{"asOf":"2026-07-11T00:02:53.996Z","block":"5000-5099 WAYNE AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/5000-5099-wayne-ave","address":"5008 WAYNE AVE","parcelNumber":"133094200","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=133094200","ownerType":"investor","kind":"house","isHouse":true,"residential":true,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"ROW 2 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"House","owner":"JG & AG PROPERTIES LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":161900,"livableArea":1436,"yearBuilt":1900,"lastSale":{"price":30000,"date":"2018-08-11T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2023-017492","date":"2023-03-21","code":"A-301.1/24","title":"EXTERIOR WALL FINISHES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-10-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2023-017493","date":"2023-03-21","code":"A-301.1/33","title":"DRYWALL","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-10-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}],"violationCases":[{"number":"CF-2023-022827","type":"NOTICE OF VIOLATION","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"CONSTRUCTION COMPLAINT INVESTIGATOR","status":"COMPLIED, BALANCE DUE","createdDate":"2023-03-21","completedDate":null,"violations":[{"number":"VI-2023-017492","date":"2023-03-21","code":"A-301.1/24","title":"EXTERIOR WALL FINISHES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-10-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"},{"number":"VI-2023-017493","date":"2023-03-21","code":"A-301.1/33","title":"DRYWALL","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":"2023-10-05","resolution":"COMPLIED - PERMIT OBTAINED"}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2023,"n":2,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"CF-2023-022827","date":"2023-03-21","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2023-022827","date":"2023-04-26","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2023-022827","date":"2023-05-25","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2023-022827","date":"2023-08-31","type":null,"status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"CF-2023-022827","date":"2023-10-05","type":null,"status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2023,"fails":4,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":311.49,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":true,"totalDue":311.49,"principalDue":0,"penaltyDue":42.14,"interestDue":38.93,"otherChargesDue":230.42,"yearsOwed":2,"oldestYearOwed":2020,"mostRecentYearOwed":2021,"mostRecentPaymentDate":"2021-08-25","assessmentYear":2022,"totalAssessment":75100,"taxableAssessment":75100,"exemptAbatementAssessment":0,"homesteadValue":0,"netTaxAfterHomestead":1051.25,"actionableAtSnapshot":true,"paymentAgreementAtSnapshot":false,"bankruptcyAtSnapshot":false,"sheriffSaleAtSnapshot":false,"assessmentUnderAppealAtSnapshot":false,"yearMonth":"202206"},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.02536932810375,"lng":-75.16806993839039,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.167985092,40.025424215],[-75.168110074,40.025289347],[-75.168154994,40.025313456],[-75.168030202,40.025449345],[-75.167985092,40.025424215]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2023-005574","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2023-03-13","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2024-03-13","buildingId":"1159270"},{"number":"BC-2024-006029","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2024-03-06","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2025-03-06","buildingId":"1159270"},{"number":"BC-2025-013405","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-05-19","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2026-05-19","buildingId":"1159270"},{"number":"BC-2026-014279","type":"Fire Alarm Certification","inspectionDate":"2026-05-19","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2027-05-19","buildingId":"1159270"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19144","beds":3,"baths":1,"stories":2,"lotArea":942,"zoning":"CMX2.5","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"1721 N UBER ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19121","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[{"year":2014,"total":1803.04,"principal":1141.88,"interest":222.66,"penalty":79.93},{"year":2015,"total":1514.1,"principal":1141.88,"interest":119.89,"penalty":79.93},{"year":2016,"total":1080.1,"principal":909.52,"interest":13.64,"penalty":9.1}],"taxNet":4397.24,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":0,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":56500,"taxable":56500},{"y":2017,"v":56500,"taxable":56500},{"y":2018,"v":56500,"taxable":56500},{"y":2019,"v":78400,"taxable":78400},{"y":2020,"v":75100,"taxable":75100},{"y":2021,"v":75100,"taxable":75100},{"y":2022,"v":75100,"taxable":75100},{"y":2023,"v":128400,"taxable":128400},{"y":2024,"v":128400,"taxable":128400},{"y":2025,"v":156300,"taxable":156300},{"y":2026,"v":156300,"taxable":156300},{"y":2027,"v":161900,"taxable":161900}],"taxNow":2188,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"1013960","date":"2019-10-01","work":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo.","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2021-01-04","scope":"EZ INTERIOR DEMOLITION-NONLOAD BEARING PARTITION WALLS AND CLEAN-OUT For the interior demolition of non load-bearing partition walls and ceilings as per attached standard. Deviations from this standard will result in permit revocation and require submission of construction plans."},{"number":"ZP-2023-005420","date":"2023-06-08","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Child Care - Group Child Care"},{"number":"CP-2023-003289","date":"2023-07-18","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2025-03-15","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF STOREFRONT WINDOWS. ** WORK TO BE PERFORMED PER APPROVED PLANS **EXTERIOR WORK ONLY**"},{"number":"ZP-2023-011938","date":"2023-11-13","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Child Care - Child Care Center; Office - Business and Professional"},{"number":"AP-2023-009544","date":"2023-11-28","work":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…","type":"Administrative","description":"Administrative Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-12-13","scope":"For the Documentations of a Certification of Occupancy for Child Care - Child Care Center on 1st floor and Office Business and Professional on 2nd floor in an existing attached structure. ***************No work is approved on this Permit. *****************************************"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"931738","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Active","businessName":"KIDZ STOP LEARNING ACADEMY","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2023-08-24","latestIssueDate":"2025-08-24","expirationDate":"2026-08-23","inactiveDate":null}],"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["$311 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2023"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"transition-activity","level":"watch","title":"Recent transition activity","summary":"The property has an unusually active paper trail worth monitoring for the next permit, inspection, deed, or listing.","evidence":["4 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 1013960 (Expired), CP-2023-003289 (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":"$311.49 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2020–2021.","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":"4 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Oct 5, 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":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 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/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"clear","title":"Filed system certifications are current in this dataset","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through May 19, 2027","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":"Confirm the certificate covers every applicable system and remains accepted by L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"}],"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/"},{"title":"Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill","body":"LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. A separately verified property abatement often remains with the property for its remaining term, but program-specific new-owner filing, use, and tax-compliance conditions still must be confirmed—not inferred from the reduced assessment alone.","action":"Have Revenue or OPA identify every current benefit, model the buyer’s bill without seller-specific relief, and confirm any verified abatement in writing.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/payment-plans-and-assistance-programs/income-based-programs-for-residents/apply-for-the-longtime-owner-occupants-program-loop/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/tax-freeze/"},{"title":"Seller disclosure and independent inspections","body":"For a covered Pennsylvania residential transfer, obtain the statutory seller disclosure. It reports the seller’s knowledge; it is not a warranty, title search, code review, or substitute for inspections. Because OPA dates this building before 1978, separately obtain the required federal/City lead disclosures and any test results.","action":"Have the agreement and disclosure reviewed for this transaction’s coverage and exceptions.","url":"https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/real-estate-commission"}]}