{"asOf":"2026-07-11T00:24:24.549Z","block":"4900-4999 WAYNE AVE","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/4900-4999-wayne-ave","address":"4908 WAYNE AVE","parcelNumber":"882970865","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=882970865","ownerType":"investor","kind":"commercial","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"STR/OFF 2 STY MASONRY","useLabel":"Commercial","owner":"ART OF THE CAR LLC","coOwner":null,"marketValue":526700,"livableArea":2550,"yearBuilt":1930,"lastSale":{"price":67500,"date":"2011-06-15T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violations":[{"number":"3824295","date":"2016-01-20","code":"PM15-304.1G","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3824294","date":"2016-01-20","code":"PM15-108.1","title":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3830446","date":"2016-02-20","code":"A-304.1/1","title":"ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}],"violationCases":[{"number":"517032","type":"UNSAFE","priority":"UNSAFE","responsibility":"CSU","status":"CLOSED","createdDate":"2016-01-20","completedDate":"2016-04-07","violations":[{"number":"3824295","date":"2016-01-20","code":"PM15-304.1G","title":"EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3824294","date":"2016-01-20","code":"PM15-108.1","title":"UNSAFE STRUCTURE","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null},{"number":"3830446","date":"2016-02-20","code":"A-304.1/1","title":"ARCHITECT/ENGINEER SERVICES","status":"COMPLIED","resolutionDate":null,"resolution":null}]}],"violYears":[{"y":2016,"n":3,"worst":"EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7"}],"investigations":[{"caseNumber":"517032","date":"2016-01-20","type":"CSUINITIAL","status":"FAILED"},{"caseNumber":"517032","date":"2016-04-07","type":"CSUINITIAL","status":"PASSED"}],"inspYears":[{"y":2016,"fails":1,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"taxSnapshot":{"available":true,"asOf":"2022-06","matched":false},"taxDelinquencySnapshotAsOf":"2022-06","taxDelinquencySnapshotAvailable":true,"lat":40.024562642752805,"lng":-75.16665417090606,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.166582609,40.0246658],[-75.166535692,40.024640226],[-75.166727433,40.024457534],[-75.166771514,40.024485445],[-75.166582609,40.0246658]]]},"liDistrict":"NORTH","certifications":[],"cityRecordAvailability":{"violations":true,"investigations":true,"appeals":true,"certifications":true,"permits":true,"licenses":true},"zip":"19144","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":2,"lotArea":1375,"zoning":"RSA5","grade":"C+","basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":"5","intCond":"5","garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":"4908 WAYNE AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19144","mailOut":false,"appeals":[{"type":"RB_LIRB","grounds":"I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THE L&I ASSESSMENT AND DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AS BEING UNSAFE IN WHOLE OR IN PART.","status":"OPEN","outcome":"MOOT","date":"2013-07-24","number":"20683","relatedPermit":"183534"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":113500,"taxable":113500},{"y":2017,"v":113500,"taxable":113500},{"y":2018,"v":116900,"taxable":116900},{"y":2019,"v":116900,"taxable":116900},{"y":2020,"v":117700,"taxable":117700},{"y":2021,"v":117700,"taxable":117700},{"y":2022,"v":117700,"taxable":117700},{"y":2023,"v":128600,"taxable":128600},{"y":2024,"v":128600,"taxable":128600},{"y":2025,"v":230000,"taxable":230000},{"y":2026,"v":230000,"taxable":230000},{"y":2027,"v":526700,"taxable":526700}],"taxNow":3220,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"669737","date":"2016-02-25","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2016-04-07","scope":"MAKE SAFE PERMIT - FOR THE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT TO SECTIONS OF EXISTING MASONRY WALL FROM A PREVIOUSLY COLLAPSED PORTION OF BUILDING. COLLAPSED PORTION OF WALL TO BE RECONSTRUCTED WITH MASONRY. REMAINING LENGTH OF ENTIRE WALL TO BE DECONSTRUCTED BY HAND TO A HEIGHT OF 6 FEET ABOVE GRADE. INFILLS AND CAPPING OF ENTIRE LENGTH OF WALL REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AS A FENCE WALL. WORK TO BE COMPLETED AS PER ATTACHED ENGINEER'S REPORT. UPON FINAL APPROVAL BY INSPECTOR, WORK IS TO COMPLY VIOLATION #517032. ABUTTING SIDEWALK MUST BE CLOSED WITH FENCING A MINIMUM OF 6' IN HEIGHT. SEPARATE STREETS DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIRED FOR SIDEWALK CLOSURE. A SEPARATE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED ON CASE #517032. CONTACT STREETS DEPARTMENT FOR DUMPSTER PERMIT AND FOOTWAY CLOSURE PERMITS. SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR RENOVATION."}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2011,"k":"sale","p":67500},{"y":2013,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal moot"},{"y":2016,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2016,"k":"viol","w":"3 L&I violations incl EXTERIOR STRUCT UNSAFE COND 7"},{"y":2016,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"283384","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Retail Mobile Dispensing","status":"Inactive","businessName":"WAYNE AVENUE INC","revenueCode":"3311","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2003-01-23","latestIssueDate":"2005-06-10","expirationDate":"2005-12-31","inactiveDate":null},{"number":"334217","type":"Rental","status":"Inactive","businessName":"MANUEL WEISS","revenueCode":"3202","rentalCategory":"Residential Dwellings","units":1,"issuedDate":"2005-08-25","latestIssueDate":"2005-08-25","expirationDate":"2006-02-28","inactiveDate":"2005-08-25"}],"signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 129% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $230,000 to $526,700","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"An unsafe-building history still deserves the repair file","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 3 historical violations across 1 case.","why":"The aggregate currently shows zero open violations, so a historical unsafe/imminently-dangerous row is not a current hazard finding. The repair or demolition permit, final inspection, and case closure are the evidence that resolves the former designation.","action":"Review the Make Safe/repair permit, final inspection, and case closure.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"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 Apr 7, 2016.","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":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Retail Mobile Dispensing #283384: Inactive","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/"}]}