Electrical permit history — 318 E Congress St

Commercial property

318 E Congress St

Built 1922 — 1920s commercial stock · last permitted panel/service work 2003 (finaled) · HVAC 2019 (permit expired without a confirmed final)

Permanent link: Electrical permit history for 318 E Congress St (aztucsonelectricalsolutions.com/property/11706168c/318-e-congress-st-tucson-az-85701) · Public records last checked 2026-08-17

Parcel

11706168C

Built

1922 (county record)

Jurisdiction

Tucson

Zoning

OCR-2

Assessor use

Live Show Theaters

Parcel size

0.04 acres

Building area

4,074 sq ft (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

Downtown Tucson Historic District — National Register district (City of Tucson)

Service on record

City records show the 2003 permit was finalized; the permit description states “INSTALL:NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE”.

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 & distributionCurrentLast permitted 2003 (23 years ago). City inspection record: PERMIT FINALED approved 2003-03-26. Contractor of record: D J WILLIAMSON ENTERPRISES INC *C. Worth reading the permit itself: it names the service but does not read as an increase in capacity, so this may have been a like-for-like replacement rather than an upgrade. Separately from replacement: NFPA 70E expects the arc-flash study to be reviewed at least every five years, or after any change to the service. T03EL00319 — INSTALL:NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE
• Heating, cooling & mechanicalPermitted — completion not confirmedA 2019 permit specifies this work (the permit description states “INSTALLING HVAC SYSTEM ON EAST END”), but the available record does not show a final inspection. The permit expired without a confirmed final status. Official status: Expired. Contractor of record: ADVANTAGE AIR MECHANICAL *APA*. T19CM02326 — INSTALLING HVAC SYSTEM ON EAST END
• Fire alarm & life safetyLikely dueLast permitted 2005 (21 years ago). Panels and devices age out on their own schedule, and the code moves underneath them — a system that was compliant when installed is not automatically compliant now. T05BU00773 — FIRE SPRINKLER:ADD
• RoofNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. Roof age matters electrically too: it sets what can be penetrated for new rooftop units, conduit, or solar.

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

  Distribution gear this age is frequently past the point where the manufacturer still supports it. Breakers and fusible switches for obsolete lines can carry long lead times, which turns an outage into a shutdown. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

• Era-based check

  NFPA 70E expects arc-flash studies to be reviewed at least every five years, or after any change to the service. Buildings this age often have labeling that no longer matches the installed gear. The permit record does not confirm this; an on-site inspection is required.

Most recent permit on record for this parcel: 2026-05-01 (TC-COM-0526-00651) — Historic ceiling repair and acoustical sound treatment on existing ceilings.

Permit history (37)

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 (15)

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.