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REMOVE FIFTEEN (15) ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS (AST). THE REMOVAL MUST COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (PADEP)."},{"number":"ZP-2024-009664","date":"2025-03-28","work":"Full Demolition","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE DEMOLITION OF ALL EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THE LOT. NO DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"ZP-2025-002188","date":"2025-03-31","work":"Lot Line Relocation","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR A LOT ADJUSTMENT TO CREATE ONE (1) LOT (PARCEL A) FROM THREE (3) EXISTING LOTS (401-15 W BRISTOL ST, 417 W BRISTOL ST, 4309-31 N LAWRENCE ST). SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN PLAN."},{"number":"EP-2025-011461","date":"2025-12-10","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2026-04-17","scope":"Furnish and install Temporary Power and lighting"},{"number":"ZP-2024-002189","date":null,"work":"Combined Lot Line Relocation and New Dev…","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2025-03-25","scope":null}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2006,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2007,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Suppression"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Tank Install/Removal"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"280846","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"HARRY MILLER CORP","legalName":"HARRY MILLER CORP","address":"4309-31 N LAWRENCE ST","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2011-07-28","latestIssueDate":"2013-08-17","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"280846","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"HARRY MILLER CORP","legalName":"HARRY MILLER CORP","issuedDate":"2011-07-28","latestIssueDate":"2013-08-17","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","signals":[{"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":["5 permit events since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 54% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $573,300 to $880,400","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: PP-2024-009777 (Expired), ZP-2024-002189 (Refused). 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":"Sprinkler Certification: Certified through Apr 19, 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":"2 failed, 1 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Sep 10, 2007.","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/"}],"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/"}]}