GIS Cooperative - City of Tucson

The Official Address Guide for Pima County, Arizona was created in November and December 1999 by the Pima County Development Services Department, Pima County's addressing authority. Its purpose is to provide guidance to those wishing to create or amend an automated file of street addresses to conform to local standards.

The Addressing Standards committee of the City GIS Cooperative recommended that it accept the Guide as the adopted standard for the City of Tucson. This recommendation was accepted during the December 9, 1999 GIS Cooperative meeting. City departments and offices are urged to bring street address automation processes into line with requirements of the Official Address Guide. Use of the Guide will enhance address consistency throughout the City and will significantly support the development and operation of GIS applications.

Full text of the Official Address Guide for Pima County, Arizona is now available.

A portion of the Official Guide is shown below:

Excerpted From
Official Address Guide for Pima County, Arizona

Valid Street Number Ranges

Zero to Six Digits
No 1/2 or "A"
Example - 215 W GRANT RD
Example - 13515 E SPEEDWAY BL

Valid Street Directions

N, E, W and S
No Period Following Direction
Optional, But Mostly Necessary

Valid Street Names

Now 24 Characters Including Blanks and Street Type
Moving Toward 32 Characters
Street Name Includes Two Character Street Type

USE UPPER CASE FOR ALL DATA

Numbered Streets - No leading Zeroes
Ordinal Numbers, Not Spelled Out
Use ST, ND, RD, TH, etc. (e.g., 1ST, 22ND, 44TH)

Spanish Equiv. Of Street Types are Part of Name
- e.g., 2345 S CALLE POLAR

Files of Official Property Addresses and Street Names Are Available - See Below

Valid Street Types

Two Character Upper Case

Avenue AV
Boulevard BL
Circle CI
Court CT
Drive DR
Highway HY
Lane LN
Loop LP
Place PL
Parkway PW
Road RD
Square SQ
Stravenue SV
Street ST
Terrace TE
Trail TR
Way WY

Valid Jurisdiction Identifiers

TUC
PC
SAH
OV
MAR
STUC

Method for Handling Supplementary Addressing Material

Apartment Numbers
Trailer Spaces
Lettered Dwelling Units

Use a Space and the # Sign, then the Material
Example - 4100 E 29TH ST #1800

Available Address Tables

Pima County Development Services maintains valid address tables in an ASCII text format and makes them available to users of GIS data through Pima County’s Central GIS Database. These tables contain valid street names, types, directions, valid addresses, jurisdictions, and supplemental units.