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RESIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF BUILDING TO BE SPRINKLERED. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MEP & FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK** AMENDMENT APPROVED 2/24/23 AMEND ALTERATIONS PERMIT CP-2022-006479 TO DOCUMENT ADDITIONAL EXISTING SPACE AND CREATION OF NEW OFFICE AND WINDOW OPENING AS PER APPROVED PLANS. AMENDMENT APPROVED 8/17/23 AMEND ALTERATIONS PERMIT CP-2022-006479 TO INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF ROOF MEMBRANE AS PER APPROVED PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2023-001486","date":"2023-03-20","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-05-16","scope":"LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS (NO CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY) FOR RENOVATIONS TO GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR CREATION OF SOFFIT PROTECTION FOR SPRINKLER PIPING INSTALLATION AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEE PERMIT CP-2022-006479 FOR ALTERATIONS TO REMAINDER OF BUILDING. BUILDING TO BE SPRINKLERED. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SPRINKLER WORK**"},{"number":"PP-2023-004251","date":"2023-04-04","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-05-10","scope":"Installation of new 2\" domestic water line, replacing existing curb trap, fresh air inlet & main drain into building"},{"number":"FP-2023-000913","date":"2023-05-10","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Fire Suppression","description":"Fire Suppression Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-13","scope":"INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPLYING WITH NFPA 13 (BASEMENT & GROUND FLOOR) AND NFPA 13R (ABOVE GROUND LEVEL) THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING TO INCLUDE 4\" MAIN FIRE SERVICE LINE WITH A 4\" AMES 350A BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY AND ONE (1) STANDPIPE RISER COMPLYING WITH NFPA 14 AS PER APPROVED PLANS. ALL WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTRACTOR LICENSED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. ** MULTIPLE BUILDING PERMITS, SEE CP-2022-006479 AND CP-2023-001486 **"},{"number":"ZP-2023-005771","date":"2023-06-07","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Retail Sales - Wearing Apparel and Accessories"},{"number":"CP-2023-002857","date":"2023-06-12","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-04-15","scope":"LEVEL II INTERIOR ALTERATIONS WITH PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY TO FIT-OUT A GROUND FLOOR AND MEZZANINE RETAIL SPACE FOR A RETAIL SALES OF WEARING APPAREL & ACCESSORIES USE AS PER APPROVED PLANS. BUILDING TO BE FULLY SPRINKLERED. *2018 IEBC REVIEW* **SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ANY MEP OR FIRE SUPPRESSION WORK**"},{"number":"EP-2023-005571","date":"2023-06-30","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-07-07","scope":"Fishing wire, replacing lights outlets and switches as per 2017 nec"},{"number":"MP-2023-002604","date":"2023-07-05","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-07-11","scope":"**Existing Philadelphia Historic Property** EZ PERMIT DUCTWORK & WARM-AIR APPLIANCES For the installation of New Ductwork, Registers/Grilles/Diffusers, and Warm-Air Appliances as per attached standards. Deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. No exterior work permitted as part of this permit. No work to exterior windows and/or doors as part of this permit as per PHC. Commercial Unit Only - 1st floor space, swap out existing unit for new unit, one spiral duct to be added."},{"number":"ZP-2023-006369","date":"2023-07-16","work":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-10","scope":"For the erection of an awning with accessory sign. Size and location per plans."},{"number":"PP-2023-010784","date":"2023-08-16","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-13","scope":"supply and install water lines and drainage to fixtures in all 6 units"},{"number":"EP-2023-002339","date":"2023-08-29","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-07","scope":"INSTALL (2) 300 AMP SERVICES (2) 4 GANG METER BANKS, (6) 150 AMP PANELS & FEEDERS, (1) 100 AMP PANEL & FEEDER, REFEED (1) EXISTING 100 AMP PANEL. INSTALL WIRING THROUGHOUT THE COMMON AREAS & SIX DWELLING UNITS. INSTALL LIGHTS NORMAL & EMERGENCY, SWITCHES, SENSORS, RECEPTACLES, SMOKE & CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. PROVIDE POWER FOR THE MECHANICAL & HVAC EQUIPMENT. INSTALL A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT. ALL WORK IN ACORDANCE WITH THE 2017 NEC & 2016 NFPA-72. * THE COMMERCIAL SPACE IS EXISTING."},{"number":"GP-2023-005483","date":"2023-09-28","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-10-10","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE (1) NON-ILLUMINATED WALL SIGN (ON THE FRONT OF AN AWNING). SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN APPLICATION/PLANS. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"MP-2023-003011","date":"2023-09-29","work":"New Construction","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-05-13","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF REGISTERS, DIFFUSERS, AND APPLIANCES WITH ASSOCIATED DUCTWORK. APPLIANCES TO BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"DP-2023-000906","date":"2023-10-27","work":"Minor Demolition","type":"Demolition","description":"Demolition Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2025-06-10","scope":"FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ONE (1) STORY MASONRY STRUCTURE. ALL PERMITTED DEMOLITION ACTIVITY TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SITE SAFETY DEMOLITION PLAN AND SUCH PLAN TO BE MAINTAINED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. DEMOLITION TO BE DONE BY HAND AND WITH HAND TOOLS ONLY. PROTECTION OF PEDESTRIANS, PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO START OF WORK. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ENCROACHMENT OR CLOSURE.**NO DEMOLITION SHALL BEGIN UNTIL PWD DISCONTINUANCE PERMIT OBTAINED**ASBESTOS ABATEMENT PRIOR TO START OR WORK.**"},{"number":"ZP-2024-006738","date":"2024-07-09","work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Issued","completedDate":null,"scope":"Visitor Accommodations"},{"number":"AP-2024-006845","date":"2024-09-23","work":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…","type":"Administrative","description":"Administrative Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-10-08","scope":"NO ALTERATIONS THIS PERMIT. FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A PARTIAL CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY OF SIX (6) EXISTING GROUP R-2 DWELLING UNITS TO GROUP R-1 VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS UNITS. EXISTING BUILDING IS SPRINKLERED."}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":1.44,"timeline":[{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Signs (Accessory / Non-Accessory)"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New Construction"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…"},{"y":2025,"k":"demo"}],"rented":true,"licenses":[{"number":"323228","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"ROYA INC","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2005-06-20","latestIssueDate":"2005-06-20","expirationDate":"2006-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"357494","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MSWPA INC","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2006-02-24","latestIssueDate":"2006-02-24","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"356325","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"19TH & SANSOM STREET CORP","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":null,"units":5,"issuedDate":"2007-02-23","latestIssueDate":"2018-05-04","expirationDate":"2019-02-28","inactiveDate":"2019-04-29"},{"number":"421981","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MSWPA INC (BARRISTERS BAR & GRILLE)","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2007-08-29","latestIssueDate":"2008-04-07","expirationDate":"2009-04-30","inactiveDate":"2009-05-08"},{"number":"473143","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Closed","businessName":"KNP HOLDINGS LLC (CAVANAUGHS RITTENHOUSE SQUARE)","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2009-05-08","latestIssueDate":"2022-05-10","expirationDate":"2023-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"591454","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Active","businessName":"KNP HOLDINGS LLC (CAVANAUGHS RITTENHOUSE SQUARE)","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2013-04-26","latestIssueDate":"2013-07-24","expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null},{"number":"845025","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"KNP HOLDINGS LLC","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-07-01","latestIssueDate":"2020-12-30","expirationDate":"2021-12-31","inactiveDate":"2022-03-01"},{"number":"846278","type":"Sidewalk Cafe (Temporary)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"KNP HOLDINGS LLC (CAVANAUGHS RITTENHOUSE SQUARE)","revenueCode":"3123","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2020-07-16","latestIssueDate":"2020-12-31","expirationDate":"2021-12-31","inactiveDate":"2022-03-01"},{"number":"952695","type":"Rental","status":"Active","businessName":"HMAZ LLC","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Hotel|Residential Dwellings","units":6,"issuedDate":"2024-05-29","latestIssueDate":"2026-05-05","expirationDate":"2027-05-28","inactiveDate":null}],"units":6,"signals":[{"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":["11 permit events since 2023","demolition activity since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"The record identifies more than one dwelling/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":"1 permit not marked completed: CP-2023-001486 (Expired). 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":"rental-license","level":"verify","title":"A rental license does not transfer with the deed","finding":"1 active Rental License record matched.","why":"If dwelling space is rented, the buyer must obtain a new annual Rental License; the seller’s license is not transferable. New applications require proof of ownership and legal occupancy, tax compliance, no open L&I violations, and lead compliance where applicable.","action":"Plan the buyer’s replacement license before settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"managing-agent","level":"verify","title":"Tax mail goes outside Philadelphia; owner residence still needs verification","finding":"OPA mails the property tax record outside Philadelphia (5920 VETERANS BLVD, METAIRIE LA, 70003).","why":"A tax mailing destination does not establish where the owner lives. If a rental owner lives outside Philadelphia, the City requires a managing agent with a Philadelphia mailing address; the owner remains legally responsible.","action":"Verify the buyer’s residence and, if the buyer will live outside Philadelphia, identify the Philadelphia managing agent on the new license application.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/rent-or-sell-property/get-a-rental-license/"},{"id":"lead","level":"verify","title":"Lead compliance is a separate record","finding":"OPA records a 1920 build year; BlockReport does not receive the Health Department’s unit-level lead certificate file.","why":"Philadelphia requires covered pre-March-1978 rentals to be certified lead-safe or lead-free for a new or renewed lease and for a new or renewed Rental License. A certificate is unit-specific; a renovation does not by itself create an exemption.","action":"Request the current lead certificate or City exemption for every dwelling unit.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/lead-and-healthy-homes-resources-for-landlords/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"2 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Aug 19, 2020.","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":"6 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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving #323228: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Dumpster License - Private Property #357494: Inactive; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #421981: Inactive since May 8, 2009; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #473143: Closed","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":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as apartments. 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 1 historical violation across 1 case.","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"}]}