Electrical permit history — 2530 E 6th St

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2530 E 6th St

A screening report for electrical planning, assembled from public-record indicators. It is not an official record and every figure in it should be verified against the issuing agency before it is relied on.

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Built 1949 — 1940s commercial stock · last permitted panel/service work 2013 (permit expired without a confirmed final) · HVAC 2023 (permit expired without a confirmed final)

Permanent link: Electrical permit history for 2530 E 6th St (aztucsonelectricalsolutions.com/property/125073980/2530-e-6th-st-tucson-az-85716) · Public records last checked 2026-08-20

Is it time to upgrade?

• Electrical service & distributionPermitted — completion not confirmedA 2013 permit specifies this work (the permit description states “ELECTRICAL UPGRADE 200 AMP:COMM”), but the available record does not show a final inspection. The permit expired without a confirmed final status. Official status: Expired. City inspection record: last recorded inspection 2013-10-11; no approved final is shown. Contractor of record: BROKEN ARROW ELECTRIC L L C **APA. T13CM05896 — ELECTRICAL UPGRADE 200 AMP:COMM
• Heating, cooling & mechanicalPermitted — completion not confirmedA 2023 permit specifies this work (the permit description states “Expansion into next suite, NEW Opening (NO plumbing, NO HVAC, NO Electrical)”), but the available record does not show a final inspection. The permit expired without a confirmed final status. Official status: Expired. TC-COM-0323-00820 — Expansion into next suite, NEW Opening (NO plumbing, NO HVAC, NO Electrical)
• 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 digitized. 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.

The record behind this read

Parcel

125073980

Year constructed

1949 (county record)

Permitting authority

Tucson

Zoning

C-1

Property type

Retail Strip Center

Sewer

Connection on file (1955, 2013) (county sewer connection records)

Flood zone

X — minimal flood hazard (FEMA)

Historic preservation

Sam Hughes Residential Historic District — National Register district (City of Tucson)

Service on record

A 2013 permit expired without a confirmed final status; the permit description states “ELECTRICAL UPGRADE 200 AMP:COMM” — an increase in capacity as described, not a confirmed installed rating.

The most recent permitted work on this parcel was in 2023. That says the parcel was worked on under permit, not what the work covered — a roof, a pool or a changeout tells you nothing about the electrical service. Work done without a permit leaves no trace here at all.

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.

Utility and upgrade pathElectric service here is Tucson Electric Power (TEP). A service or panel upgrade needs a TEP meter release and has to meet TEP’s service requirements — meter height and location, clearances, and the point of attachment. See TEP new-service requirements and the TEP standards notes.

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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.

What the flood note is not. The flood zone shown is FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer — the federal insurance map. Local floodplain mapping is not reproduced here; use the authority’s own map, linked above. Nothing here is a floodplain determination, an elevation certificate, or a substitute for one. A parcel can straddle a boundary, and a Letter of Map Amendment can remove a structure the map still covers. For a determination, ask the floodplain administrator for the jurisdiction named above; for a design that has to satisfy one, that is work we do.