City of Glendora

A city address is usually permitted by the city, not the county — but not always, and some authorities keep building and hand electrical to someone else. Getting this wrong costs the whole submittal, because every requirement below belongs to whoever actually holds jurisdiction. Check the overlays in the same pass: an HOA, a historic district, a windstorm certification or a system-size cap can reshape the design, and all of them are cheaper to find now than after the array is laid out.

• Is this authority the AHJ for residential solar at this address? Yes 90% · department page
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both 85% · department page / LACoFD notice hosted by city
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes 95% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Combined 70% · fee schedule
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No 55% · inference from ordinance/state law
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No 65% · ordinance / design criteria sheet
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Generally no for systems meeting SB-379/GOV Section 65850.52 ministerial-permitting eligibility (up to 38.4 kW AC); LACoFD's own SB-379 notice states its 'conventional process' (potentially including more discretionary review) applies only to projects NOT eligible for or electing out of the expedited process. 65% · department notice
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? 38.4 kW AC is the ceiling for the state-mandated expedited/ministerial permitting process under GOV Section 65850.52 (SB 379); no separate Glendora-specific hard cap on residential system size was found beyond that state threshold and the fee schedule's uncapped per-kW-above-15kW pricing. 70% · state statute referenced by department notice

Several authorities require the electrical permit to be pulled by a licensed electrician, or require the contractor to be registered with them BEFORE applying. Registration is not same-day. This is second on the list rather than fourth because it is the step most likely to stop the job before the drawings matter.

• Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Either 75% · department page
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? No 60% · department page
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes 80% · department page

Almost everywhere wants a site plan, a one-line or three-line electrical diagram, equipment cut sheets with listings, and a structural attachment detail. Build it against the published checklist rather than the last jurisdiction you worked in — the checklist is what the reviewer marks against.

• What documents make up a complete submittal? Building Plan Check/Permit Worksheet; copy of valid CA contractor's license OR Owner-Builder's Declaration Form; evidence of property ownership (recorded grant deed); Notice to Property Owner/Agent Authorization Form as applicable; construction documents/plans. For projects requiring LACoFD review (ESS, qualifying BIPV, disconnect placarding), LACoFD additionally requires site plans showing disconnect/inverter/meter locations and a Required Disconnect Schedule. 75% · published checklist
• How many copies, and in what format? Electronic only -- applicant emails a completed worksheet, then uploads plans/construction documents via a link provided by the Building Division after payment; no physical copy count specified. 65% · department page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes for new-construction/ADU submittals (dimensioned site plan showing property lines, structures, setbacks, parking, etc. per the Single Dwelling/Duplex/ADU Submittal Requirements matrix). For PV/ESS installations reviewed by LACoFD, a site plan is separately required showing graphic locations of utility meter(s), AC & DC disconnects, inverters, and rapid-shutdown initiation devices. 70% · published checklist
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Yes (functionally) -- LACoFD's Required Disconnect Schedule/site-plan requirement calls for graphic identification of all disconnects, inverters, load centers and rapid-shutdown devices, which serves the same function as a one-line diagram, though neither Glendora nor LACoFD documents use that exact term. 55% · ordinance / checklist

Most authorities now take the whole application through a portal, and several states cap or constrain what a residential solar permit may cost. Check whether plan check is billed separately before you quote the job.

• Which permit portal does this authority use? eTrakit (etrakit.ci.glendora.ca.us/etrakit3) for general permit application status, inspection scheduling and results, and property records. For SB-379-eligible solar/ESS specifically, the city hosts LACoFD boilerplate referencing an unnamed 'Expedited-Permitting Platform' (LACoFD's checklist gives 'e.g., SolarAPP+, or comparable alternative' only as an example, not a confirmed name) -- which specific platform Glendora itself operates was not found stated on its own site. 60% · portal landing page
• Can the whole application be completed online? No 60% · portal
• What does a residential solar permit cost? City: $500 flat Plan Check/Permit Fee plus $15/kW for capacity above 15 kW (Spec-17 Residential Solar, last updated 6/24/2014, still current in the FY24-25 adopted fee schedule). Where LACoFD conventional (non-expedited) review applies: additionally $776 LACoFD plan review + $293 LACoFD field inspection for residential PV; ESS in R-3/R-4 adds $195 LACoFD plan review. 80% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Tiered 85% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? No 75% · fee schedule

Interconnection is a separate process from the permit and usually the longer pole. Where the utility does not depend on the permit being issued, running both at once is the single biggest saving available on a residential job.

• Which utility handles interconnection here? Southern California Edison (SCE) 90% · city page naming utility

The NEC edition a jurisdiction enforces is often a cycle behind the newest one published, and local amendments sit on top of it. Rapid shutdown, conductor sizing and labelling all change between editions, so the edition in force is the first thing to establish, not the last.

• Which NEC edition is in force? Other 55% · adopting ordinance / department page
• Which building code edition is in force? 2022 California Building Code (Title 24 Part 2), effective Jan 1, 2023 per the city's own Code Update page; the 2025 CBC cycle is due statewide effective Jan 1, 2026 but the city's page was last confirmed (via Wayback) in April 2025, before that transition, so current live adoption could not be independently reconfirmed. 60% · adopting ordinance / department page
• Which fire code edition is in force? 2023 Los Angeles County Fire Code (LACFC) -- a locally-amended version of the 2022 California Fire Code, codified as LACC Title 32 under Ordinances #23-0008 and 2023-0058, effective 2024-01-11. 90% · adopting ordinance
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes 90% · ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? 2022 California Electrical Code Sections 225.37, 230.70, 230.85, 705.10 and 705.20 (or later-edition equivalents) for disconnects/signage, plus 2023 LACFC Sections 102.8, 102.9, 104.1, 105.2, 509-509.3, 1201.2, 1205.4, 1207.4.1 and 1207.11.5.1 for fire-code aspects (working clearances, disconnect location, placarding, ESS). 85% · ordinance

Ridge setbacks and roof access pathways are fire-service requirements and they constrain the array layout. They are the most common cause of a redesign after the fire department comments on a plan set.

Nothing recorded for City of Glendora on this step yet — 1 question checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.

Which rapid-shutdown rule applies follows directly from the NEC edition in force, and the initiation device has to be at a location the fire service can reach and identify. This is inspected, and it is labelled.

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Yes -- rapid shutdown is required under NEC 690.12 as incorporated into the 2022 California Electrical Code (2020-NEC-based), and LACoFD's Disconnect Placarding System separately requires any PV 'Rapid Shutdown'/Hazard Control System initiation device to be included among the placarded, exterior-accessible disconnects. 75% · NEC edition in force + fire code

The NEC sets a baseline for permanent markings at the service equipment and the disconnecting means. On top of that, an authority may specify its own wording, and the utility may specify more again. Where any of them writes its own text, a generic off-the-shelf label set will not pass — this is the detail most often fixed on a return visit.

• Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? LACoFD's 'F.D. - ELECTRICAL BLDG DISCONNECT #X of Y' exterior placard on/adjacent to each disconnect panel or enclosure that must be operated, plus an interior panel placard identifying specific switches/breakers when multiple exist within one panel. 90% · ordinance / utility spec (fire-code AHJ)
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? Yes 90% · ordinance
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Exterior placards: minimum 2in x 3.5in weather-resistant plastic, engraved, red letters on a yellow background, solid all-capitals Arial font minimum size 24 (minimum size 28 for 'F.D.' and '#X of Y'), attached with permanent epoxy. Panel-interior placards: minimum 7/16in x 3/4in, same color scheme, bold all-caps Arial minimum size 24, same epoxy attachment. 95% · ordinance
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Yes -- a site-plan/graphic 'Required Disconnect Schedule' is required, showing the quantity/type/location of all power-source disconnects (utility, PV, ESS, other), utility meters, AC & DC disconnects, inverters, automatic relays, load centers and rapid-shutdown initiation devices. Required explicitly for ESS installations and cross-referenced for the general Disconnect Placarding System that also covers PV. 75% · 705.10 + local fire-code amendment
• Where must the labels be placed? Exterior placards go on the exterior of, or immediately adjacent to, each panel/enclosure or standalone disconnect switch that must be operated (extra placards if an enclosure houses multiple panels, or more than the Main must be operated). Panel-interior placards go inside the panel to identify specific switches/breakers when multiple are present in one enclosure. 90% · ordinance / utility spec

Where the AC disconnect must sit relative to the meter is usually the utility's rule, not the building department's. Battery storage frequently carries its own permit, its own inspection and its own fire conditions.

• Where must the AC disconnect be, relative to the meter? Required disconnection/attenuation means for electrical hazards (including PV AC & DC disconnects) shall be located within 6 ft (1829 mm) of the main service panel, on the same wall plane, not separated from one another by walls, gates, fences, vegetation or architectural features (LACFC Section 509.3) -- this is the fire-code AHJ's rule, not a rule stated by the utility. SCE's own public interconnection-handbook page (on.sce.com/interconnectionhandbook) resolves only to SCE's generic homepage rather than a DG/NEM interconnection manual, so no SCE-specific disconnect-location rule could be confirmed. 70% · fire code (utility DG manual unreachable)
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes for ESS -- UL 9540 listing required for ESS units (individually or as a whole unit) and UL 1741 for inverters (or covered within the UL 9540 listing), per LACFC Section 1207.11.1/.5. General CEC Section 110.3 listed-equipment requirements apply statewide to PV modules/inverters as well, though not separately restated by Glendora. 70% · fire code + amendments
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Yes, subject to LACFC 1207.11 (R-3/R-4): individual ESS unit max 20 kWh; aggregate max 80 kWh per site AND per location; not permitted inside dwelling/sleeping units, closets, bathrooms, basements, or non-garage accessory structures absent an approved AMMR; UL 9540 (unit) / UL 1741 (inverter) listing required; spacing of 3 ft between units, 3 ft from openings/HVAC intakes/doors/windows, 5 ft from lot lines/public ways/other buildings/combustibles, 10 ft from vegetation; detection/notification required for attached-garage installs; impact protection required where subject to vehicular impact; any ESS >3 kWh triggers mandatory LACoFD plan review and field inspection in addition to the city's building/electrical permit. 92% · fire code + amendments
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Yes 90% · ordinance
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No prescriptive spacing table is published; Glendora's residential submittal matrix requires the plans to 'show support system for roof PV installations' and 'method of attachment to the supporting system' (item 4.3.9) but sets no numeric spacing/attachment standard of its own. 60% · checklist

Booking is a portal, a phone call or an email depending on the authority, and the notice required is rarely zero. Book before the work is finished rather than after — the lead time, not the work, is usually what sets the date.

• How is an inspection booked? Phone 85% · department page

Some authorities inspect their own solar work; some delegate it, and a few do not inspect the PV equipment itself at all. Who is coming determines what they will look at.

• Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Delegated 85% · department page
• If delegated, to whom? Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), Fire Prevention Division -- via its Regional or Specialty-Unit inspection offices (nearest to the project site per LACoFD's own phone/email list) -- for the fire/placarding/ESS aspects only. The city's own Building & Safety Division retains and performs the building/electrical final itself (not delegated for that piece). 85% · department page

A rough-in or mid-roof inspection, where one is required, has to happen before the work it covers is closed up. Missing a stage means opening something back up, and it is the most expensive kind of correction.

• Which inspections are required, and in what order? (1) City issues building/electrical permit (via SB-379 expedited platform if eligible, or conventional plan check); (2) installation; (3) city final building/electrical inspection; (4) for any project with ESS >3kWh, qualifying BIPV, or disconnect-placarding needing verification, a separate LACoFD Fire Prevention field inspection, scheduled directly with the regional office and paid in advance -- a passed LACoFD inspection then serves as its own operational permit. 75% · department page

The approved plan set, the permit, and the equipment listings should be on site and reachable. Inspectors routinely verify that installed equipment matches what was approved, and that the labels are the ones the plan set promised.

• Is there a published inspection checklist? Yes 90% · department page
• What must be on site at inspection? Digital proof of the construction permit obtained via the expedited-permitting process (including any inspection checklist issued with the permit); ESS/PV cut-and-specification sheets, and a full ESS installation manual if requested by the fire code official; disconnect placarding already installed; and confirmation that LACoFD Fire Prevention inspection fees have been paid (unpaid invoices cause cancellation). 88% · department page
• Does the inspector verify labels and listings? Yes 88% · department page / practice

Passing gives you a final or an equivalent sign-off. That is not the same as permission to operate: PTO comes from the utility, and who tells the utility the inspection passed varies. A system left switched off for weeks is usually waiting on this handover.

• What is issued on pass? Final 85% · department page
• Is there a re-inspection fee? City building re-inspection: $72 per inspection (Spec-13, Glendora FY24-25 fee schedule). LACoFD PV/ESS-specific re-inspection: $98 for 'additional inspections after initial inspection and one reinspection' (Appendix QQ Table QQ104.4(6)). 88% · fee schedule
• How are corrections issued and cleared? City: plan-check comments are provided by email; revised plans are resubmitted/uploaded electronically through the same request-an-upload-link process used for original submittal. No separate LACoFD-specific correction process is documented beyond scheduling a re-inspection. 60% · department page