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FOR USE AS EXTERIOR & INTERIOR ACCESSORY SERVICE AREAS LIMITED TO THE HOUSING & STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT ACCESSORY TO THE WIRELESS FACILITY; WITH INTERIOR AREA IN THE SAME BUILDING AS AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE/STORAGE SPACE WITH NO USES AS LISTED IN 14-508(2)(A) AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED."},{"number":"417538","date":"2012-09-17","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-07","scope":"INSTALLATION OF 80 MONOPOLE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT INSIDE GARAGE AS PER THE SEALED SUBMITTED PLAN. ELECTRICAL WORK REQUIERS ADDITIONAL PERMITS. CALL THE INSPECTOR PRIOR TO STARTING WORK."},{"number":"422030","date":"2012-10-16","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-03-11","scope":"RELOCATE EXISTING SERVICE & ADD NEW 200AMP SERV 200 AMP PANEL 50 KV BACKUP GENERATOR 30 AMP TELCO CABINET AREA LIGHTING 12 ANTENNAS & LINES AS PER NEC 2008 (WIRELESS FAC)"},{"number":"779533","date":"2017-05-01","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-05-03","scope":"BACKFLOW PREVENTOR (COMMERCIAL)THE INSTALLATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE, 2004"},{"number":"GP-2022-002762","date":"2022-06-22","work":"Antenna","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-02-17","scope":"FOR INSTALLATION OF A NEW 3-SECTOR COMCAST WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, WITH ASSOCIATED CABLING AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT, TO EXISTING MONOPOLE CELL TOWER AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"EP-2022-011612","date":"2022-12-10","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-06-26","scope":"INSTALL 100 AMP SERVICE AS PER NEC 2017"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2009,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Antenna"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-30","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #393755: 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. 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