We have a rental unit attached to our own house, and submitted for renewal of business license maybe a month ago. It’s still in pending status and now we have received notification of the license expiration. We’d love to call someone over there but as expected, calling is a whirlwind of hold times and transfers. I’m curious if anyone else has experienced this? I don’t want to be dinged by the city, as we will be looking for a new tenant soon.

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kingintheyunk t1_jacey1r wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:56 PM

That doesn’t sound right. Mine was approved within 24 hours. Calling won’t do any good. Go here and click on “to make an appointment use the qless platform”. You should be able to make an appointment for tomorrow.

https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/make-an-appointment-with-the-permit-and-license-center/

notbizmarkie OP t1_jaco5z3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:13 PM

Thank you! This is helpful. We’ve had stuff like this happen so many times. It’s so frustrating because this is our only property, it’s literally attached to our own home, and we are never late on this kind of stuff. It shouldn’t be so hard to manage!

kingintheyunk t1_jacprji wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:25 PM

Oh, the city is a huge pita. Hate dealing with them, but have to. Just make sure yours is zoned correctly. I assume it is since you had a lisence before and just need to renew. GL.

notbizmarkie OP t1_jad5f76 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:12 PM

It is :) but thank you! We’ve been renting it out for years

DOUCYIMD1 t1_jadfupm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:19 PM

Are you due for Lead Inspection. Usually that's when they sit in pending status.

notbizmarkie OP t1_jadiryr wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:37 PM

We had a lead inspection last year and resubmitted that report, so I don’t think so?