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Permit Number: TC-RES-1225-05757
Parcel: 117030760

Review Status: Requires Resubmit

Review Details: RESIDENTIAL ADD/ALT v.1

Permit Number - TC-RES-1225-05757
Review Name: RESIDENTIAL ADD/ALT v.1
Review Status: Requires Resubmit
Review Date Reviewer's Name Type of Review Description Status Comments
12/29/2025 Residential Building - Standard NOT REQUIRED
12/09/2025 Site Engineering - Standard NOT REQUIRED
12/29/2025 Bldg Permits - Post Review Express PENDING ASSIGNMENT
12/11/2025 Historic REQUIRES RESUBMIT The Special District minor review application submittal is complete. Please submit all the same materials under the Historic sub-record. Once you log into TDC Online, go to the My Work tab, and then go to Plans (not Permits). Under Plans there should be the Historic sub-record which I have opened under the TC permit number [Please access TDC and apply for the Historic sub-record which I have opened under the TC permit number [TC-RES-1225-05757], and this is where the same materials are submitted. Once submitted the system will generate an SD #. Staff will invoiced review fee. Once fee is paid, an historic minor review will be scheduled. Please submit the plans and associated documents in an “HPZ Design Package” as a single compressed pdf file. Any multiple files will be rejected and deemed incomplete for review.
Instructions for how to do this can be found on the City of Tucson Planning & Development Services webpage: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/2/pdsd/documents/tdc-faq/new-pdfs/sub-records.pdf
If you have any questions, contact Michael.Taku@tucsonaz.gov
12/16/2025 Residential Zoning REQUIRES RESUBMIT PDSD TRANSMITTAL

FROM: Jeffrey W. Cassidy, Planner
Planning & Development Services Department – Current Zoning Review Section

PROJECT: TC-RES-1225-05757 –Residential Building – New roof shingles, permit existing windows, steel fence, installed by previous property owner to clear historic. review.
215 E UNIVERSITY BL TUCSON AZ 85705 (HR-3 Zoning)
Site Plan Review – 1st Review

TRANSMITTAL DATE: December 16, 2025

This site is in the HR-3 Residence Zone (UDC 4.7.12). A single-family residence is permitted use in this zone (Table 4.8-2) subject to Use Specific Standards 4.9.7.B.6.

Plan review for the above referenced single-family residence 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.

1. COMMENT: The site plan provided is incomplete.

a) Provide a site plan that meets the requirements show in the plot plan example at the following link:

https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Permits/Plan-Examples/Plot-Plan-Example

More Specifically:

1) Provide the height of the shed and include the dimensions from the north and east property lines for the existing shed in the northeast corner of the property.

2) Draw and label all setbacks. Setbacks for side and rear property lines are 6’ or 2/3 the height of any structure flanking the north and west property lines, whichever is distance is greater. The front yard setback is 20’-0” (off University Bl) and the street side yard setback, off Arizona Av, is 10’-0”.

3) Draw and dimensions vehicular use areas (driveway, two 8.5’ wide x 18’ long parking spots).

4) To complete missing information (legal description, subdivision name, book and page numbers, township-section and range) on the plot plan example, refer to Pima County’s website https://gis.pima.gov/maps/detail.cfm?&parcel=117030760

5) Provide missing dimension from centerline of University Bl to curb (per provided plot plan sample).

6) Provide missing dimension from curb to property line (per provided plot plan sample).

7) Provide missing zoning labels on all four sides of this parcel including this parcel (including this parcels zoning, HR-3).

2. COMMENT: After reviewing the property documentation history in PRO, zoning could not verify any permit documentation for the existing utility shed that appears to roughly 60 square feet +/-.

Zoning will not be able to approve the permit application until the permit information is provided. If permit documentation cannot be provided and depending on its size, the utility shed may be included as a part of this permit application or applied for and issued under a different permit.

Additionally, depending on the height and/or how close it was located to the property line(s), this structure was potentially located in the north and east setback(s).

Per TABLE 6.3-2.A of the UDC (referenced below), the perimeter yard setback(s) along the north and east property line(s) are 6’ or 2/3 the height of the utility shed, WHICHEVER DISTANCE IS GREATER. Depending on how far the utility shed sits off the west property line, three options exist:

a) 1’-0” or more or 1-0” OR Less (encroaching in setback):
Secure a neighbor setback waiver (provided below) signed and dated by the property owner(s) to the north and east:

(Neighbor Waiver Sample – Copy and Paste, exactly as shown, onto Site Plan):

My Name is __________________ and I am the owner of the property located at
________________________. I have reviewed the site plan and I have no objection to structure being located or constructed ______ feet from the property line as depicted on the site plan.

Signature: _______________________ Date:___________________________

Mi hombre es ________________ y yo soy el dueño de la propiedad ubicada en la
_____________________. He revisado el plan y no tengo ninguna objeción a que
estructura se encuentra o construye ____________ desde la línea de propiedad,
como se muestra en el plan.
Firma: _________________________Fecha: ________________________________

b) 1’-0” or more from property line and unable to obtain neighbor waiver:
Should you be unsuccessful in your attempt to retrieve the neighbor waiver there is a Design Development Option (or DDO) which affords an attempt to seek relief from the setback requirements. Know this is an extra 6-week review and the neighbors within 100’-0” are made aware of this attempt to seek relief from being in the setback. Zoning will not be able to approve the permit application until the DDO is approved. This information is linked here:

https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Planning-Zoning-Applications/Zoning-Administration#section-3

To submit a DDO application, apply for a new sub-record under this permit at TDC Online. Alert the zoning review you intend to pursue so they can create the sub-record for you ahead of your next submittal Jeffrey.cassidy@tucsonaz.gov

https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/2/pdsd/documents/tdc-faq/new-pdfs/sub-records.pdf

See below for more information on the DDO process.

c) Less than 1’-0” from property line and unable to obtain neighbor waiver:
Should you be unsuccessful in your attempt to retrieve the neighbor waiver, a board of adjustment variance will be required to permit the utility shed as shown on the site. See variance requirements below. Zoning cannot approve this permit until the Board of Adjustment (B/A) Variance Process is completed and approved.

See below for more information on the B/A Variance process.

3. COMMENT: This site is in the HR-3 zone (UDC 4.7.12). Historic review and approval are required. Zoning cannot approve this permit until the historic review approval letter has been submitted as part of the entire document submission on the next submittal.

Please refer to the historic reviewers’ comments for guidance.

4. COMMENT: Zoning has acknowledged this property has a structure on-site with a with ‘contributing status’ with the National Register of Historic Places and advises the owner to contact the State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) to determine if project will impact status. Contact https://azstateparks.com/SHPO for more information. This comment is purely made a as a courtesy. No action is required and is at the discretion of the owner.

5. COMMENT: Additional comments may be forthcoming on the next review based on responses to Zoning and other the PDSD reviewer comments.

Board of Adjustment application/requirements can be found at: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Planning-Zoning-Applications/Zoning-Administration .
Contact for the Board of Adjustment is Mark Castro at Mark.Castro@tucsonaz.gov

DDO application and requirements can be found at: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Planning-Zoning-Applications/Zoning-Administration . Note that multiple DDO’s can be submitted concurrently on the same application.

To submit a DDO application, apply for a new sub-record under this permit at TDC Online. In order to get this specific review scheduled and if you have questions about the DDO application or process please contact Mark Castro at Mark.Castro@tucsonaz.gov or Georgia Pennington at Georgia.Pennington@tucsonaz.gov. Zoning cannot approve the zoning review portion of the permit until the DDO has been approved.

RESUBMITTAL OF THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED:

1. Corrected building permit
2. Provide a detailed response letter with your submittal that clearly shows how you have addressed all Zoning comments.
3. Resubmit ALL documents

To resubmit visit Tucson Development Center at https://tdc-online.tucsonaz.gov/#/home

Instructions for resubmittal - https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/pdsd/documents/tdc-faq/old-pdfs/double-old/resubmittals.pdf

If you have any questions about this transmittal, please contact jeffrey.cassidy@tucsonaz.gov

The Unified Development Code (UDC) can be found at: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Planning-Development-Services/Codes/Zoning-Code
12/08/2025 PDSD Application Completeness Express REVIEW COMPLETED