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847 E Chelten Ave

Vacant lot · Mikhail C Smith · assessed $48K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $57K. On the 800 block of E Chelten Ave.

Property summary

Assessment$47,9002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $57,200 Last sale$12KRecorded 2016 Est. tax bill$671/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquencyNo 2022 matchNot proof account is current Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open18 historical across 6 cases

Report assembled Jul 10, 2026 “Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

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Property tax

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Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$671/year

2026 taxable assessment $47,900 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $57,200; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

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OPA 591011900

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Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 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.”

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History

Why it matters

Inspection failed (2003); Inspection failed (2008); Inspection passed (2012); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2015); 3 L&I violations (2017); 3 L&I violations (2019).

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City Property History

Fetched L&I and zoning records

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Recorded owner: Mikhail C Smith
Tax mailing address: 2724 PHIPPS AVE, WILLOW GROVE PA, 19090
L&I district: NORTH
Building ID (BIN): —
OPA account: 591011900

Permits0No match

Violation cases618 violation records · 0 open

Investigations42 failed · 1 passed · 1 closed

Building certifications0No match

Business licenses0No match

Appeals0No match

PermitsPermit number, issued date, work and City status0

No permits matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

Violation cases18 individual violation records; resolved history remains visible6

Case 179107CLOSED

HAZARDOUS · Opened Sep 19, 2008 · completed Oct 11, 2012

EXT A-MOTOR VEH MUST BE REMOVViolation 1098719Sep 18, 2008 COMPLIED
PROSEC- EMERG IMMED RIViolation 1098715Sep 18, 2008 COMPLIED
PROSEC- STD INFOViolation 1098716Sep 18, 2008 COMPLIED
LICENSE-VAC LOTViolation 1098717Sep 18, 2008 COMPLIED
EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 1098718Sep 18, 2008 COMPLIED
PROSECUTION INFOViolation 1098714Sep 18, 2008 COMPLIED

Case 390862CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Jul 11, 2013 · completed Jun 30, 2017

LICENSE - RENTAL PROPERTYViolation 3050368Jul 11, 2013 COMPLIED
EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 3050369Jul 11, 2013 COMPLIED

Case 434053CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened May 29, 2014 · completed Jun 30, 2017

EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 3196959May 29, 2014 COMPLIED
CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 3196958May 29, 2014 COMPLIED

Case 491396CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Jul 14, 2015 · completed Mar 9, 2016

CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 3636225Jul 14, 2015 COMPLIED
EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 3636226Jul 14, 2015 COMPLIED

Case 591527CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Jun 30, 2017 · completed Jul 21, 2017

EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 4368973Jun 30, 2017 COMPLIED
EXT A-MOTOR VEH MUST BE REMOVViolation 4368974Jun 30, 2017 COMPLIED
CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 4368972Jun 30, 2017 COMPLIED

Case 678500CLOSED

STANDARD · Opened Apr 2, 2019 · completed Apr 25, 2019

EXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAIViolation 4992577Apr 2, 2019 COMPLIED
CLIP VIOLATION NOTICEViolation 4992576Apr 2, 2019 COMPLIED
EXT A-MOTOR VEH MUST BE REMOVViolation 4992578Apr 2, 2019 COMPLIED

InvestigationsEvery inspector visit, including CLOSED outcomes4

L_INITIALCase 20743

Dec 10, 2003 FAILED

L_INITIALCase 20743

Feb 21, 2004 CLOSED

HCEU INSPCase 179107

Sep 18, 2008 FAILED

HCEU INSPCase 179107

Oct 11, 2012 PASSED

Building certificationsInspection result and filed expiration date by L&I building ID0

No building certifications matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

Business licensesHistorical and active licenses are both retained0

No business licenses matched this parcel in the fetched City dataset.

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.

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1 verify 1 favorable dated record

VerifyFailed inspections are dated events—not the current condition2 failed, 1 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Oct 11, 2012.

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.

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Favorable dated recordNo open violation; closed history remains relevantThe fetched record shows 0 open and 18 historical violations across 6 cases.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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What it is

Vacant lot

Vacant Land Reside < Acre

Owner

Smith Mikhail C

OPA tax treatment

Assessed $48K

Taxable assessment on the roll

Corridor

Chew and Chelten

city commercial corridor

Assessed value

$47,900

2026 OPA · 2027: $57,200

Lot size

3,832 sqft

Zoning

RM1

Block context

847 E Chelten Ave sits on the 800 block of E Chelten Ave. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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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

Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 6:00 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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About this data & fine print

Answers are generated by an AI agent querying available City of Philadelphia open data at the moment you ask: OPA property assessments, Recorder of Deeds transfer records, L&I permits, violations & licenses, dated Dept. of Revenue tax records, Zoning Board appeals, Police incident reports, Philly311 requests, and School District of Philadelphia catchment and school data.

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Property-level tax data is historical: the delinquency snapshot is dated June 2022 and the separate detailed ledger ends in 2016. Neither shows what is owed today; verify a current balance with Philadelphia Revenue.

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