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ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS-2017 NEC,2016 NFPA-72,2018 PHILA FIRE CODE."},{"number":"ZP-2025-008626","date":"2025-10-06","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-01","scope":"FOR THE REMOVAL OF ONE (1) EXISITNG WALL SIGN AND THE INSTALLATION OF ONE (1) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION / PLANS."},{"number":"GP-2025-009575","date":"2025-10-20","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-12-01","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) STATIC INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED ACCESSORY WALL SIGN AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL WORK. SEE ZP-2025-008626 FOR ASSOCIATED ZONING APPROVAL."},{"number":"EP-2025-009728","date":"2025-10-21","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-15","scope":"Disconnect and safe off wiring from existing sign for removal of sign by others. Reroute and re use existing wiring from panel. Disconnect and remove the existing time clock and reroute wiring to the existing lighting contactor. Install a new adder pole in the existing lighting contactor. Install wiring and mount a new weatherproof box, switch and bubble cover on exterior of building. Make connection of the whips furnished from sign vendor to the new weatherproof box. ALL WORK TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO THE 2017 NEC."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"685940","type":"Special Assembly Occupancy","status":"Inactive","businessName":"INTL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS","legalName":"INTL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS","address":"12273 TOWNSEND RD","revenueCode":"3006","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2016-02-12","latestIssueDate":"2016-02-12","expirationDate":"2016-08-01","inactiveDate":"2016-09-30"},{"number":"698354","type":"Food Caterer","status":"Inactive","businessName":"P&P CATERERS OF TOWNSEND ROAD INC","legalName":"P&P CATERERS OF TOWNSEND ROAD INC","address":"12273 TOWNSEND RD","revenueCode":"3122","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2016-04-05","latestIssueDate":"2016-04-05","expirationDate":"2017-04-04","inactiveDate":"2017-06-03"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"698354","type":"Food Caterer","businessName":"P&P CATERERS OF TOWNSEND ROAD INC","legalName":"P&P CATERERS OF TOWNSEND ROAD INC","issuedDate":"2016-04-05","latestIssueDate":"2016-04-05","closureDate":"2017-06-03","expirationDate":"2017-04-04","inactiveDate":"2017-06-03","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"685940","type":"Special Assembly Occupancy","businessName":"INTL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS","legalName":"INTL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS","issuedDate":"2016-02-12","latestIssueDate":"2016-02-12","closureDate":"2016-09-30","expirationDate":"2016-08-01","inactiveDate":"2016-09-30","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","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":["11 permit events 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 #3349: OPEN · ADMIN/REVIEW. Use permit #90168: 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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 148156 (CLOSED), FP-2023-002454 (Issued).","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 3, 2025; Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through May 1, 2027","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":"6 failed, 4 passed, and 2 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Apr 12, 2016.","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":"Special Assembly Occupancy #685940: Inactive since Sep 30, 2016; Food Caterer #698354: Inactive since Jun 3, 2017","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 15 historical violations across 5 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/"}],"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/"}]}