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INSTALL NEW PANEL, DEVICES & LIGHTING."},{"number":"21151","date":"2011-09-22","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-09-22","scope":"09/24/2011 ERECT (2) ASSEMBLY USE TENTS"},{"number":"366295","date":"2011-10-13","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-02-22","scope":"REPLACE 6 LIGHT FIXTURES, 2 FANS AND 7 RECEPTACLES AS PER 2008 NEC, APARTMENT"},{"number":"371460","date":"2011-12-09","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-05-01","scope":"INSTALLATION OF WATER CLOSET, BATHTUB AND SINK- CONNECT TO EXISTING SERVICE"},{"number":"21962","date":"2012-10-23","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2012-10-24","scope":"ERECT TENTS (30X60) AND TENT (20X80)"},{"number":"23917","date":"2015-11-27","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2015-11-27","scope":"ERECT TENTS (30X40) AND TENT (20X80)"},{"number":"675453","date":"2016-04-14","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-04-04","scope":"INSTALL 33 POLE LIGHTS, HAND HOLES, CONDUIT, WIRING, BREAKERS, RECEPTACLES, GROUNDING PER 2008 NEC (PARK)SOUTH DISTRICT"},{"number":"674251","date":"2016-05-12","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"RESTORATION / REHABILITATION OF SELECT ROOFING AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS, INCLUDING CHIMNEYS OF STUCCO-FACED BRICK MASONRY AS PART OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE PER ENGINEER'S PLANS APPROVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION. **SPECIAL INSPECTIONS NOT REQUIRED PER ENGINEER OF RECORD** SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ANY MECHANICAL OR PLUMBING WORK."},{"number":"24517","date":"2016-10-06","work":"Operations","type":"OPS PERMIT","description":"OPERATIONS PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-10-06","scope":"9/24/16 ERECT ASSEMBLY TENT 30X40, 20X80"},{"number":"829638","date":"2017-11-03","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"INSTALL TEMPORARY HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WITHIN TREES SURROUNDING STEPHN GIRARD PARK EVENT STARTING 11/06/17 AND ENDING 01/06/18 AS PER 2008 NEC (SOUTH DISTRICT).ALL WORK MUST BE INSPECTED BY AN THIRD PARTY AGENCY."},{"number":"PP-2021-011025","date":"2021-06-22","work":"New Construction or Additions","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2021-09-09","scope":"Exterior site work as per approved plans."},{"number":"SP-2021-000359","date":"2021-06-22","work":"Sitework with Onsite Utility Services","type":"Site / Utility Permit","description":"Site / Utility Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-04-27","scope":"Exterior site work as per approved plans."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Operations"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction or Additions"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Sitework with Onsite Utility Services"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 56% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $2,465,700 to $3,847,400","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 674251 (EXPIRED), SP-2021-000359 (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":"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":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"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/"}]}