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Review Status: Requires Resubmit

Review Details: RESIDENTIAL NEW DWELLING v.1

Permit Number - TC-RES-0723-06855
Review Name: RESIDENTIAL NEW DWELLING v.1
Review Status: Requires Resubmit
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
08/04/2023 Site Engineering NOT REQUIRED
08/10/2023 Bldg Permits - Post Review Express PENDING ASSIGNMENT
08/10/2023 Residential Building REQUIRES RESUBMIT TC-RES-0723-06855
PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS

Plan review for the above referenced structure has been completed. This letter reflects comments to be addressed. For facilitating a shorter back check time, please provide updated plans and calculations with a written response to each of the notated items indicating action taken. Do not cloud the changes made for comment updates; revisions are processed if changes occur after the permit is issued.

SCOPE OF REVIEW:

The scope of this plan review covers architectural, plumbing, mechanical, energy conservation and electrical. All code references are to the 2018 International Residential Code and 2018 International Energy Conservation Code. All features were checked only to the extent allowed by the submittals provided. All portions of this project are assumed to meet or will meet other departmental requirements, conditions and concerns before permit approval.

GENERAL COMMENTS :

1. Show compliance with the Inclusive Home Design Ordinance adopted by the City of Tucson Ordinance #10463 on 10/16/2007. Notate accessible route, minimum door width, changes in floor elevation, door hardware, electrical outlet reach range, grab bar reinforcement, etc.
2. All plans submitted for a newly constructed one- or two-family dwelling after March 1, 2009, require a solar water system, or future installation preparation City of Tucson Ordinance #10549 with one of the following provisions: ½”control conduit and two ¾” copper piping for water with rooftop termination; straight 3” capped sleeve; or an accessible attic (clear path 30” wide x 30” high) over the water heater. Show appropriate notation.
3. All plans submitted for a newly constructed one- or two-family dwelling after July 1, 2009 require a solar photo-voltaic system, or future installation preparation City of Tucson Ordinance #10549 .
a. Show a minimum 300 SF clear solar-ready zone on a roof or framing plan, T103.3. Model plans should show four typical south facing roof surfaces.
b. Label a double breaker space for future Photo Voltaic on the panel schedule opposite end from the main/supply side, T103.9. Breaker space is correctly shown at last panel space.
4. All plans submitted for a newly constructed one- or two-family dwelling after June 1, 2010, must provide gray water utilization or preparation, Ordinance #10579/11089 revised July 9, 2013. The ordinance revision now requires a gray drain line discharge from one fixture for a one story dwelling. Additional gray fixture drains are optional. Show a second clothes washer standpipe plumbed to an exterior wall above grade when feasible, or a bathing fixture drain looped 3’ beyond an exterior wall below grade before connection to the building drain. Use the appropriate detail at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Building-Safety/Water-Energy-Conservation
5. Show compliance with the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Ordinance adopted by the City of Tucson Ordinance #11844 on 6/22/2021. Include a 40 ampere 240 volt dedicated branch circuit with a NEMA 14-50R receptacle for charging an electric vehicle at a proposed parking space or show the distance from transit or a bike boulevard as not greater than a quarter-mile.

PLANS:

1. Show a maximum ½” floor elevation changes at a notated accessible route entrance on the floor plan, R106.1.1. Include the threshold condition at the vehicle doorway or an exterior hinged door when the garage is used for the accessible route.
2. Individual dwelling units require separation with a 1-hour fire-resistance rated assembly without openings, R302.3. Provide a detail or notation showing compliance with 703.3 of the 2018 IBC.

PLUMBING PLANS:

1. Show an individual accessible water supply shut off for each dwelling unit, P2903.9.1.

MECHANICAL PLANS:

1. Provide (an HVAC system with fresh air intake) whole-house mechanical ventilation, or controlled exhaust with a calculated airflow rate, R303.4; N1103.6 & M1505.4. Show the system and appropriate flow rate setting on the plans. A two or three bedroom dwelling under 1501 SF requires a 45 CFM continuous setting.
2. Provide demand calculations in accordance with Manual J/S/D standards, M1401.3, M1601.1. Systems shall be sized in accordance with Manual S based on building loads calculated in accordance with Manual J and duct systems sized in accordance with Manual D.

ELECTRICAL PLANS:

1. Show two or more 2O AMP small appliance circuits at the kitchen countertop receptacle outlets; they may also serve the breakfast room and dining room, but not other locations, E3703.2 and E3901.3. May not extend the dedicated circuit #10 to the countertop, E3703.8 City of Tucson Amended.
2. Specify high-efficacy lamps for at least 90% of all lighting fixtures, N1104.1. Update the 75% notation.
3. Provide the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment 40 ampere 240 volt dedicated branch circuit with a NEMA 14-50R receptacle and label the circuit “EV Ready” and locate the receptacle at a parking area, N1104.2.1. Include the Electric Vehicle load entry (typically 7680 watts) in the electrical load calculations (continuous demand) in place of the future solar load entry, N1104.2.2.

OUTDOOR LIGHTING CODE

1. Show the proposed fixture as full cut-off FCO style or provide an Outdoor Lighting Calculation including all exterior fixtures on the property for determining exterior lighting limits.

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE:

1. Energy Certificate: (Mandatory) place near the indoor furnace or in utility room, N1101.14. Add notation to plans.

Please contact the plans reviewer if you have any questions:
Ken Van Karsen
PDSD-Residential@tucsonaz.gov
City of Tucson Residential Plan Review

Submit a corrected plan set at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services
08/04/2023 Site Zoning REQUIRES RESUBMIT ZONING REVIEW TRANSMITTAL

FROM: Wyatt Berger
Lead Planner

PROJECT: TC-RES-0723-06855
3520 North Flowing Wells Road – O-3
New duplex (1st Review)

TRANSMITTAL DATE: August 4, 2023

Please resubmit revised drawings with a detailed response letter stating how all Zoning Review Section comments were addressed.

1. Per Tucson Unified Development Code (UDC) Section 3.3.3.G.2.b, a site plan (development package) is required for new residential development with three or more dwelling units on one lot. A development package in accordance with Administrative Manual Section 2-06.0.0 is required to be submitted, reviewed, and approved by all reviewers prior to Zoning approval of TC-RES-0723-06855.

The development package is a separate submittal and shall be applied for through the Tucson Development Center Online under application type “Development Package.”

If you have any questions about this transmittal, contact me at Wyatt.Berger@tucsonaz.gov or at 520-837-4951.
08/03/2023 PDSD Application Completeness Express REVIEW COMPLETED