Electrical permit history — 5070 E 5th St

Multifamily property

5070 E 5th St

Built 1977 — 1970s multifamily stock · last permitted panel/service work 2017 (finaled) · HVAC 1997 (finaled)

Permanent link: Electrical permit history for 5070 E 5th St (aztucsonelectricalsolutions.com/property/12701004e/5070-e-5th-st-tucson-az-85711) · Public records last checked 2026-08-16

Parcel

12701004E

Built

1977 (county record)

Jurisdiction

Tucson

Zoning

R-3

Assessor use

Apartments 100+ Units 2 Story

Parcel size

6.09 acres

Building area

112,912 sq ft (assessor record)

Sewer

Connection on file (1977) (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 2017 permit was finalized; the permit description states “REPLACED 3 DISCONNECT SWITCHES ON POLES - EMERGENCY”.

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 2017 (9 years ago). City inspection record: last recorded inspection 2017-03-07; no approved final is shown. 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. T17RW00624 — REPLACED 3 DISCONNECT SWITCHES ON POLES - EMERGENCY
• Heating, cooling & mechanicalLikely dueLast permitted 1997 (29 years ago). 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. Equipment from before about 2010 generally runs R-22, which has not been produced since 2020 — repairs mean reclaimed refrigerant at a price that often exceeds replacing the unit. T97ME00601 — BOILER:RETUBE HEAT EXCHANGER
• 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.

• Worth confirming

  Multifamily property. House panels, unit meters, and common-area loads are usually metered and maintained separately — worth confirming which side of the meter a problem falls on before scheduling work.

• 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: 2020-06-22 (T20RW03521) — B&F CONTRAVTING WILL BE INSTALLING APPROXIMATELY 165LF OF 10" CIPP LINING BETWEEN MH# 8721-02 AND 8721-01 A BYPASS WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THIS WORK. TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL CONSIST OF AN ALLEY CLOSEURE AND MIDSHIFT FOR SOUTH BOUND ROSEMONT BLVD. MANHOLE REHAB WORK WILL BE PERFORMED INCLUDING CONCRETE COLLAR WAORK. PLEASE SEE SUITE PLAN FOR FURTHER DETAILS. NOTES: ADDRESS CHANGED FROM "451 N ROSEMONT BL" TO "5050 E 5TH ST" WORK LOCATED ON ROSEMONT BL AND ALBERTA DR Rosemont Bl is under a pavement moratorium, any new asphalt that is disturbed will require a 2” mill and overlay for 50’ in each direction from the outside of the cut for all effected travel lanes PERMIT ORIGINALLY FOR: 6/03/20 - 7/01/20.

Permit history (9)

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 (32)

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.

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.