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UW Tacoma desk

UW Tacoma sits in downtown brick, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402. Last checked August 29, 2026.

Main: (253) 692-4000 or 800-736-7750 · uwtinfo@uw.edu
Admissions: (253) 692-4742 · Mattress Factory 251 · hours posted as weekday days, Friday shorter on the directory
Financial aid: (253) 692-4374 · uwtfa@uw.edu
Registrar: (253) 692-4913 · reguwt@uw.edu
Campus safety: (253) 692-4416 · uwtsafe@uw.edu
Contact UW Tacoma

Campus emergency is still 911. Neighborhood context: Downtown desk. Parking ticket after class: Parking ticket. Link: Transit desk. Transfer path from TCC: TCC desk.

August 29, 2026
Which Tacoma desk do I open?
Start here if you only have a problem, not a department name. Every link is on tygartmedia.com. Updated August 29, 2026.

I need to…
- Call someone and I do not know who — Civic Desk
- Just moved here — Move-in checklist
- Sign up for emergency alerts or tell TPU from PSE — Alerts and utility split
- Pay or fight a parking / camera ticket — Parking ticket · court hours Municipal Court
- Get a police report or body-cam — Police records
- Find 988, Crystal Judson, or which court takes an order — Safety routing
- Report a fire-code or animal problem — Fire / animal control · license a pet Pet license
- Start or stop power / see an outage — TPU
- Find dump hours or a holiday can — Dump calendar
- Open a shop or pay B&O — Business license
- Pull a permit or ask about a DADU — Permit counter · historic house North Slope
- Find a school or calendar — TPS
- Call UW Tacoma or TCC — UW Tacoma · TCC
- Ride the bus or Link — Transit desk
- Get a library card — Library
- Ask about a pool or park pass — Metro Parks
- Renew tabs or a license — DOL
- Restaurant complaint or clinic — Health
- Ballot or voter reg — Elections
- Property tax, auditor, Superior Court — Pierce County
- DSHS or unemployment — DSHS / ESD
- Call the Port or cargo line — Port desk
Neighborhood

Downtown · North Slope · 6th Ave · Hilltop · Proctor · Stadium · Old Town · Point Ruston / Pearl · Lincoln · South Tacoma Way · Eastside · Dome · McKinley · Fern Hill · Pacific Ave · Narrows · Oakland–Madrona

Hub: Tacoma, Washington.
August 29, 2026
Tacoma Municipal Court desk

City ordinance cases: criminal, criminal traffic, traffic and parking infractions. Not small claims. Not protection orders, divorce, or custody — those are county. Last checked August 29, 2026.

Call and walk in

(253) 591-5357 · MunicipalCourt@tacoma.gov
930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 841, Tacoma, WA 98402
Counter: Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Phone: 8:30 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m. (closed noon–1)
Municipal Court

Pay online (Visa / Mastercard / debit; no Apple Pay as of the city page), by mail to Room 841, or at the 8th-floor counter. Include the ticket number. Court staff will not call you asking for a card number.

Hearings

Infraction hearings are not scheduled by phone. Check the back of the ticket and mail it, or go to Room 841. Request window: 30 days from the violation, 33 if it came by mail. Hearing-by-mail exists for infractions, parking, and camera tickets. No appeal on a hearing-by-mail decision.

Parking and cameras: Parking ticket page. Protection orders: Safety routing. County clerk and Superior Court: Pierce County desk.

August 29, 2026
Port of Tacoma desk: who to call

Two doors. The Port of Tacoma owns land and runs the public port. The Northwest Seaport Alliance runs marine cargo with Seattle. Last checked August 29, 2026.

Port of Tacoma

Admin: (253) 383-5841
One Sitcum Plaza, Tacoma, WA 98421
Mail: P.O. Box 1837, Tacoma, WA 98401
Security (24 hours): (253) 383-9472
Media: (253) 428-8674 · media@portoftacoma.com
portoftacoma.com/contact

Northwest Seaport Alliance

Cargo, ships, terminals: 800-657-9808 · info@nwseaportalliance.com
Mail: P.O. Box 2985, Tacoma, WA 98401-2985
nwseaportalliance.com/contact

Public records and tort claims are on those sites, not 311. Neighborhood next door: Dome desk. Longer piece: Port of Tacoma in 2026.

August 29, 2026
Tacoma fire and animal control desk

Fire and animals both get called into the wrong number. Last checked August 29, 2026.

Fire

Emergency: 911
Tacoma Fire Department admin: (253) 591-5737, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., 901 Fawcett Avenue
Fire Prevention: (253) 591-5740
Department page: tacoma.gov fire

Burn rules change. The city posts burn-ban pages when they are on. Do not assume last summer’s rule. Fire-code complaints can go through 311. Incident data lives on TFD’s public dashboard linked from that fire page.

Animal Control

(253) 627-PETS (7387) · petinfo@tacoma.gov
Option 1 license · Option 2 control and complaints
Page: Animal Control

On duty Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m. After 4 p.m. they take emergencies only. Weekends: no officers on duty — animal emergency is 911. Officers cover Tacoma, Fircrest, and Ruston. Wild animals are WDFW, not this line.

Impounds go to Humane Society of Tacoma & Pierce County, (253) 383-2733. License how-to: Pet license desk. Barking, leash, scoop: 311 or option 2. Deliberate cruelty in progress: 911.

August 29, 2026
North Slope Historic District desk

The North Slope Historic District is a residential special-review district, not a business strip. City: more than 950 properties, one of the largest historic districts in the country. Neighborhood site: 1,285 resources. Last checked August 29, 2026.

Boundaries

North I Street to the north, Division Avenue to the east, North Steele Street to the west, North Grant Avenue on the south. Official: Tacoma historic districts and landmarks. Neighborhood: tacomanorthslope.org.

Before you change the outside

If the house is in the district, exterior work that needs a permit can also need Landmarks Preservation Commission review (TMC 13.07.250). Start at the permit counter and the city historic-preservation page. Do not treat a contractor’s “it’s just paint” as clearance.

Edges: Stadium · Old Town · Hilltop.

August 29, 2026
Downtown and Museum District desk
Downtown is not one of the 15 neighborhood business districts. It is the Regional Growth Center: city hall, Museum District, UW Tacoma, the brick on Pacific Avenue. Last checked August 29, 2026.

Museums on this site: Museum District guide. Things to do: Things to Do. Food: Food scene.

City hall and 311 counter: 747 Market Street. Customer Support Center, 2nd floor, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Fire HQ is 901 Fawcett. Police HQ is out on Pine — police records desk.
- Parking: Parking ticket
- Link / bus: Transit desk
- Permits and licenses: Permit counter · Business license
- Hilltop and Stadium sit on the edges: Hilltop · Stadium
August 29, 2026
Pacific Avenue desk
Pacific Avenue is both a neighborhood business district and a long south-end corridor. Planning drafts split it into Lower Pacific, Stewart Heights, Upper Pacific, then Fern Hill. Last checked August 29, 2026.

City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts (Pacific Avenue). South end: Fern Hill desk. Mixed-use center list: Tacoma Mixed-Use Centers.

City and corridor materials still mention a June Saturday festival on the avenue. Confirm the current year on a district or city calendar before you send anyone.
- 311 / TPU / dump: Civic Desk
- Library and schools on that side of town: Library · TPS
- Bus: Transit desk
- Just moved: Move-in checklist
August 29, 2026
Oakland–Madrona desk: Center Street
Oakland–Madrona is the Center Street corridor. City copy still treats it as a lumber-mill neighborhood that turned into home improvement — big-box and family shops, not a festival strip. Last checked August 29, 2026.

City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts (Oakland Madrona). South Tacoma Way is the next long commercial street over: South Tacoma Way desk.
- Permit for a remodel: Permit counter
- Business license: License desk
- Dump / construction debris: Dump calendar
- 311: Civic Desk
August 29, 2026
Narrows desk: west 6th and the bridge
The Narrows district is the west end of 6th Avenue toward the bridge — auto-oriented commercial, War Memorial Park, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, and Kobetich Library. Different from the 6th Ave strip between Sprague and Alder. Last checked August 29, 2026.

City listing: Neighborhood Business Districts (Tacoma Narrows). The walkable Ave: 6th Avenue desk. Library hours: library desk. Park: Metro Parks.
- 311 / TPU: Civic Desk · TPU
- Bus: Transit desk
- School: TPS desk
August 29, 2026

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