Electrical permit history — 245 S 4th Av

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245 S 4th Av

Built 1888 — pre-1950 knob-and-tube era · last permitted panel/service work 2014 (finaled) · HVAC 2019 (finaled) · 1 open code case

Permanent link: Electrical permit history for 245 S 4th Av (aztucsonelectricalsolutions.com/property/117062410/245-s-4th-av-tucson-az-85701) · Public records last checked 2026-08-17

Parcel

117062410

Built

1888 (county record)

Jurisdiction

Tucson

Zoning

HO-3

Assessor use

Sfr Grade 010-3 Urban Subdivided

Parcel size

0.28 acres

Living area

1,515 sq ft (assessor record)

Cooling

Refrigeration (assessor record)

Heating

Forced Air (assessor record)

Roof

Asphalt (assessor record)

Garage

Garage (2-car) (assessor record)

Sewer

Connection on file (1990) (county sewer connection records)

Flood zone

X — minimal flood hazard (FEMA)

Historic preservation

Armory Park Historic Residential District — Historic Preservation Zone (City of Tucson)

Typical original service for a 1888 home

approximately 30–60 A

Service on record

City records show the 2014 permit was finalized; the permit description states “UPGRADE EXISTING SERVICE TO 200 AMP (VH)” — an increase in capacity as described, not a confirmed installed rating.

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 & panelCurrentLast permitted 2014 (12 years ago). City inspection record: ELECTRIC - FINAL approved 2014-12-30. Contractor of record: STERTZ CONSTRUCTION LLC. The permit describes an increase in capacity, which is the single best sign the electrical has actually been brought forward. T14EL00115 — UPGRADE EXISTING SERVICE TO 200 AMP (VH)
• Heating & coolingCurrentLast permitted 2019 (7 years ago). City inspection record: MECHANICAL - FINAL approved 2019-10-02. Contractor of record: AIR EXCELLENCE HEATING AND COOLING * APA *. The assessor records cooling as Refrigeration and heating as Forced Air. 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. T19CM07163 — DUCTLESS MINI SPLIT INSTALL
• 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.
• RoofNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. The assessor records the roof as Asphalt.
• Plumbing work on recordOn recordLast permitted 2014 (12 years ago). 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. T14PL00182 — Remove existing damaged clay and cast waste lines and damaged galvanized water lines from the existing locations and replace with new water and waste lines in the same locations (VH)

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

  A pool or spa was permitted in 2015. Pool equipment brings its own bonding grid, GFCI requirements, and usually a subpanel — and the bonding rules have tightened since, so older installations are worth verifying.

Recorded sales (2)

Recorded sales are the sales the Pima County Assessor has on file from affidavits of property value — not every transfer, not listings, and not a valuation. Parties are never shown here. A sale with no permitted electrical work since is worth knowing before the next sale or a remodel.

Most recent permit on record for this parcel: 2026-05-05 (TC-RES-0526-02362) — 10'x5' metal rolling service gate to access yard for landscaping.

Permit history (13)

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 (3)

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.