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IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2005 NEC."},{"number":"19358","date":"2009-06-01","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2009-06-01","scope":"6/2/09 - TENT INSTALLED ON LOADING DOCK FOR FUND RAISER"},{"number":"22884","date":"2014-05-15","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2014-05-15","scope":"05/10/2014 ERECT ASSEMBLY TENT (12'X35') FOR SIMEONE FOUNDATION MUSEUM/PHILLY MAG WINE FEST"},{"number":"573098","date":"2014-11-07","work":"Alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-05-17","scope":"REROOF AS PER **EZ ROOF STANDARDS**"},{"number":"809703","date":"2017-08-31","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-08-31","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE(1) DETACHED STRUCTURE FOR A WAREHOUSE (PROPOSED STRUCTURE) ON THE SAME LOT EXISTING STRUCTURE AND USE FOR A MUSEUM FOR THE DISPLAY OF AUTOMOBILES AND VEHICLES AND ACCESSORY PARKING SPACES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"851208","date":"2018-09-11","work":"New construction","type":"BP_NEWCNST","description":"NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-04-16","scope":"FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE-STORY STRUCTURE FOR WAREHOUSE/STORAGE OF PERSNAL VEHICLES IN THE SAME LOT WITH A MUSEUM FOR THE DISPLAY OF AUTOMOBILES , AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"ZP-2021-004492","date":"2021-07-27","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-09-10","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) DETACHED STRUCTURES. SIZES AND LOCATIONS AS SHOWN ON PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2021-004167","date":"2021-09-02","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Cancelled","completedDate":"2022-02-23","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TWO(2) PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"OP-2022-000277","date":"2022-05-31","work":"Temporary Tents and Canopies","type":"Operations","description":"Operations Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-03-23","scope":"tent for event - cool cars for kids-by CHOP on parking lot"},{"number":"CP-2024-003571","date":"2024-07-16","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-09-10","scope":"FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF A ONE STORY PRE-FABRICATED STRUCTURE (BLDG #2) FOR USE AS STORAGE FOR ACCESSORY ASSEMBLY USE ON THE LOT. ORIGINAL STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED UNDER CP-2021-004167. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLAN. REFER TO INSPECTION REPORT FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURE SEALED BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2023-005373","date":"2024-07-16","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-09-10","scope":"FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF A ONE STORY PRE-FABRICATED STRUCTURE (BLDG #1) FOR USE AS STORAGE FOR ACCESSORY ASSEMBLY USE ON THE LOT. ORIGINAL STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED UNDER CP-2021-004167. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLAN. REFER TO INSPECTION REPORT FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURE SEALED BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"New construction"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Temporary Tents and Canopies"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"739678","type":"Annual Small Games Of Chance","status":"Inactive","businessName":"FREDERICK A SIMEONE MD FOUNDATION INC","legalName":"FREDERICK A SIMEONE MD FOUNDATION INC","address":"6831 NORWITCH DR","revenueCode":"3843","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2017-05-24","latestIssueDate":"2019-05-23","expirationDate":"2020-05-23","inactiveDate":"2020-07-22"}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"739678","type":"Annual Small Games Of Chance","businessName":"FREDERICK A SIMEONE MD FOUNDATION INC","legalName":"FREDERICK A SIMEONE MD FOUNDATION INC","issuedDate":"2017-05-24","latestIssueDate":"2019-05-23","closureDate":"2020-07-22","expirationDate":"2020-05-23","inactiveDate":"2020-07-22","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2023"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"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":["2 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal 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":"Use permit #33751: 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: CP-2021-004167 (Cancelled), OP-2022-000277 (Expired). 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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"1 violation row are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Mar 2, 2024","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":"3 failed, 0 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Oct 17, 2023.","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":"Annual Small Games Of Chance #739678: Inactive since Jul 22, 2020","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":"full-tax-exemption","level":"verify","title":"OPA shows a full exemption; its legal basis is unverified","finding":"OPA currently marks the land and building assessment fully tax-exempt; BlockReport does not receive the exemption determination or basis.","why":"Full OPA exemptions can have different legal bases, including government, religious, charitable/institutional, veteran, or other treatment. The current owner/use record is not a buyer’s tax forecast.","action":"Confirm the exact exemption basis, buyer eligibility, and next tax-year treatment directly with OPA.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-property-assessment/tax-exemptions-and-abatements/"}],"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/"}]}