{"asOf":"2026-07-10T01:19:30.085Z","block":"4900-4999 N LAWRENCE ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/4900-4999-n-lawrence-st","address":"4913 N LAWRENCE ST","parcelNumber":"422475300","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=422475300","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"garage","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"PRIV GAR 1 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Garage","owner":"GONZALEZ AIXA FLORES","marketValue":77700,"livableArea":2100,"yearBuilt":1930,"lastSale":{"price":20000,"date":"2021-11-23T05:00:00Z"},"openViolations":2,"violYears":[{"y":2008,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2009,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2014,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2017,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2022,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2023,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2024,"n":1,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2008,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2009,"fails":0,"passes":1},{"y":2014,"fails":3,"passes":0},{"y":2017,"fails":2,"passes":2},{"y":2018,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2022,"fails":3,"passes":0},{"y":2023,"fails":3,"passes":0},{"y":2024,"fails":1,"passes":2}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":40.02628803512339,"lng":-75.13147435676375,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.131287346,40.026320025],[-75.131311448,40.026211635],[-75.1316614,40.026256481],[-75.131638484,40.026364028],[-75.131287346,40.026320025]]]},"zip":"19120","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":1,"lotArea":4000,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":1,"homestead":false,"mail":"4913 N LAWRENCE ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19120","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR A PERSONAL VEHICLE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION.","status":"OPEN","outcome":"Dismissed","date":"2015-03-18","number":"23707"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"(PERMIT) APPLICATION IS FOR A STORAGE (WAREHOUSE) IN AN EXISTING GARAGE ON THE SAME LOT WITH ALL OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. NO SIGN ON THIS APPLICATION.\n\nThe permit for the above location cannot be issued because the proposal does n","status":"Dismissed / Withdrawn","outcome":"Dismissed","date":"2023-11-29","number":"ZP-2022-005544"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR SURFACE PARKING SPACES AND DETACHED GARAGES AND CARPORTS ARE PRHIBITED IN THE REQUIRED FRONT, SIDE AND REAR YARDS. WHEREAS THE PROPOSED PLAN IS FOR PARKING IN FRONT AND SIDE YARD AND IS PROHIBITED","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2024-06-20","number":"ZP-2023-008388"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":2,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2017,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2018,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2019,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2020,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2021,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2022,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2023,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2024,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2025,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2026,"v":77700,"taxable":77700},{"y":2027,"v":77700,"taxable":77700}],"taxNow":1088,"familyHeld":false,"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":-0.5,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2021,"k":"sale","p":20000},{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Interior Non-Load-Bearing Wall Demo."},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal dismissed"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed"}],"rented":false,"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":["2 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"watch","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 2 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2021","permit activity in 2022, 2024"],"caveat":"This does not show that the property is listed or that a sale is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2022-005544: Dismissed / Withdrawn · Dismissed.","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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"2 open L&I violations","finding":"2 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","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/"}]}