Electrical permit history — 188 E Broadway Bl

Commercial property

188 E Broadway Bl

Built 1917 — 1910s commercial stock · last permitted panel/service work 2017 (permit expired without a confirmed final) · HVAC 2010 (finaled)

Permanent link: Electrical permit history for 188 E Broadway Bl (aztucsonelectricalsolutions.com/property/117170010/188-e-broadway-bl-tucson-az-85701) · Public records last checked 2026-08-17

Parcel

117170010

Built

1917 (county record)

Jurisdiction

Tucson

Zoning

OCR-2

Assessor use

Municipal Commercial Property

Parcel size

0.22 acres

Building area

17,512 sq ft (assessor record)

Sewer

Connection on file (2010, 2014, 2017) (county sewer connection records)

Flood zone

X — minimal flood hazard (FEMA)

Historic preservation

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

Service on record

A 2017 permit expired without a confirmed final status; the permit description states “UPGRADE UP TO 200AMP” — 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 & distributionPermitted — completion not confirmedA 2017 permit specifies this work (the permit description states “UPGRADE UP TO 200AMP”), but the available record does not show a final inspection. The permit expired without a confirmed final status. Official status: Expired. Contractor of record: DUTSON BUILDERS INC. T17CM03022 — UPGRADE UP TO 200AMP
• Heating, cooling & mechanicalLikely dueLast permitted 2010 (16 years ago). City inspection record: MECHANICAL - FINAL approved 2010-12-30. Contractor of record: TRON MECHANICAL INC. Packaged rooftop units work 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. T10ME00734 — COMPLIANCE FOR REPLACE FURNACE & Make code required repairs to 70k BTU gas furnace installed by others.
• Fire alarm & life safetyCurrentLast permitted 2017 (9 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. T17FC00075 — Relocate & Install sprinkler heads for proper coverage of new restaurant
• 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.

Recorded sales (1)

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: 2024-10-03 (TR-ROW-1024-01172) — Each of those locations has a utility box within the ROW (I chose the addresses as close to the utility boxes as possible). The Arts Foundation is working with DTM and Rio Nuevo to wrap these in artist designed vinyl. We are looking to secure permits to allow for the installation at each location. Art work project work to Occur in Multiple locations (corners) within Downtown area. Previous permit TR-ROW-0324-00349.

Permit history (43)

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.