{"asOf":"2026-07-11T07:42:52.605Z","block":"2200-2299 KENNEDY ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/2200-2299-kennedy-st","address":"2268 KENNEDY ST","parcelNumber":"882006500","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882006500","ownerType":"owner-occupied","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"TAVERN OR BAR MASONRY","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"HIRD WILLIAM SR","coOwner":null,"marketValue":255900,"livableArea":1950,"yearBuilt":1960,"lastSale":{"price":105000,"date":"2006-08-31T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[],"violationCases":[],"investigations":[],"taxOwed":9924.36,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":true,"totalDue":9924.36,"principalDue":6944.4,"penaltyDue":691.8,"interestDue":670.84,"otherChargesDue":1617.32,"yearsOwed":4,"oldestYearOwed":2017,"mostRecentYearOwed":2021,"mostRecentPaymentDate":"2021-03-03","assessmentYear":2022,"totalAssessment":220000,"taxableAssessment":220000,"exemptAbatementAssessment":0,"homesteadValue":0,"netTaxAfterHomestead":3079.56,"actionableAtSnapshot":true,"paymentAgreementAtSnapshot":false,"bankruptcyAtSnapshot":false,"sheriffSaleAtSnapshot":true,"assessmentUnderAppealAtSnapshot":false,"yearMonth":"202206"},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.0096608231247,"lng":-75.06682743058157,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.066607594,40.009651516],[-75.067028042,40.009590509],[-75.06704752,40.009672163],[-75.066627218,40.009731576],[-75.066607594,40.009651516]]]},"liDistrict":"EAST","certifications":[{"number":"BC-2025-004591","type":"Special Hazards Certification","inspectionDate":"2025-02-24","result":"Certified","expirationDate":"2026-02-24","buildingId":"1282146"}],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19137","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":1,"lotArea":3600,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"5","intCond":"5","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"2268 KENNEDY ST, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19137","mailOut":false,"appeals":[],"taxYears":[{"year":2015,"total":3682.5,"principal":2568.28,"interest":457,"penalty":352.62},{"year":2016,"total":7406.15,"principal":6727.24,"interest":105.72,"penalty":67.27}],"taxNet":11088.65,"taxLien":true,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":498300,"taxable":498300},{"y":2017,"v":220000,"taxable":220000},{"y":2018,"v":220000,"taxable":220000},{"y":2019,"v":220000,"taxable":220000},{"y":2020,"v":220000,"taxable":220000},{"y":2021,"v":220000,"taxable":220000},{"y":2022,"v":220000,"taxable":220000},{"y":2023,"v":240400,"taxable":240400},{"y":2024,"v":240400,"taxable":240400},{"y":2025,"v":232000,"taxable":232000},{"y":2026,"v":232000,"taxable":232000},{"y":2027,"v":255900,"taxable":255900}],"taxNow":3248,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"208200","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"CANNONBALL TAVERN INC","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-05-04","latestIssueDate":"2008-05-05","expirationDate":"2009-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"468372","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"2268 KENNEDY STREET INCORPORATED","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2009-03-13","latestIssueDate":"2025-11-12","expirationDate":"2026-04-30","inactiveDate":"2026-06-29"}],"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":["$9,924 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Feb 24, 2026","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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$9,924.36 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2017–2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"id":"historical-sheriff-sale","level":"attention","title":"A historical sheriff-sale flag needs current docket and title follow-up","finding":"The City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot carried a sheriff-sale flag for this parcel.","why":"That dated flag records collection posture at the snapshot date. It does not prove that a sale is currently scheduled, that a sale occurred, or that title changed.","action":"Check the current Sheriff sale lists and court writ, then confirm the recorded deed, present owner, current payoff, and title chain before relying on the property record.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/foreclosure-sheriff-sales/sheriff-lien-sales/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #208200: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #468372: Inactive since Jun 29, 2026","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 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/"}]}