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BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE SECURED UNDER THIS APPROVAL - NO ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS (BLDG PERMIT TO BE FILED SEPARATELY IN TIMEFRAME AS ALLOWED BY PA ACTS / LOCAL CODES) **STREETS DEPARTMENT BLDG PERMIT APPROVAL REQ'D**"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2010,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal approved"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2020,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2020,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2022,"k":"sale","p":765000}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"283496","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","status":"Inactive","businessName":"JORDAN LOVITZ","legalName":"JORDAN LOVITZ","address":"154-58 W GIRARD AVE","revenueCode":"3311","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2001-12-20","latestIssueDate":"2001-12-20","expirationDate":"2002-12-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"298101","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","status":"Inactive","businessName":"JORDAN LOVITZ (T/A JORDAN'S JBM AUTOMOTIVE)","legalName":"JORDAN LOVITZ","address":"154-58 W GIRARD AVE","revenueCode":"3417","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2002-09-12","latestIssueDate":"2002-09-12","expirationDate":"2003-03-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"298101","type":"Dumpster License - Public ROW","businessName":"JORDAN LOVITZ (T/A JORDAN'S JBM AUTOMOTIVE)","legalName":"JORDAN LOVITZ","issuedDate":"2002-09-12","latestIssueDate":"2002-09-12","closureDate":"2003-03-31","expirationDate":"2003-03-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"283496","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"JORDAN LOVITZ","legalName":"JORDAN LOVITZ","issuedDate":"2001-12-20","latestIssueDate":"2001-12-20","closureDate":"2002-12-31","expirationDate":"2002-12-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 26% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $194,400 to $245,800","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 155129 (CLOSED), 390478 (CLOSED).","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":"3 failed, 0 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on May 1, 2020.","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":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing #283496: Inactive; Dumpster License - Public ROW #298101: Inactive","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 1 historical violation 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/"}]}