09-21","number":"14637","relatedPermit":"354999"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":115000,"taxable":115000,"land":19000,"improvement":96000,"taxableLand":19000,"taxableImprovement":96000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":115000,"taxable":115000,"land":19000,"improvement":96000,"taxableLand":19000,"taxableImprovement":96000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":126700,"taxable":126700,"land":25319,"improvement":101381,"taxableLand":25319,"taxableImprovement":101381,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":252700,"taxable":252700,"land":50540,"improvement":202160,"taxableLand":50540,"taxableImprovement":202160,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":252700,"taxable":252700,"land":50540,"improvement":202160,"taxableLand":50540,"taxableImprovement":202160,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":252700,"taxable":252700,"land":50540,"improvement":202160,"taxableLand":50540,"taxableImprovement":202160,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":252700,"taxable":252700,"land":50540,"improvement":202160,"taxableLand":50540,"taxableImprovement":202160,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":276100,"taxable":276100,"land":55226,"improvement":220874,"taxableLand":55226,"taxableImprovement":220874,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":276100,"taxable":276100,"land":55226,"improvement":220874,"taxableLand":55226,"taxableImprovement":220874,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":456200,"taxable":456200,"land":91240,"improvement":364960,"taxableLand":91240,"taxableImprovement":364960,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":456200,"taxable":456200,"land":91240,"improvement":364960,"taxableLand":91240,"taxableImprovement":364960,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":456200,"taxable":456200,"land":91200,"improvement":365000,"taxableLand":91200,"taxableImprovement":365000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":6386,"familyHeld":true,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"451610","date":"2013-02-04","work":"Zoning","type":"ZP_ZONING","description":"ZONING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-02-04","scope":"RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE ONE LOT FROM TWO LOTS."},{"number":"451584","date":"2013-02-04","work":"Zoning","type":"ZP_ZONING","description":"ZONING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-02-04","scope":"RELOCATION OF LOT LINES TO CREATE ONE LOT FROM TWO LOTS."},{"number":"452347","date":"2013-02-06","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-02-06","scope":"FOR A DAY CARE CENTER."},{"number":"453292","date":"2013-03-13","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-05-13","scope":"CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR AN EXISTING DAYCARE CENTER."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2010,"k":"viol","w":"5 L&I violations"},{"y":2010,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×4"},{"y":2011,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed"},{"y":2011,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal dismissed"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"297447","type":"Hazardous Materials","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WINNERS CLEANERS INC","legalName":"WINNERS CLEANERS INC","address":"5140-42 N 5TH ST","revenueCode":"3335","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-01-02","latestIssueDate":"2004-01-02","expirationDate":"2005-12-31","inactiveDate":"2012-07-24"},{"number":"516827","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MIN BAI   SEUNG JA WON","legalName":"MIN BAI   SEUNG JA WON","address":"5140-42 N 5TH ST","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2010-10-13","latestIssueDate":"2010-10-13","expirationDate":"2011-02-28","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"605013","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"TERAY INC","legalName":"TERAY INC","address":"5140-42 N 5TH ST","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-09-12","latestIssueDate":"2013-09-12","expirationDate":"2014-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"873819","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"PRESTIGE LEARNING CENTER LLC","legalName":"PRESTIGE LEARNING CENTER LLC ","address":"5140-42 N 5TH ST","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2021-07-26","latestIssueDate":"2024-06-11","expirationDate":"2025-07-25","inactiveDate":"2025-09-23"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"873819","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","businessName":"PRESTIGE LEARNING CENTER LLC","legalName":"PRESTIGE LEARNING CENTER LLC ","issuedDate":"2021-07-26","latestIssueDate":"2024-06-11","closureDate":"2025-09-23","expirationDate":"2025-07-25","inactiveDate":"2025-09-23","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"605013","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","businessName":"TERAY INC","legalName":"TERAY INC","issuedDate":"2013-09-12","latestIssueDate":"2013-09-12","closureDate":"2014-04-30","expirationDate":"2014-04-30","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"516827","type":"Rental","businessName":"MIN BAI   SEUNG JA WON","legalName":"MIN BAI   SEUNG JA WON","issuedDate":"2010-10-13","latestIssueDate":"2010-10-13","closureDate":"2012-12-22","expirationDate":"2011-02-28","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"297447","type":"Hazardous Materials","businessName":"WINNERS CLEANERS INC","legalName":"WINNERS CLEANERS INC","issuedDate":"2004-01-02","latestIssueDate":"2004-01-02","closureDate":"2012-07-24","expirationDate":"2005-12-31","inactiveDate":"2012-07-24","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 65% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $276,100 to $456,200","no permit shown in 2024-2026"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #452347: COMPLETED.","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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"8 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":"10 failed, 3 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Dec 8, 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":"Hazardous Materials #297447: Inactive since Jul 24, 2012; Food Preparing and Serving #605013: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #873819: Inactive since Sep 23, 2025","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 and appears related-party/family-held.","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/"}]}