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YOU STATED THAT THE CONVERSION OF A STATIC SIGN TO A DIGITAL SIGN INVOLVES STRUCTURAL ELECTRICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY AND AESTHETIC ISSUES. 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IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2008 NEC"},{"number":"350818","date":"2011-09-21","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2011-09-21","scope":"SIGN FACE & FORMAT CHANGE BY REPLACING THE EXITING 20' X 70' WEST SIGN (#521) WITH A 20' X 60' DIGITAL SIGN FACE ON THE EXISTING , FREE STANDING , DOUBLE FACED ILLUMINATED, NON ACCESORY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN. NO CHANGE IS PROPOSED FOR THE EXISTING SIGN DIMENSIONS OR STRUCTURE. THE EAST SIGN (3522) WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THE FORMAT CHANGE UNDER PERMIT#278352"},{"number":"426353","date":"2012-10-05","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"CLOSED","completedDate":null,"scope":"EXTENSION OF PERMIT # 350818 PURSUANT TO PA ACT 46. THIS EXTENSION TO EXPIRE ON JULY 2, 2017 UNLESS EXTENDED BY OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PHILADELPHIA CODE. CONTACT DISTRICT OFFICE TO INSTITUTE THE RQUIRED INSPECTIONS. #350818"},{"number":"442821","date":"2013-01-30","work":"Sign","type":"BP_SIGN","description":"SIGN PERMIT","status":"EXPIRED","completedDate":"2015-12-09","scope":"REMOVAL OF EXISTING AND INSTALLATION OF NEW LED SIGN BILLBOARD, NEW STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS/ATTACHMENTS EXISTING FREE STANDING BILL BOARD SIGN STRUCTURE, AS PER PLAN, SPECIFICATIONS."},{"number":"479520","date":"2013-06-25","work":"Zoning admin review","type":"ZP_ADMIN","description":"ZONING ADMIN REVIEW","status":"CLOSED","completedDate":null,"scope":"FOR THE ADMINSTRATIVE REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF PERMIT # 426353, ISSUED ON OCTOBER 2, 2012, FOR THE EXTENSION OF PERMIR # 350818 PURSUANT TO PA ACT 87. PERMIT #426353 INDICATES THAT THE EXTENSION OF PERMIT # 350818 EXPIRES ON JULY 2, 2013. PURSUANT TO THE ACT, PERMIT #350818 SHOULD EXPIRE ON JULY 1, 2016. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED COPY OF THE PERMIT # 426353 WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE EXPIRATION DATE FROM JULY 2, 2013 TO JULY 2, 2016"},{"number":"490305","date":"2013-08-20","work":"Electrical","type":"EP_ELECTRL","description":"ELECTRICAL PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":null,"scope":"REWIRE 10 LINE TO LED DISPLAY AS PER NEC 2008 (BILLBOARD)"},{"number":"1009013","date":"2020-01-09","work":"Zoning/use","type":"ZP_ZON/USE","description":"ZONING/USE PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2020-01-09","scope":"TO REPLACE THE EXISTING, 20'X60' DIGITAL FACE ON THE EAST SIDE WITH NEW 20'X60' DIGITAL FACE AND FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE 10' SIDE PANEL EXISTING ON A PORTION OF THE EAST SIDE FACE (WHICH CURRENTLY IS BLANK SPACE). NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE WEST FACE. EXISTING DIGITAL FACE ON THE EAST SIDE IS PERMITTED PURSUANT TO ZONING PERMIT #350818 AND ZONING PERMIT #479520"},{"number":"GP-2021-000101","date":"2021-02-16","work":"Sign","type":"General","description":"General Permit","status":"Completed","completedDate":"2022-07-15","scope":"TO REPLACE THE EXISTING, 20'X60' DIGITAL FACE ON THE EAST SIDE WITH NEW 20'X60' DIGITAL FACE AND FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE 10' SIDE PANEL EXISTING ON A PORTION OF THE EAST SIDE FACE (WHICH CURRENTLY IS BLANK SPACE). NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE WEST FACE.**SEPARATE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ANY ELECTRICAL WORK**"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2007,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2007,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2010,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2011,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2012,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal dismissed"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning admin review"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Zoning/use"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Sign"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 62% in 2025, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $6,807,300 to $11,037,565","no permit shown in 2024-2026"],"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 #16297: CLOSED · Dismissed; related permit 350818. Use permit #278352: 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":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: 426353 (CLOSED), 442821 (EXPIRED), 479520 (CLOSED). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","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":"dated-tax-balance","level":"attention","title":"A dated tax balance needs a current payoff","finding":"$262,752.63 was recorded in the City’s 2022-06 delinquency snapshot for 2019–2021.","why":"That is historical evidence, not today’s amount due. A current exemption, payment, credit, or assistance agreement can coexist with an older snapshot row.","action":"Check period balances and request a dated Property Payoff statement for settlement.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"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 Nov 9, 2007.","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":"abatement","level":"verify","title":"A reduced taxable assessment is not a verified abatement","finding":"OPA’s numeric assessment fields show a reduced taxable assessment; BlockReport has no official program determination for this parcel.","why":"The numeric treatment can reflect an improvement abatement or another exemption. It does not identify the ordinance, approval, start or end date, or continuation requirements after a transfer. Once OPA verifies a specific active abatement, many common programs attach the benefit to the property for the remaining term rather than ending automatically at sale, but some require a new-owner filing and continued qualifying use or tax compliance.","action":"Obtain the OPA exemption/abatement determination and history, then underwrite the buyer’s bill from the verified program terms.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/taxes/property-and-real-estate-taxes/get-real-estate-tax-relief/get-a-property-tax-abatement/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation across 1 case.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","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/"}]}