City of Coconut Creek

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 95% · authority's own department page
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both 90% · Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application (as hosted by the City), rev. 01-08-2026 / eff. 03-09-2026
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes 95% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-38(a)
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Separate 88% · Uniform Building Permit Application, rev. 01-08-2026
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No — not required by the City as part of the building-permit process 58% · inference from the City's own permit application form
• Is there a historic-district review? No 75% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-311 (full zoning-district list) + site navigation survey
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Yes, indirectly — Broward is one of Florida's two High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) counties, and the City's own ePermits Tutorial requires uploading Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or Florida Product Approval documentation ('NOA's/Product Approvals must be labeled with the number form the cover sheet') for wind-rated products, which functions as the wind/windstorm certification for PV racking and equipment. 65% · ePermits Tutorial (HVHZ product-approval requirement)

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 72% · authority's own department page + permit application form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes 90% · authority's own ePermits Tutorial page
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes 85% · authority's own 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? Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application (selecting Building and/or Electrical trade), a survey by a Florida-registered land surveyor (per Sec. 13-38(b)), architectural/engineering plans digitally signed and sealed, Contractor Registration on file, and for HVHZ product-controlled equipment a Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or Florida Product Approval uploaded and labeled to the cover-sheet item number. No solar/PV-specific checklist is published separately from the general building-permit submittal requirements. 68% · ePermits Tutorial + Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-38
• How many copies, and in what format? For paper submittal: two (2) sets of construction plans (Sec. 13-38(c)(1)). For ePermits (the City's primary route): PDF only, one file per document type, each plan sheet uploaded and individually labeled (e.g. E.1, S1.2), architectural/engineering plans digitally signed and sealed. 72% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-38(c) + ePermits Tutorial
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes — a survey prepared by a Florida-registered land surveyor must accompany the application; no separate site-plan content list is published for routine building permits (that level of site-plan detail applies to Development Review Committee submittals, which routine residential rooftop PV would not need to go through). 65% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-38(b)
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? A structural PE/engineer's seal is required in general (the ePermits Tutorial requires 'Architectural/Engineering plans' to be 'digitally signed and sealed') but no dollar-value or system-size threshold is published; in practice Broward's HVHZ product-approval regime (NOA) effectively requires an engineered mounting/attachment analysis for every PV racking installation regardless of size. 55% · ePermits Tutorial (general requirement, not solar-specific)

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? ePermits (the City's own online permit portal, at www3.coconutcreek.gov/sd/permit/, with forms/enrollment routed through coconutcreek.gov) 90% · authority's own department page + portal pages
• Can the whole application be completed online? Partially — Yes for registered contractors (full online submittal, status checks and inspection scheduling through ePermits after a one-time contractor registration + password enrollment); owner-builder permits must be applied for in-person. 82% · ePermits Tutorial + Building Department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? $200.00 flat (Photovoltaic) / $200.00 flat (Solar systems, i.e. solar thermal) — fee includes all necessary applications 92% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-83(5)o, fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Flat 92% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-83(5)o
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? No — the green-permitting solar/PV fee is explicitly all-inclusive 85% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-83(5)o and (2)

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.

• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? City ordinance: 180 days from issuance to commence work (Sec. 13-38(d)(3)). Superseding state law: Florida HB 803 (2026), amending F.S. §553.79(1)(c), effective 1 Jul 2026, sets a 1-year expiration for a building permit issued by a local government for a single-family dwelling (or the effective date of the next FBC edition, whichever is later). The City's own ordinance has not yet been amended to reflect this; the statute controls where the two conflict. 85% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-38(d)(3) + enrolled 2026 HB 803 (F.S. §553.79(1)(c))
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light (FPL) 95% · FPL PSC-filed electric tariff, Section 7
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? After permit 82% · FPL Electric Tariff Sec. 9 (Rate Schedule, Tier 1 Interconnection Agreement) §3.4

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 building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 2023 (8th Edition) 80% · City form filename + fee-schedule FBC section citations
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes 78% · Code of Ordinances Ch. 13, Art. I & Art. III Div. 2
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code (as locally amended in Ch. 13 of the City's Code of Ordinances), incorporated by reference per Sec. 13-2(4): 'The Florida Building Code, as may be amended, incorporated by reference.' 78% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-2(4)

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 Coconut Creek 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.

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

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.

• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes — FPL requires its own placards beyond anything the City specifies: at the INTERCONNECTING METER CAN, a placard reading 'WARNING / MULTI POWER SOURCES / ENTER SOURCES HERE / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'; at the DER DISCONNECT SWITCH, 'GENERATION SYSTEM AC DISCONNECT / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'; and for battery storage, a placard permanently affixed to the meter enclosure reading 'Battery storage utilized in this facility' (required unless the battery is UL 1741-listed and DC-coupled behind a UL 1741 device). 92% · FPL Electric Service Standards, rev. 10-30-25, Sec. XIII (OCR'd)
• Where must the labels be placed? At the interconnecting meter can and at the DER (generation system AC) disconnect switch. The disconnect switch itself must be mounted separate from, but adjacent to (within 10 feet of), the FPL meter socket, and must remain readily accessible to FPL. Battery-storage placards go on the battery meter enclosure. 90% · FPL Electric Service Standards, rev. 10-30-25, Sec. XIII (OCR'd)

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? The AC/DER disconnect must be mounted separate from, but adjacent to (within 10 feet of), the FPL meter socket, and must remain readily accessible to FPL at all times. 92% · FPL Electric Service Standards, rev. 10-30-25, Sec. XIII (OCR'd)
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes — HVHZ product-approved equipment (Miami-Dade NOA or a Florida Product Approval evaluated for HVHZ) is required for roof-mounted racking/attachment hardware, and FPL separately requires UL 1741 / IEEE 1547 & 1547.1 certified inverters and, for battery storage, NRTL certification to UL 1741. 78% · ePermits Tutorial (City) + FPL Electric Tariff Sec. 9 (utility)
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? FPL (utility-side, not the City) requires UL 1741 NRTL certification on any battery behind the meter and a permanent placard reading 'Battery storage utilized in this facility'; batteries paired with a customer-owned renewable-generation system may not export to the grid at this time; Tier 3 battery-paired systems are reviewed in FPL's fast-track study. No Coconut Creek fire-code or building-permit document specific to residential battery/ESS installation was located this run. 60% · FPL Electric Service Standards, rev. 10-30-25, Sec. XIII.C (OCR'd) — utility-level only

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? Portal 82% · authority's own ePermits scheduling/login 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? Yes 78% · City's own FS §553.80 Building Permit and Inspection Utilization Report, FY2025
• If delegated, to whom? N/A — not delegated; City staff perform inspections in-house 75% · City's own FS §553.80 Building Permit and Inspection Utilization Report, FY2025

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.

Nothing recorded for City of Coconut Creek on this step yet — 2 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.

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? No — no published solar/PV-specific inspection checklist was found 62% · authority's own department page — full forms/documents list

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.

• Who notifies the utility for PTO? Installer 52% · FPL Electric Tariff Sec. 9, Tier 1 Interconnection Agreement
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Tiered: $50.00 (1st occurrence), $100.00 (2nd occurrence), $150.00 (3rd occurrence) 90% · Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-83(5)f
• How are corrections issued and cleared? Corrections are issued through plan-review comments in the ePermits system; the applicant receives a submittal-upload link to post revised documents. A $200.00-per-discipline plan re-review fee applies for corrections after the 2nd review cycle (Sec. 13-83(3)a). 65% · ePermits Tutorial + Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-83(3)