{"asOf":"2026-07-19T12:55:31.056Z","block":"4300-4399 N 2ND ST","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/4300-4399-n-2nd-st","address":"4300 N 2ND ST","parcelNumber":"884341045","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=884341045","ownerType":"investor","kind":"industrial","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":true,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"LP1","buildingCodeNew":"825","buildingClass":"IND BLDG INCINERATOR FAC","buildingClassNew":"HEAVY IND-CHEM/MILL/REFINERY","useLabel":"Industrial","owner":"RSB INVESTORS LP","coOwner":null,"marketValue":284000,"landAssessment":227200,"improvementAssessment":56800,"livableArea":3600,"yearBuilt":1960,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2013-03-27T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":1,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2024-028026","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-105.6.6","title":"WASTE HANDLING\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - LICENSE/CERTIFICATE/REPORT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2024-028027","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-901.6.4","title":"PERIODIC TESTING\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-10-23","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028035","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-903.5","title":"SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TESTING & MAINTENANCE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - LICENSE/CERTIFICATE/REPORT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2024-028038","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-1104.3","title":"EXIT SIGN ILLUMINATION\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028039","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-906.1","title":"FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRED\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028042","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-901.4.6.2","title":"MARKING ON ACCESS DOORS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028050","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-604.3","title":"WORKING SPACE & CLEARANCE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028051","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-5003.5.1","title":"MARKING OF CONTAINERS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028053","date":"2024-04-15","code":"PM15-604.3","title":"ELECTRICAL- HAZARD","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028059","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-5303.5.3","title":"SECURING COMPRESSED CYLINDERS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028063","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-3503.6","title":"HOT WORK/SIGNAGE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028082","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-5003.5","title":"HAZARD IDENTIFICATION SIGNS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028083","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-912.4.1","title":"FDC LOCKING CAPS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028086","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-912.5","title":"FDC SIGNAGE REQUIRED\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028088","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-1104.27","title":"STAIRWAYS IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028079","date":"2024-04-23","code":"F-1013.1","title":"EXIT SIGNS WHERE REQUIRED\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2025-022249","date":"2025-04-15","code":"F-604.6","title":"UNAPPROVED CONDITIONS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2025-05-27","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2025-022250","date":"2025-04-15","code":"F-1013.6.2","title":"EXIT SIGN ILLUMINATION\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2025-05-27","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2026-019374","date":"2026-04-07","code":"F-903.5","title":"SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TESTING & MAINTENANCE\n","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"CF-2024-032436","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"FIRE SAFETY INVESTIGATOR","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2024-04-18","completedDate":"2024-10-23","violations":[{"number":"VI-2024-028026","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-105.6.6","title":"WASTE HANDLING\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - LICENSE/CERTIFICATE/REPORT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2024-028027","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-901.6.4","title":"PERIODIC TESTING\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-10-23","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028035","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-903.5","title":"SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TESTING & MAINTENANCE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - LICENSE/CERTIFICATE/REPORT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2024-028038","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-1104.3","title":"EXIT SIGN ILLUMINATION\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028039","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-906.1","title":"FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRED\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028042","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-901.4.6.2","title":"MARKING ON ACCESS DOORS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028050","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-604.3","title":"WORKING SPACE & CLEARANCE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028051","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-5003.5.1","title":"MARKING OF CONTAINERS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028053","date":"2024-04-15","code":"PM15-604.3","title":"ELECTRICAL- HAZARD","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028059","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-5303.5.3","title":"SECURING COMPRESSED CYLINDERS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028063","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-3503.6","title":"HOT WORK/SIGNAGE\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028082","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-5003.5","title":"HAZARD IDENTIFICATION SIGNS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028083","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-912.4.1","title":"FDC LOCKING CAPS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028086","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-912.5","title":"FDC SIGNAGE REQUIRED\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028088","date":"2024-04-15","code":"F-1104.27","title":"STAIRWAYS IN THE MEANS OF EGRESS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-06-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2024-028079","date":"2024-04-23","code":"F-1013.1","title":"EXIT SIGNS WHERE REQUIRED\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2024-08-28","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"}]},{"number":"CF-2025-029292","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"FIRE SAFETY INVESTIGATOR","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2025-04-15","completedDate":"2025-05-27","violations":[{"number":"VI-2025-022249","date":"2025-04-15","code":"F-604.6","title":"UNAPPROVED CONDITIONS\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2025-05-27","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"},{"number":"VI-2025-022250","date":"2025-04-15","code":"F-1013.6.2","title":"EXIT SIGN ILLUMINATION\n","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2025-05-27","resolution":"COMPLIED - OWNER REPAIR"}]},{"number":"CF-2026-031963","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"QOL PROGRAM INVESTIGATOR","status":"IN VIOLATION","createdDate":"2026-04-07","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2026-019374","date":"2026-04-07","code":"F-903.5","title":"SUPPRESSION SYSTEM TESTING & MAINTENANCE\n","status":"OPEN","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2024,"n":16,"worst":null},{"y":2025,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2026,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"CF-2024-032436","date":"2024-04-23","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2024-032436","date":"2024-06-05","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2024-032436","date":"2024-09-02","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2024-032436","date":"2024-10-23","type":null,"status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-029292","date":"2025-04-15","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2025-029292","date":"2025-05-27","type":null,"status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2026-031963","date":"2026-04-07","type":null,"status":"FAILED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2024,"fails":3,"passes":1},{"y":2025,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2026,"fails":1,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.01678875250511,"lng":-75.12946353053249,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.129170368,40.016470417],[-75.129702105,40.016048055],[-75.130246891,40.016120726],[-75.130151048,40.016556665],[-75.130077855,40.016546951],[-75.129999479,40.016583576],[-75.130008227,40.016537221],[-75.12958777,40.016478492],[-75.129214493,40.017956867],[-75.129181649,40.017958229],[-75.12898155,40.017911588],[-75.12910123,40.01745527],[-75.129013379,40.017440191],[-75.129074444,40.01654662],[-75.129170368,40.016470417]]]},"liDistrict":"EAST","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2024-024141","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-01-11","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2025-01-11","buildingId":"1214756"},{"number":"BC-2024-024748","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-08-21","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2025-08-21","buildingId":"1214756"},{"number":"BC-2024-024180","type":"Sprinkler Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-08-21","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2025-08-21","buildingId":"1214756"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19140","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":87943,"zoning":"I2","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"4300 RISING SUN AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19140","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":51800,"taxable":51800,"land":32500,"improvement":19300,"taxableLand":32500,"taxableImprovement":19300,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":51800,"taxable":51800,"land":32500,"improvement":19300,"taxableLand":32500,"taxableImprovement":19300,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":262300,"taxable":262300,"land":230824,"improvement":31476,"taxableLand":230824,"taxableImprovement":31476,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":270100,"taxable":270100,"land":237688,"improvement":32412,"taxableLand":237688,"taxableImprovement":32412,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":271800,"taxable":271800,"land":239184,"improvement":32616,"taxableLand":239184,"taxableImprovement":32616,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":271800,"taxable":271800,"land":239184,"improvement":32616,"taxableLand":239184,"taxableImprovement":32616,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":271800,"taxable":271800,"land":239184,"improvement":32616,"taxableLand":239184,"taxableImprovement":32616,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":271600,"taxable":271600,"land":81500,"improvement":190100,"taxableLand":81500,"taxableImprovement":190100,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":271600,"taxable":271600,"land":81500,"improvement":190100,"taxableLand":81500,"taxableImprovement":190100,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":270000,"taxable":270000,"land":216000,"improvement":54000,"taxableLand":216000,"taxableImprovement":54000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":270000,"taxable":270000,"land":216000,"improvement":54000,"taxableLand":216000,"taxableImprovement":54000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":284000,"taxable":284000,"land":227200,"improvement":56800,"taxableLand":227200,"taxableImprovement":56800,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":3779,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"434441","date":"2012-10-31","work":"Zoning","type":"ZP_ZONING","description":"ZONING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-10-31","scope":"FOR THE UNITY OF USE TO CREATE ONE (1) LOT FOR ZONING PURPOSES (4400 RISING SUN AVE) FROM SEVENTEEN (17) LOTS (4300 N 2ND ST, 4312 N 2ND ST, 4318 N 2ND ST, 4313 N AMERICAN ST, 4317-27 N AMERICAN ST, 4331-39 N AMERICAN ST, 4341 N AMERICAN ST, 255 W BRISTOL ST, 234-40 CAYUGA ST, 244 W CAYUGA ST, 4421-51 N PHILIP ST, 4370 RISING SUN AVE & 4400 RISING SUN AVE), WITH RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, AGREEMENTS AND EASEMENTS TO BE RECORDED TO BIND CURRENT AND FUTURE OWNERS TO PRESERVE THE UNITY OF USE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION. ***SEE A/P#423325 FOR PLANS***"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"16 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 3 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"885562","type":"Hot Work","status":"Inactive","businessName":"RICHARD S BURNS & CO INC","legalName":"RICHARD S BURNS & CO INC","address":"4300 N 2ND ST","revenueCode":"3333","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2022-01-18","latestIssueDate":"2022-01-18","expirationDate":"2023-01-17","inactiveDate":"2023-03-18"},{"number":"0960071","type":"Auto Wrecking / Waste Handling","status":"Active","businessName":"Richard S. Burns and Company, Inc.","legalName":"Richard S. Burns and Company, Inc.","address":"4300 N 2ND ST","revenueCode":"3374","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2024-08-29","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-21","expirationDate":"2026-08-28","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"0960071","type":"Auto Wrecking / Waste Handling","businessName":"Richard S. Burns and Company, Inc.","legalName":"Richard S. Burns and Company, Inc.","issuedDate":"2024-08-29","latestIssueDate":"2025-07-21","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":"2026-08-28","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"885562","type":"Hot Work","businessName":"RICHARD S BURNS & CO INC","legalName":"RICHARD S BURNS & CO INC","issuedDate":"2022-01-18","latestIssueDate":"2022-01-18","closureDate":"2023-03-18","expirationDate":"2023-01-17","inactiveDate":"2023-03-18","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-10","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 2024, 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"19 violation rows 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 Aug 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, 2 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Apr 7, 2026.","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":"Hot Work #885562: Inactive since Mar 18, 2023","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"}],"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/"}]}