Important City Telephone Numbers

Frequently Called Numbers
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)]

Police (emergency)
911

Police (non-emergency)
798-4721

Abandoned vehicle (City streets)
591-5926

Abandoned vehicle complaints (Private Property)
591-5001

Call-2-Haul 573-2468
E-mail: Solid waste

Streetlights (burned out)
591-5287

Tacoma CARES
591-5001

Graffiti hotline
591-5001

Traffic signs
591-5276

Street repair and Potholes
591-5495

Street flooding
591-5585

Overgrown vegetation
591-5001

Alarm compliance
591-5252

Parking tickets
591-5357

Animal control
627-7387

TAGRO biosolids products
502-2150
E-mail: Tagro

Building & Land Use
591-5015

Police information (recording)
591-5950

Building inspections
591-5004

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

Public Works Information Center
594-7879

Child care referral
591-2025
E-mail: Child care

Recycling schedule
565-5955
E-mail: Solid waste

Beacon Senior Center
591-5083

Lighthouse Senior Center
591-5080

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

City Clerk's Office
591-5171

Community & Economic Development (Gen. Info)
591-5364

Construction drawings & maps
594-7879

Tacoma Dome 24-hour event line
572-3663

Tacoma Dome
272-3663

Fire (Gen. Info) (Emergency)
591-5737911

Traffic signals
591-5287

Garbage
591-5543
E-mail: Solid waste

govME Web site info.
594-7879

Tacoma Public Library
591-5666

Hazardous waste
591-5418
E-mail: Solid waste

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

Water outages. leaks, etc.
502-8384

Illegal parking
798-4721

Water outages, leaks, etc. After business hours)
502-8344

Neighborhood Councils
591-5229
E-mail: Elton Gatewood

Human Rights & Human Svcs. (TTY)
591-5151591-5153

Community Relations Office
591-5054
E-mail: Rob McNair-Huff

Long-range Planning
591-5373 or 591-5210

City Manager's Office
591-5130

Land use planners
591-5577

Mayor / City Council
591-5100
E-mail: Cindy DeGrosse