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FOR THE ERECTION \nOF AN ATTACHED STRUCTURE, GREEN ROOF, ROOF DECK AND ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE \n(ACCESS STRUCTURE LIMITED TO ROOF ACCESS ONLY. FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSEHOL","status":"In Process","outcome":"Complete","date":"2022-06-15","number":"HA-2022-001601"},{"type":"BBS ID/U Time Extension Request","grounds":"See attached","status":"Closed","outcome":"Complete","date":"2025-10-20","number":"HA-2025-000447"}],"taxYears":[{"year":2016,"total":3212.15,"principal":2871.83,"interest":43.08,"penalty":28.72}],"taxNet":3212.15,"taxLien":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":178400,"taxable":178400},{"y":2017,"v":178400,"taxable":178400},{"y":2018,"v":255200,"taxable":255200},{"y":2019,"v":255200,"taxable":255200},{"y":2020,"v":256800,"taxable":256800},{"y":2021,"v":256800,"taxable":256800},{"y":2022,"v":256800,"taxable":256800},{"y":2023,"v":385300,"taxable":385300},{"y":2024,"v":385300,"taxable":385300},{"y":2025,"v":446000,"taxable":446000},{"y":2026,"v":446000,"taxable":446000},{"y":2027,"v":545100,"taxable":545100}],"taxNow":7630,"familyHeld":false,"storyTag":"Torn down & rebuilt","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Minor Demolition"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2023,"k":"demo"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 6 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×3"},{"y":2025,"k":"permit","w":"Commercial Make Safe Permit"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"4 L&I violations incl UNSAFE STRUCTURE"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×5"},{"y":2025,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 2 passed"}],"rented":false,"signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"strong","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"Several independent, separately dated records stack up here and deserve prompt verification.","evidence":["1 open L&I violation","$0 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot","a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016","failed L&I inspection activity in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025"],"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":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023","demolition activity 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":"Appeal #HA-2022-001601: In Process · Complete.","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":"violations","level":"attention","title":"1 open L&I violation","finding":"1 violation row 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/"}],"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/"}]}