City of Graceville

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? No. The City of Graceville is NOT the AHJ for residential solar. Jackson County Building Services is the AHJ for building and electrical inside the city limits; the City retains only a zoning/land-development permit and the fire service. 92% · Florida Building Commission statewide register of permit-issuing local governments
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Split three ways. Jackson County Building Services permits and inspects Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing. The City of Graceville keeps zoning/land development (a 'development permit' from the Development Administrator under LDR Ord. 86-0211 as amended by Ord. 92-1110) and the Graceville Volunteer Fire Department. Jackson County Fire Rescue also staffs Station 21 inside Graceville at 5422 Cliff Street. 88% · county department page + city budget + city LDR
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes - a Jackson County building permit, and separately a Jackson County electrical permit where the electrical work is pulled by a different licence holder. Three residential SOLAR permits were issued or filed in the County's ledger in the 29 days to 11 Sep 2026. 95% · live county permit record
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Either. The County's own live records show both patterns on solar in the same month: a single BUILDING permit (261377, Alford, $37,016, issued) and a BUILDING + ELECTRICAL pair on one parcel (261394 and 261383, Marianna, $33,930). The application form has a single 'Permit Type' radio of Building / Plumbing / Electrical / Mechanical, so each trade is a separate application. 90% · live county permit ledger
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No HOA or architectural approval is required by the City or the County. Neither the City's LDR nor the County Code creates any architectural review, and the County permit application and online form have no HOA field. (A private HOA covenant would still bind privately.) 80% · city LDR + county code, proved absence
• Is there a historic-district review? No certificate-of-appropriateness regime, but a weak historic gate exists and it is scoped to development plans, not to permits. Graceville LDR Sec. 11.0 'Protection of Historic Resources': 'The City Manager shall review development plans for historic resources prior to review by the City Commission to assure that there is no danger to life, health or property,' and Sec. 11.4 sweeps in 'Historically significant housing units as identified by the Florida Master Site File and the National Register of Historic Places'. There is no nomination procedure, no owner consent, no local register, no board and no COA form. 68% · city LDR (scanned, OCR'd)
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No separate windstorm certification, but a local design wind speed applies: 130 mph 3-second gust at 33 ft for Risk Category I and II across the whole of Jackson County (County Code Secs. 10-26, 10-27, Ord. 2026-03, 28 Apr 2026), converted per FBC Table 1606.1.6.1. A Florida Product Approval Spec Sheet is required for FBC-regulated products. 88% · codified county ordinance
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? No. Neither government requires council or commission approval for a residential rooftop or small ground-mount PV system. Jackson County's only solar approval regime is Code Sec. 42-74 'Solar farms' (Ord. 2024-01, 14 May 2024), which by its own definition covers generation 'for use in locations other than where it is generated' - i.e. utility-scale export, not behind-the-meter self-consumption - and which applies only in unincorporated Jackson County. Graceville's R-districts list no conditional uses for residential solar (R-1, R-2 'has no conditional uses'). 85% · codified county ordinance + city LDR
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No AHJ size cap. The binding caps are the utilities': WEST FLORIDA ELECTRIC - the Member Owned Generation agreement is 'for the interconnection of a generation system... of no more than 25 kW of alternating current power output', and the co-op's 5.2 cents/kWh energy credit is expressly 'for solar installations smaller than 25 kW'. FPL - generation is limited to 90 percent of the FPL distribution service (transformer) rating, and FAC 25-6.065 Tier 1 is 10 kW AC or less, which at the rule's own DC x 0.85 conversion is about 11.76 kW DC. 92% · utility interconnection agreement + utility service standards + FPSC 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 licensed contractor whose licence is registered with Jackson County (state-certified contractors file a Certified License Registration Form; state-registered contractors must hold a Jackson County Competency Card), or the property owner under the FS 489.103(7) owner-builder exemption. 90% · county permit application form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes. State-registered contractors need a Jackson County Competency Card ($100 in-county / $200 out-of-county / $300 out-of-state for 'All Other Registered'; renewal $50/$150/$200 plus $10 per month late). State-certified contractors file a Certified License Registration Form. The County's online portal will not accept an application from an unregistered or expired contractor. 93% · county fee schedule + department page
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes for the structural/building half, under FS 489.103(7) as quoted verbatim on the County's application, with the owner personally appearing to sign, and signing 'Disclosures... Electrical/Plumbing/Mechanical' plus a Construction Disclosure. Owner-pulled electrical permits are demonstrably issued (ledger 261350). Practically, FS 489.103(7)(a)3's solar limb still requires a licensed electrical contractor for the wiring. 82% · live county permit record + application form

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? For a solar retrofit the County publishes no solar-specific checklist. The permit application itself requires: owner name/address/phone/email, parcel ID, contractor licence and competency-card numbers, engineer/architect details if used, type of construction, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, SQUARE FOOTAGE, class of work, permit type, purpose (a 'Solar' checkbox exists), a detailed project description, notarised signature (paper) or e-signature (online), plus file uploads. A recorded Notice of Commencement is required at $2,500 or more of project cost, filed with the Jackson County Clerk of Courts and submitted before any inspection. A Florida Product Approval form is required for products regulated by the FBC. 80% · county permit application + SFR checklist
• How many copies, and in what format? Online: unlimited file uploads through the iWorQ citizen portal, e-signature, no paper. Paper: the application is one notarised page. Where plans are required (new SFR) the County asks for TWO complete sets plus two sets of truss details. 75% · county checklist + online portal
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Not stated for a solar retrofit by the County. For a new residence a site plan showing location is on the file checklist. Separately the City of Graceville's LDR requires a development permit application before any structure is 'erected, moved, added to, enlarged, altered'; its plan-review procedure (Art. X Sec. 3.3) classifies work as MINOR (land division into 3-14 parcels; multi-family under 15 units; non-residential use or addition under 15,000 sq ft) or MAJOR - and a single-family rooftop array falls into neither class, so the City's site-development-plan procedure does not fire. 70% · city land development regulation (scanned, OCR'd)
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Not required by any published Jackson County or City of Graceville document. It IS required by West Florida Electric Co-op's interconnection route indirectly (the MOG application asks for module, inverter and battery makes/models and AC disconnect location rather than a diagram), and FPL's ESS Section XIII requires all relaying and metering on a one-line diagram, with a three-line diagram for some installations. 65% · county guidebook + proved absence across enumerated document set
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Not required by any published Jackson County or City of Graceville document. 60% · proved absence across enumerated document set
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No published structural PE threshold for solar. The County adopts the Florida Building Code in total with no amendments, so FBC/FS 471.003 governs by default. The County DOES set a local design wind speed that a racking attachment calculation must meet: County Code Secs. 10-26 and 10-27 (Ord. 2026-03, 28 Apr 2026) adopt 130 mph 3-second gust at 33 ft for Risk Category I and II (dwellings) across the ENTIRE county, 140 mph for Risk Category III and 150 mph for Risk Category IV. 88% · codified county ordinance
• Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No published local electrical PE threshold; FS 471.003(2)(h) applies unstated. The County's application has optional Engineer/Architect fields (name, address, Florida licence number) but names no trigger. 60% · county application form + proved absence

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? iWorQ Citizen Portal - jacksoncounty.portal.iworq.net/portalhome/jacksoncounty. It carries the building permit application, two permit-status searches (10/1/2019-current and 7/25/2011-9/30/2019), a code complaint form and an inspection request form. The City of Graceville has no portal of any kind. 95% · live portal
• Can the whole application be completed online? Application yes - property lookup, contractor lookup, all project fields, file uploads and an e-signature. Payment no: the ledger's status vocabulary includes 'PENDING FEE' (13 of 161 live permits), so fees are settled outside the form. Online INSPECTION requests additionally need a contractor Access Code. 90% · live portal form + permit ledger
• What does a residential solar permit cost? $342.00 permit + $8.55 state surcharge = $350.55 on a $37,016 rooftop system, taken from a real issued permit. General formula: CONSTRUCTION PERMIT = $46.00 for the first $1,000 of valuation + $8.00 per additional $1,000 or fraction, minimum $46.00; plus a state surcharge of 2.5% or $4.00, whichever is greater. NO residential plan-review fee (plan review is 'Commercial Only'). If the electrical half is pulled separately it is a flat $111.00 (Electrical Residential - Additions/Alterations/Accessory Structure) + $4.00 minimum surcharge = $115.00. A $33,930 two-permit job therefore prices at $310.00 + $7.75 + $111.00 + $4.00 = $432.75. 96% · adopted fee schedule reconciled to a live permit receipt
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation (tiered per $1,000 of construction cost), for the building permit. The separately pulled residential electrical permit is Flat ($111). 96% · adopted fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? No for residential. The fee schedule says 'Plan Review Fees/Commercial Only is 1/2 permit fee' and, under Notes, 'Plan Review Fee: Half the permit fee for commercial projects - paid at submission of Permit Application.' Confirmed by permit 261377, which carried no plan-review line despite being a $37,016 residential solar job. 95% · adopted fee schedule + live permit record

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? No locally published turnaround. FS 553.792(1)(a) governs: a typical PV job at $33,000-$37,000 is over the $15,000 value limb and under the 7,500 sq ft size limb, so 30 BUSINESS DAYS applies; a job under $15,000 on an existing single-family dwelling gets 5 business days. Measured against live records, Jackson County is well inside both: permit 261377 was applied for 27 Aug 2026 and paid/issued 1 Sep 2026 (5 calendar days). The County's Planning Division publishes 10 business days for a Residential Development Order and 30 days for a General Development Order, but neither is the building-permit clock. 78% · statute + measured live permit record
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? One year under FS 553.79(1)(c) for a single-family dwelling permit, plus a LOCAL activity rule: 'To keep permit active be sure to have an inspection at least every 6 months.' 85% · county process document
• Which utility handles interconnection here? TWO retail sellers inside the Graceville city limits, and the City's own chart of accounts names both: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT (still booked as 'Gulf Power') and WEST FLORIDA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (WFECA). The City is NOT a utility - it sells water, sewer and garbage only. Jackson County as a whole has FOUR retail sellers (FPL 6452, Florida Public Utilities 6457, Gulf Coast Electric Coop 7785, West Florida El Coop 20371). By the City's own utility-tax receipts FPL/Gulf Power is roughly 85% of electricity sold inside the limits and WFEC roughly 15%. 93% · EIA-861 + city adopted budget chart of accounts
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Before parallel operation, both sellers, and the AHJ's inspector signs the utility's own form on the WFEC side. WFEC: the member must give the co-op, at least 10 business days before parallel operation, 'documentation showing the MOG has been inspected and approved by local code officials prior to its operation'; Exhibit 1 Section F has two boxes - 'F.1 Satisfies Code Requirements / Inspector Name / Inspector Signature' and 'F.2 Satisfies Utility Requirements / Utility Rep Signature'. FPL: FAC 25-6.065(5)(a) requires local code approval before parallel operation and (5)(b) 10 days' notice. Neither authority has a role in notifying the utility - the customer does. 94% · utility interconnection agreement + FPSC 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 building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), effective 31 December 2023, as updated by the Florida Building Commission through 9 December 2025. Jackson County Code Sec. 10-24 (Ord. 2023-08 as amended by Ord. 2026-03, 28 Apr 2026) adopts 'The most recent edition of the Florida Building Code, as now constituted and as it may be updated or amended in the future by the Florida Building Commission... in total, as the Jackson County Building Code' - a floating adoption with no edition named and no amendments. 95% · state adopting rule + codified county ordinance
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code by state operation of law (FS 633.202). Jackson County adopts NO fire code of its own: 'NFPA' is 0 hits and 'fire code' is 1 hit (an occupancy-rating cross-reference in the planning chapter) in 1,548,705 characters of County Code, and Chapter 22 EMERGENCY SERVICES is E-911 fees and EMS certificates only. The City of Graceville publishes no code at all. 72% · codified county code, proved absence
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? No local amendments to the building code. Jackson County adopts the FBC 'in total'. The one local addition is not an amendment to the code text but a free-standing wind-speed ordinance (Secs. 10-26, 10-27: 130/140/150 mph by Risk Category) plus Sec. 10-25, a permanent-electrical-service permit requirement enacted 28 April 2026. The County has no independent electrical code adoption. The City of Graceville adopts no building or electrical code at all - its LDR defers to 'the building and electrical codes adopted by Jackson County'. 90% · codified county ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) as adopted in total by Jackson County Code Sec. 10-24, with no local amendment and no independent electrical adoption. County Code Sec. 10-25 additionally makes it unlawful to connect or install permanent electrical service without a County permit or permit exemption, and empowers the building division to order the electric company to terminate service after a three-day written notice. 92% · codified county 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 Graceville 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 applies through the NEC edition incorporated by the Florida Building Code, which Jackson County adopts in total with no amendment. Neither the County nor the City states a rapid-shutdown rule of its own, and neither utility mentions it - 'rapid shut' is 0 hits across all four WFEC solar documents and does not appear in FPL ESS Section XIII. 62% · codified ordinance + proved absence

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? Which placards you install depends entirely on which of the two sellers serves the meter, and the difference is total. FPL (about 85% of the city): FPL Electric Service Standards Section XIII.A.6, stamped 10-30-25 - 'All labels must be permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with engraved letters. The customer is responsible for all labeling requirements. The following labels must be installed at the interconnecting meter can and the DER disconnect switch.' INTERCONNECTING METER CAN: 'WARNING / MULTI POWER SOURCES / ENTER SOURCES HERE / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'. DER DISCONNECT SWITCH: 'GENERATION SYSTEM AC DISCONNECT / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'. This paragraph is NOT tier-scoped, so it reaches a Tier 1 residential job. WEST FLORIDA ELECTRIC: ZERO placards. The AHJ itself specifies none. 90% · utility electric service standards (OCR'd) + utility agreement
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. Neither Jackson County nor the City of Graceville specifies any placard wording. All placard wording in this territory comes from FPL's ESS Section XIII (FPL customers) or from nowhere at all (WFEC customers). 85% · proved absence across enumerated document sets
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Material and durability yes, dimensions no. FPL: 'permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with ENGRAVED letters'. No letter height, no colour, no background specified anywhere in Section XIII. WFEC and both AHJs specify nothing at all. 88% · utility electric service standards (OCR'd)
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes, and it is the entire placard answer here because neither AHJ specifies any. FPL requires the two engraved placards of ESS XIII.A.6 (see q38) and, where a battery is installed, XIII.C.1: 'A placard must be permanently affixed to the meter enclosure stating "Battery storage utilized in this facility."' West Florida Electric Co-op requires none. 90% · utility electric service standards (OCR'd)
• Where must the labels be placed? FPL: at the interconnecting meter can and at the DER disconnect switch; the battery placard on the meter enclosure. WFEC: no labels required anywhere. No AHJ placement rule exists. 90% · utility electric service standards (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? Opposite answers on the two sides of the city, and this is the largest single difference between them. WEST FLORIDA ELECTRIC: a manual disconnect is MANDATORY at the member's expense - 'a manual disconnect switch of the visible load break type... mounted separate from the meter socket and... readily accessible to Cooperative and capable of being locked in the open position with a utility padlock', with the co-op free to open it without prior notice. FPL: an inverter-based Tier 1 system is EXEMPT (FAC 25-6.065(6)(a) - exempt 'unless the manual disconnect switch is installed at the investor-owned utility's expense'), and ESS XIII.A.4's visually-open disconnect is scoped to 'all tier 2 and tier 3 systems' - BUT ESS XIII.A.5 is not tier-scoped and forces a manual AC disconnect 'mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket within 10 feet' on any LINE-SIDE TAP. ASK THE TAP POINT. 94% · utility interconnection agreement + FPSC rule + utility service standards
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, and by two separate routes. Jackson County requires a Florida Product Approval Spec Sheet for FBC-regulated products. The interconnecting utility then imposes its own listing: WFEC's MOG agreement requires written certification of compliance with IEEE 1547 (2003), IEEE 1547.1 (2005) and UL 1741 (2005), and its application form adds UL 1703 and IEEE 1262-1995; FPL requires the inverter to be an 'approved IEEE 1547 inverter' and, for batteries, NRTL certification to the current UL 1741. 90% · utility interconnection agreement + county form
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Permitted, with no local rule and a hard utility restriction on the FPL side. Neither AHJ mentions batteries: 'battery' and 'energy storage' in the County Code appear only inside the Sec. 42-74 solar-farm definition and a new data-centre definition, and are zero in the City's LDR. FPL ESS XIII.C: a UL 1741 NRTL certification; a placard on the meter enclosure; 'at this time the customer may not export power from the battery to the grid'; backup-only batteries with no renewable generation need no interconnection agreement. WFEC's application asks for battery make and model but its agreement sets no battery terms. 85% · utility electric service standards (OCR'd) + proved local absence
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? No separate ESS permit type. Jackson County's permit types are Building, Cell Tower, Electrical, Fire Inspection, Mechanical, Permit Search and Plumbing, and its 40-entry Purpose list (which does name SOLAR, GENERATOR, EV CHARGING STATION and HYDROPANELS) has no battery or energy-storage entry. Its 101-entry inspection catalogue likewise has no ESS inspection. 88% · live portal form enumeration
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes for permitting - it takes a County building permit on valuation like any other structure. For City zoning the answer turns on a definition and it goes the installer's way: the Graceville LDR defines BUILDING as 'Any structure designed or erected for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, or movable goods or property of any kind', which an array is not, and the LDR has NO definition of 'structure' at all. The constraints that do bite a ground mount are LDR Art. V Sec. 2.3(c) - no accessory use or structure may 'encroach on any required front yard' - and Sec. 2.3(d) - accessory structures in residential districts must be 'at least 5 feet from side to rear lot lines', plus the district coverage cap (15-25%) and height cap. There is no accessory floor-area cap, no count limit and no screening requirement. 78% · city LDR (scanned, OCR'd)
• Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? No local rule on busbar sizing. There is a local rule on SERVICE: a service upgrade is a separately priced permit ($66.00 'Service Upgrade' on the electrical fee schedule) with its own inspection type ('SERVICE UPGRADE' in the County's 101-entry inspection catalogue), and County Code Sec. 10-25 requires a permit before any permanent service is connected. 82% · county fee schedule + live inspection-type catalogue
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No mounting system or attachment spacing is specified locally; the FBC governs. What is specified locally is the design wind speed the attachment must be calculated to - 130 mph 3-second gust at 33 ft, Risk Category II, county-wide - and a Florida Product Approval Spec Sheet for FBC-regulated products. 85% · codified ordinance + county 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? Phone, or online through the iWorQ portal with a contractor Access Code. Phone: call Jackson County Building Services on 850-482-9805 with the permit number and the inspection type. 92% · county guidebook + live portal
• How much notice is required? Next business day, with a 2:30 PM cut-off. 'All inspections must be called in by 2:30 PM for the following day inspections. The Building Official may grant same day inspections only for emergencies.' The older process document puts it more sharply: 'THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.' 95% · county guidebook
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No AM/PM windows and no set times - 'THERE ARE NO SET TIMES FOR INSPECTIONS' - but 'Specific inspection times will be considered if inspectors routing will allow', and the online request form actually offers a requested time in five-minute increments from 07:00 to 16:55 Central. Same-day inspections only for emergencies, at the Building Official's discretion. Live evidence that it works: permit 261390 was issued 31 Aug 2026 and its TEMPORARY POWER inspection was both scheduled and completed on 1 Sep 2026 by inspector Chuck Clanton. 90% · county process document + live portal form + live permit record

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 - Jackson County Building Services performs the inspection, and it has a named inspection type for it: 'SOLAR FINAL'. A private provider may be used instead under FS 553.791, and is used here: permit 261377's note reads 'USING PRIVATE PROVIDER-DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY INSPECTIONS AND NOC RECEIVED'. 94% · live inspection-type catalogue + live permit record
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated as a matter of course - Jackson County keeps it in house, with named staff inspectors (Chuck Clanton appears on a live inspection record). The applicant may elect a private provider under FS 553.791, and the County both allows it and discounts for it (see q59). 90% · live permit record

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? For a solar retrofit, essentially one: SOLAR FINAL, plus any service-related inspection the work triggers. The County's 101-entry catalogue contains SOLAR FINAL but no solar rough-in, and also holds ROUGH IN ELECTRICAL ONLY, SERVICE UPGRADE, SERVICE FOR ACCESSORY BLDG, TEMPORARY POWER, PERMANENT POWER, GROUNDING, BONDING, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL, TRANSFER SWITCH, GENERATOR FINAL, FINAL - ALTER/REPAIR, FINAL C/O and Fire Inspection. The full new-dwelling sequence (Temporary Service, Footing, Under Slab, Floor Slab, Concrete Block, Roof & Siding Nail Off, Framing, Strapping, Rough-In, Insulation, Permanent Power, Final/CO) is published and does not apply to a retrofit. 88% · live inspection-type catalogue + county process document
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? No rough-in inspection for a solar retrofit - the catalogue has SOLAR FINAL and no solar rough-in. A rough-in is required where the work is new construction ('ROUGH IN ELECTRICAL ONLY' exists as a type and is stage 9 of the new-dwelling sequence). 80% · live inspection-type catalogue

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 inspection checklist for solar. The County publishes an inspection-by-inspection checklist for NEW SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS only (eleven stages with sub-items, e.g. 'Electrical rough-in complete with panel set (breakers do not need to be installed at this inspection)'), and nothing for retrofits or for SOLAR FINAL. 85% · county process document + proved absence
• What must be on site at inspection? The permit, the inspection card, the recorded Notice of Commencement and the approved drawings, all posted on a permit board 'installed so that it may be viewed from the street' and 'protected from the elements'. 'Failure to meet these requirements will result in inspection not being done by Building Services.' Adequate sanitary facilities for workers must also be provided. A sketch of the required permit board is attached to the process document. 92% · county guidebook + process document

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? For a solar retrofit, an approved SOLAR FINAL on the permit record - the ledger's terminal statuses are ISSUED then CLOSED, with 'CO/CC ISSUED' reserved for work that needs a certificate. A Certificate of Occupancy is issued only where one is needed (new dwellings), 'only after the authorization of the Building Official', collected in person at the Building Services office between 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM. 82% · live permit ledger + county process document
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The installer/customer, both sides of the city - the AHJ has no notification role. WEST FLORIDA ELECTRIC: the member must supply the co-op with 'documentation showing the MOG has been inspected and approved by local code officials prior to its operation', at least 10 business days before parallel operation; the AHJ's inspector signs Exhibit 1 Section F.1 and the co-op then signs F.2. FPL: FAC 25-6.065(5)(a) requires local code approval before parallel operation and (5)(b) puts the 10-day notice on the customer. 93% · utility interconnection application form + FPSC rule
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Yes, and it is a LADDER: $40.00 for the 1st re-inspection, $80.00 for the 2nd, $120.00 for the 3rd and any additional. Payable before the re-inspection is made. A re-inspection is triggered either by a failed inspection or by the work not being ready when the inspector arrives. 95% · adopted fee schedule + county guidebook