City of South Bay

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 South Bay is the AHJ for building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, roofing, zoning and floodplain permitting of residential rooftop PV inside the city limits. It runs its own Building Division, issues its own permits and performs its own inspections. Fire is NOT the City's: it is Palm Beach County Fire Rescue via the PBC Fire/Rescue MSTU. 95% · codified ordinance
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both, and more: the City permits and inspects Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing itself (plus Roofing and Right-of-Way). Electrical is taken as a SUB-PERMIT under a primary permit. Fire is delegated to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Water and sewer are Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department. Electricity is FPL. 92% · permit portal
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required for electrical work and for work on the roof; the City's own 'Why Building Permits Are Required' handout lists 'Electrical' and 'Re-Roofing/Siding' among work requiring a permit, and its two-page exempt list does not exempt anything resembling a PV array. 90% · published handout
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Separate, but as a SUB-PERMIT under a primary permit, and the sub-permit carries no extra permit fee. Code Sec. 6-20(c)(1): 'Primary permit fees shall include the fees for sub-permits'. The City's Sub-Permit Application demands the primary permit number at the top ('FOR SUB-PERMITS PLEASE PROVIDE PRIMARY PERMIT NO') and offers ELECTRICAL as one of its work types. A stand-alone Electrical permit is also possible where there is no primary (live permit #4913-26 is one). 85% · codified ordinance
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No — advisory only, and the City says so twice. The Building Division Permit Application states 'A Building Permit does not assure compliance with your Homeowners Association's rules, regulation and/or deed restrictions. We advise you to obtain approval from you Homeowners Association before improving your property' and 'Issuance of a permit is not authorization to violate any public or private restrictions'. There is NO codified mandatory association co-signature. 88% · published form
• Is there a historic-district review? No. South Bay has no historic-preservation ordinance, no historic district, no architectural review board and no certificate of appropriateness. The Code contains a BROKEN CROSS-REFERENCE that would mislead a reader: Sec. 33-08(b) subjects small-wireless siting to 'the provisions of chapter 38 of this Code, historic preservation' — and there is no Chapter 38. The Code runs Chapter 1 to Chapter 35 plus Appendix A (Zoning) and Appendix B (Franchises). 85% · codified ordinance
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No separate windstorm certification. Wind resistance runs through the Florida Building Code and Florida Product Approval / NOA. South Bay is NOT in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone — the HVHZ is Miami-Dade and Broward only, and South Bay is in Palm Beach County. The City's roofing checklists do demand an 'NOA or FL Approval #' for every roof panel, underlayment and fastener, which is the shape a PV racking submittal would take. 75% · published form
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Not for a rooftop array. Appendix A Zoning Sec. 8.1 permits in R-1 'single one (1) family dwellings with accessory buildings customarily incident thereto', and a rooftop PV system is an accessory use of the dwelling, not a listed use. The special-exception list for R-1 (Sec. 8.2) covers planned developments, churches, schools, private clubs, parks and 'Public utility structures and buildings such as sewage disposal works, water pumping plants, electric substations, police and fire stations' — utility-scale infrastructure, which should NOT be read onto a householder's array. No City Commission approval is required for a residential PV permit. 62% · codified ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No municipal cap. The binding limits are the utility's: FPL Tier 1 is 10 kW AC or less, Tier 2 is over 10 kW to 100 kW, Tier 3 is over 100 kW to 2 MW, and the gross power rating 'does not exceed 90% of the Customer's utility distribution service rating'. Critically, the AC nameplate is computed as installed DC nameplate x 0.85, so about 11.76 kW DC is the Tier 1 ceiling. 88% · utility tariff

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 a state DBPR licence or a Palm Beach County Certificate of Competency in the appropriate trade, who has first registered with the City; or the property owner under the FS 489.103 owner-builder exemption. The City's Contractors Application for Registration lists 'Solar' as one of its accepted licence categories alongside Electrical, Building, Residential and Specialty. 88% · published form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes. Contractor registration with the City is mandatory before a permit is issued. The form requires a County Business Tax Receipt, a Certificate of Competency or state licence, a Certificate of Insurance for liability AND workers' compensation 'issued to the City Of South Bay', articles of incorporation or fictitious-name registration, and a notarised qualifier signature. 90% · published form
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. There is a dedicated three-page 'Pre-Requisite Form for Owner/Builder Permitting' plus the FS 489.103 Owner Builder Disclosure Statement printed on the main permit application, and the iWorq portal carries an 'Owner Builder Permit Form' as a first-class online route. Nothing in either document excludes solar or photovoltaic work. 82% · published 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? No PV-specific checklist exists. The general package is: (1) the notarised City of South Bay Building Division Permit Application (owner AND contractor signatures, both notarised, with 'STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF PALM BEACH' blocks); (2) plans/specifications uploaded as attachments; (3) contractor registration already on file with the City; (4) a recorded Notice of Commencement, posted on the job site BEFORE the first inspection; (5) for a sub-permit, the Sub-Permit Application quoting the primary permit number. The application also demands Flood Zone and Finished Floor Elevation on every job. 78% · published form
• How many copies, and in what format? Electronic. The iWorq Citizen Portal's Building Permit form takes the application and supporting documents as uploaded files (at least one required, 25 MB per file). Paper over the counter at 335 SW 2nd Ave remains available. No copy count is published for either route. 62% · permit portal
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? No site-plan content is specified for PV or for electrical work. The online application collects site address, parcel number, square feet, project cost and project description plus uploads; the paper application adds Flood Zone and Finished Floor Elevation. A separate Subdivision Application exists but is for platting, not for an accessory installation. One site-plan requirement does reach a PV job indirectly and it comes from the utility, not the City: FPL requires that plans show the dimension between the meter socket and the DER disconnect switch. 60% · 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? iWorq. Two faces: the Citizen Portal for applications at southbayfl.portal.iworq.net/portalhome/southbayfl (linked from the City's home page Quick Links as 'Permitting, Code, Business Tax Receipts Portal'), and a public permit register plus inspection-request scheduler at southbay.portal.iworq.net/southbay/permits/600. 95% · permit portal
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes for the application. The Citizen Portal takes a Building Permit application online with applicant, owner, tenant, contractor and licence, site address, parcel number, project cost, square feet and description, plus required file uploads; there are dedicated online routes for Owner Builder, Sub Permit, AC Changeout, the five roofing types and Right-of-Way. Inspections are requested from the register. Payment: several live permits were paid by counter receipt number, and the City's separate Pay Online link is a Clover checkout widget, so the money leg is not certainly online end-to-end. 85% · permit portal
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Valuation-based, and there is no flat solar fee. Codified Sec. 6-20(c): primary permit fee = 2.00% of the first $10,000 of construction value + 1.00% of $10,001-$500,000 + 0.50% above $500,000, minimum $50.00; PLUS a residential building plan review fee of 30% of the permit fee, minimum $105.00; PLUS a 'Surcharge Fee (Effective July 1, 2026)' of 25% of (permit fee + plan review fee) that appears on every live permit but is NOT in the codified schedule. The observed floor for any residential permit is $193.75. A $25,000 residential PV job computes to roughly $350 permit + $105 plan review + $113.75 surcharge = about $568.75; a multi-family or condo roof is priced as COMMERCIAL (50% plan review, $131.25 minimum). 90% · permit portal
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation — a tiered percentage of construction value, with a $50 minimum, plus a percentage-of-permit-fee plan review charge and a percentage surcharge. Construction value is taken from the ICC building valuation data table, or from the contractor's contract value where the table does not cover the scope of work — which is the case for photovoltaics. 95% · codified ordinance
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes, and it is charged at application and is non-refundable. Residential: 30% of the estimated permit fee, minimum $105.00. Commercial: 50%, minimum $131.25. 'Review fee is in addition to the permit fee is due at time of application. Review fees are not refundable.' 95% · codified ordinance

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? Not published. Observed in practice across nine live permits: same business day to two business days. #4913-26 (Electrical, meter-main upgrade) was applied for and approved on 19 Aug 2026; #4915-26 same day; #4912-26 same day; #4911-26 two days; #4916-26 two days; #4919-26 next day. 72% · permit portal
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Two years maximum. The permit becomes null and void if work is not commenced within 6 months, or if work is suspended or abandoned for 6 months after commencing; and 'Permit will be considered suspended or abandoned if it does not pass an inspection within 180 days.' Renewal is 65% of the original permit fee per required 90-day extension, minimum $105. 90% · published form
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). A single investor-owned utility for the whole city — there is no municipal electric system and no co-operative. 96% · codified ordinance
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Parallel, with two hard gates at the end. FPL strongly recommends written interconnection approval BEFORE procuring material; the City permit runs independently; and then the City's final inspection is a precondition of FPL energising the system. FPL's Tier 1 Agreement Sec. 3.4 requires the customer 'to provide Local Building Code Official inspection and certification of installation', and Sec. 3.5 requires the customer to notify FPL at least TEN CALENDAR DAYS before placing the equipment in service. 88% · utility tariff

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, reaching South Bay through the Florida Building Code rather than through any local adoption. The City has NO electrical chapter and NO local NEC adoption ordinance: Chapter 10 of the Code is ELECTIONS, not electricity, and the single occurrence of 'National Electrical Code' in the whole Code is inside Chapter 33, a standards list for communications facilities in the right-of-way. 88% · codified ordinance
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), by floating adoption. Sec. 6-19 in full: 'The Florida Building Code is in effect in the city.' 90% · codified ordinance
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code, 8th Edition (2023), AS AMENDED by the Palm Beach County Local Amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code, effective 31 December 2023. The City's Chapter 12 is a single sentence — 'The Florida Fire Prevention Code is the fire code for the city' — and does not itself adopt the County amendments; the County amendments reach inside South Bay because the City is inside the County Fire/Rescue MSTU. 88% · codified ordinance
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes — exactly one, and it is the commercially important one for this city. Code Sec. 6-21 'Technical amendments to the Florida Building Code, Residential' rewrites R322.2.1 Elevation requirements to require the lowest floor at BASE FLOOD ELEVATION PLUS 1 FOOT (or the design flood elevation, whichever is higher) in flood hazard areas, in Coastal A Zones, and for below-grade basements; and in AO zones the FIRM depth number plus 1 foot, or at least 3 feet where no depth number is given. Adopted by Ord. No. 8-2017 on 15 Aug 2017. Secs. 6-22 to 6-43 are Reserved — there are no other technical amendments. 95% · codified ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) including NEC 2020, plus the City's single FBC-Residential amendment at Sec. 6-21 (BFE+1), plus Chapter 34 Floodplain Management, plus the Palm Beach County Local Amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code. There is no local electrical amendment of any kind. 85% · 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.

• What ridge setback and access pathways are required? None locally — and this is a controlled negative in BOTH governments. Access pathways and ridge setbacks for a South Bay PV job come from the base Florida Fire Prevention Code, 8th Edition (NFPA 1 Florida edition), with nothing added by the City or by Palm Beach County. 82% · adopted local amendments

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? Required, to NEC 2020 Article 690.12, via the Florida Building Code. Neither the City nor Palm Beach County restates or modifies rapid shutdown anywhere. 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? The AUTHORITY requires none. Every placard on a South Bay job comes from FPL. At the interconnecting meter can: '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'. With battery storage, a placard permanently affixed to the meter enclosure stating 'Battery storage utilized in this facility.' 90% · utility standard
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The City of South Bay specifies no placard wording of its own, for solar or for anything else. 88% · codified ordinance
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Nothing from the City. From FPL: 'All labels must be permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with ENGRAVED letters. The customer is responsible for all labeling requirements.' No letter height and no colour is specified — engraving and weather/UV resistance are the whole specification. 88% · utility standard
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes, comprehensively — and since the AHJ requires none, FPL's specification IS the signage scope of work in South Bay. Two labels are mandated (meter can, DER disconnect), both engraved on permanent weatherproof/UV-resistant placards; a third placard on the meter enclosure if battery storage is present; and a fourth, rarely quoted, where FPL agrees a remote disconnect location: 'the customer shall install a permanent weather-proof plaque adjacent to FPL's meter socket indicating the location of the manual disconnect switch or switches'. 92% · utility standard
• Where must the labels be placed? At the interconnecting meter can, and at the DER disconnect switch. Battery placard: permanently affixed to the meter enclosure. Remote-disconnect plaque: adjacent to FPL's meter socket. The disconnect itself, where required, goes separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket and WITHIN 10 FEET of it, with no locked gates, doors or fences between the two, and the plans must show the dimension. 92% · utility standard

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? It depends on the tier and on the tap point, and all three Tier 1 limbs matter. (1) UL 1741 listed, inverter-based Tier 1 (10 kW AC or less): NO customer-installed manual disconnect at all. (2) Tier 1 systems that are NOT UL 1741 inverter-based: FPL 'shall require' one, at customer expense, visible load break type, mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket, accessible, lockable open with a single FPL padlock. (3) Where FPL agrees a remote location, a permanent weather-proof plaque goes adjacent to the meter socket. Tier 2 and Tier 3 always require an FPL-approved visually open DER disconnect: within 10 feet of the meter socket, separate but adjacent, lockable in the open position, FPL padlock shank of 3/8 inch must fit the cover hasp, the switch may not be modified to take the lock, no locked gates/doors/fences, enclosure grounded, and the plans must show the dimension. TAP POINT OVERRIDES TIER: a line-side interconnection ahead of the main panel requires a manual AC disconnect regardless. AND THE 10 kW CONTRADICTION IS STILL OPEN in the current manual — Section XIII.A.4 exempts Tier 1 (10 kW or less) while the DER Disconnect Switch Utility Requirements page in the same section says FPL requires a disconnect 'for all DER installations ranging from 10kW to 2MW', so a system at exactly 10 kW is covered by both. 92% · utility tariff
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, two lists. FPL: the inverter 'must utilize a certified UL 1741 SA and IEEE 1547 grid interactive inverter. Inverters that have not been certified to UL Standard will be denied interconnection.' The City: nothing PV-specific, but its roofing checklists demand an 'NOA or FL Approval #' for every roof component, which is the Florida Product Approval regime a racking submittal would be judged against under the FBC. 88% · utility standard
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Permitted, with no local rule at all and three conditions from the utility. FPL Section XIII.C: battery equipment behind the meter must comply with UL 1741; 'A placard must be permanently affixed to the meter enclosure stating "Battery storage utilized in this facility."'; battery energy 'may not export power from the battery to the grid' where the battery is integrated with customer-owned renewable generation; and stand-alone storage is not 'renewable energy' under PSC Rule 25-6.065, so its output is not net metered. 80% · utility standard
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Treated as an accessory building, and the zoning consequences are real even though no clause mentions solar. Appendix A defines 'Accessory building' as 'A structure erected on a lot to serve a purpose auxiliary to the prime purpose for which the lot is zoned'. Sec. 21.1(7) forbids an accessory building 'in the area between the front wall building line of the dwelling structure and the street line' — no front-yard array. Sec. 21.1(8) requires at least TEN FEET from any side or rear property line. In R-1 an accessory building may not exceed one storey or fifteen feet (Sec. 8.3). And the height-exception list at Sec. 21.1(1) — chimneys, water tanks, commercial radio/TV antennas, elevator lofts, spires, flag poles, parapet walls — does NOT include solar. 72% · codified ordinance

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. Inspections are requested from the iWorq permit register: find the permit row, use the request link in the Inspection column, choose an inspection type and a date, and submit. There is a second, older instruction on the City's roofing checklists: 'Contact the Building Department the day of the inspection between 7:00A-7:30A to obtain inspection timeframe.' 82% · permit portal
• How much notice is required? Next business day. On Sunday 13 September 2026 the portal's inspection date selector offered 65 dates beginning Monday 14 September 2026 — same-day booking is not offered — and the list contains weekdays only, no Saturdays or Sundays, running out to early December. 85% · permit portal
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No AM/PM window and no time slot. The scheduler offers a DATE only — unlike some Florida iWorq tenants, South Bay's inspection request carries no time selector at all. The timeframe is obtained by telephoning the Building Department between 7:00 and 7:30 am on the morning of the inspection. 78% · 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 performs its own inspections through its Building Division, across four inspection types — Building Inspection, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing. There is no PV or solar inspection type in the catalogue, so a residential array would be booked as Electrical and/or Building Inspection. 88% · permit portal
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated for inspections — the City books and performs them. But the PLAN REVIEW and Building Official function are not staffed by a budgeted City employee: every plan review on all nine live permits is signed 'Pedro Vieira', a name that appears nowhere in the City's staff directory, organisational chart or position summary, and the Community Development and Planning department carries $40,000 of Professional Services against a four-post establishment that contains no Building Official, inspector or plans examiner. The contracting firm is not named in any reachable City document. 70% · 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 catalogue is Building Inspection, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing, with no PV-specific type. For a job of this shape the observed sequence is a single final: live Electrical permit #4913-26 (meter-main upgrade) carries exactly one inspection, 'Final Pass', requested 'Requesting final electrical', completed the same day with the note 'OK to energize'. Live Plumbing permit #4915-26 likewise carries one 'Final Pass'. Roofing jobs additionally carry a sheathing/re-nail inspection and, for tile, a Tile In-Progress inspection. 72% · permit portal
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? No published rough-in or mid-roof requirement for a PV job, and none observed. The one live residential Electrical permit (#4913-26) closed on a single Final. A rough-in stage does exist for roofing work — the City requires a sheathing nailing/re-nailing inspection and will not accept a contractor affidavit or engineering certification in its place without the Building Official's prior approval. 58% · permit portal

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, but it is a per-permit document, not a public PV checklist. Every issued permit in the register generates an 'Inspection Checklist' letter alongside the 'Building Permit' letter — six of the nine live permits carry one, dated one to two days after approval. The City publishes no inspection checklist as a downloadable document. 70% · permit portal
• What must be on site at inspection? The permit card, the approved plans, and a recorded Notice of Commencement posted on the job site. The Notice of Commencement requirement is stated in capitals on both City application forms: 'A NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT MUST BE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE JOB SITE BEFORE THE FIRST INSPECTION.' The fee schedule confirms the first two by pricing their absence: Sec. 6-20(c)(25) charges $105.00 for 'Any unwarranted inspection trip where work not ready for inspection, there is no permit card on job site or plans not on job site or no access to property'. 85% · codified ordinance

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 closes the permit, and for an electrical job the operative output is the inspector's release: live permit #4913-26 closed with 'Final Pass' and the note 'OK to energize'. Certificates of occupancy and completion exist and are priced separately ($157.50 residential on 24-hour notice, $183.75 on less than 24 hours; conditional CO $131.25 for a single-family residence) but are structure-related and would not normally be issued for a rooftop array. 78% · permit portal
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The INSTALLER (or customer) notifies FPL; the AHJ does nothing. FPL's filed Tier 1 Agreement Sec. 3.4: 'The Customer agrees to provide Local Building Code Official inspection and certification of installation. The certification shall reflect that the local code official has inspected and certified that the installation was permitted, has been approved, and has met all electrical and mechanical qualifications.' Sec. 3.5 adds: 'The Customer shall notify FPL at least ten (10) calendar days prior to initially placing Customer's equipment and protective apparatus into service.' South Bay has no codified power-release duty on its own inspector — unlike neighbouring Belle Glade — but its inspector's final note on live permit #4913-26 reads 'OK to energize', so the City's sign-off is the document that unlocks the FPL step. 92% · utility tariff
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Yes, and it escalates. First re-inspection $78.75. Second of the same type $78.75 plus a $50.00 penalty. Third $78.75 plus $75.00. Fourth $78.75 plus $100.00. Cancellation fee $52.50. An unwarranted inspection trip (not ready, no permit card, no plans, no access) is $105.00. A miscellaneous inspection is $94.50 each and an after-hours, weekend or holiday inspection is $262.50. 95% · codified ordinance
• How are corrections issued and cleared? Through the portal, as a dated note on the plan review. The plan review status goes to 'Building On Hold-Additional Information' with a dated Note stating what is wanted, an upload box sits directly under it, and once the applicant uploads, a second dated plan review entry appears ('re-review of shed tie down') and flips to 'Approved'. Two live examples: #4918-26, note '09/09/2026 - please provide what will be the support for the shed. shed shall not be sat directly to ground. also provide info on how it will be anchored down', re-reviewed and approved the same day; #4917-26, still on hold. 85% · permit portal