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Permit Review Detail

Permit Number: TC-COM-0726-01201
Parcel: 13006001A

Address:
3780 E 27TH ST

Review Status: Requires Resubmit

Review Details: COMMERCIAL REVIEW - LIMITED v.2

Permit Number - TC-COM-0726-01201
Review Name: COMMERCIAL REVIEW - LIMITED v.2
Review Status: Requires Resubmit
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
11/02/2026 Bldg Permits - Post Review Express PENDING ASSIGNMENT
11/01/2026 Commercial Building REQUIRES RESUBMIT ACTIVITY NO. TC-COM-0726-01201
ADDRESS/PARCEL: (3780 E 27TH ST TUCSON, AZ 85711)
TC-COM-0726-01201 (3780 E 27TH ST TUCSON, AZ 85711)
Submit your revised drawings along with a ***detailed response letter***, which states how all Building Review Section comments were addressed. Please paste the review comment individually and enter your response directly below it. Please do this for every comment. Review will not proceed without the response letter. The submitted documents were incomplete and a thorough plan review could not be performed. Please be aware, new comments may arise with the next review. Should the above not followed, it may delay your approval. Additionally, please submit complete copies of all permit documents (i.e. plans, calculations, reports, etc.) even if they have not been changed.

Should you have any questions about these Commercial Building comments, I can be reached at Justin.Eder@tucsonaz.gov or 520-837-4976.

COMMENTS:
1. Previously approved drawings showed handicap stalls and vehicle parking stalls that are now covered by container storage. Please ensure to resolve this with the City of Tucson Zoning & Planning Department.
2. The presence of container storage has reduced the drive aisle width. Please ensure to resolve this with the City of Tucson Zoning & Planning Department.
3. IBC 3114 requires foundations and support for cargo containers (Intermodal Shipping Containers) to include anchoring the container to foundation/footing. Please provide structural calculations and detailed drawings as to how this is accomplished. This must be prepared by an Arizona licensed structural engineer. All document/drawings are to be sealed/signed/dated by the structural engineer. Should alterations be made to the containers, the structural engineer to include solutions to maintain the structural integrity of the container(s).
4. IBC 1008.2.1 The means of egress illumination level shall be not less than 1 footcandle (11 lux) at the walking surface. IBC 1009.2 Continuity and components.
Each required accessible means of egress shall be continuous to a public way. IBC 1008.2.1 and 1008.2.3 Illumination shall be provided along the path of travel for the exit discharge from each exit (container door) to the public way. Please show these light sources on the drawings.
5. Please resubmit.
10/30/2026 Commercial Electrical REQUIRES RESUBMIT Commercial Electrical Review TC-COM-0726-01201 (3780 E 27TH ST TUCSON, AZ 85711)
Plan review for the above referenced structure has been completed. This letter reflects comments to be addressed. Provide updated Plans/calculations and a written response Letter to each of the notated items indicating action taken. Resubmitted plans that do not contain a written response Letter addressing each of the notated items indicating action taken, may be delayed until response letter is received.
Code reference, 2024 International Building Code (IBC), 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC), 2012 Outdoor Lighting Code (OLC).
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/pdsd/documents/building-code/2012_outdoor_lighting_code_.pdf

Contact Jeremy Hamblin with any questions: Jeremy.hamblin@tucsonaz.gov

Per Commercial Building Review, Means of egress illumination level shall be not less than 1 footcandle (11 lux) at the walking surface. Along exit access stairways, exit stairways and at their required landings, the illumination level shall not be less than 10 footcandles (108 lux) at the walking surface when the stairway is in use. IBC 1008.2.1
1008.2.3 Illumination shall be provided along the path of travel for the exit discharge from each exit to the public way.
Locate/label the lighted exit sign & emergency light with back-up power.

The above IBC lighting requirements, will necessitate the addition of lighting for the new storage units. Please provide complete electrical plans and Outdoor Lighting compliance calculations as detailed below.

Electrical Review:
1. This is a commercial project, requiring all documents to be prepared, sealed, signed, and dated by a registered design professional. Provide complete electrical plans, design, and calculations, sealed by an Arizona Registrant. Reference: Arizona Revised Statutes 32-125, Board of Technical Registration Rules R4-30-304, 2018 IBC section 107.1, 2017 NEC, City of Tucson Commercial Plan Submittal Requirements.
2. Provide an electrical plan showing any/all electrical work. Plans shall include but may not be limited to items below and as necessary for the actual scope of work:
3. Provide electrical load calculations, for the Main Service Panel, Per NEC 220.40.
4. Provide a line diagram showing the new equipment being added or modified, NEC 110.2, 2018 IBC 107.1.
5. Show all wiring methods in detail for all new or modified branch circuit conductors and feeders. Conductor type and conduit size/type. Note wet use requirements. NEC arts;300 and 408.4.
6. Provide a Grounding Electrode System at the detached structure per 250.31(A), 690.47. Grounding electrode system and grounding electrode conductor. Required.
7. Provide appropriate grounding and bonding of all metal structures, per all relevant sections of NEC 250 (example sections 250.4(A), 250.20, 250,32, 250.104, 690.43.
8. Show a single feeder or branch circuit to the (detached) buildings (one feeder/branch circuit to each building), NEC 225.30.


Outdoor Lighting Review:

1. The replacement, relocation and installation of new lighting fixtures requires compliance with the City of Tucson Outdoor Lighting Code.
2. The string lighting on sheet E2.0, used on the outdoor patio are typically unshielded. Show, by providing the manufacture’s specification sheets, that these lights are full-cutoff and under a canopy, or meet all the requirements below, and provide lumen calculations for the entire site.
3. Provide an outdoor lighting plan that meets the requirements of OLC 104.2. Show/locate the different outdoor light sources on your lighting plan, both new and existing. Number the light fixtures on your lighting fixture table and use the same number on your site plan.
4. List the Lighting Area per OLC (typically E3) chapter 3 and used in Table 401.1. Specify the compliance option from Table 401.1 that is being used. Total outdoor light output shall not exceed the lumen limits listed in Table 401.1.
5. Show compliance with City of Tucson Outdoor Lighting Code with an approved lighting calculation in accordance with OLC 104.2.1, 401.2. Include all exterior fixtures on the property in the calculations. List shielded and unshielded lights in the calculation.
6. Show unshielded fixtures with a maximum of 3,000 lumens, OLC 401.4.
7. Show lamps with a maximum of 3500K color temperature, OLC 402.1.
8. Provide the manufacturer’s specification sheets for the outdoor lighting fixtures. Include the lumen and color temperature values for each outdoor fixture type.
9. Indicate whether or not a special inspection is required per sec. 104.2.2, and 106.2.

https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/city-services/planning-development-services/documents/special_inspection_certificate_odl.pdf

10. Specify any exceptions used.

11. Provide Curfew lighting controls If applicable Per section 403.
11/02/2026 Fire New Construction REQUIRES RESUBMIT Resolve all other comments.
john.vincent@tucsonaz.gov
5203495581
10/19/2026 Site Engineering REQUIRES RESUBMIT Permit Activity Number: TC-COM-0726-01201 (2nd Review)
Project: Addition of exterior storage units on property
Location: 3780 E 27TH ST
Review Date: 10/19/2026
Reviewer: John Mounsey – Engineering Associate
Reviewer Contact Information: john.mounsey@tucsonaz.gov

Site Engineering Comments:
Any reallocation of parking spaces or increases in usable square footage (including Accessory commercial storage) will trigger the need for a development package. Please refer to original comment by Joe Macaulay in Site Engineering for details and further instructions.

1. Site Engineering is unable to fully review and approve permit TC-COM-0726-01201 until the associated Development Package has been submitted, reviewed and approved by all applicable reviewers.
2. Please resubmit for final approval once the development package has been approved and issued by all applicable reviewers. For final approval - Ensure that all building plans match what is shown in the development package plan set.
10/19/2026 Site Zoning REQUIRES RESUBMIT 1. COMMENT: The proposed work includes an expansion in gross floor area and a significant reconfiguration of exterior areas, both which require a development package (DP) to be separately submitted and approved before any related building permit can receive final approval. Development packages are the permit type on which site and civil work, including site plans, are reviewed.

Please submit a separate development package (https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Permits/Development-Package) per Administrative Manual 2-06.

2. COMMENT: Final Site Zoning approval cannot be granted until the associated DP is first submitted and approved.

Contact Fernando Garcia, Lead Planner, Site Zoning at fernando.garcia2@tucsonaz.gov.
10/16/2026 Addressing Validation REVIEW COMPLETED
10/16/2026 PDSD Application Completeness Express REVIEW COMPLETED