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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION / PLAN."},{"number":"ZP-2022-000891","date":"2022-04-27","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-19","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS."},{"number":"CP-2022-006538","date":"2022-12-09","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Building","description":"Commercial Building Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-19","scope":"FOR LEVEL II ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING BUILDING FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERSONAL VHICLE SALES AND RENTALS WITH TWENTY-THREE (23) ACCESSORY PARKING SPACES. ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE PARTICAL DEMO, ERECTION OF PARTITION WALLS AND DOORS, PROVIDE FINISHES/FURNISHINGS, WITH ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVMENTS THROUGHOUT. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT DESIGN ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS TO BE OBTAINED FOR ALL OTHER WORK. **********SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL WORK*********"},{"number":"PP-2023-000002","date":"2023-01-03","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-19","scope":"INSTALL New piping & fixtures to include: 2 water closets, 2 lavatories, 1 shower/tub unit, and 1 kitchen sink. Work to include removal of kitchen equipment from former use as restaurant."},{"number":"MP-2022-006652","date":"2023-05-03","work":"Addition and/or Alterations","type":"Mechanical","description":"Mechanical / Fuel Gas Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-19","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW HVAC SYSTEMS, ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK, ROOFTOP UNITS, DUCTLESS SYSTEMS, AND REGISTERS/DIFFUSERS AS PER APPROVED PLANS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, FIRE SUPPRESSION"},{"number":"EP-2023-004511","date":"2023-05-24","work":"Addition and/or Alteration","type":"Electrical","description":"Electrical Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2023-09-11","scope":"Wiring lights, switches, receptacles for offices. Adding 200 amp sub panel Adding 35 Network cables, data patch panel as per 2017 NEC. Adding Fire Alarm: 1 fire alarm panel, 1 FACP, 3 strobe lights, 9 Horn/strobes, 3 pull stations, as per 2016 NFPA 72."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":2.68,"timeline":[{"y":2014,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Fences Only"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Fence"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alterations"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"201858","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"LOIZOS NICHOLAS","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2000-08-11","latestIssueDate":"2000-08-11","expirationDate":"2001-04-30","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"282889","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","status":"Inactive","businessName":"THERESA GALLAGHER (DANIEL'S DINER)","revenueCode":"3230","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2003-03-13","latestIssueDate":"2003-03-13","expirationDate":"2010-07-31","inactiveDate":"2010-11-16"},{"number":"209335","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"THERESA GALLAGHER (DANIEL'S DINER)","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2004-04-30","latestIssueDate":"2005-06-04","expirationDate":"2006-04-30","inactiveDate":"2007-04-09"},{"number":"405943","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"RICHMOND DINER INC","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2007-04-09","latestIssueDate":"2011-06-17","expirationDate":"2012-04-30","inactiveDate":"2012-12-22"},{"number":"787095","type":"Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS)","status":"Inactive","businessName":"YAN C GAO","revenueCode":"3121","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2018-08-24","latestIssueDate":"2019-12-20","expirationDate":"2020-08-23","inactiveDate":"2020-10-22"}],"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":["$11,822 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"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":["3 permit events 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 history also contains “PERM Z- NEW 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: GP-2021-011843 (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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$11,822.14 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"4 failed, 1 passed, and 1 CLOSED investigation outcome are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Jan 10, 2022.","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":"2 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 #201858: Inactive; Dumpster License - Private Property #282889: Inactive since Nov 16, 2010; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #209335: Inactive since Apr 9, 2007; Food Preparing and Serving (30+ SEATS) #405943: Inactive since Dec 22, 2012","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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 6 historical violations across 2 cases.","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/"}]}