2026 taxable assessment $66,600 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.
OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $79,100; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.
Land report
3851 Germantown Ave
Vacant lot · 3 units · Philadelphia Taxi Mall In · assessed $67K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $79K. On the 3800 block of Germantown Ave.
Property summary
Assessment$66,6002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $79,100
Last sale$16KRecorded 2000
Est. tax bill$932/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998%
Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current
Permits0Every fetched City permit
Violations0 open1 historical across 1 case
“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled
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Property tax
The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.
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A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”
OPA 8851292202026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.
Historical delinquency sources No current conclusion
This parcel did not match the June 2022 delinquency snapshot. That absence does not confirm the account is current today.
For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”
What stands out
From the public recordHistory
Why it matterssold $16K (2000); Inspection failed ×2 (2006); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2007); L&I violation (2020); Inspection failed ×4 (2020); Inspection passed (2024).
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Fetched L&I and zoning records
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- Recorded owner
- Philadelphia Taxi Mall In
- Tax mailing address
- 1405 W PIKE ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19140
- L&I district
- NORTH
- Building ID (BIN)
- 1195937
- OPA account
- 885129220
Permits0No match
Violation cases11 violation record · 0 open
Investigations107 failed · 2 passed · 1 closed
Building certifications2Latest result: Certified
Business licenses21 active
Appeals0No match
PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status0
No permits matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
Violation cases1 individual violation record; resolved history remains visible1
Case 724143COMPLIED, BALANCE DUE
NOTICE OF VIOLATION · Opened Feb 12, 2020
- PERM Z- NEW USEViolation 211990518Feb 12, 2020 COMPLIED
InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes10
HCEU INSPCase 51420
Feb 24, 2006 FAILED
HCEU INSPCase 51420
Mar 16, 2006 CLOSED
HCEU INSPCase 51420
Mar 16, 2006 FAILED
PRECOURTCase 51420
Jan 2, 2007 FAILED
PRECOURTCase 51420
Jan 16, 2007 PASSED
HCEU INSPCase 724143
Feb 11, 2020 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 724143
Sep 17, 2020 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 724143
Nov 13, 2020 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 724143
Nov 13, 2020 FAILED
L&I investigationCase 724143
Mar 11, 2024 PASSED
Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID2
Fire Alarm CertificationCertification BC-2024-012983
Inspected Feb 8, 2024 Certified Expires Feb 8, 2025
Fire Alarm CertificationCertification BC-2025-012385
Inspected Apr 2, 2025 Certified Expires Apr 2, 2026
Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained2
RentalLicense 253461
PHILADELPHIA TAXI MALL INC
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Mar 30, 2003 Inactive Expiration Feb 28, 2013 Inactive Dec 28, 2012
RentalLicense 714505
PHILADELPHIA TAXI MALL INC
Revenue code 3202 · First issued Sep 20, 2016 Active Expiration Sep 19, 2026
AppealsApplication status and decision are separate City fields0
No appeals matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.
City of Philadelphia OPA, L&I and Zoning Board records, shown as filed. A CLOSED investigation is an outcome label, not a missing visit; an appeal's application status and decision may differ.
Legal due diligence
What this record proves—and what it does not.
These checks are triggered by this property’s actual City rows. They identify the controlling document to verify; they do not declare a use legal, a building safe, or title clear.
2 resolve before relying
2 verify
1 favorable dated record
Resolve before relyingZoning approval is not the occupancy fileThe history also contains “PERM Z- NEW USE.”
Why it mattersPhiladelphia 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.
Verify nextVerify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Resolve before relyingA life-safety certification appears expiredFire Alarm Certification: Certified through Apr 2, 2026
Why it mattersFire-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.
Verify nextRequest the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyA rental license does not transfer with the deed1 active Rental License record matched.
Why it mattersIf dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.
Verify nextPlan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition7 failed, 2 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Mar 11, 2024.
Why it mattersA 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.
Verify nextOpen the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation across 1 case.
Why it mattersA 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.
Verify nextUse the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.
Open the controlling City guidance ↗Closing file: checks no public-record summary can replace3 documents/searches to assign before settlement
Property Sales Certification
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.
Next: Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.
Official guidance ↗Date-effective City Property Payoff
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.
Next: Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.
Official guidance ↗Professional title and water-lien searches
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.
Next: Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.
Official guidance ↗Separate water-lien guidance ↗Informational only—not a legal opinion, title report, code inspection, tax payoff, or substitute for a Pennsylvania lawyer, title company, inspector, or tax professional.
Records to verify together
Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.
Assessment/permit mismatch
The assessment jumped 107% in 2023, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.
Evidence: assessment moved from $49,800 to $103,100 · no permit shown in 2022-2024
Limit: Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it.
Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.
Vacant landLand report
An empty lot: no building, just the land and its paper trail. The homeowner tools don't apply; the deed history, owner and zoning are below, and the analyst can trace what the owner holds citywide.
What it is
Vacant lot
Vacant Land Commer < Acre
Owner
Philadelphia Taxi Mall In
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $67K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Corridor
Broad, Germantown, and Erie
city commercial corridor
Licensed units
3
active rental license
Assessed value
$66,600
2026 OPA · 2027: $79,100
Lot size
1,799 sqft
Zoning
CMX2.5
Block context
3851 Germantown Ave sits on the 3800 block of Germantown Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.
See the whole block →Next door: 3849 Germantown Ave · 3853 Germantown Ave
Where this comes from
- Assessment, spec sheet & owner — OPA Property Assessments, Office of Property Assessment
- Sales & deed history — Realty Transfer Tax records, Recorder of Deeds
- Permits, violations & inspections — L&I Property History · Atlas
- Tax delinquency snapshot · June 2022 — Real Estate Tax Delinquencies, Dept. of Revenue
- Historical tax ledger & liens · through 2016 — Real Estate Tax Balances, Dept. of Revenue
- Current property-tax balance — Verify with Philadelphia Revenue
- Zoning appeals — L&I & Zoning Board appeals
- Neighborhood income & rents — US Census ACS 5-year estimates
- Historical mortgage rates — Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, annual averages
- Imagery — Street photo © Google · Aerial © Esri, Maxar
Methodology & freshness
This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 1:21 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.
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