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a/p

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Application number

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Act 90

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Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Act, 53 Pa.C.S. section 6110 et eq. (Act underlying the VPWD program)

53 Pa.C.S. section 6131 allows municipal permit denial for unpaid, unappealable tax/utility delinquencies, or serious violations of municipal codes with no remedial action within 6 months.

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A.R.

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Agency Receivable (unpaid bill or lien for abatement work (including principal and interest)

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AIU

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Audits and Investigations Unit, the unit within L&I that investigates contractor license violations and fire escape certifications.

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AOS

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Affidavit of Service

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Arb.

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Arbitration

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ARCS

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The Tax Review Board’s online administrative review case management system which the Board began using around 2025.

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B & R

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B & R Services, Inc. (CE Unit’s process servers)

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BBS

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Board of Building Standards (which handles requests for variances and extensions of time in Unsafe and I.D. matters)

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Bench Brief

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Short legal memo to pass up to adjudicator (with copy for petitioner)

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BIRT

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Business Income & Receipts Tax, Phila. Code sections 19-2601 et seq. (May refer to Business Tax Account number)

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BLIR (see also LIRB)

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Board of Licenses & Inspections Review

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C&S

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Clean & Seal (cleaned a nuisance property and sealed it from public access)

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Case II/4D

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Law Department’s previous case management system software for all cases except for Municipal Court (includes CCP, BLIR, TRB, and other venues) - Replaced by HighQ in summary of 2025

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CAL

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Commercial Activity License (i.e., needed to conduct business in the City, including home rental)

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CCP

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Court of Common Pleas

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CE

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“Code Enforcement” which may refer to the “CE” type of case in Municipal Court or to the Law Department’s Code & Public Nuisance Unit, previously known as the Code Enforcement Unit.

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Cease / Cease Ops

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Cease Operations Order, meaning an order that a property by vacated of all occupants until the order is lifted

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CLIP

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Community Life Improvement Program (handles community nuisances, e.g. cutting weeds)

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Closed (Hansen)

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Hansen term meaning that a reinspection resulted in the case being “closed by L&I for further City enforcement action” (e.g., court or abatement), does not mean that the violation case itself was closed or that any violations were complied (this term is no longer in use in Eclipse)

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CMC

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Case Management Conference

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CMD

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Carbon Monoxide Detector

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CNE

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Could Not Enter (used by inspectors to denote inability to enter premises)

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C.O.

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Certificate of Occupancy

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Code Enforcement Division (L & I)
The L & I division that deals with housing-related violations (e.g., vacant licenses, property maintenance issues), previously known as the "Operations Division" - This division has become QOL / Quality of Life
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Construction Division (L & I)
The L & I division that handles construction and permitting violations (e.g., construction without permits, stop work orders), previously known as the "Building Division". This division has become ISC/Inspection, Safety, and Compliance.
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COS (health inspection)
Corrected On-Site
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CSU
Contractual Services Unit (L&I unit for structural safety & demolitions), also known as Emergency Services
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d/b/a
Doing business as (indicating a business name)
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D & E
Discontinued and Ended (also see SDE)
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Development
Building
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DJ
Default Judgement
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E-Duty
Emergency duty, where an attorney is "on call" for any TROs, emergency BLIR hearings, and other such assignments needing immediate attention.
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EC
Equity Court
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Eclipse / eClipse
L & I's licensing, permitting, and violation tracking system since March 17, 2020. Has handled licensing since 2015-2016.
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EHS
Environmental Health Services (part of Health Department that handles food inspections)
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Emergency Services
The L&I unity for structural safety and demolitions, also known as CSU
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ERU
Emergency Response Unit, the new name is CSU (L&I unit for structural safety & Demolitions
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FJD
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
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FW
Final Warning
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HANSEN
L & I's permitting and violation tracking system from from 2006 to March 17, 2020, which also handled licensing until 2015-2016 - Replace by Eclipse
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HighQ
The Law Department's case management software for all cases/litigation (this system replace Case II / 4D)
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HIL
Housing & Inspection License (Now called a "Rental License" or RL)
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HQ
An unnecessary abbreviation of "HighQ"
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Hrg.
Hearing
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I.D.
Imminently Dangerous, a term of art for structures that are in imminent danger of collapse per Phila. Code section PM-110 (with a subset of such structures requiring emergency abatement due to an immediate danger to the public)
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INOV
Initial Notice of Violation (also see NOV)
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IRL
Inspection Request Letter (a.k.a Inspection Request Form)
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ISC
Inspection, Safety, and Compliance ( or Inspection Safety Compliance) Division, L&I's division that handles construction and permitting violations (e.g., construction without permits, stop work orders), previously known as the Construction Division
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JBA
Judgment by Agreement (in-court "settlement", satisfied when check is paid)
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L&I
Licenses and Inspections
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LCE
Law Code Enforce, i.e., the LawCodeEnforce@phila.gov email address shared by the unit
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LER
License Eligibility Report (issued by Health to get new or re-issued (from Inactive) Food Licenses from L&I)
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LIRB (see also BLIR)
Licenses & Inspections Review Board
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LSU (L&I)
Litigation Support Unit, the unit within L&I that coordinates with the Law Department for pending litigation, that schedules reinspections prior to court/hearing dates and arranges for inspector attendance at those hearings, and that acts as a liaison between L&I's inspection divisions and the Law Department, previously known as CVRU or the Code Violation Resolution Unit.
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Moot Complied
Problem abated by owner prior to court/hearing such that no dispute(s) remain to be resolved (i.e., case is now entirely moot)
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MC
Municipal Court
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MCTLA
Municipal Claims & Tax Lien Act, 53 P.S. actions 7101 et. seq.
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MC Case Manager / MC Access
CE Unit's previous case management software for Municipal Court cases only (began to phase out during the 2020 pandemic and was finally replaced by HighQ)
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NCD
Next Continued Date
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NOV
Notice of Violation, usually referring to the Initial Notice of Violations (see INOV)
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NPU
Nuisance Property Unit, the unit within L&I / QOL that handles nuisance/unsafe establishments (e.g., bars, night clubs)
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OCS
Out-of-Court Settlement
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OPA
Office of Property Assessment
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PE
Professional Engineer licensed by the state of PA
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PM
Property Maintenance (usually refers to Phila. Code sections PM-100 et seq.)
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Pos. Stmt.
A "position statement", which is what we call a brief filed in a Tax Review Board matter containing the City's arguments (which becomes part of the record)
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QOL
Quality of Life Division, L & I's division for inspections pertaining to property maintenance, the Fire Code, and vending/business compliance code enforcement (formerly known as "Ops", "Operations", or "Code Enforcement)
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RI
RE-Inspection
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RL
Rental License (also see HIL)
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SDE
Settled, Discontinued, and Ended (also see D&E)
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SP
Subject Property (i.e., the violation property in a case)
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SWO
Stop Work Order
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t/a
Trading as (indicating a business name)
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TRB
Tax Review Board
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TRO
Temporary Restraining Order, which is an outdated term for an emergency temporary injunction (though the old term is still used frequently)
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Unfit
A term of art for structures that are not fit for human habitation (but which may be structurally sound), per Phila. Code section PM-109
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Unsafe
A term of art for structures that are structurally unsound but not in imminent danger of collapse, per Phila. Code section PM-108.
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VCL
Vacant Commercial License, a sub-type of Vacant Property License (VPL)
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VL
Vacant License, a catch all for all types of vacant licenses (VCL, VPL, VLL, etc.)
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VLL
Vacant Lot License
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VPL
Vacant Property License, also called a Vacant Structure License
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VPWD
Vacant Property, Windows & Doors program (Blight Court)
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VSL
Vacant Structure License, also called a Vacant Property License.
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WWP
Withdrawn Without Prejudice
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ZBA
Zoning Board of Adjustment
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