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Frequently Called Numbers

We provide many programs to serve you. We want to be easily accessible. Here are the phone numbers citizens most often ask us for. Download and print this handy list. All numbers are in the 253 area code.

Mail for the City of Tacoma can be sent to: City of Tacoma, 747 Market. St., Tacoma, WA 98402.

City of Tacoma Services

General Information: (253) 591-5000

8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday

Deaf, hard of hearing or speech disabled persons may contact us through Washington Relay Services 1-800-833-6388 (TTY or ASCII) 1-800-833-6386 (VCO) or 1-877-833-6341 (STS)

Abandoned vehicle
(City streets)
591-5926   Neighborhood Councils 591-5229
E-mail: Elton Gatewood
Abandoned vehicle complaints
(Private Property)
591-5001   Overgrown vegetation 591-5001
Alarm compliance  591-5252   Parking tickets 591-5357
Animal control  627-7387   Long-range Planning

591-5373 or
591-5210

Beacon Senior Center  591-5083   Police (emergency)  911
TAGRO biosolids products  502-2150
E-mail: Tagro
  Police (non-emergency) 798-4721
Building & Land Use 591-5015   Police information
(recording)
591-5950
Building inspections 591-5004   Potholes / street repairs 591-5495
Building permits 591-5030   Power outages, fallen wires, etc. 502-8602
Business licenses 591-5252   Public Assembly Facilities
(Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center)
830-6601
Call-2-Haul 573-2468
E-mail: Solid waste
  Public Works Information Center 594-7879
Child care referral 591-2025
E-mail: Child care
  Recycling schedule 565-5955
E-mail: Solid waste
City Manager's Office 591-5130   Sewer backups (24 hour) 591-5585
Clean Bay Car Wash kits 591-2246   Sidewalks (hazardous) 591-5270
E-mail: Sandra Guffey
Click! Network 502-8900   Streetlights (burned out) 591-5287
City Clerk's Office 591-5171   Street flooding 591-5585
Community & Economic Development (Gen. Info) 591-5364   Street repair 591-5495
Community Relations Office 591-5054
E-mail: Rob McNair-Huff 
  Tacoma CARES 591-5001
Construction drawings & maps 594-7879   Tacoma Dome 24-hour event line 572-3663
Finance 591-5800   Tacoma Dome 272-3663
Fire (Gen. Info)
(Emergency)
591-5737
911
  Traffic signals 591-5287
Garbage 591-5543
E-mail: Solid waste
  TAGRO biosolids products 502-2150
E-mail: Tagro
govME Web site info. 594-7879   Tacoma Employees' Retirement System 502-8200
Graffiti hotline 591-5001   Tacoma Public Library 591-5666
Hazardous waste 591-5418
E-mail: Solid waste
  Traffic signs 591-5276
Hearing Examiner (Gen. Info) 591-5195   Trees in right-of-way 591-5500
Housing discrimination 591-5151   Utilities customer service 502-8600
Human Resources (Gen. Info) 591-5400   Yard waste 591-5543
E-mail: Solid waste
Human Rights & Human Svcs.
(TTY)
591-5151
591-5153
   Water outages. leaks, etc. 502-8384
Illegal parking 798-4721   Water outages, leaks, etc.
After business hours)
502-8344
Information Technology (Gen. Info) 382-2600     xx  xx
Jobline 591-5795   xx xx
Land use planners 591-5577    xx  xx
Lighthouse Senior Center 591-5080   xx xx
Local Improvement Districts (LID) 591-5522   xx xx
 Mayor / City Council 591-5100
E-mail: Cindy DeGrosse
  xx xx
Mechanical / plumbing inspections 591-5005   xx xx
Municipal Court 591-5357    xx  xx

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