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FLASHING, BASE SHEET. COMMERCIAL"},{"number":"415017","date":"2012-07-30","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":"2013-09-24","scope":"STABILIZATION OF STRUCTURE AND NEW PARTY WALL CONSTRUCTION PER ENGINEER'S REPORT AND PLANS EXISTING STRUCTURE PRIOR TO BR ADEQUATELY SHORED PRIOR TO AND DURING PARTY WALL CONSTRUCTION. REMOVE SHORING AFTER COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION. FOUNDATION WORK AS PART OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW THREE STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AT 1142 HOPE STREET AP #398754"},{"number":"428146","date":"2012-09-19","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL 12-OUTLETS 120V, 6-LIGHTS, 2-PHONE LINES, 2-DATA ***ONLY*** FOR OFFICE AS PER NEC 2008 (OFFICE)"},{"number":"428226","date":"2012-09-19","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-08-20","scope":"INSTALL NEW WATER CLOSET & LAV FIRST FLOOR (OFFICE)"},{"number":"571590","date":"2015-01-16","work":"Addition","type":"BP_ADDITON","description":"ADDITION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE AND FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION (THREE (3) STORIES IN HEIGHT) TO CREATE A FOUR (4) STORY, MIXED-USE STRUCTURE WITH TWO (2) OFF-STREE PARKING SPACES AND ROOF DECKS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED (NFPA 13R IN RESIDENTIAL, 13 IN COMMERCIAL). SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":0.03,"timeline":[{"y":2008,"k":"sale","p":174900},{"y":2008,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"sale","p":181000},{"y":2012,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2013,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Addition"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-21","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 32% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $171,100 to $226,600","no permit shown in 2022-2024"],"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 #18893: CLOSED · Granted; related permit 440197.","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: 415017 (EXPIRED), 571590 (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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$10,719.39 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2018–2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Oct 9, 2012.","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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"1 fire/suppression-related permit matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 4 historical violations across 1 case.","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/"}]}