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FENCE AT DRIVEWAY (NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OPAQUE).","status":"Submitted","outcome":null,"date":"2012-04-27","number":"17877","relatedPermit":null},{"type":"Building standards appeal","grounds":"ON 11/21/12 DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS ISSUED NOTICE OF REFUSAL FOR APPLICATION #413305.","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"APPROVED","date":"2013-01-11","number":"19445","relatedPermit":"413305"},{"type":"ZBA Other","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION AT THE REAR TO CONNECT EXISTING TWO STORY BUILDING TO THE EXISTING ONE STORY REAR BUILDING. ADDITION TO EXTEND USE AS MOSQUE (RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY) IN SAME BUILDING WITH EXISTING OFFICES AND SINGLE FAMIL","status":"Submitted","outcome":null,"date":"2019-04-11","number":"37085","relatedPermit":null}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":61500,"taxable":61500},{"y":2017,"v":61500,"taxable":61500},{"y":2018,"v":61500,"taxable":61500},{"y":2019,"v":60900,"taxable":60900},{"y":2020,"v":66000,"taxable":66000},{"y":2021,"v":66000,"taxable":66000},{"y":2022,"v":66000,"taxable":66000},{"y":2023,"v":82000,"taxable":82000},{"y":2024,"v":82000,"taxable":82000},{"y":2025,"v":89400,"taxable":89400},{"y":2026,"v":89400,"taxable":89400},{"y":2027,"v":85400,"taxable":85400}],"taxNow":1251,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"301258","date":"2011-04-25","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-04-25","scope":"ADDITION TO EXTEND THE MASJID TO THE PREVIOUS BLDG."},{"number":"427636","date":"2013-03-07","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-03-07","scope":"ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TO AP # 301258, **PARTIAL USE CHANGE ONLY** AREA PREVIOUSLY NOTED AS CLASSROOMS TO BE USED AS WORSHIP AREA INSTEAD - NO CHANGES IN HEIGHT OR AREA OF STRUCTURE, NO SIGNS THIS APP."},{"number":"413305","date":"2013-03-07","work":"Addition","type":"BP_ADDITON","description":"ADDITION PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"ERECTION OF A ONE (1) STORY REAR ADDITION TO INTERCONNECT THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND INTERIOR ALTERATIONS PER PLANS FOR A PLACE OF WORSHIP; ALL SPECIAL INSPECTION REPORTS TO BE FURNISHED TO FIELD INSPECTOR. SEE COMMISSIONER'S LETTER DATED JANUARY 11, 2013 FOR BOARD OF BUILDING STANDARDS CASE 19445; LAWFUL OCCUPANCY TO BE 290 OCCUPANTS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK."},{"number":"934557","date":"2020-02-28","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-02-28","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION AT THE REAR TO CONNECT EXISTING TWO STORY BUILDING TO THE EXISTING ONE STORY REAR BUILDING. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION AND PLAN. ADDITION TO EXTEND USE AS MOSQUE (RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY) IN SAME BUILDING WITH EXISTING OFFICES AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND FOR THE CREATION OF TWO (2) OPEN AIR PARKING SPACES."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2011,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2011,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2012,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2012,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2013,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal approved"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Addition"},{"y":2013,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2016,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #3000: CLOSED · Withdrawn. 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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":"$2,368.39 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2017–2021.","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":"11 failed, 3 passed, and 4 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on May 4, 2016.","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. 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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 6 historical violations across 4 cases.","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/"},{"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"}]}