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NO SIGN WITH THIS PERMIT"},{"number":"810488","date":"2017-10-03","work":"Suppression","type":"BP_FIRESUP","description":"SUPPRESSION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-08-03","scope":"ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING SPRINKLER SYSTEM FOR AN EXISTING UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NFPA 13 STANDARD TO INCLUDE RELOCATION OF EXISTING PIPING AND HEADS FOR NEW ELEVATOR & STAIR INSTALLATION AND NEW SUPPLY LINES AND HEADS FOR A NEW ELEVATOR HEADHOUSE ABOVE GROUND AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"827788","date":"2017-10-30","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-11-22","scope":"TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY PER CONTRACTOR'S REQUEST"},{"number":"765808","date":"2017-10-31","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"ABANDONED","completedDate":null,"scope":"ALTERATION:PLUMBING SYSTEM FOR NEW FOUNTAIN IN LOVE PARK - THE INSTALLATION WILL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADEPHIA PLUBMING CODE 2004"},{"number":"871627","date":"2018-04-27","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-05-15","scope":"INSTALL 2-20AMP 120V DEDICATED RECEPTACLES EXPOSED SURFACE MOUNTED IN CONDUIT AS PER NEC 2008 CC DISTRICT"},{"number":"837019","date":"2018-06-04","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-06-04","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY FREESTANDING SIGN. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON APPLICATION/PLANS. SIGN ACCESSORY TO NON ACCESSORY UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE."},{"number":"840497","date":"2018-06-04","work":"Sign","type":"BP_SIGN","description":"SIGN PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-12-31","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) ACCESSORY FREESTANDING SIGN; SIGN ACCESSORY TO NON ACCESSORY UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE."},{"number":"25956","date":"2018-11-07","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-11-07","scope":"11/06/18 ERECT TENT: 40X80"},{"number":"OP-2020-000375","date":"2020-11-10","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2021-06-16","scope":"Installing (3) temporary tents for Christmas Village at Love Park 2020"},{"number":"OP-2025-000406","date":"2025-10-20","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-12-31","scope":"ASSEMBLY USE TENT - LAWFUL OCCUPANCY SHALL BE AS POSTED - REMOVAL DATE ELECTRICAL PERMIT REQUIRED, UNLESS POWER IS PROVIDED THROUGH EXISTING EXTERIOR GROUND FAULT PROTECTED RECEPTACLES AND POWER CORDS ARE RATED EXTRA HEAVY DUTY WITH U. L. LABEL STATING SUCH RATING. NO COOKING OR HEATING PERMITTED WITH THIS APPROVAL. IF TENT IS NOT READY FOR INSPECTION TO INCLUDE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, AN ADDITIONAL WILL BE APPLIED FOR ANY AFTER HOURS INSPECTION WITH POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF CODE VIOLATION NOTICES. ELECTRICAL PERMIT NUMBER MUST BE PROVIDED 24-HRS PRIOR TO EVENT. Streets Department permit is required for street closure prior to the start work if applicable."},{"number":"OP-2026-000251","date":"2026-06-24","work":"Fireworks / Pyrotechnics Display","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-06-30","scope":"All effect shall adhere to the 2018 Philadelphia Fire Code and applicable NFPA referenced standards. These shall include but not limited to NFPA 1126,1123 and NFPA 160. The safe operation of all effects is the responsibility of the shooter. Permit approval is subject to a demo to the assigned Fire Code official."},{"number":"CP-2026-002686","date":"2026-07-16","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"LEVEL I ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) FOR CONCRETE REPAIRS TO EXISTING PARKING GARAGE AS PER APPROVED PLANS. *2018 IEBC REVIEW*"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2018,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Fireworks / Pyrotechnics Display"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"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":["3 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Feb 17, 2026; Sprinkler Certification: Deficient","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #29924: OPEN · Granted; related permit 745530. Use permit #682634: 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":"4 permits not marked completed: 765808 (ABANDONED), OP-2020-000375 (Expired), OP-2025-000406 (Expired), CP-2026-002686 (Issued). 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":"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 Nov 7, 2018.","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":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 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/"}],"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/"}]}