ACREAGE & ANIMALS· Long Realty Company · Lopez & Lopez, REALTORS®
The Tucson horse property checklist: water, zoning, and the way in.
Start with four parcel-specific questions: what records and tests describe the water source, what the jurisdiction says in writing about the intended animal use, what a qualified septic professional reports, and what title, survey, and qualified counsel establish about access. The agent can coordinate documents and deadlines but does not make legal, engineering, inspection, or water-sufficiency determinations.
Start with water records and testing
Water source, records, equipment, quality, capacity, and cost may affect a property's suitability. Verify each with the responsible agency and qualified professionals for the buyer's intended use.
- Private vs shared wellobtain source records and any recorded well-sharing agreement. A title professional or qualified attorney should explain legal rights and obligations.
- Flow, depth, and recoveryuse a qualified well contractor for testing and equipment review. Results are point-in-time information, not a guarantee of future output.
- ADWR recordscheck available Arizona Department of Water Resources registration and well-log records; ask ADWR or a qualified water professional to explain regulatory status.
- Quality and treatmentuse a qualified laboratory for the buyer-selected panel and a qualified treatment contractor for equipment and cost questions.
- Hauled waterconfirm the legal source, cistern, delivery access, intended demand, provider availability, and current written estimates.
Zoning does the animal math
- Jurisdictionconfirm the parcel's jurisdiction and zoning designation directly with the responsible office, in writing when possible.
- Animals and usegive the jurisdiction the parcel number, intended animal count, and planned use; request a parcel-specific response instead of relying on the listing.
- Setbacks and structuresobtain available permit records and use the jurisdiction, a licensed surveyor, and qualified design or permitting professionals as appropriate.
- CC&Rsobtain current recorded restrictions and association documents, then have a title professional or qualified attorney explain how they apply.
Septic and the way in
Use a qualified septic professional and complete the inspection, disclosure, and transfer steps applicable to the system and transaction. For access, obtain the title commitment, recorded documents, and survey or plat; title professionals, a licensed surveyor, and qualified counsel should address legal and physical access.
Build a property-specific due-diligence plan as soon as the contract permits. Contract rights and deadlines vary, and the buyer chooses the qualified professionals and investigations appropriate to the parcel and intended use.
Put the question, evidence, and next move in one decision file.
A useful guide names the decision first. Written evidence and qualified review come next.
- 01Name the decisionStart with the property, cost, condition, timing, or contract question.
- 02Put evidence beside itUse written property records, estimates, disclosures, and specialist findings.
- 03Choose one next moveTurn the evidence into a clear investigation, offer, or pause decision.
