Town of Beverly Beach

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, not operationally. The Town of Beverly Beach is the municipality of jurisdiction and its own Code adopts the Florida Building Code (sec. 26-111), but it has no building department. The Town's own News & Announcements page states: 'BUILDING PERMITTING - AS OF JANUARY 1, 2026 THE TOWN OF BEVERLY BEACH IS USING FLAGLER COUNTY FOR BOTH BUILDING PERMITTING AND ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT. THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS 386-313-4003 AND EMAIL ADDRESS IS: centralpermitting@flaglercounty.gov.' The same notice records that the City of Flagler Beach was the Town's permitting agent for the previous ten years. For a residential PV job in Beverly Beach the AHJ you deal with is the Flagler County Building Department; the Town keeps only zoning and land-development review. 90% · authority's own announcement page
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Delegated. Building and electrical permitting, plan review and inspection are performed by Flagler County Growth Management - Central Permitting / Building Department, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 2 #103, Bunnell FL 32110, 386-313-4003, centralpermitting@flaglercounty.gov. The Town retains zoning and land-development review - the Town Clerk is the planning and zoning official (sec. 26-781) and all zoning approval is 'contingent upon the building official coordinating with the town staff or town commission as needed' (sec. 26-782) - plus the local business tax (ch. 42). The Town's own code has always contemplated this: sec. 26-91(a) says 'The town may contract all residential and commercial inspection and permit issuing procedures', and 26-91(b) makes the contracted individual 'the designated agent of the town'. 88% · authority's own contacts page + codified ordinance
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. The Town adopts the Florida Building Code by reference (sec. 26-111) and sec. 26-91 provides for permit issuance and inspection. Flagler County's HB 803 exemption for work under $7,500 expressly does NOT apply to 'any electrical, plumbing, structural, mechanical or gas work', and does not apply to 'work on a property that is partially or entirely located in a flood hazard area as defined by the Florida Building Code' - Beverly Beach is a barrier-island town lying wholly within mapped flood hazard areas. The County publishes dedicated Solar, Solar Electrical and Solar (Owner/Builder) requirement packets. 85% · department page + adopting ordinance
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Separate. Flagler County publishes a 'Solar Contractor Packet' and a separate 'Solar Electrical Contractor Packet' (and a 'Solar Permit Owner' packet), and its fee schedule prices 'Solar $25 + Valuation' under section B Building Permit Fees while electrical is priced separately under section C Electrical Fees. 80% · department document centre + fee schedule
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Not required by the Town - there is no architectural or design review in the Beverly Beach code. Private associations do exist in the town and their rules may apply: the Property Maintenance Code names the Surfside Estates resident-owned community (with concurrent enforcement rights), the Shelter Cove Homeowners Association and the Osprey Point Subdivision. Their power over solar is narrow: FS 163.04(2) bars any deed restriction, covenant or association from prohibiting solar collectors, and allows such an entity only to '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'. 80% · state statute + codified ordinance
• Is there a historic-district review? No. There is no historic district and no historic design review in the Town of Beverly Beach. The word 'historic' appears in the Town's entire Code only in the flood-management article's variance provision for buildings eligible under Florida Building Code, Existing Building, chapter 12, in the corresponding definition at sec. 26-379, and in Property Maintenance Code sec. 27-65. 80% · codified ordinance
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No separate windstorm certification is required; wind design is handled inside the Florida Building Code / ASCE 7. Flagler County publishes a 'Flagler County Wind Speed Lines' map (created 18 January 2024) giving ultimate design wind speed contours of 120 mph (Risk Category I), 130 mph (Risk Category II), 140 mph (Risk Category III) and 150 mph (Risk Category IV) plus a windborne debris line, and directs applicants to the ASCE Hazard Tool for site-specific data. Beverly Beach lies on the ocean side of every one of those contours and seaward of the mapped windborne-debris line, so a Risk Category II dwelling there carries an ultimate design wind speed above the 130 mph line and sits in the wind-borne debris region. 65% · county wind speed map
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? No. Nothing in the Town's zoning article requires a special exception, special use permit or Commission approval for a rooftop solar installation. Sec. 26-1005(c)(1) permits 'essential public and private utility services' in any zoning district; the special-exception lists in the residential districts (sec. 26-903 to 26-905) cover private clubs, houses of worship, schools and two-family dwellings, and do not mention energy equipment. 60% · codified ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No cap in the Town code. The binding limits are FPL's: the system 'must be estimated to produce less than 115% of your annual kWh consumption'; 'Customer generation is limited to 90 percent of the FPL service capacity', and systems exceeding 90% of existing service capacity 'may incur additional expense'; tiers run Tier 1 up to 10 kW, Tier 2 above 10 kW to 100 kW, Tier 3 above 100 kW to 2,000 kW; and any system of 50 kW or greater must interconnect at 120/208V or 277/480V wye three-phase. 80% · utility DG manual + codified ordinance

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 licensed by the State of Florida, or the property owner under the owner-builder exemption. The County permit application requires a 'Contractor / Installer' with a State License and, in the sub-contractor block, an 'Electrical Contractor' with 'License Holders Name', 'State License Number' and 'Size of Electrical Service: Phase / Amps'. The owner-builder route requires that 'the owner of the property must personally appear at Central Permitting and sign this application. (FS 489.103.7b)'. 85% · permit application form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes - with Flagler County, not with the Town. State-certified contractors must register with the Flagler County Contractor Licensing Division ('Register a State-Certified License'); County Code sec. 8-3 defines a certified contractor as one who must 'provide proof of worker's compensation insurance or legal exemption thereto, liability insurance and a copy of state license to create a permitting qualification file and pay a file management fee for such'. The Town itself requires no contractor registration; its local business tax (sec. 42-31) reaches only persons who 'maintain a permanent business location or branch office within the town'. 75% · department page + county code
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. Flagler County publishes a 'Solar Permit Requirements FOR OWNER/BUILDER' packet (Revised 2023) requiring the permit application, a Disclosure Statement Affidavit, a Notice of Commencement if over $5,000, a copy of the warranty deed if different from the Property Appraiser's record, and a detailed scope of work with manufacturer's specifications. The owner must appear in person at Central Permitting to sign, under FS 489.103(7)(b). 85% · published checklist

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? Contractor applying online (solar): Notice of Commencement if over $5,000 (recorded copy not required until first inspection); copy of recorded deed or Property Appraiser scan showing proof of ownership if the owner does not match the Property Appraiser record; and a detailed Scope of Work with Manufacturer's Specifications - the last is asterisked, meaning it 'must be printed at scale and made available on the job site by the time of first inspection'. Solar electrical permit: same, but the asterisked item is 'Riser Diagram or detailed scope of work'. Owner/builder: permit application, Disclosure Statement Affidavit, Notice of Commencement if over $5,000, copy of warranty deed if different from the Property Appraiser page, and a detailed scope of work with manufacturer's specifications. All packets close with 'THIS LIST IS INTENDED ONLY AS A GUIDE LINE FOR APPLICATION SUBMITTAL AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALL INCLUSIVE'. 90% · published checklist
• How many copies, and in what format? PDF only, uploaded through the OPRS portal; no paper copy count. Plans: each page digitally signed and sealed and uploaded individually; drawn and formatted for a minimum landscape 24 x 36 inch sheet, or 11 x 17 for smaller-scale jobs; drawn to scale with a graphic scale on every page; title block on each page carrying the property address; uploaded properly oriented in landscape; not password-protected; a digitally created image of the seal included for printing. Documents: PDF only, portrait orientation unless created in landscape, submitted individually and named from the County's prescribed list (e.g. 'Manufacturer specifications', 'Electrical Calculations', 'Notice of commencement', 'Product approval', 'Site plan'). Revisions must carry the SAME name as the original document. 90% · published checklist
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Not required for a solar permit. Neither the Solar Contractor Packet, the Solar Electrical Contractor Packet nor the Solar (Owner/Builder) packet lists a site plan among the required submittals; 'Site plan' appears only in the County's generic list of acceptable document file names that applies to all permit types. The required drawing content for solar is the detailed scope of work with manufacturer's specifications (and for the electrical permit, a riser diagram). 65% · published checklist
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Yes for the solar electrical permit, as one of two options. The Solar Electrical Contractor Packet requires '(*) Riser Diagram or detailed scope of work', asterisked so it must be printed at scale and on the job site by first inspection. No three-line diagram is required, and the solar (building) packet does not ask for a diagram at all. 75% · published checklist
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Not required by the published solar packets. 'Electrical Calculations' appears only in the County's generic document file-naming list, which applies to all permit types and is not a requirement list; the Solar Electrical packet requires only a riser diagram or detailed scope of work. 60% · published checklist
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No structural PE stamp is required by the published solar packets, and no threshold is published. The packets require a detailed scope of work with manufacturer's specifications; their signing-and-sealing rules are framed as what a design professional must do 'In lieu of manually signing and sealing plans', i.e. they govern how a seal is applied when one is used, not when one is required. 55% · published 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? Flagler County OPRS - the 'Online Plan Review System' - at https://cdpweb.flaglercounty.gov/oprs_pt_prod/oprswebv2.dll/. It is linked from the County's Building and Inspections page as the 'Schedule a Building Inspection' quick action and from the Central Permitting page as 'Access the Permit Portal' and 'Check Permit Status'. The login page is behind a Google reCAPTCHA gate. The Town of Beverly Beach operates no portal of its own. 90% · portal landing page
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes. Per the County's solar packets: documents and plans are uploaded to the electronic plan review system; 'Payments continue to be made online or in person'; 'Job/Inspection card, permit, plans, etc. can be downloaded from the portal'; 'Inspections may be requested through the portal'; 'The certificate of occupancy is also available for print online upon issuance'. FS 125.56(4)(b) additionally requires a county that issues building permits to accept completed applications, payments and attachments electronically. 90% · published checklist
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Solar building permit: $25.00 base fee plus valuation, where valuation is $3.00 per $1,000.00 of value or portion thereof ('Solar $25 + Valuation'; 'Valuation of Improvements ... $25.00 base fee + Valuation divided by 1000, multiplied by $3.00'). Residential valuation must be the actual value but not less than the current ICC Building Valuation Data. Separate electrical permit: single phase '$25 base fee plus $.50 per Amp or Valuation whichever is applicable'. A plan review fee of 10% of the building permit fee is added where the value of construction exceeds $2,500. A Growth Management 'Intake/Processing Fee' of $20 and a zoning review 'Miscellaneous' fee of $25 may also apply. Worked example: a $20,000 system would be about $25 + $60 = $85 building, plus about 10% plan review, plus the electrical permit. 70% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation, with a flat base. $25.00 base plus $3.00 per $1,000 of valuation (or portion thereof) for the solar building permit; the electrical permit is per-amp ($0.50/amp single phase) or valuation, whichever applies. 80% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes. 'A plan review fee shall be charged by the Building Department, when the value of the proposed construction exceeds two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00). The reviewing fee shall be ten percent (10%) of the building permit fee for the first review, an additional fifteen percent (15%) for the second review and an additional forty percent (40%) for reviews thereafter, per Florida Statute 553.80(2)(b). Such plan review fee is in addition to the building permit fee and is non-refundable.' 80% · fee schedule

Interconnection is a separate process from the permit and usually the longer pole. Where the utility does not depend on the permit being issued, running both at once is the single biggest saving available on a residential job.

• What is the stated plan-review turnaround? Not published by the Town or by Flagler County. The statutory cap applies: FS 553.792(1)(a)1 requires a local government to approve, approve with conditions or deny within 30 business days of a complete and sufficient application for a residential unit, accessory structure, alarm, electrical, irrigation, landscaping, mechanical, plumbing or roofing permit where the structure is less than 7,500 square feet. The local government must also give written notice within 5 business days of receipt saying what is missing, failing which the application is automatically deemed complete; missing the deadline costs the local government 10% of the permit fee per business day. 70% · state statute
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). The Town's own codified Appendix A - Franchises states: 'The town has entered into franchise agreements with the following companies: (1) Florida Power and Light. (2) Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. (3) Palm Coast Cablevision Ltd.' The Town's FY2026 budget carries a $42,000 franchise fee revenue line. 85% · codified ordinance (Appendix A)
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Before the permit for the application, after the permit and after final inspection for permission to operate. FPL: 'All interconnection applications must be approved prior to installation and operation of the renewable energy system.' The customer 'must complete an application, interconnect agreement, obtain a building permit, and for Tier 2 and 3, obtain proof of insurance and pay an application fee'. After construction the customer supplies 'a copy of the approved permit or a screen print from the local authority's website indicating the permit has been approved' showing 'Electrical and mechanical inspection signed off / approved by the local inspector', the description of work, the address, the permit number and the building department name. FPL then installs a bi-directional meter; 'Operation of the renewable generation system, except for testing and inspection, prior to the installation of a new bi-directional meter is strictly prohibited.' 90% · utility DG manual

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? 2020 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70). Flagler County's Building and Inspections page states: 'Flagler County has adopted the Florida Building Code Eighth (2023) Edition and the 2020 National Electrical Code.' The Town adopts no electrical code of its own - the word 'electrical' appears in its Code only in cross-references, the code-enforcement definitions, the beach lighting article and the property maintenance code. 80% · department page
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023). Flagler County's Building and Inspections page says so in terms. The Town's sec. 26-111 adopts 'The Florida Building Code ... by reference as though it were copied fully in this section' without naming an edition (Ord. No. 02-03-1, 4-3-2002), so whatever edition is in force statewide applies in the Town automatically. 85% · department page + adopting ordinance
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes, but none of them touch solar or electrical work. The Town amends the Florida Building Code at sec. 26-112 (Ord. No. 2018-01, 3-5-2018): FBC Building section 1612 gets an added 1612.4.2 restricting partitioning and access for enclosed areas below the design flood elevation in coastal high hazard (Zone V) areas; and FBC Residential sections R322.2, R322.2.1, R322.2.2, R322.2.3, R322.3.3, R322.3.4 and R322.3.5 are rewritten - Coastal A Zone designation, lowest-floor elevation to base flood elevation plus one foot, pile and stem-wall foundation requirements, breakaway walls and permitted uses below the elevated floor. Flagler County's amendments, where they exist, are adopted under FS 125.56(1) for territory 'outside the corporate limits of any municipality' and so do not reach into Beverly Beach. 85% · codified ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) and the 2020 NEC as the County enforces them, plus the Town's own flood amendments at sec. 26-112 and its flood management article (Art. VI of ch. 26, based on the Flood Insurance Study for Flagler County dated 17 July 2006 and its FIRMs), plus Town zoning: a 35 ft height limit measured one foot above the centreline of the fronting roadway or natural grade, not to exceed 38.5 ft or three storeys (sec. 26-1003), and minimum yards of 25 ft front, 7.5 ft side and 20 ft rear (sec. 26-171). FPL adds that 'The customer's system must adhere to National Electric Code (NEC) Article 690 - Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems.' 75% · codified ordinance + department page + utility guidelines

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 Town of Beverly Beach 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? Yes - rapid shutdown to NEC 2020 Article 690.12, by operation of the adopted code rather than any local rule. Flagler County states it has adopted the 2020 National Electrical Code, and FPL requires the system to adhere to NEC Article 690. 70% · department page + utility guidelines

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 AHJ specifies none of its own. What is required comes from the adopted 2020 NEC (690.13(B) PV system disconnect marking, 690.56(C) rapid-shutdown labelling, 705.10 directory at each service and PV disconnect, and Article 706 for energy storage) and from FPL, which requires: a placard permanently affixed to the meter enclosure reading 'Battery storage utilized in this facility' where battery storage is installed; a sign at the meter noting the location of the AC disconnect switch; and a warning sign on the disconnect switch indicating that both sides of the switch may be energized (the last two apply to Tier 2 and Tier 3 systems, which carry the disconnect requirement). 70% · utility DG manual + department page
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. Neither the Town of Beverly Beach nor Flagler County prescribes any placard wording. The only prescribed wording found anywhere in this run is FPL's 'Battery storage utilized in this facility'. 75% · codified ordinance + department documents
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Not specified locally. No letter height, colour, background or material requirement is published by the Town or by Flagler County for solar labelling. Label durability and legibility therefore fall to the adopted code - NEC 2020 110.21(B) requires field-applied hazard markings to be permanently affixed and suitable for the environment. 65% · department page + codified ordinance
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Not required by any local document. The obligation runs through the adopted 2020 NEC: 705.10 requires a permanent plaque or directory at each service equipment location, or at an approved readily visible location, denoting all electric power source locations on the premises. Neither the Town nor the County adds a site plan or facility map placard of its own. 60% · department page
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes. FPL requires, beyond anything the AHJ asks for: a placard permanently affixed to the meter enclosure stating 'Battery storage utilized in this facility' for any behind-the-meter battery; 'A sign noting the location of the disconnect switch should be installed at the meter to enable FPL personnel to easily locate the disconnect switch in the event of an emergency'; and 'The disconnect switch should also have a warning sign indicating that both sides of the switch may be energized.' FPL also asks to be consulted first on any remote switch location: 'Please contact FPL for approval of a remote switch location and the verbiage or the location of the sign prior to the final design.' 85% · utility DG manual
• Where must the labels be placed? At the meter. FPL's battery placard must be 'permanently affixed to the meter enclosure'; the sign identifying where the AC disconnect is must be 'installed at the meter'; and the warning sign goes on the disconnect switch itself, which must be 'mounted separate from, but adjacent to, the FPL meter socket'. Beyond that, placement follows the adopted NEC - at the service equipment and at each PV disconnect. 80% · utility DG manual

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? For Tier 2 and Tier 3 systems only (above 10 kW AC), FPL requires 'a manual disconnect switch of the visible load break type to provide a separation point between the AC power output of the customer-owned renewable generation and any customer wiring connected to FPL's system. The manual disconnect switch shall be mounted separate from, but adjacent to, the FPL meter socket.' It must 'remain readily accessible to FPL at all times and be capable of being locked in the open position with a single FPL utility padlock', must not be locked in a meter room, and 'should only disengage the renewable source, not all of the customer's electrical service'. A remote location needs FPL's prior approval. A Tier 1 system of 10 kW AC or less is not subject to this requirement. Note that the AC rating for tier purposes is the DC array rating multiplied by 0.85. 85% · utility DG manual
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Partly. FPL requires that the generation 'include a utility-interactive inverter, or other device certified pursuant to FPL's net-metering agreement, that performs the function of automatically isolating the customer-owned generation equipment from the energy grid in the event of a grid outage', and that battery storage behind the meter 'must have a certification conducted by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) to the current UL 1741 standard for safety', with non-certified storage DC-coupled behind a UL 1741 listed device. Separately, Florida Product Approval under the Florida Building Code applies to FBC-regulated products - Flagler County publishes a Product Approval Application form and lists 'Product approval' among the document types it accepts. 75% · utility DG manual + department forms
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Yes, with utility conditions and no local ones. FPL: behind-the-meter battery storage must be NRTL-certified to the current UL 1741 standard, with a placard 'Battery storage utilized in this facility' permanently affixed to the meter enclosure. Where the battery is integrated with a renewable generation system, 'Energy stored by the battery is only for the customer's use' and 'at this time the customer may not export power from the battery to the grid'. A battery installed without generation purely as emergency backup may be charged from the grid and needs no interconnection agreement, but the customer must ensure it does not back-feed. A battery installed without generation that is designed to charge from the grid and operate interconnected must be notified to FPL via a Small Generator Interconnection Application. Stand-alone storage is not 'renewable energy' under Rule 25-6.065(2)(d) F.A.C. and its output is not net metered. Neither the Town Code nor any Flagler County solar document contains a battery or energy-storage provision. 80% · utility DG manual
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Not published. Flagler County's document centre lists 37 contractor requirement packets and 23 owner/builder packets, including Solar, Solar Electrical, Solar Water Heater, Generator and Electrical - there is no battery or energy-storage packet, and no ESS permit type appears in the fee schedule. 55% · department document centre
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Probably yes, as an accessory structure, but neither code says so. The Town's zoning definitions state that 'A permitted accessory use or structure (i.e., storage sheds, swimming pools, garages, fences, etc.) must be within the minimum setback of its yard (front, side, and rear) requirements', and that fences 'are considered structures and must be permitted, approved and built with the same restrictions and regulations as a structure' - so the Town treats non-habitable site equipment as structures subject to setbacks (front 25 ft, side 7.5 ft, rear 20 ft). Flagler County has a dedicated Accessory Structure Contractor Packet and an Accessory Structure Owner packet, and its fee schedule prices 'Accessory Building (detached Structures)' at $25 + valuation. 50% · codified ordinance + department document centre
• Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? No local busbar or service-upgrade rule exists at Town or County level. The constraints come from FPL: generation is limited to 90 percent of the FPL service capacity; 'Interconnections with the utility transformer or in the meter can are not permitted'; FPL 'will upsize facilities for customer generation at the customer's expense' but 'will not increase the size of the distribution equipment greater than required for a renewable energy system designed to offset all of the customer's annual energy use'; and any system of 50 kW or greater must interconnect at 120/208V or 277/480V wye three-phase, with the customer bearing the cost of a three-phase service if none exists. 75% · utility DG manual
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? Not specified. Neither the Town's Code nor the County's solar packets prescribe a mounting system, rail product or attachment spacing. What the County asks for instead is a 'detailed Scope of Work with Manufacturer's Specifications', asterisked so it must be printed at scale and on the job site by the first inspection - i.e. the manufacturer's own installation instructions become the standard the inspector reads against. 60% · published checklist

Booking is a portal, a phone call or an email depending on the authority, and the notice required is rarely zero. Book before the work is finished rather than after — the lead time, not the work, is usually what sets the date.

• How is an inspection booked? Through the portal, or by phone. Flagler County's Building and Inspections page makes 'Schedule a Building Inspection' its primary quick action, linking straight to the OPRS portal, with 'Call the Department 386-313-4003' beside it. The OPRS guide walks through it: Inspections, pick the inspection, Request Selected, choose a date, Request Inspection, then a confirmation; if the inspection type is not listed, Request New shows the inspections valid for that permit type. FS 125.56(4)(f) also requires the County to accept inspection requests electronically. 85% · department page + portal guide
• How much notice is required? No minimum notice period is published in business days. The portal takes a chosen date at the time of request. The only hard timing rule published is on cancellation: 'Note - cancellations cannot be made after 7:00 a.m. the day of the scheduled inspection. Contact with the inspector is required.' 60% · portal guide

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? Delegated. The Town of Beverly Beach performs no inspections of any kind - it has no building official, no building inspector and no inspection function in its FY2026 budget. Flagler County's Building Department performs the inspections. 88% · adopted budget + authority announcement
• If delegated, to whom? Flagler County Building Department, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Building 2, Bunnell, FL 32110; phone 386-313-4003, fax 386-313-4102, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Chief Building Official Bo Snowden (386-313-4027); Chief Plans Examiner Charlie Bembry (386-313-4029). Permit intake is Central Permitting at the same address, Suite 103, centralpermitting@flaglercounty.gov. 88% · department page

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? Not fully published. What can be established: solar and solar-electrical are separate permits, each carrying its own inspections; the OPRS application asks the applicant to 'Enter inspection class (elec, mech, plumb, etc)' per sub-contractor, and the portal shows 'a list of inspections valid for your permit type'; and FPL will not grant permission to operate until it has the approved permit showing 'Electrical and mechanical inspection signed off / approved by the local inspector'. The County publishes no solar inspection sequence. 50% · portal guide + utility guidelines

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. Flagler County publishes submittal requirement packets, not inspection checklists. Its document centre carries 37 contractor packets, 23 owner/builder packets and 24 printable forms, and the three solar items among them ('Solar Contractor Packet', 'Solar Electrical Contractor Packet', 'Solar Permit Owner') are lists of what to upload with the application. The Building and Inspections page carries a fee schedule, a shed policy, a wind speed map and jobsite-theft flyers, and no inspection checklist. 65% · department document centre
• What must be on site at inspection? Approved plans and the asterisked drawings, printed at scale. The County's packets say: 'Once approved, items with an asterisk (*) must be printed at scale and made available on the job site by the time of first inspection' - for solar that is the detailed scope of work with manufacturer's specifications, and for solar electrical the riser diagram or detailed scope of work. Also: 'Approved plans are to be at the job site for the inspector', the job/inspection card downloaded from the portal, and the recorded Notice of Commencement where the job exceeds $5,000 ('recorded copy not required until first inspection'; 'It is the applicant's responsibility to produce Notice of Commencement as specified in Florida Statute Chapter 713.13 prior to the scheduling of inspections'). 85% · published checklist

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 permit, the pass output is a completed final inspection closing out the permit, not a certificate of occupancy. The County's packets warn that 'All inspections must be complete to close out the permit when the project is complete. Failure to close out permits may result in additional fees and/or suspension of rights to obtain additional permits', and separately that 'The certificate of occupancy is also available for print online upon issuance' - the CO being the output for work that creates or changes an occupancy. What FPL then needs is 'a copy of the approved permit or a screen print from the local authority's website indicating the permit has been approved'. 55% · published checklist + utility guidelines
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The installer or the customer, not the AHJ. FPL puts the duty on the account holder: 'The customer on the account must complete an application, interconnect agreement, obtain a building permit', and after construction 'a customer should provide a copy of the approved permit or a screen print from the local authority's website indicating the permit has been approved' showing the signed-off electrical and mechanical inspections, description of work, address, permit number and building department name. Neither the Town nor Flagler County undertakes to notify FPL. 85% · utility DG manual
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Yes. Building re-inspection: '$30 shall be charged for the first inspection, if it is necessary for an additional inspection, a fee of sixty dollars ($60) shall be charged. The third and any subsequent inspection of the same type shall be one hundred, twenty dollars ($120), per Florida Statute 553.80(2)(c).' A separate, lower ladder of $25 / $50 / $100 applies in the fire section of the same schedule. There is also a $50 'Failure to call for inspection' charge and an after-hours or weekend inspection request at $60 per hour including travel time with a three-hour minimum. 70% · fee schedule
• How are corrections issued and cleared? Electronically, through OPRS. At intake: 'Once you submit, if the package is incomplete, you will receive any email outlining the deficiencies and the package will not be accepted.' During review: 'Revisions/corrections cannot be uploaded while reviews are being processed. Once all of the reviews have been completed, you will be able to upload any new plans/documents. The red SUBMIT button must be clicked for your documents to reach us. A revision sheet is not required for upload, one will automatically be generated when you hit SUBMIT.' Corrected files must carry the same name as the original. On clearance: 'When the reviews have been completed, you will receive an email notifying you the permit is ready for issuance.' Reviewing revisions to already-approved plans costs 25% of the original permit fee or $25, whichever is greater. 85% · published checklist + fee schedule