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SIZES AND LOCATIONS AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION/PLANS. NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OF EXISTING STRUCTURE."},{"number":"GP-2021-011328","date":"2021-12-01","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-12-28","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF TWO (2) STATICALLY ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS (1 SOUTHEASTERLY FACING, 1 SOUTHWESTERLY FACING) BELOW THE ROOFLINE OF THE EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED STRUCTURE. SIZES AND LOCATIONS AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION/PLANS. NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OF EXISTING STRUCTURE."},{"number":"FP-2021-003229","date":"2022-01-17","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-09-10","scope":"Install Amerex Industrial Dry Chemical Fire Suppression System per NFPA 17 within the existing machine shop as per approved plans."},{"number":"GM-2022-000522","date":"2022-01-24","work":"Roof Covering Replacement","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-12-01","scope":"EZ PERMIT RE-ROOFING- For the Installation of New Roof Coverings on Exiting Roofs as per attached standard. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. Streets Department Permit is required for any sidewalk and street closures . All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"ZP-2021-012071","date":"2022-01-26","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Personal Vehicle Repair and Maintenance.; Vehicle Paint Finishing Shop."},{"number":"CP-2021-009427","date":"2022-01-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-02-07","scope":"pointing caulking fixing cracks and patching blocks according to the 2018 PPC"},{"number":"CP-2022-000843","date":"2022-03-03","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-02-01","scope":"For level 2 alteration for renovation of existing (2) story vacant warehouse for a proposed vehicle body shop, maintenance, repair, and paint facility on the first floor. AMENDMENT (10/27/2022) TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE SPRAY BOOTH AS PER REVISED PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2022-003012","date":"2022-04-15","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-02-01","scope":"Existing 400amp Service, Install New 75Kva Transformer And 3 New Panels. Install Complete New Fire Alarm System To NFPA 72, Install Some New Lighting (some Existing Reconfigure To Fit Plan) Install New Emergency Lighting, Wire New Paint Booth, Install Some New Outlets . See cut-sheets for hazardous location requirements. ALL WORK IS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO APPROVED DRAWINGS. 2017 NEC. **SEPARATE MECH PERMIT NEEDED FOR PAINT BOOTH**"},{"number":"MP-2022-003107","date":"2022-07-14","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-01-31","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK, THE RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING GAS UNIT HEATER, AND THE INSTALLATION OF DUCTWORK AND FANT FOR A PAINT SPRAY BOOTH. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT THE DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"PP-2022-010699","date":"2022-07-18","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-01-31","scope":"For minor construction work at the subject property in accordance with all applicable provisions of the Philadelphia Code, all references codes and standards, and the attached EZ Standard, where included. Deviation from this standard shall result in permit revocation. A separate permit from the Philadelphia Department of Streets is required for any sidewalk and street closures. All means of pedestrian protection required at the site in accordance with the Philadelphia Building Code Chapter 33 shall be in place prior to start of work."},{"number":"ZP-2023-012296","date":"2023-11-21","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Retail Sales - Food, Beverages, and Groceries"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"6 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"521742","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CRYSTAL METAL PROD","legalName":"CRYSTAL METAL PROD","address":"2700 CASTOR AVE","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2010-12-16","latestIssueDate":"2011-07-19","expirationDate":"2012-07-31","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"521742","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"CRYSTAL METAL PROD","legalName":"CRYSTAL METAL PROD","issuedDate":"2010-12-16","latestIssueDate":"2011-07-19","closureDate":"2012-07-31","expirationDate":"2012-07-31","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-24","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 30% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $1,134,600 to $1,475,000","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2021-012071: Completed · Granted; related permit ZP-2021-012071. The history also contains “OCCUPIED W/O TCO OR CO.”","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":"3 permits not marked completed: GP-2021-011328 (Expired), FP-2021-003229 (Expired), GM-2022-000522 (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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Sep 12, 2026; Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Nov 21, 2025","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":"5 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Sep 12, 2025.","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":"Dumpster License - Private Property #521742: 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 9 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/"}]}