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WORK TO BE COMPLETED FOR THE RESOLUTION OF VIOLATION CASE #437487."},{"number":"898609","date":"2018-08-01","work":"Wall Covering Replacement","type":"General Permit Minor","description":"General Permit Minor","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2022-09-14","scope":"Exterior wall covering - install stucco (commercial)"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Demolition"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2014,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2014,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2014,"k":"permit","w":"Administrative"},{"y":2015,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2015,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Wall Covering Replacement"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"584142","type":"Rental","status":"Closed","businessName":"DOEL COSME","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2013-02-08","latestIssueDate":"2013-02-08","expirationDate":"2014-02-28","inactiveDate":null}],"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":["4 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2026"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. 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L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"4 open L&I violations","finding":"11 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. 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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. 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. 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