{"asOf":"2026-07-10T05:02:34.132Z","block":"4000-4099 W GIRARD AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/4000-4099-w-girard-ave","address":"4035 W GIRARD AVE","parcelNumber":"774150000","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=774150000","ownerType":"investor","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":true,"institutional":true,"buildingClass":"HSE WORSHIP ALL 3 STY MAS","useLabel":"Place of worship","owner":"KINGDOM EMPOWERMENT MINIS","coOwner":null,"marketValue":251300,"livableArea":5130,"yearBuilt":1915,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2016-08-06T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"699046","date":"2007-10-02","title":"VIOL NONE FOUND","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null},{"number":"4921501","date":"2019-01-09","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"130613","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"BU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2007-10-09","completedDate":"2007-10-09","violations":[{"number":"699046","date":"2007-10-02","title":"VIOL NONE FOUND","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}]},{"number":"670009","type":"STANDARD","priority":"STANDARD","responsibility":"CI","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2019-01-10","completedDate":"2019-02-28","violations":[{"number":"4921501","date":"2019-01-09","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCT ROOF DRAINAGE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2007,"n":1,"worst":null},{"y":2019,"n":1,"worst":null}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"130613","date":"2007-10-02","type":"BC INSP","status":"PASSED"},{"caseNumber":"670009","date":"2019-01-09","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"670009","date":"2019-02-27","type":"HCEU INSP","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2007,"fails":0,"passes":1},{"y":2019,"fails":1,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.9742421595792,"lng":-75.20567163883432,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.20566367,39.974370961],[-75.205614903,39.974110628],[-75.205678383,39.974103992],[-75.20572755,39.974374376],[-75.20566367,39.974370961]]]},"liDistrict":"CENTRAL WEST","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19104","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":1710,"zoning":"CMX2","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"250 E Walnut Park DR, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19120","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IN AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE","status":"OPEN","outcome":"Granted","date":"2017-06-13","number":"30279","relatedPermit":"755531"}],"taxYears":[{"year":2016,"total":1639.82,"principal":1424.67,"interest":21.38,"penalty":14.25}],"taxNet":1639.82,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":236000,"taxable":88501},{"y":2017,"v":236000,"taxable":0},{"y":2018,"v":251300,"taxable":251300},{"y":2019,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2020,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2021,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2022,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2023,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2024,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2025,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2026,"v":251300,"taxable":0},{"y":2027,"v":251300,"taxable":0}],"taxNow":0,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"755531","date":"2017-06-27","work":"Use","type":"ZP_USE","description":"USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2017-06-27","scope":"FOR A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IN AN EXISTING ATTACHED STRUCTURE. NO SIGN ON THIS PERMIT."},{"number":"941287","date":"2019-10-17","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2023-04-17","scope":"FOR LEVEL 3 INTERIOR ALTERATIONS THROUGHOUT EXISTING THREE STORY BUILDING FOR RELIGOUS ASSEMBLY. BUILDING TO BE SPRINKLERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NFPA 13. ISSUES OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND TWO LAWFUL OCCUPANCY SIGNS. ALL WORK DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL M.E.P. AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK. ** 2009 IEBC **"},{"number":"ZP-2024-009681","date":"2025-04-26","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Residential - Household Living - Multi-Family; Eating and Drinking Establishments - Prepared Food Shop"},{"number":"CP-2025-004546","date":"2025-11-26","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR LEVEL III ALTERATIONS AND CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY IN EXISTING ATTACHED BUILDING. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED WITH NFPA 13. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK."},{"number":"EP-2026-005613","date":"2026-06-27","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Wiring a three-story dwelling unit that is a mixed use dwelling which includes three apartments and a commercial use space. Installing metallic and non-metallic cables, electrical conduit for the power, lighting, receptacles, smoke alarms, appliances and fire alarm devices and each apartment and vacant commercial space (SEPARATE FITOUT PERMIT REQ'D) and the common areas throughout the building. Installing a 400 amp main service &supply power to each other panels in the building.-PER APPROVED DRAWINGS -2017 NEC (SEPARATE FITOUT PERMIT REQ'D for VANILLA COMMERCIAL SPACE)"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2007,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2017,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2019,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2019,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2025,"k":"sale","p":200000},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[{"kind":"post-purchase-work","level":"elevated","title":"Post-purchase work pattern","summary":"A recorded purchase followed by 3 permit events matches the early part of a renovate-and-resell sequence.","evidence":["purchase recorded in 2025","permit activity in 2025, 2026"],"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":"Use permit #755531: COMPLETED.","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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: 941287 (Expired), CP-2025-004546 (Issued), EP-2026-005613 (Issued). 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 2 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Feb 27, 2019.","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":"building-certifications","level":"verify","title":"A fire-system permit exists, but no annual certification matched","finding":"3 fire/suppression-related permits matched; the fetched BIN certification feed returned no row.","why":"Installed systems in mixed-use and larger buildings generally require periodic certification, but applicability and limited-area exceptions vary. A missing BIN/address join is not proof of a compliance failure.","action":"Confirm what system was installed and whether a current annual certificate is required and filed.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"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":"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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 2 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/"}]}