{"asOf":"2026-07-10T01:13:08.037Z","block":"5900-5999 LATONA ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/5900-5999-latona-st","address":"5901 LATONA ST","parcelNumber":"882011380","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882011380","ownerType":"absentee","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"AUTO REPAIR SHOP MASONRY","useLabel":"Store","owner":"HICKSON KAREN L","coOwner":null,"marketValue":128100,"livableArea":986,"yearBuilt":1920,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2023-07-31T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2008,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2011,"n":4,"worst":null},{"y":2022,"n":1,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2008,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2011,"fails":4,"passes":3},{"y":2012,"fails":0,"passes":1},{"y":2022,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2023,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2025,"fails":1,"passes":0},{"y":2026,"fails":1,"passes":0}],"taxOwed":0,"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":39.945448314394206,"lng":-75.24206011466099,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.241978929,39.945358699],[-75.242145198,39.945376697],[-75.242094743,39.945612872],[-75.241946913,39.94537046],[-75.241978929,39.945358699]]]},"zip":"19143","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":2474,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"4","intCond":"4","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"6944 REEDBIRD PL, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19142","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR AUTO DETAILING WITHIN AN EXISTING ONE (1) STORY GARAGE STRUCTURE.","status":"CLOSED","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2009-08-28","number":"8619"},{"type":"Zoning board appeal","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE PERSONAL VEHICLE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE (CAR WASH, DETAILING) IN AN EXISTING GARAGE. 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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":"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":"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/"}]}