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THE PERMIT IS INCORRECT BECAUSE THE ZONING CODE DOES NOT ALLOW ESTABLISHMENT OF ","status":"In Process","outcome":null,"date":"2026-06-24","number":"24988","relatedPermit":null}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":2,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2024,"v":2266600,"taxable":2266600,"land":453320,"improvement":1813280,"taxableLand":453320,"taxableImprovement":1813280,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":2247200,"taxable":2247200,"land":449440,"improvement":1797760,"taxableLand":449440,"taxableImprovement":1797760,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":2247200,"taxable":2247200,"land":449440,"improvement":1797760,"taxableLand":449440,"taxableImprovement":1797760,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":2134800,"taxable":2134800,"land":426900,"improvement":1707900,"taxableLand":426900,"taxableImprovement":1707900,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":31456,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"956439","date":"2019-03-12","work":"Tank Install/Removal","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-03-18","scope":"REMOVAL/CLOSURE OF THREE (3) UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS 1,000-GALLON (GASOLINE) 4,000-GALLON (GASOLINE) 550-GALLON (#2 HEATING OIL). ALL WORK TO BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS. REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA."},{"number":"967564","date":"2019-06-25","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-02","scope":"LEVEL III ALTERATIONS FOR RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS TO AN EXISTING THREE-STORY BUILDING TO CREATE A SHELL FOR FUTURE TENANT FITOUT AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR FIT-OUT AND C.O. PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY MEP OR FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"1007499","date":"2019-09-04","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-04-01","scope":"SEAL LATERAL AS PER 2004 PPC"},{"number":"1045931","date":"2020-06-22","work":"Lot Line Relocation","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-01-05","scope":"FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED PERMIT #947118 & 946225 AND FOR RELOCATION OF LOTS LINE TO CREATE TWO (2) LOTS (PARCEL A & B) FROM TWO (2) DEEDED LOTS (1100-28 & 1130-54 N DELAWARE AVE). SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"FP-2020-000809","date":"2020-07-14","work":"New Construction","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-08-02","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13, WITH A 4-INCH FIRE SERVICE LINE; FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY, AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"PP-2020-010683","date":"2020-10-14","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-03-29","scope":"installing 2 curb traps & fai, house drains and 1.5\" water PPC 2018"},{"number":"CP-2020-001703","date":"2020-11-20","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-09-09","scope":"INTERIOR ALTERATION OF AN EXISTING THREE STORY STURCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLAN AMEND ORIGINAL PERMIT FOR THE UPDATE TO THE INTERIOR WALL AND PER APPROVED PLAN AND DESIGNATE NEW SPECIAL INSPECTION AGENCY. 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All proposed work to be done in accordance with Philadelphia Plumbing Code 2018."},{"number":"MP-2021-000151","date":"2021-02-01","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-09-09","scope":"FOR THE INSALLATION OF A NEW HVAC SYSTEM INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF (10) 120,000 BTU 95% GAS FURNACE WITH 5 TON 16 SEER AC SYSTEMS. ALL DUCT WORK WILL BE SELF CONTAINED IN EACH LIVING SPACE AS PER MECHANICAL PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2021-000186","date":"2021-02-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-05-25","scope":"Install new 1000amp 3 phase service via Peco pad mount transformer, (4) 200 amp panels and feeders. Wiring throughout receptacles, switches, sensors, and installation of lighting fixtures (provided by others). Wiring for elevator, mechanical and hvac equipment, All work as plans. Install low voltage fire alarm system and emergency two way communication system as per plans. All work as per 2017 NEC, 2016 NFPA 72 and City of Philadelphia code requirements."},{"number":"ZP-2025-005307","date":"2025-06-03","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ONE STATICALLY ILLUMINATED MARQUEE SIGN, SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":0.27,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Rough-In"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"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":["1 permit event since 2023","3 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 #24986: In Process.","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":"2 permits not marked completed: 956439 (Expired), 1007499 (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":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Sep 10, 2026; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through May 25, 2022","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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Apr 19, 2021.","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":"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":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 1 case.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"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/"}]}