Electrical permit history — 5421 E Speedway Bl

5421 E Speedway Bl, Tucson — built 1963, with 4 permits on record. Review electrical, HVAC and remodel history with links to official records.

Commercial property

5421 E Speedway Bl

Built 1963 — 1960s commercial stock · last permitted panel/service work 2026 (finaled) · HVAC 2015 (finaled)

Parcel
121120040
Built
1963 (county record)
Jurisdiction
Tucson
Zoning
C-2
Assessor use
Store Front Commercial Bldg
Parcel size
0.82 acres
Building area
13,174 sq ft (assessor record)
Sewer
Connection on file (1958) (county sewer connection records)
Flood zone
X — minimal flood hazard (FEMA)
Historic preservation
Not on file (City of Tucson HP layers)
Service on record
City records show the 2026 permit was finalized; the permit description states “Trench/Backfill in order to install new private service line and appurtenances from new meter location to the original point of connection”.

See the property

County aerial photograph centered on 5421 E Speedway Bl, parcel outlined

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.

Is it time to upgrade?

  • Electrical service & distributionCurrentLast permitted this year (2026). City inspection record: COT - LCPL - Plumbing Final approved 2026-06-26. 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. TC-COM-0426-00596 — Trench/Backfill in order to install new private service line and appurtenances from new meter location to the original point of connection
  • Heating, cooling & mechanicalCurrentLast permitted 2015 (11 years ago). City inspection record: MECHANICAL - FINAL approved 2015-05-15. 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. T15CM03132 — REPLACE 3 TON ROOFTOP ELEC SPLIT SYSTEM (APA)
  • Fire alarm & life safetyNot in this windowNothing in the permit records we read for this parcel that names this system. Any alarm or sprinkler work here predates this feed. For an occupied commercial building that is worth confirming from the panel and the inspection tags rather than assuming.
  • 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: 2026-05-11 (TR-UTL-0526-00805) — wo3287023 5421 e speedway bl 14 14 02 se install new valve front southside of lot in asphalt 8LF/sc **tcp is for two work sites 5421 e speedway and 5251 e speedway see attached**.

Permit history (4)

Permit history for this parcel — 4 of 4 records
DateRecordWhatStatusValue
2026-05-11expired 2026-07-30TR-UTL-0526-00805City permit recordRight-of-Way (ROW) - Utilitywo3287023 5421 e speedway bl 14 14 02 se install new valve front southside of lot in asphalt 8LF/sc **tcp is for two work sites 5421 e speedway and 5251 e speedway see attached**Inspections
2026-04-22finaledTC-COM-0426-00596City permit recordCommercial BuildingTrench/Backfill in order to install new private service line and appurtenances from new meter location to the original point of connectionComplete
2026-04-21TC-RES-0426-02046City permit recordResidential Building - One or Two FamilyVOID: WRONG PERMIT TYPE: SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL TRADE Trench/Backfill in order to install new private service line and appurtenances from new meter location to the original point of connectionVoid
2015-05-11finaledT15CM03132City permit recordCOMBOREPLACE 3 TON ROOFTOP ELEC SPLIT SYSTEM (APA)Final

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.

Code enforcement history for this parcel — 8 of 12 records
DateRecordWhatStatus
2025-10-13CE-VIO1025-04520Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseClosed - resolved
2017-02-15T17DV00667Code enforcement caseGraffitiNoverify
2016-10-20T16DV07302Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseNoverify
2009-02-27T09FR00778Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseField
2009-02-26finaledT09FR00775Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseComplete
2009-02-06T09FR00538Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseField
2008-11-05finaledT08FR04185Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseComplete
2008-05-07finaledT08FR01158Code enforcement caseFireComplete
Show 4 older records
Code enforcement history for this parcel — remaining 4 records
DateRecordWhatStatus
2007-06-05finaledT07FR01080Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseComplete
2007-05-31finaledT07FR01056Code enforcement caseFireComplete
2006-05-11T06FR01326Code enforcement caseCode enforcement caseField
2002-06-25T02VL01257Code enforcement caseFireClosed

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.

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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.

How this report was built

This is a reading of public records for parcel 121120040 — 4 permits on file from 2015 to 2026 (1 right-of-way (row) - utility, 1 commercial building, 1 residential building - one or two family, 1 combo) and 12 code enforcement cases — assembled from the Pima County parcel file, the City of Tucson’s Property Research Online file (permits back to about 2006, further on some parcels), and the City’s GIS permit and code-enforcement layers (2022 onward). Public records last checked 2026-08-16; the record is re-read at least weekly. Each permit and code case links to its official file. The verdicts are inferences from what was permitted and when, and from the era the building went up; they are not an inspection, and nothing here confirms what is installed. A permit that is present is strong evidence; a permit that is absent is weak evidence — plenty of work is never permitted, and older county records were only partly moved online.

The interactive version of this report can also read the plan sheets behind a City of Tucson permit and write a contractor’s brief of the whole record — those buttons appear once the page finishes loading. Written and maintained by Arizona Electrical Solutions, LLC, a licensed Tucson contractor (ROC 276948 CR-11 electrical, ROC 326401 CR-39 HVAC, ROC 329360 KB-1, ROC 312437 KA).

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