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ERECTION OF A NEW (1) STORY STRUCTURE WITH (3) NEW COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACES. NEW SURFACE PARKING LOT WITH (7) PARKING SPACES."},{"number":"419759","date":"2012-08-03","work":"Demolition","type":"BP_DEMO","description":"DEMOLITION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-06-10","scope":"COMPLETE DEMO OF THE EXISTING (1) STORY BLDG."},{"number":"423584","date":"2012-09-17","work":"New construction","type":"BP_NEWCNST","description":"NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-04-15","scope":"FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW (1) STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH CELLAR, BUILDING TO CONTAIN (3) TENANT SPACES AS PER SEALED SUBMITTED PLANS. USE REGISTRATION PERMITS ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY. ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL WORK REQUIRES ADDITIONAL PERMITS. 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NO ALTERATIONS."},{"number":"PP-2024-008825","date":"2024-06-22","work":"Alterations","type":"Plumbing","description":"Plumbing Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2024-07-16","scope":"Installation of 3 - 3/4” RPZ back-flow assemblies"}],"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2012,"k":"sale","p":190000},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Demolition"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"New construction"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Mechanical"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2013,"k":"demo"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Certificate of Occupancy (CO) (may inclu…"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"Alterations"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"0973116","type":"Food Preparing and Serving","status":"Inactive","businessName":"Sharons Rose Petals Christian Learning Experience","revenueCode":"3120","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2025-03-07","latestIssueDate":"2025-03-07","expirationDate":"2026-03-06","inactiveDate":"2026-05-05"}],"signals":[{"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":"Use permit #393342: COMPLETED.","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":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Fire Alarm Certification: Certified through Mar 19, 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":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on Aug 8, 2006.","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":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Food Preparing and Serving #0973116: Inactive since May 5, 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/"}]}