zoning permit in Philadelphia

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Question to Philadelphia investors. How hard is it to obtain a permit to use a house as two family building. My husband and I are new to investing and when we bought a duplex in 19152 area, never bothered to check the zoning on it.

Turned out city doesn’t have any record of the use of that property. It is build as multyfalimy and zoned as RSA-3. So city refused to give us two rental licenses on it. Is it possible to fix it without a zoning atterney? All suggestions are welcome.