2008 North 4th Street, Philadelphia
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Permits and code violations
7 permits not closed out. Unfinished permits pass to the next owner. 17 open violations.
- Zoning permit Feb 2026Issued
Child care - child care center
- Mechanical / fuel gas permit Oct 2025Completed
Ez permit ductwork & warm-air appliances - for the installation of new ductwork, registers/grilles/diffusers, and warm-air appliances as per attached standards. deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. replace existing furnace only, in like & kind, with 95% 60k btu gas furnace. using existing ductwork.
- General permit minor Oct 2025Expired
Ez exterior wall coverings- for the applications of exterior wall coverings as per attached standards. deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. stucco
- Zoning permit Aug 2025Issued
For consolidation of lot line to create one (1) parcel (lot-1) from existing two (2) deeded lots (407 w norris st and 409-11 w norris st). size and location as shown in the application / plan.
- Administrative permit Apr 2025Completed
Certificate of occupancy for existing uncertified building. for use as two family household living, see rp-2020-011143 for previously approved alteration. note that no new work is proposed on this application.
- Plumbing permit Oct 2024Expired
Replace 1 area drain in rear
- Electrical permit Nov 2023Completed
Supply and install complete new 100 amp main electrical service, including new service head, meter base, 100 amp main breaker 30 circuit panel, all related grounding, and all related parts and hardware. as per nec 2017
- Plumbing permit Mar 2023Completed
Replace curb trap, fai and section of main drain
- Zoning permit Jun 2022Issued
Artist studios and artisan industrial.; residential - household living - multi-family; public, civic, and institutional - libraries and cultural exhibits
- Mechanical / fuel gas permit Sep 2021Completed
Ez permit ductwork & warm-air appliances - for the installation of new ductwork, registers/grilles/diffusers, and warm-air appliances as per attached standards. deviations from these standards require submission of construction and site plans. each hvac unit to be self-contained within each dwelling unit. no penetrations of rated assemblies. (2 system heat and air conditioning one located in the basement 75% btu, 95% furnace 2ton coil and a/c to be located in the back of the house. second unit located in the mechanical room on the second floor 75% btu, 95% furnace with 2 tons coil).
- Plumbing permit May 2021Completed
Install all interior drain and water lines for 1 bathroom,1 kitchen on 1st fl, 2nd fl
- Electrical permit Apr 2021Completed
Amend permit - 7/15/2024 equipment to be readily accessible as identified in the 2017 nec install one 200 amp service, 3-gang meter and (3) breaker panels. rewire throughout with lights, outlets, switches, fixtures, smoke/co detectors as per 2014 nec
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