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LICENSED PA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IS REQUIRED TO MONITOR REPAIRS MADE UNDER THIS PERMIT. THE ENGINEER MUST SUBMIT A SEALED STATEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN SOUND CONDITION AT COMPLETION. **FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANS/DOCUMENTS, REFERENCE PERMIT CP-2026-001680**"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"15 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 4 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×9"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal request review"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal request review"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×6"},{"y":2026,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 2 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"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 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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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":"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. 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