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NO CHANGE IN HEIGHT OR SQUARE FOOTAGE. NO SIGN ON THIS PERMIT"},{"number":"833816","date":"2018-01-12","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-05-21","scope":"FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY SHELTER PLATFORM WITH A TIE IN TO THE EXISTING FACADE WITH APPROVAL FROM THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND PROVIDE COVERED WALKED AT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, EXTENT OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY COVERED AS APPROVED BY THE PHILADELPHIA STREETS DEPARTMENT. COVERED WALKWAY SHALL BE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ALL IMPOSED LOADS. ALL WORK TO BE DONE PER APPROVED PLANS. IF FIELD CONDITIONS VARY CONTACT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY WORK. SEPARATE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER WORK."},{"number":"864118","date":"2018-04-03","work":"Alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2018-04-27","scope":"BROWN STONE FACADE REPAIR WITH APPROVAL OF PHC"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2008,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection passed"},{"y":2010,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2013,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2013,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Plumbing"},{"y":2013,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2014,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2014,"k":"insp","w":"Inspection failed ×2"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Use"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2018,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"use-occupancy","level":"attention","title":"Zoning approval is not the occupancy file","finding":"Use permit #793994: COMPLETED. 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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":"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/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 2 historical violations across 2 cases.","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. 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