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Size and location as per plans.\n\n\nFor the p","status":"Scheduled","outcome":null,"date":"2024-10-30","number":"ZP-2023-010992","relatedPermit":"ZP-2023-010992"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":3,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2024,"v":1875000,"taxable":1875000,"land":562500,"improvement":1312500,"taxableLand":562500,"taxableImprovement":1312500,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":1875000,"taxable":1875000,"land":562500,"improvement":1312500,"taxableLand":562500,"taxableImprovement":1312500,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":1875000,"taxable":1875000,"land":562500,"improvement":1312500,"taxableLand":562500,"taxableImprovement":1312500,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":1880800,"taxable":1880800,"land":376100,"improvement":1504700,"taxableLand":376100,"taxableImprovement":1504700,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":26246,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2022-011291","date":"2022-10-18","work":"Lot Line Relocation","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE LOT ADJUSTMENT TO CREATE TWO(2) PARCELS \" PARCEL B\" AND \"PARCEL C\" FROM TWO(2) OPA ACCOUNTS ( 1701 GERMANTOWN AVE AND 1801 N 5TH ST) AND FROM \"PREMISES A\", \"PREMISES B\" ,\"PREMISES C\" ,\"PREMISES D\" , \"PREMISES E, \"PREMISES F\" AND \"PREMISES G\" SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION. *AMENDED APPLICATION* Previously approved survey plan measurement was not correct on plan. The corrected plan has correct dimensions as per the revised survey plan dated 11/7/2022, as approved by City Surveyor 12/19/2022 and stamp by city planning commission."},{"number":"ZP-2022-011928","date":"2022-10-22","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Wholesale, Distribution, and Storage - Warehouse."},{"number":"ZP-2023-010992","date":null,"work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Denied","completedDate":null,"scope":null}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":-0.68,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"sale","p":5800000},{"y":2019,"k":"sale","p":2000000},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"sale","p":1875000},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: ZP-2023-010992 (Denied).","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/"}],"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/"}]}