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REPLACEMENT OF LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR."},{"number":"368788","date":"2011-11-23","work":"Mechanical","type":"BP_MECH","description":"MECHANICAL PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":null,"scope":"NEW HEAT PUMP WITH RELATED PIPING AS PER PLANS"},{"number":"384871","date":"2012-02-28","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"NEW 200A FEEDER TOO SUBPANEL, 3-3/4 HP PUMPS, 1 HEAT PUMP, AND 1 ANTI BLOCK FILTER AS PER 2008 NEC(WATER TREATMENT PLANT)(SOUTH DIST)"},{"number":"443936","date":"2013-02-25","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"REPLACE EXISTING INFLUENT SCREENS WITH NEW (BY OTHERS) DEMO EXISTING, NEW WIRING, NEW BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ACTUATORS REPLACE OVER HEAD CRANE WIRING AND REPLACE LIGHTS PER 2008 NEC (SEWER TREATMENT PLANT)"},{"number":"679511","date":"2016-04-12","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-04-12","scope":"FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF EXISTING D/F NON-ACCESSORY FREE-STANDING SIGN(SIZE 20'X60 )( 100' HIGH FROM BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF SIGN)FOR A NON-ACCESSORY SIGN, PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE SECTION 14-905(15) AND THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PAID AND KEYSTONE INNER-CITY, INC. , DATED SEPT 18, 1998. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"963503","date":"2019-04-03","work":"Plumbing","type":"PP_PLUMBNG","description":"PLUMBING PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2019-07-31","scope":"REPLACE BACKFLOW PREVENTOR AND INSTALL NEW BYPASS WITH BACKFLOW PREVENTOR AS PER 2004 PPC"},{"number":"EP-2021-001879","date":"2021-03-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-11-15","scope":"Disconnect 8 Magmeters and 8 Motor Operated Valves, and reconnect existing wiring to replcement valves and meters. Relocate 2 electrical conduits that are in the path of the removal of old sludge pipes as per 2017 nec. Fishing Wires, there is no general building permit because it is replace in kind"},{"number":"CP-2021-002145","date":"2021-10-04","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-08-31","scope":"ALTERATION TO INCLUDE ROOF REHABILITATION AS PART OF AN EXISTING 2-STORY STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLAN. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. NO OTHER WORK THIS PERMIT. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"CP-2025-003911","date":"2025-09-16","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SOUTHEAST WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT INFLUENT PUMP STATION SWITCHGEAR. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"CP-2025-003910","date":"2025-09-28","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT PADS IN EXISTING BUILDING PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING."},{"number":"EP-2025-007861","date":"2025-09-29","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Replacement of Switchgear, feeders, Panels transformers for The Influent Pump Station as per 2017 NEC. No hazardous areas. No fire alarm."},{"number":"CP-2026-001606","date":"2026-05-07","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"For exterior work. For ti e replacement of EV chargers. **electrical work to include Removal of five (5) existing electric vehicle charging stations and replacement in kind with five (5) new units. Work includes reuse or replacement of existing wiring and connections as required, and installation of new equipment with proper mounting, terminations, grounding, and bonding. **All work shall be performed in accordance with the 2017 NEC and per approved plans.** All work to be performed per approved plans**"},{"number":"EP-2026-003312","date":"2026-06-12","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Electrical Permit for combo CP-2026-001606"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2016,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2019,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"467014","type":"Outdoor Advertising Sign","status":"Inactive","businessName":"KEYSTONE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING COMPANY INC (JOSEPH A FELICI)","revenueCode":"3708","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2009-02-25","latestIssueDate":"2014-04-03","expirationDate":"2015-03-31","inactiveDate":"2015-05-30"}],"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":["3 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2025"],"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":["5 permit events since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"urgent","title":"A life-safety certification is deficient","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Oct 23, 2025; Sprinkler Certification: Deficient","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":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #679511: COMPLETED. The history also contains “PERM Z- NEW USE.”","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":"8 permits not marked completed: 368788 (EXPIRED), EP-2021-001879 (Expired), CP-2021-002145 (Expired), CP-2025-003911 (Issued), CP-2025-003910 (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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"3 open L&I violations","finding":"9 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/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"5 failed, 3 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Apr 29, 2025.","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Outdoor Advertising Sign #467014: Inactive since May 30, 2015","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"},{"id":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"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/"}],"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/"}]}