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ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. **MULTIPLE BUILDING PERMITS RELATED TO THIS WORK: SEE CP-2024-003435 FOR BASEMENT & 1RST FLOORS, SEE CP-2024-002720 FOR 2ND & 3RD FLOORS **SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION OF THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION: FDC TO ROUTE THROUGH BRICK AND NOT STONE WATERTABLE"},{"number":"PP-2024-010506","date":"2024-10-23","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-12","scope":"install : (7)water closet,(8)lav,(2)3 comp sink,(11)floor drain,(3)hand sink,(5)hub drain,(3)kitchen sink,(3)shower,(3)laundry sink,(2)sump pump,- 47 FIXTURES"},{"number":"EP-2024-007955","date":"2024-12-05","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-05-19","scope":"Install 800 amp service & meter bank, and (3) 200 amp panels and (3) 150 amp panels, install outlets, lights, switches, gfi's Install Fire Alarm and exit emergency light system in Restaurant . 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If a rental owner lives outside Philadelphia, the City requires a managing agent with a Philadelphia mailing address; the owner remains legally responsible.","action":"Verify the buyer’s residence and, if the buyer will live outside Philadelphia, identify the Philadelphia managing agent on the new license application.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1925 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. 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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":"Dumpster License - Public ROW #298563: Inactive since Dec 14, 2011; Dumpster License - Private Property #535131: Inactive since Oct 27, 2011; Dumpster License - Public ROW #547454: Inactive since May 30, 2024","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":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 3 historical violations across 2 cases.","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/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Apr 7, 2027","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. 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