{"asOf":"2026-07-09T20:25:27.997Z","block":"100-199 W NORRIS ST","blockUrl":"https://blockreport.homes/block/100-199-w-norris-st","address":"177 W NORRIS ST","parcelNumber":"885000093","source":"https://property.phila.gov/?p=885000093","ownerType":"vacant","kind":"vacant land","isHouse":false,"residential":false,"taxExempt":false,"institutional":false,"buildingClass":"VACANT LAND COMMER < ACRE","useLabel":"Vacant lot","owner":"JACK INVESTMENT GROUP","coOwner":null,"marketValue":96000,"livableArea":null,"yearBuilt":null,"lastSale":{"price":1,"date":"2022-10-18T04:00:00Z"},"openViolations":0,"violYears":[{"y":2023,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2024,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2025,"n":2,"worst":null},{"y":2026,"n":2,"worst":null}],"inspYears":[{"y":2023,"fails":1,"passes":1},{"y":2024,"fails":2,"passes":0},{"y":2025,"fails":2,"passes":1},{"y":2026,"fails":1,"passes":1}],"taxOwed":0,"lat":39.9806751219283,"lng":-75.13621334282631,"geom":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-75.136141044,39.980742152],[-75.136172678,39.980593666],[-75.136285452,39.980607874],[-75.136254185,39.98075661],[-75.136141044,39.980742152]]]},"zip":"19122","beds":null,"baths":null,"stories":null,"lotArea":1716,"zoning":"CMX2","grade":null,"basement":null,"heater":null,"centralAir":null,"extCond":null,"intCond":null,"garage":null,"homestead":false,"mail":null,"appeals":[{"type":"ZBA Permit Denial - Variance","grounds":"PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED BUILDING WITH A ROOF DECK AND ROOF DECK ACCESS STRUCTURE . SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLANS.FOR THE USE OF VACANT NON-RESIDENTIAL USE ALONG 100% OF THE GROUND FLOOR FRONTAGE AND MUTI-FAMILY (4 UNITS","status":"Completed","outcome":"Granted with conditions","date":"2024-06-25","number":"ZP-2023-011230"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"timesSold":3,"abated":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2023,"v":150500,"taxable":150500},{"y":2024,"v":150500,"taxable":150500},{"y":2025,"v":36000,"taxable":36000},{"y":2026,"v":36000,"taxable":36000},{"y":2027,"v":96000,"taxable":96000}],"taxNow":1344,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":12.75,"timeline":[{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"},{"y":2022,"k":"permit","w":"Change of Use"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2024,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"},{"y":2024,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal granted with conditions"},{"y":2024,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2024,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2025,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2025,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2026,"k":"viol","w":"2 L&I violations"},{"y":2026,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"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":["1 permit event since 2023","1 zoning/board appeal since 2023"],"caveat":"Record activity alone does not establish that a sale or redevelopment is planned."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 167% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $36,000 to $96,000","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":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Appeal #ZP-2023-011230: Completed · Granted with conditions.","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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"}],"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/"}]}