Town of Bascom

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 Town of Bascom is NOT the AHJ for residential solar. Building and electrical permitting and inspection inside the Bascom town limits are carried out by Jackson County Building Services, 4979 Healthy Way Suite B, Marianna FL 32446, 850-482-9805. 88% · state permit-issuer register + Census geocoder run against the live county permit ledger
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Delegated. Building and Electrical (and, by the same department, Plumbing and Mechanical) are exercised by Jackson County Building Services inside the town limits. Land-use planning, comprehensive plan and land development regulations remain Bascom's own function - the County states its Planning Division and Land Development Code cover the unincorporated area only - but Bascom publishes no plan, no LDR and no zoning map anywhere reachable. The Town itself reports only Financial and Administrative, Comprehensive Planning, Other General Government, Solid Waste, Roads and Streets, Parks, Cultural Services and Special Events as its expenditure functions. 80% · county jurisdiction page + county LDR + 18 years of the town's own state financial reports
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required, and it is issued by Jackson County. 'Solar' is a printed Purpose-of-Building checkbox on the County's single Permit Application - All Trades, and the County issued three residential SOLAR permits elsewhere in the county inside the last 30 days. 90% · county permit application form (extracted first-hand) + live permit ledger
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Either, and both patterns have actually occurred this month. One solar job at 4597 McCormick Rd produced TWO permits - BUILDING #261394 and ELECTRICAL #261383, applied for separately on 27-31 Aug 2026 - while the solar job at 566 Lookout Ln produced a single BUILDING permit #261377. Building, Plumbing, Electrical and Mechanical are four checkboxes on one County application form, with a 'Master Permit Number' field to relate them. 82% · live county permit ledger (two specimens) + county application form
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No. No HOA or architectural approval is required by any government here, and Florida law limits what a private covenant can do: FS 163.04(2) provides that 'A deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors ... from being installed', and an approving entity 'may determine the specific location where solar collectors may be installed on the roof within an orientation to the south or within 45 degrees east or west of due south if such determination does not impair the effective operation of the solar collectors'. FS 163.04(1) equally bars any local ordinance that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting solar collectors. 88% · Florida Statutes (enacted text)
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No windstorm or third-party wind certification of the Texas TDI kind exists in Florida. What applies instead: rooftop PV and its supports must be designed for wind loads to ASCE 7 (FBC-R R324.4.1.2), at the wind speeds Jackson County has fixed by ordinance - 130 mph across the entire county for Risk Categories I and II, which is what a dwelling is (Code Sec. 10-26, Ord. No. 2026-03, 28 Apr 2026) - and the County requires a Florida Product Approval Specification Sheet under FS 553.842 for building components. 80% · county adopting ordinance (Municode API) + Florida Residential Code
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No AHJ cap. The binding cap is the utility's: WFEC's Interconnection 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 solar page states systems must be under 25 kW for the standard energy-credit rate. Above that, the standard MOG agreement does not apply. 85% · utility interconnection agreement

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

• Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Either. A state-certified or state-registered electrical contractor may pull it once registered with the County; a homeowner may pull it under the Florida owner-builder exemption, FS 489.103(7), which is printed in full on the face of the County's permit application and requires the owner to appear personally and sign. 85% · county permit application form (extracted first-hand)
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes. A state-certified contractor must file the County's Certified Contractor Form with a current copy of the state licence, a current General Liability certificate and Workers' Compensation (or exemption) 'listing Jackson County Bldg Dept as holder', plus a letter of authorization if anyone other than the licence holder pulls the permit. State-registered contractors instead take a County Competency Card (new card $100-$350 by residency class, renewal $50-$200, $10/month late fee). 90% · county contractor registration form + fee schedule
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. FS 489.103(7) owner-builder self-permitting applies, limited to one- or two-family residences for the owner's own occupancy and not offered for sale or lease, with the owner personally appearing to sign the application. The County's New Single-Family Dwelling file checklist adds 'Disclosures Signed for Homeowners Pulling Permits' covering Electrical/Plumbing/Mechanical and a Construction Disclosure. 85% · county permit-process checklist + statutory text printed on the county application

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 solar-specific submittal checklist exists. From the County's own forms, a PV retrofit package is: the Permit Application - All Trades (Purpose of Building = Solar, Type = Residential, cost of construction, parcel ID, contractor licence/comp-card number); a recorded Notice of Commencement where the job cost is $2,500 or more (a PV job always is); the Florida Product Approval Specification Sheet for building components under FS 553.842; plans/construction details; and contractor registration on file. Submitted through the County's iWorQ Citizen Portal, which instructs 'Gather all required documents / Fill out application / Attach documents / Submit'. 58% · complete enumeration of the department's 18 published forms
• How many copies, and in what format? For new residential construction the County requires 'two complete sets of building plans and construction details' plus two sets of truss details. Nothing is published about copies or format for a PV retrofit; in practice the two observed solar permits arrived as portal web-form submissions with attachments, i.e. electronically. 55% · county permit-process checklist + observed portal submissions
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? A site plan showing location is required - it is the first line of the County's File Check List ('Site plan (location)'). What it must show is not specified for any project type, and nothing PV-specific is published. 60% · county permit-process checklist

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

• Which permit portal does this authority use? iWorQ Citizen Portal, at jacksoncounty.portal.iworq.net (Jackson County site id 600). It carries the Building Permit Application, a Past Permit Status Search split into two archives (1 Oct 2019-current, and 25 Jul 2011-30 Sep 2019), a Code Complaint form and a complaint status search. 92% · permit portal landing page
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes for application and status. The portal's own instructions are 'Gather all required documents / Fill out application / Attach documents / Submit the application / To check the status, use the Past Permit Search below', and both observed solar permits are recorded as arriving by 'Web Form - Permit Application'. Fee payment is recorded in the permit record (permit 261377, $262.91 paid 01 Sep 2026) but the portal page does not say payment is taken online. 80% · permit portal landing page + observed permit records
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Valuation-based, not flat. Building Permit Fee Schedule: $46 for the first $1,000 of construction cost plus $8 for each additional $1,000 or fraction ($46 minimum), plus the state surcharge of 2.5% or $4, whichever is greater. A residential ELECTRICAL permit for additions/alterations is $111. WORKED SPECIMEN FROM THIS COUNTY THIS MONTH: solar permit #261377, construction cost $37,016, was billed Construction Permit $342.00 + 2.5% Surcharge $8.55 = $350.55 (reduced to $262.91 by the 25% private-provider discount). $342 is exactly $46 + 37 x $8. 88% · county fee schedule + a worked county solar permit
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation. 92% · county fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? No, not for residential. The fee schedule states 'Plan Review Fees/Commercial Only is 1/2 permit fee' and 'Plan Review Fee: Half the permit fee for commercial projects - paid at submission of Permit Application.' 90% · county 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? Nothing published by the County. The binding turnaround is the state statutory timer, FS 553.792(1)(a): 30 business days for a residential electrical/structural/roofing permit on a structure under 7,500 sq ft using a local-government plans reviewer, or 5 business days for an existing single-family dwelling where the value of the work is under $15,000 - a typical PV job at $33,000-$37,000 falls in the 30-business-day band. 75% · Florida Statutes (enacted text) + proved absence of any county statement
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? One year. FS 553.79(1)(c): 'A building permit issued by a local government for a single-family dwelling expires 1 year after the issuance of the permit or on the effective date of the next edition of the Florida Building Code, whichever is later.' Separately the County's own instruction is 'To keep permit active be sure to have an inspection at least every 6 months.' 80% · Florida Statutes (enacted text) + county permit-process document
• Which utility handles interconnection here? West Florida Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. (WFEC), a PowerSouth member co-operative; the Graceville District office, 5282 Peanut Road, Graceville FL 32440, serves this part of Jackson County. 1-800-342-7400. 82% · utility territory layer queried by point + the utility's own documents
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Parallel, with a hard local-inspection gate before parallel operation. The member signs the Interconnection Agreement and submits Sections A-C of the Interconnection Application at any point; then, 'At least ten (10) business days before the date Member begins operating the MOG in parallel', the member must give WFEC IEEE 1547 / 1547.1 / UL 1741 certifications, proof of $100,000 general liability insurance, and 'documentation showing the MOG has been inspected and approved by local code officials prior to its operation'. WFEC approves or disapproves within ten business days and signs Section F(2). 90% · utility interconnection agreement (extracted first-hand)

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 (NFPA 70-2020), as referenced by the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023). Florida has no separate electrical code: FBC Section 2701.1 provides that 'the provisions of this chapter and NFPA 70 shall govern', and FBC-R R324.3 requires photovoltaic systems to be installed in accordance with NFPA 70. Jackson County Code Sec. 10-24 adopts the FBC in total. 72% · secondary code publisher (FBC 2023 Ch. 27) + county adopting ordinance
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), effective 31 December 2023 - still the current edition, with the 2026 update in preparation. Jackson County Code Sec. 10-24: '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, is hereby adopted, in total, as the Jackson County Building Code.' That is a rolling adoption, so the County never lags the state cycle. 92% · state code authority page + county adopting ordinance
• Which fire code edition is in force? The Florida Fire Prevention Code, applying statewide: NFPA 1, the Fire Code, Florida 2021 Edition (FAC 69A-60.003) and NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, Florida 2021 Edition (FAC 69A-60.004), both effective 31 December 2023, with referenced publications at 69A-60.005. FBC-R R324.2 and R328.5 route back to it by name. 85% · Florida Administrative Code chapter listing
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? No amendments to the codes themselves. Jackson County adopts the Florida Building Code 'in total' (Sec. 10-24) and the fire code is state-adopted and applies statewide. The only local instruments are administrative or designatory: the wind-speed lines created by Sec. 10-26/10-27 (130 mph Risk Cat I-II, 140 mph Risk Cat III, 150 mph Risk Cat IV, entire county); the permanent-electrical-service permit requirement at Sec. 10-25; and the fee schedule. Chapter 10 contains zero solar-specific provisions. 88% · county code chapter, read in full via Municode API, with positive and fabricated controls
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) - Residential volume Section R324 for the PV system itself - together with NFPA 70 as referenced by R324.3, and the manufacturer's installation instructions, which R324.3 makes co-equal with the code. Locally, County Code Sec. 10-25 makes it unlawful to 'connect or install any permanent electrical service ... unless and until a permit or a permit exemption has been obtained from the county building division', with power-termination as the enforcement remedy. 85% · Florida Residential Code R324 (secondary publisher) + county code

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? FBC-R R324.6, applied unamended. Pathways: not fewer than two pathways on separate roof planes, lowest roof edge to ridge, not less than 36 inches wide, on all buildings; not fewer than one pathway on the street or driveway side; for each roof plane carrying an array, a 36-inch pathway from lowest roof edge to ridge on that plane, an adjacent plane, or straddling both; pathways over areas capable of supporting fire fighters and clear of obstructions. Ridge setback: 18 inches clear both sides of a horizontal ridge where the array occupies not more than 33% of plan-view total roof area, 36 inches where it occupies more (with an NFPA 13D / P2904 sprinkler alternative at 66%). No panels below an emergency escape and rescue opening, and a 36-inch pathway to it. Exceptions: detached non-habitable structures; where the code official determines rooftop operations will not be employed; and roofs of 2:12 slope or less. 80% · Florida Residential Code R324.6 (secondary publisher)

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Yes - rapid shutdown is required, to NEC 2020 (NFPA 70-2020) Section 690.12, reaching this address through FBC-R R324.3 ('in accordance with ... NFPA 70') and Jackson County Code Sec. 10-24, which adopts the Florida Building Code in total with no amendment. 68% · Florida Residential Code R324.3 + county adopting ordinance (NEC text itself unread this run)

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? None of its own. Jackson County requires no placard beyond what NEC 2020 requires as adopted, and neither does the utility. The labelling on a Bascom job is therefore purely the NEC's - principally the PV system disconnect marking, the rapid-shutdown label at the service equipment, and the 705.10 permanent plant directory. 78% · complete enumeration of the department's published documents + county code read in full
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The authority specifies no placard wording of its own. 85% · county code read in full + full document enumeration, with controls
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Nothing specified. No letter height, colour, material or durability requirement is published by the County or by the utility; the only governing text is the NEC's own marking requirements as adopted. 82% · full document enumeration with search controls
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? No local requirement. There is no county or town rule requiring a site plan or facility-map placard; what applies is NEC 705.10 as adopted through FBC-R R324.3 and County Code Sec. 10-24. 62% · county code read in full + adoption chain (NEC text unread this run)
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? No. West Florida Electric Cooperative specifies no placards at all. Its Interconnection Agreement and its Interconnection Application and Compliance Form contain zero occurrences of 'label', 'placard', 'marking' or 'warning sign'. What the co-op does require physically is the manual disconnect switch at q48. 88% · utility interconnection documents, extracted and searched first-hand
• Where must the labels be placed? Not specified locally. Neither the County nor the utility states where labels must be placed; placement is whatever NEC 2020 requires as adopted (at the PV system disconnecting means, at the service equipment for the rapid-shutdown label and the plant directory). 60% · full document enumeration with search controls + adoption chain

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? Set by the utility, not the AHJ. WFEC MOG Agreement para. 3(a): the member shall 'Install a manual disconnect switch of the visible load break type to provide a separation point between the AC power output of the MOG and any Member wiring connected to Cooperative's system. The manual disconnect switch shall be mounted separate from the meter socket and shall be readily accessible to Cooperative and capable of being locked in the open position with a utility padlock. Cooperative may open the switch, isolating the MOG (or the premises), without prior notice to Member.' The interconnection application separately asks the installer to state the 'AC Disconnect Location'. 92% · utility interconnection agreement (extracted first-hand)
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes - listing is required, though not from a jurisdiction-specific approved list. FBC-R R324.3.1: 'Photovoltaic panels and modules shall be listed and labeled in accordance with UL 1703. Inverters shall be listed and labeled in accordance with UL 1741. Systems connected to the utility grid shall use inverters listed for utility interaction. Mounting systems listed and labeled in accordance with UL 2703 ...'. The utility requires the same by contract: the WFEC compliance form has the contractor certify UL 1741, UL 1703 and IEEE 1262-1995, and the MOG agreement adds IEEE 1547 and IEEE 1547.1. Separately the County requires a Florida Product Approval Specification Sheet (FS 553.842) for building components. 85% · Florida Residential Code R324.3.1 + utility compliance form + county product approval sheet
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Yes, permitted, governed by FBC-R R328 unamended. Listing: UL 9540 (R328.2). Spacing: units not less than 3 ft apart unless larger-scale fire testing shows otherwise. Locations (R328.4): detached garages and detached accessory structures; attached garages separated per R302.6; outdoors or on the exterior side of exterior walls not less than 3 ft from doors and windows entering the dwelling; enclosed utility closets, basements, storage or utility spaces with finished or non-combustible walls and ceilings (unfinished wood framing to get 5/8-inch Type X gypsum). Never in sleeping rooms or closets opening into them. Ratings (R328.5): 20 kWh per unit maximum; aggregate 40 kWh in utility closets/basements/storage spaces, 80 kWh in garages and detached accessory structures, 80 kWh on exterior walls, 80 kWh outdoors on the ground - above that, the Florida Fire Prevention Code governs. Plus smoke/heat detection (R328.7), impact protection (R328.8), ventilation for hydrogen-producing types (R328.9) and documentation/labelling of the installed system with service contact information (R328.11). 80% · Florida Residential Code R328 (secondary publisher) + proved local absence
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? No separate ESS permit type is published. The County's single Permit Application - All Trades has no energy-storage checkbox (its Purpose of Building list is Single Family, Duplex, Multi-Family, Foundation, Accessory Building, Garage/Carport, Generator, Modular, Pool, Sign, Solar, Roofing, Fire Alarm, Fire Sprinkler, Fire Suppression) and the fee schedule has no ESS line, so a battery is permitted under the building and/or electrical permit for the work. 65% · county permit application + fee schedule, both extracted first-hand
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes. A ground-mounted PV system is treated as a structure: FBC-R R324.7 requires ground-mounted photovoltaic systems to be designed and installed in accordance with Section R301 (the structural design provisions), and R324.7.1 leaves fire separation distances to be 'determined by the local jurisdiction'. Note that the County's own statement that 'All solar or hydro panels and devices are considered structures' sits in Code Sec. 42-74, which is the SOLAR FARM section of the Land Development Regulations and applies in the unincorporated county only, not inside the Bascom town limits. 72% · Florida Residential Code R324.7 + county LDR (scoped)
• Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? No local rule. Jackson County's code contains nothing on service upgrades or busbar sizing; the fee schedule prices the work ('Service Upgrade $66.00', 'Change of Service $66.00', 'Electrical - Additional Services: less than 200 amp $66.00, over 200 amp less than 800 amp $75.00') but sets no technical requirement. Sizing is therefore NEC 705.12 as adopted, unamended. 78% · county fee schedule + county code read in full
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No local rule on mounting system or attachment spacing. What governs is FBC-R R324.4.1 (the system must be designed to support applicable gravity loads per Chapter 3 and the roof designed for the imposed loads per Chapter 8), R324.4.1.2 (wind loads to ASCE 7, at the County's 130 mph line for a dwelling), R324.4.3 (roof penetrations flashed and sealed per Chapter 9), and R324.3.1 - 'Mounting systems listed and labeled in accordance with UL 2703 shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's installation instructions and their listings.' 80% · Florida Residential Code R324 (secondary publisher) + proved local absence

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, to the Building Services office on 850-482-9805. 'All inspections must be called in by 2:30 P.M. for following day inspections. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.' and 'Be sure to schedule your inspection through the permit office to ensure it gets put on the books for the next day.' 'YOU MUST HAVE THE PERMIT NUMBER AND TYPE OF INSPECTION WHEN CALLING FOR INSPECTION.' The iWorQ portal offers application and status search but no inspection booking. 82% · county permit-process document + portal landing page
• How much notice is required? One business day: called in by 2:30 P.M. for a next-day inspection. 82% · county permit-process document
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No AM/PM windows and no set times: 'THERE ARE NO SET TIMES FOR INSPECTIONS, DO NOT PROCEED WITH WORK UNTIL INSPECTION IS MADE AND APPROVED.' Same-day is possible only by grace - 'If any emergency exists, the Building Official may grant same day inspection' - and 'Specific time inspections will be given consideration if inspectors routing will allow.' 85% · county permit-process document

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 County performs its own inspections, with a private-provider alternative the owner may elect. Directly observed inside the Bascom town limits: county electrical permit #261432 at 4996 Basswood Rd carries inspection 'SERVICE REPAIR - Approved - Tony Sapp, Scheduled 09/09/2026, Completed 09/09/2026'. The alternative is visible on the solar permit at 566 Lookout Ln, which carries a 25% 'Private Provider' fee discount and the note 'USING PRIVATE PROVIDER-DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY INSPECTIONS AND NOC RECEIVED'. 88% · live county permit record with named inspector, at an in-town address
• If delegated, to whom? Only where the owner elects it: a licensed private provider under FS 553.791, engaged by the owner/contractor, which suspends County inspections for that permit and earns a 25% fee discount. Otherwise the County inspects. Observed on solar permit #261377: fee lines 'Private Provider 25% Discount -$85.50' and 'Private Provider 25% Surcharge Discount -$2.14', note 'USING PRIVATE PROVIDER-DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY INSPECTIONS'. 85% · live county permit record (a real solar permit using a private provider)

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? No solar-specific sequence is published. The only published inspection sequence is the eleven-stage new-dwelling list: 1 Temporary Service (if needed), 2 Footing, 3 Under Slab, 4 Floor Slab, 5 Concrete Block Building, 6 Roof & Siding Nail Off, 7 Framing, 8 Strapping, 9 Rough-In (plumbing top-out, mechanical, electrical rough-in with panel set), 10 Insulation, 11 Permanent Power, then Final/Certificate of Occupancy. For a PV retrofit on an existing dwelling, only the trade inspections implied by the permits pulled apply, and the County names them only in the permit record (e.g. 'SERVICE REPAIR' on the in-town electrical permit). 55% · county permit-process document + live permit records
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Not published for a PV retrofit. A rough-in inspection exists in the new-construction sequence (stage 9, 'Electrical rough-in complete with panel set'), and a 'ROOF & SIDING NAIL OFF' inspection exists at stage 6, but no mid-roof or pre-array inspection is published for a solar installation on an existing dwelling. 55% · county permit-process document + full document enumeration

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? Partly. There is a published inspection list and file check list - for New Single-Family Dwellings, Additions and Duplexes. There is NO published solar or PV inspection checklist, and no retrofit checklist of any kind. 85% · complete enumeration of the department's published documents
• What must be on site at inspection? Permit, inspection card, recorded Notice of Commencement and approved drawings, all posted on a permit board positioned 'so that it may be viewed from the street' and protected from the elements, with the failure sanction stated: 'Failure to meet these requirements will result in inspection not being done by Building Services.' Also 'Prior to any inspection being made, proper permits (building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical) must be issued, posted, and all fees paid.' The recorded NOC must reach the Building Services office before any inspection is made and a copy must be posted on site. 82% · county permit-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 new construction, a Certificate of Occupancy, issued only on the Building Official's authorisation and collected from the Building Services office between 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM. For a PV retrofit on an existing dwelling there is no CO - what happens is that the inspection is recorded as Approved against the permit and the permit's status moves to CLOSED in the portal, as seen on the in-town electrical permit #261432 ('SERVICE REPAIR - Approved - Tony Sapp') and on permit #261337 at 4900 Kings Rd (status CLOSED). 70% · county permit-process document + live permit records
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The installer/member, not the AHJ. WFEC MOG Agreement para. 2(e) requires the MEMBER to give the Cooperative 'documentation showing the MOG has been inspected and approved by local code officials prior to its operation', at least ten business days before parallel operation; the Interconnection Application's Section F is signed by the code inspector ('Satisfies Code Requirements') and by the Utility Rep ('Satisfies Utility Requirements'), and para. 8 provides that the Cooperative 'shall approve or disapprove the Application within ten (10) business days ... If approved, Cooperative shall sign the F (2) of the Compliance section and return a copy to Member.' Jackson County does not notify the utility. 88% · utility interconnection agreement + compliance form
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Yes, and it escalates: $40 for the first re-inspection, $80 for the second, $120 for the third and any additional re-inspections. 'Must be paid prior to reinspection being made.' The same three figures appear in both the fee schedule and the permit-process document. 90% · county fee schedule + county permit-process document
• How are corrections issued and cleared? By re-inspection request, handled the same way as a first request: 'Any inspection requests called in and not ready when inspector gets to site or inspections that fail will need reinspection. Reinspection requests will be handled the same as first inspection request, with the exception you will identify it as a reinspection.' The escalating fee must be paid before the re-inspection is made. Nothing is published about written correction notices or how corrections are documented. 78% · county permit-process document + full document enumeration