Electrical permit history — 515 E 1st St

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515 E 1st St

Built 1913 — pre-1950 knob-and-tube era · 1 open code case · 11 permits on record; no permitted panel/service or HVAC work among them

Permanent link: Electrical permit history for 515 E 1st St (aztucsonelectricalsolutions.com/property/117020450/515-e-1st-st-tucson-az-85705) · Public records last checked 2026-08-17

Parcel

117020450

Built

1913 (county record)

Jurisdiction

Tucson

Zoning

HR-2

Assessor use

Sfr Grade 010-3 Urban Subdivided

Parcel size

0.20 acres

Living area

2,155 sq ft (assessor record)

Cooling

Evaporative (assessor record)

Heating

Gravity (assessor record)

Roof

Asphalt (assessor record)

Pool

Yes (assessor record)

Sewer

No connection on file (sewer or septic status not confirmed by the record — verify on site)

Flood zone

X — minimal flood hazard (FEMA)

Historic preservation

West University Historic District — Historic Preservation Zone — Contributing (City of Tucson)

Typical original service for a 1913 home

approximately 30–60 A

See the property

Pima County orthophoto (Pictometry 2024 / PAG 2023 / NAIP 2023 mosaic) — parcel outlined in yellow. Aerials can predate recent work and show nothing about what is inside; context, not evidence.

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Is it time to upgrade?

• Electrical service & panelNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. That does not tell you the service is original — only that nothing has been permitted here recently. The build year is the better clue, and it is above.
• Heating & coolingNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. The assessor records cooling as Evaporative and heating as Gravity. Cooling equipment works harder in Tucson than almost anywhere, so 12 to 15 years is a realistic service life rather than the 15 to 20 the industry quotes.
• Water heaterNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. Water heaters are frequently swapped without a permit, so this line is especially weak evidence either way.
• RoofPermitted — completion not confirmedA 2024 permit specifies this work (the permit description states “Repair existing roof by replacing shingles and bad wood. For the Roof Oakridge8 Shingles, The color will be Shasta white. The same color the roof is now. Stuccoing the outside of homes, by removing old stucco, doing a brown coat, and then a new sand finish The Stucco will have the same texture as now: "medium lace texture with Sand." The Color is Colonial White. To match period and current styles in Tucson.”), but the available record does not show a final inspection. The permit expired without a confirmed final status. Official status: Expired. The assessor records the roof as Asphalt. TC-RES-1224-07434 — Repair existing roof by replacing shingles and bad wood. For the Roof Oakridge8 Shingles, The color will be Shasta white. The same color the roof is now. Stuccoing the outside of homes, by removing old stucco, doing a brown coat, and then a new sand finish The Stucco will have the same texture as now: "medium lace texture with Sand." The Color is Colonial White. To match period and current styles in Tucson.
• Plumbing work on recordOn recordLast permitted this year (2026). Plumbing permits cover everything from a full re-pipe to a few feet of sewer repair, so this is a record that work happened rather than a statement about the whole system. TR-ROW-0126-00032 — Sewer line is collapsed under road need to cut asphalt and replace pipe

A found permit means a lot. A missing one means less. We read the City of Tucson’s own permit file, not a recent extract of it — back to about 2006, and into the 1990s on properties with that much history. Microfiche before then was never fully digitised. Every record links to the city’s official file. A blank line does not say nothing was done: work gets done without permits all the time. The only way to know what is actually installed is to look at it.

What that usually means electrically

• Era-based check — high priority

  Knob-and-tube wiring may still be present in original, un-remodeled areas. It has no ground and is not rated for modern loads or insulation contact. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

• Era-based check — high priority

  Original services this age were 30–60 A fuse panels. Nearly every one still in place is undersized for a modern household. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

• Era-based check — high priority

  Branch circuits from this era are typically ungrounded two-wire — the reason you see two-prong outlets or ungrounded three-prong replacements. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

• Worth looking at

  There is an open code enforcement case on this parcel. An open case can hold up a permit, and if it touches unpermitted work the electrical scope usually has to be brought up to code as part of resolving it.

• Worth confirming

  The assessor records a pool on this parcel. Equipment bonding, the equipotential bonding grid and GFCI protection on the pump and light circuits are the usual findings on pool equipment — the pool-bonding rules in NEC Article 680 were expanded in the 2008 cycle, so a pool built before that is worth an on-site check.

Most recent permit on record for this parcel: 2026-04-03 (TC-RES-0426-01657) — Conversion/remodel of existing carport to pool house.

Permit history (11)

How to read the status column: Final / Complete / C of O — city records show the permit was finalized. Issued — the work was permitted, but final completion is not confirmed. Applied / In review / Approved / Fees paid — proposed, not completion. Expired — the permit expired without a confirmed final status. Void / Withdrawn / Canceled — not evidence the work was installed. Any other status is shown exactly as the issuing office records it, without a completion reading.

Code enforcement (12)

Code cases and housing-code violations recorded against this parcel, by category. Closed cases stay on the record, and most of these are closed — check the status column. We show the category and the official record number rather than the complaint text, which often names people who have nothing to do with the property.

Record numbers link to the City of Tucson’s official file. Highlighted rows are the ones that imply electrical work or an unpermitted-work finding.

This is an inference from public records — the year a structure was built, how it is classified, and what has been permitted. It is not an inspection, and nothing here confirms what is actually installed at this address. The only way to know is to look in the panel. See an error in this public-record report? Report a correction · About this data.

The contractor’s read is a plain-English brief of the record above, written by AI — what it shows across electrical, mechanical and the building itself, what is missing for the era, and what to verify on site.