City of Crystal River

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. The City of Crystal River is the AHJ for residential solar inside its corporate limits — it issues the building and electrical permits and inspects them itself. 95% · codified ordinance
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both, city-side: building and electrical are permitted and inspected by the City's Growth Management Department. Nothing is delegated to Citrus County. The one county limb is contractor LICENSING — Sec. 6-2.1 requires a certificate of competency from the Citrus County building official under Citrus County Code ch. 18 art. II, unless the contractor holds a state certification. That is a licensing/permitting split, not delegation. 90% · codified ordinance
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A building permit is required for a residential rooftop PV system; there is no solar exemption anywhere in the City's code. 90% · codified ordinance
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Either. The City's permit application is a single form with its own permit-type checkboxes (Commercial / Residential / New / Primary / Accessory / Mechanical / Plumbing / Electrical / Roof / Sign / Pool / Dock / Driveway / Fence / Demolition / Other) — there is no Solar or PV box — and the fee schedule carries both a Residential Building Permit line (1.25% of construction value) and a stand-alone Electrical line ($75 + $5 per room). A PV job is therefore pulled either as a residential building permit with the electrical work on the same permit, or as a stand-alone electrical permit. 70% · permit application form
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No. Neither the Code of Ordinances nor the Community Development Code imposes an HOA or architectural-approval gate on a residential building permit, and the City's permit application says nothing about HOA approval. 85% · codified ordinance
• Is there a historic-district review? No. Crystal River has no historic district, no historic preservation board and no certificate-of-appropriateness process. 92% · codified ordinance
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No windstorm certification of the City's own. The applicable instrument is the statewide Florida Product Approval system: the City publishes a Product Approval Specification Sheet requiring approval numbers under FS 553.842 for eight product categories — exterior doors, windows, panel walls, roofing products, shutters, skylights, structural components, and building-envelope products introduced by new technology. Solar modules and PV racking are not a named category, though roofing products and structural components (anchors, wood connectors) are. Crystal River is not in the HVHZ (Miami-Dade and Broward only); no wind speed, ASCE 7 exposure or wind-borne-debris provision appears anywhere in the City's code. 75% · department form
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Outside the CRA overlay, no — 'special exception' is zero in the Community Development Code. INSIDE the Community Redevelopment Area overlay district, yes on the face of the code: CDC Section 8, CRA roles and responsibilities (3)(b)ii gives the community redevelopment agency — the City Council sitting as the CRA, plus up to two appointed commissioners — the role 'To hear and render a decision for building permits or site plan approval on all property within the CRA overlay district.' There is no dollar threshold, no work-type list and no staff-level carve-out written into the clause. 70% · codified ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No City cap — 'solar' is a zero-hit term for operative purposes across the whole code. The binding size limits are utility-side and statutory: FPSC Rule 25-6.065(4)(a) requires the gross power rating not to exceed 90% of the customer's utility distribution service rating, and sets Tier 1 at 10 kW or less, Tier 2 at 10-100 kW, Tier 3 at 100 kW-2 MW. For inverter-based systems the AC nameplate rating is the installed DC nameplate multiplied by 0.85. 85% · state rule

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? A contractor holding either a current State of Florida certification (construction industry or electrical contractors licensing board) or a Citrus County certificate of competency for the trade; or the property owner performing his own work on his own premises for his own use and occupancy under Ch. 489. 85% · codified ordinance
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? No — contractor registration with the City is expressly VOLUNTARY. But the documents are not: 'If you choose not to participate in this program, all information included in this process will be required with each building permit.' Registration is $20.00 a year, expires 30 September, and is paid through BS&A Online. 92% · department form
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. Sec. 6-2.1(a): 'Nothing in this article ... shall prohibit any owner from performing his own work upon his own premises, for his own use and occupancy, in accordance with Chapter 489, Florida Statutes, provided that the structure meets all the requirements of the rules, regulations, and codes adopted pursuant to this article, and a required permit is issued.' The permit application has an Owner/Builder checkbox and the City publishes an Owner Builder Disclosure form. 88% · codified ordinance

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? No PV-specific submittal checklist is published. Assembled from the City's own forms, a complete residential submittal is: the notarised permit application (scope of work, valuation, square footage, Alt Key, owner and contractor details, sub-contractor licence numbers and signatures, four initialled acknowledgements, notary seal); a recorded Notice of Commencement; the Florida Product Approval Specification Sheet (FS 553.842); the Owner Builder Disclosure if owner-built; the four contractor documents if the contractor is not registered; and, because ~98% of the city is in a Special Flood Hazard Area, a site plan meeting Sec. 6-184(a). 70% · permit application form
• How many copies, and in what format? Electronic submission through BS&A Online is the published route ('To submit zoning applications, permit applications, and inspection requests, please visit our website below: Home | City of Crystal River | BS&A Online'). A paper route survives: Resolution 24-R-27 charges a non-refundable 'Permit Drop Off Fee' of $120 residential, in addition to the permit fee. No copy count and no drawing format or sheet size is published. 60% · department page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes, and in Crystal River the flood version of the requirement is the operative one because ~98% of the incorporated area sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area. Sec. 6-184(a) requires the site plan or construction documents for any development in a flood hazard area to be drawn to scale and to show: delineation of flood hazard areas, floodway boundaries and flood zone(s), base flood elevation(s) and ground elevations; the location of the proposed activity and proposed structures and of existing buildings; location, extent, amount and final grades of any filling, grading or excavation; fill type/source/compaction; coastal construction control line notation; dune or mangrove alteration; and watercourse alignment. The floodplain administrator may waive submissions not required to be prepared by a registered design professional where review is not necessary. 85% · codified ordinance
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No local structural PE-stamp threshold is published. The Code of Ordinances contains no PE-seal requirement for a building permit — every 'signed and sealed' occurrence in 246,552 words is a subdivision, traffic-analysis, stormwater or boundary-survey requirement. The FBC and FS 471.003(2)(h) govern by default. 60% · codified ordinance
• Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No local electrical PE-stamp threshold. FS 471.003(2)(h) supplies the state exemption boundary (electrical work under $125,000 / 600 amperes). 55% · codified ordinance

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? BS&A Online (bsaonline.com, municipality uid 2285). It carries Apply for a Permit, Building Department Record Search, Pay a Building Department Fee, Schedule an Inspection, Rental Property Search, Business Licensing and Utility Billing. 95% · permit portal
• Can the whole application be completed online? Partly. Applications, inspection requests and payments go through BS&A, but three steps sit outside it: the permit application must be sworn before a notary ('It is a requirement this application be signed in presence of and affirmed by a Notary'); contractor registration is paid online but the application and supporting documents go by email to development@crystalriverfl.org; and a City-issued 'Web Pin' is needed before a contractor's BS&A account can be linked to Crystal River to apply online at all. 75% · department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Resolution 24-R-27 has no residential PV line. Two routes: (a) as a residential building permit, Building Fee = 1.25% of cost of construction on the first $750,000 (minimum $120) PLUS a non-refundable $120 Permit Drop Off Fee — about $432.50 on a $25,000 system; (b) as a stand-alone electrical permit, $75.00 + $5.00 per room, plus the $120 drop-off fee. There IS a named solar line — 'Solar Heater $75.00 + $5.00/panel' — but it is a solar-thermal line inherited from the repealed 1970s solar-heater ordinance, and the code section it came from (former Sec. 6-116 et seq.) was repealed by Ord. 2002-O-04. 72% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation. Residential building permit = 1.25% of cost of construction value on the first $750,000, plus 0.625% on value over $750,000, minimum $120. On top of that a flat, non-refundable $120 Permit Drop Off Fee. The stand-alone electrical alternative is flat-plus-per-room ($75 + $5/room), and the 'Solar Heater' line is flat-plus-per-panel ($75 + $5/panel) — so the City's schedule contains three different calculation bases that could each be applied to a PV job. 85% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes, and it is open-ended rather than a fixed figure. Resolution 24-R-27: 'Plan Review — Fees borne by the City for Plan Review may be passed on to the applicant — actual cost of service', and 'Fees borne by the City for Fire Inspections shall be the responsibility of the property and/or business owner — actual cost of service'. Plus the $120 non-refundable Permit Drop Off Fee on every permit. Revision to approved plans is $100 (and, contradictorily, $50 + $0.25/SF of revised area in a second line of the same schedule). 80% · 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.

• What is the stated plan-review turnaround? The City publishes no plan-review turnaround. The binding timeframe is statutory: FS 553.792(1)(a)1 gives 5 business days for an ELECTRICAL permit on an existing single-family dwelling where the value of the work is less than $15,000, and (1)(a)2 gives 30 business days for a residential structure under 7,500 sq ft; FS 553.792(1)(c) deems an application complete if the City does not say otherwise within 5 business days; FS 553.792(1)(e) requires a 10% reduction of the permit fee for each business day the deadline is missed. 70% · state statute
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Not codified. The City's Permit Extension and Reinstatement form and Resolution 24-R-27 agree on the mechanics: a maximum of 2 extensions of up to 90 days each at $50 per extension, after which re-permitting is required; an expired permit is reinstated at full permit fees, or $100 where only the final inspection remains. The Demolition Permit Application prints 'PERMIT VOID IF CONSTRUCTION NOT STARTED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS'. FBC 105.4 supplies the 180-day default. 75% · department form
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Duke Energy Florida, LLC — investor-owned — is the retail electric seller for the city. The City of Crystal River sells water, sewer and garbage only and levies a 10% public service tax on 'every purchase of electricity ... as collected by the seller of such utility service from the purchaser', so it is not a municipal electric. POSSIBLE SECOND SELLER: Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative (a co-op) serves Citrus County, runs a district office it calls the 'Crystal River District Office' (physically at 5330 W. Gulf-to-Lake Hwy, Lecanto), and HIFLD's approximate retail-territory layer returns WREC alongside Duke at 10 of 15 interior sample points. Only ONE of the two is investor-owned, which is what decides whether PSC Rule 25-6.065 binds. 72% · utility territory layer
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Parallel, with a hard utility gate at the end. FPSC Rule 25-6.065(5)(a) requires the system to be 'inspected and approved by local code officials prior to its operation in parallel with the investor-owned utility'; (5)(b) requires the customer to notify the utility at least 10 days before initially placing equipment in service; (7)(d) requires the executed Standard Interconnection Agreement to be returned at least 30 calendar days before parallel operation, with the utility's physical inspection within 30 calendar days of receipt. The interconnection application can therefore run alongside the City permit, but energisation follows the City's final inspection. 80% · state rule

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? NEC 2020, in force statewide with an effective date of 31 December 2023, incorporated through the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023). Crystal River has NO local electrical code adoption of its own: ch. 6 art. II, which adopted the National Electric Code, was REPEALED by Ord. 16-O-02 on 8 August 2016, and the local electrical-code amendments at former Sec. 6-17 were repealed by Ord. 2002-O-04 in 2002. Sec. 6-1(1) then floats: all references to the building code 'shall be deemed to refer to the latest building code adopted by the State of Florida'. 80% · codified ordinance
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023), by floating adoption. Sec. 6-1(1): all references in the Code to the 'building code', 'Florida Building Code' or 'applicable building code' 'shall be deemed to refer to the latest building code adopted by the State of Florida' (Ord. 16-O-02, 8 Aug 2016). 85% · codified ordinance
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code as amended and as adopted by the Florida State Fire Marshal under FS ch. 633 — currently the 8th Edition (2023) — plus, by a very broad blanket clause, 'all applicable or associated National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes ... along with all changes, revisions, and modifications thereto'. Sec. 6-33(a), enacted by Ord. 25-O-13 on 22 September 2025. Crystal River runs its own fire department and Sec. 6-32 makes the fire chief the fire AHJ. 85% · codified ordinance
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? No local technical amendments to the FBC, the NEC or the FFPC. All three adoptions float to the state instrument. Three pre-FBC fossils survive in the code but are preempted by FS 553.73 and carry no PV consequence: Sec. 6-5 adopts the Standard Excavation and Grading Code, 1975 Edition; Sec. 6-61 adopts the Standard Housing Code, 1988 Edition and the Standard Unsafe Building Code (1985); Sec. 6-62 adopts the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code, 1998 Edition. The one genuinely local overlay on a PV job is ch. 6 art. XV, the floodplain administration article (FDEM model ordinance, Ord. 14-O-04 of 8 Sep 2014, amended Ord. 21-O-16 of 27 Sep 2021). 80% · codified ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? FBC 8th Edition (2023), including the Residential volume, with NEC 2020 incorporated; the Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Edition and associated NFPA codes under Sec. 6-33; and — because essentially the whole city is in a flood hazard area — ch. 6 art. XV, the City's floodplain regulations, administered in conjunction with the FBC and ASCE 24 (Sec. 6-180(d)). 80% · codified 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 Crystal River 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? Rapid shutdown is required, to NEC 2020 Article 690.12, through the state adoption. The City adds nothing: 'rapid shutdown' is zero across the whole Code of Ordinances and Community Development Code with controls passing, and there is no local electrical amendment (ch. 6 art. II repealed 2016). 78% · codified ordinance

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? Two layers, neither of them the City's. (a) NEC 2020 Articles 690 and 705 markings, incorporated through the FBC. (b) Duke Energy Florida's own, from its Requirements for Electric Service and Meter Installations (Florida Service Area, revised 1 April 2026), Section VI-E: a six-item catalogued table — 1505316 Electric Generator Warning label 3"x2"; 1505322 Electric Generator Warning label 6"x4"; 1505691 Electric Generator Warning sign 9"x6"; 1505328 Generator Isolation Device label 3"x2"; 1505332 Generator Isolation Device label 6"x4"; 4205529 Generator Isolation Device sign 9"x6". The notes read 'Signs and labels are installed by Duke Energy' and 'Install signs and labels on all KW sizes of Distributed Generation sites'. Figure 48A note 4 is what carries that table onto a residential job: 'WARNING LABEL REQUIREMENTS - PLEASE REFER TO SECTION 6'. The City of Crystal River specifies no placard of its own. 85% · utility specification
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The City specifies no placard wording of its own. Zero occurrences of placard, label, marking or warning-sign wording for electrical or generation equipment anywhere in the Code of Ordinances or the Community Development Code. 88% · codified ordinance
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Required, but from the adopted NEC rather than from any City or utility document: NEC 2020 Article 705.10 requires a permanent plaque or directory at each service equipment location (or at an approved readily visible location) denoting the location of all electric power source disconnecting means. The City adds nothing and Duke's white book carries no site-plan or facility-map placard item. 65% · codified ordinance
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes. Duke Energy Florida requires the six catalogued items in Section VI-E of its white book on all kW sizes of distributed generation sites, and installs them itself — 'Signs and labels are installed by Duke Energy', 'Clean the surface before installing labels.' That is more than the AHJ requires, because the AHJ requires nothing of its own. 88% · utility specification
• Where must the labels be placed? Duke's Section VI-E table gives placement per item: 1505316 (3"x2" Electric Generator Warning) on the meter base / primary meter, lower left; 1505322 (6"x4") on a pad-mounted transformer, above the lock; 1505691 (9"x6" sign) on an overhead transformer pole, 5 to 6 feet above the ground; 1505328 (3"x2" Generator Isolation Device) on a small disconnect switch, near the OFF position; 1505332 (6"x4") on a large disconnect switch, near the OFF position; 4205529 (9"x6" sign) on a recloser or pole disconnect switch, 5 to 6 feet above the ground. The City specifies no placement. 88% · utility specification

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? Duke and the PSC rule point in opposite directions on a small residential system, and both are live. Duke white book Figure 48A ('NET GENERATION METERING SINGLE OR THREE-PHASE, SELF-CONTAINED METERED SERVICE, RESIDENTIAL/SMALL COMMERCIAL', rev. 3 of 31 Mar 2024, DEF column ticked) notes: '1. GENERATION DISCONNECT REQUIRED AT ALL CONNECTION POINTS A, B, C, OR D. 2. GENERATION DISCONNECT REQUIREMENTS: MUST BE LOAD-BREAK RATED, INCORPORATE A LOCKABLE OPEN POSITION, AND PROVIDE A VISIBLE OPEN. 3. GENERATOR DISCONNECT LOCATION: MUST BE WITHIN SITE [sic] OF METERBASE AND READILY ACCESSIBLE.' FPSC Rule 25-6.065(6)(a) says the switch 'shall be mounted separate from, but adjacent to, the meter socket and shall be readily accessible to the investor-owned utility and capable of being locked in the open position with a single investor-owned utility padlock' — but that 'Inverter-based Tier 1 customer-owned renewable generation systems shall be exempt from this requirement, unless the manual disconnect switch is installed at the investor-owned utility's expense.' The City of Crystal River specifies nothing. 85% · utility specification
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, three separate lists bite. (1) FPSC Rule 25-6.065(2) requires customer-owned renewable generation equipment to comply with IEEE 1547 (2003), IEEE 1547.1 (2005) and UL 1741 (2005). (2) Florida Product Approval under FS 553.842 for the eight building-product categories on the City's Product Approval Specification Sheet. (3) Duke requires meter enclosures from its own 'Approved Meter Enclosure List' (white book, Figure notes: 'METER ENCLOSURE PROVIDED AND INSTALLED BY CUSTOMER PER COMPANY APPROVED METER ENCLOSURE LIST'). 82% · state rule
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Permitted, with no local condition whatsoever. 'Energy storage' is zero across the entire Code of Ordinances and Community Development Code, and the two 'battery' hits are a 1930s business-tax classification ('BATTERY STATIONS') and a criminal-offence cross-reference. The governing rules therefore come in wholesale through Sec. 6-33's blanket adoption of the Florida Fire Prevention Code 'and all applicable or associated NFPA codes' — which reaches NFPA 855 — and through the FBC/FRC. 60% · codified ordinance
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? No separate ESS permit or inspection is published. The City's permit application has no ESS, battery or solar permit-type box — a battery would be pulled as Electrical or as 'Other' — and the published Inspection Guidelines contain no ESS stage. Fire review of a house is not routine: Crystal River's own fire department holds the fire AHJ role under Sec. 6-32, and the only fire fee in Resolution 24-R-27 is 'Fees borne by the City for Fire Inspections shall be the responsibility of the property and/or business owner — actual cost of service'. 65% · permit application form
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes — and a ground mount is caught twice over, by two clauses that do not agree with each other. As an ACCESSORY STRUCTURE: CDC Section 4 provides that 'An accessory structure, separate from the main building on the lot, shall not be taller than the primary structure and shall use materials and architectural details similar to the main building', with accessory-structure rear setbacks of 3 ft (Urban Center/Neighborhood), 5 ft, 10 ft or 15 ft (industrial/civic) by zone. As MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT: the same section provides that 'Mechanical equipment, which includes air-conditioning equipment, swimming pool equipment, generators, and similar type equipment, shall not be located in any front or corner setback. Mechanical equipment shall not be located in any required side setback or within ten feet from the rear property line except that they may be permitted up to six feet from a side or rear property line if surrounded by block wall equal in height of the equipment.' There is no solar row in either treatment, and no published determination of which applies. 70% · codified ordinance
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No local mounting system or attachment-spacing standard. The only local instrument that touches attachment is the Florida Product Approval Specification Sheet, which requires approval numbers for category 4 Roofing Products (including roofing fasteners) and category 7 Structural Components (truss plates, wood connectors, anchors) — neither category names PV racking, so a racking system is not itself a Product Approval item under the form as drafted. 60% · department form

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? Through BS&A Online ('Schedule an Inspection'), or by email to development@crystalriverfl.org or by phone on 352-795-4216 ext. 317. Re-inspections go on the City's Permit Re-Inspection Request form with the fee. 88% · permit portal
• How much notice is required? One business day. The City's own message on its inspection-scheduling page: 'The City of Crystal River performs inspections on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All inspections must be scheduled the day before the requested inspection.' 92% · permit portal
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No. Inspections run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only, booked the day before. No same-day service and no AM/PM window is published, and no expedited or after-hours inspection fee exists in Resolution 24-R-27 (unlike many Florida schedules, which carry same-day and after-hour lines). 80% · permit portal

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. The City is the local enforcement agency and performs its own inspections, through a named 'Building Official & Inspector'. The alternative is the owner's own election of a registered private provider under FS 553.791 — which the City accommodates with a published Plan Compliance Affidavit, a Job Site Private Provider Identification form and written audit procedures for both plan review and inspections. 85% · department page
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated to another government. But the inspection function appears to be CONTRACTED to an unnamed private operator rather than staffed. The FY2026 Final Budget's two personnel tables both show Building Official at 0.00 FTE in FY2023, FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026, with Building Services (Fund 124) staffed at 1.85 FTE total (Director 0.25, Assistant Director 0.35, Associate Planner 0.25, Permit Technician 1.00), while Fund 124 carries Other Contractual Services $125,000 and Professional Services $30,000 against Building Permits revenue of $432,905. The staff directory names Richard Chavous as Building Official & Inspector on 689-230-4447 — an out-of-area mobile, where every other Growth Management officer is a 352-795-4216 extension. 60% · adopted budget

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? The City's published Inspection Guidelines list, in order: T-Pole; Footer; First Rough Plumbing; Slab; Lintel; Sheathing; Frame; Second Rough Plumbing; Rough Electric; Rough Mechanical; Partial Roof; Insulation; Final Roofing; Drywall; Water Service and Sewer; Finals. THERE IS NO SOLAR OR PV STAGE. A rooftop PV retrofit would draw Rough Electric ('After all branch circuits, feeder, outlet boxes and panels in place. All conductors pulled (including low voltage) and home runs complete') where applicable, and Finals. 65% · inspection checklist
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? No PV-specific rough-in or mid-roof inspection is published. The nearest published stages are 'Rough Electric' and 'Partial Roof', both written for new construction, and 'Partial Roof' is about eave drip, valley liners and flashings before shingling rather than about array attachment. 65% · inspection checklist

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 — a two-page 'Inspection Guidelines' document listing sixteen inspection stages with a description of what each requires. It is published on the Growth Management forms page. It contains no solar, PV or energy-storage stage and no label or listing verification step. 85% · inspection checklist
• What must be on site at inspection? A recorded Notice of Commencement, posted on the site of the improvement before the first inspection. The permit application states this twice, in capitals: 'A NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT MUST BE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE SITE OF THE IMPROVEMENT BEFORE THE FIRST INSPECTION.' Nothing else is published — no approved-plans-on-site clause, no permit-card posting rule, no product-approval documentation requirement at inspection. 70% · permit application form

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? A passed final inspection recorded in BS&A. The City's documents name a Certificate of Occupancy only in the context of new occupancy (Sec. 6-3(b)(2)) and a Certificate of Completion only in two contexts — subdivision improvements (Community Development Code Section 9) and private-provider projects, where the City's audit procedure says a Certificate of Completion 'was previously generated by the private provider'. Resolution 24-R-27 has no CO or CC fee line at all, only a $100 'Repermitting Fee ... Projects lacking only a final inspection'. 55% · department form
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The installer or customer, not the AHJ. FPSC Rule 25-6.065(5)(b) puts the duty on the customer: 'The customer shall notify the investor-owned utility at least 10 days prior to initially placing customer equipment and protective apparatus in service, and the investor-owned utility shall have the right to have personnel present on the in-service date.' Rule 25-6.065(5)(a) makes local code approval a precondition: the system 'must be inspected and approved by local code officials prior to its operation in parallel with the investor-owned utility'. The City of Crystal River publishes nothing about notifying the utility for PTO. 78% · state rule
• Is there a re-inspection fee? $50.00 for the first re-inspection, $75.00 for the second, $100.00 for each subsequent re-inspection. Charged 'for all reinspections that result from the work on a Corrective Action Notice not being completed, inspection called for before the work is done, and other reinspections.' 92% · fee schedule
• How are corrections issued and cleared? By Corrective Action Notice. The fee schedule defines the re-inspection charge by reference to 'the work on a Corrective Action Notice not being completed'; corrections are cleared by submitting a Permit Re-Inspection Request form naming the inspection(s) requested and paying the escalating fee. Where a private provider is used, the City's audit procedures instead issue 'a completed Audit Report that is uploaded to the record with associated comments', and the private provider must recertify the plans or documents before resubmitting. 72% · department form