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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION. FOR USE TO VACANT LOT. *SEE A/P 741170 FOR PLANS*"},{"number":"741170","date":"2017-01-05","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-07-26","scope":"DEMOLITION OF THREE (3) EXISTING CONTIGUOUS BUILDINGS ON SITE. COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF TWO (2) EXISTING ONE STORY, CONCRETE, MASONRY AND STEEL INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (BUILDINGS 1 & 2) BY MECHANICAL METHODS. COMPLETE DEMOLITION A TWO (2) STORY CONCRETE, MASONRY, WOOD AND STEEL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (BUILDING 3) BY HAND (TO REDUCE HEIGHT) AND MECHANICAL METHODS. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS REQUIRED FOR DEMOLITION OF BUILDING 3. ALL PERMITTED DEMOLITION ACTIVITY TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED SITE SAFETY DEMOLITION PLAN & SUCH PLAN TO BE MAINTAINED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHILADELPHIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. COMPLETE SIDEWALK CLOSURE ON LUZERNE STREET REQUIRED AS REFLECTED ON APPROVED SITE PLAN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3306 OF THE IBC. SEPARATE STREET CLOSURE PERMIT REQUIRED PRIOR TO START OF WORK. ANY DEVIATION WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDED BUILDING PERMIT."},{"number":"757664","date":"2017-02-08","work":"Administrative","type":"BP_ADMINST","description":"ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-03-01","scope":"AMEND DEMOLITION PERMIT #741170 TO CHANGE SPECIAL INSPECTION AGENCY AND DPRC-SI TO PENNONI ASSOCIATES INC AS PER ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION."},{"number":"780457","date":"2017-05-30","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-09-29","scope":"REINFORCED MASONRY RETAINING WALL W. ENGINEERED SOIL REINFORCING SYSTEM & ASSOCIATED FENCE INSTALLATION PER APPROVED PLANS W. EARTH DISTURBANCE NOT TO EXCEED 5,000 SQFT. ALL MEANS OF PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK."},{"number":"841071","date":"2018-01-08","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-08-05","scope":"LEVEL II EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN 18 FOOT HIGH RETAINING WALL ALONG W LUZERNE STREET FRONTAGE TO INCLUDE SITE CHAIN LINK SECURITY FENCE AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL MEANS OF PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Demolition"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"demo"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #741166: 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. 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":"1 permit not marked completed: 780457 (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. 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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. 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