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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN\nPLANS/ APPLICATION. FOR USE AS BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND GRO","status":"In Process","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2025-06-28","number":"38256","relatedPermit":"976443"},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR A BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE (HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY) AND PERSONAL SERVICE (TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONAL) ON THE SAME LOT WITH ALL OTHER USES AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.\n\nThe permit for the above location cannot be issued ","status":"Completed","outcome":"Denied","date":"2023-10-24","number":"ZP-2022-001758","relatedPermit":"ZP-2022-001758"},{"type":"LIRB Violation Appeal","grounds":"See Attached","status":"Closed","outcome":"Complete","date":"2025-05-07","number":"HA-2024-001046","relatedPermit":null},{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE USE *OFFICE- BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL* IN AN EXISTING DETACHED STRUCTURE","status":"Completed","outcome":"Withdrawn","date":"2026-04-28","number":"ZP-2025-000679","relatedPermit":"ZP-2025-000679"},{"type":"ZBA Appeal Against L&I","grounds":"Appeal against L&I for the denial of a reasonable accommodation to use a property for Business and Professional office and Personal Services.","status":"In Process","outcome":null,"date":"2026-08-18","number":"HA-2026-001993","relatedPermit":"ZP-2026-002289"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":2,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2025,"v":373000,"taxable":373000},{"y":2026,"v":373000,"taxable":373000},{"y":2027,"v":291900,"taxable":291900}],"taxNow":5221,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":false,"permits":[{"number":"ZP-2026-002289","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Denied","completedDate":null,"scope":null},{"number":"ZP-2025-000679","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2026-05-06","scope":null},{"number":"ZP-2022-001758","date":null,"work":"Change of Use","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Refused","completedDate":"2023-11-07","scope":null}],"storyTag":"Traded","storyDelta":0.25,"timeline":[{"y":2018,"k":"sale","p":300000},{"y":2021,"k":"sale","p":375000},{"y":2021,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2021,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed"},{"y":2022,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2023,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal denied"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal withdrawn"},{"y":2026,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal filed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"watch","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","failed L&I inspection activity in 2021, 2022"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #38256: In Process · Withdrawn; related permit 976443. The history also contains “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":"3 permits not marked completed: ZP-2026-002289 (Denied), ZP-2025-000679 (Refused), ZP-2022-001758 (Refused).","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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"3 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. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","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":"4 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was FAILED on Feb 27, 2024.","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/"}],"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/"}]}