{"asOf":"2026-07-28T16:26:16.050Z","block":"3000-3099 CASTOR AVE","blockUrl":"https://philadelphia.blockreport.homes/block/3000-3099-castor-ave","address":"3030 CASTOR AVE","parcelNumber":"885000413","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=885000413","ownerType":"vacant","kind":"vacant land","isHouse":false,"home":false,"commercial":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":true,"institutional":false,"buildingCode":"LG0","buildingCodeNew":null,"buildingClass":"IND FOUNDRY MASONRY","buildingClassNew":null,"useLabel":"Vacant lot","owner":"CITY OF PHILADELPHIA","coOwner":null,"marketValue":1744000,"landAssessment":1744000,"improvementAssessment":0,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":400000,"date":"2007-02-12T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2022-082975","date":"2022-11-01","code":"PM15-315.2","title":"FACADES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-01-26","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}],"violationCases":[{"number":"CF-2022-111478","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS BUILDING CERTS","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2022-11-01","completedDate":"2023-01-26","violations":[{"number":"VI-2022-082975","date":"2022-11-01","code":"PM15-315.2","title":"FACADES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-01-26","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2022,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"CF-2022-111478","date":"2022-11-01","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2022-111478","date":"2023-01-26","type":null,"status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2022,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2023,"fails":0,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.983695856610474,"lng":-75.08558409075155,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.084950221,39.983588977],[-75.08571896,39.983188214],[-75.086191513,39.983835482],[-75.085494895,39.984195268],[-75.084950221,39.983588977]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL EAST","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2022-003498","type":"Facade Report","inspectionDate":"2017-05-04","result":"Safe with Repair","expirationDate":"2022-05-04","buildingId":"1063204"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19134","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":66450,"zoning":"I3","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":null,"intCond":null,"garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"800 W MONTGOMERY AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19122","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2026,"v":1291500,"taxable":0,"land":387450,"improvement":904050,"taxableLand":0,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":387450,"exemptImprovement":904050},{"y":2027,"v":1744000,"taxable":0,"land":1744000,"improvement":0,"taxableLand":0,"taxableImprovement":0,"exemptLand":1744000,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":0,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2020-000335","date":"2020-04-24","work":"Full Demolition","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2026-02-10","scope":"VACANT LOT"},{"number":"PP-2020-001905","date":"2020-05-14","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-05-10","scope":"TO SEAL A SEWER LATERAL AS PER 2018 PHILADELPHIA PLUMBING CODE."},{"number":"DP-2020-000156","date":"2020-08-04","work":"Major Demolition","type":"Demolition","description":"Demolition Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-02-22","scope":"FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. STRUCTURE TO BE DEMOLISHED BY MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND HAND-HELD TOOLS. PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK AND TO BE MAINTAINED DURING ALL DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES. * A COVERED WALKWAY OR SIDEWALK CLOSURE SHALL BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. SEPARATE BUILDING AND/OR STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMITS ARE REQUIRED. * 21 DAY POSTING AND NOTICE REQUIRED PER A-303.2 * NEWLY EXPOSED WALLS TO BE TREATED"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Full Demolition"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Major Demolition"},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2023,"k":"demo"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-27","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 35% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $1,291,500 to $1,744,000","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: ZP-2020-000335 (Expired), DP-2020-000156 (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":"Facade Report: Safe with Repair through May 4, 2022","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":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jan 26, 2023.","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":"full-tax-exemption","level":"verify","title":"OPA shows a full exemption; its legal basis is unverified","finding":"OPA currently marks the land and building assessment fully tax-exempt; BlockReport does not receive the exemption determination or basis.","why":"Full OPA exemptions can have different legal bases, including government, religious, charitable/institutional, veteran, or other treatment. The current owner/use record is not a buyer’s tax forecast.","action":"Confirm the exact exemption basis, buyer eligibility, and next tax-year treatment directly with OPA.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-property-assessment/tax-exemptions-and-abatements/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation 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/"}]}