Town of Briny Breezes

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 Town of Briny Breezes is the AHJ for residential solar inside the town. Its current permit packet states plainly: "Building Permits can only be issued by the Town of Briny Breezes." The Building Official function is contracted out (see q2/q53), but legal jurisdiction sits with the Town, not Palm Beach County. 92% · permit application packet (town/corporation, amended 1 Apr 2026)
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both. The Town permits and inspects building and electrical work itself (through a contracted Building Official). Appendix II's 'TOWN -- Permits Issued by the Town of Briny Breezes' list includes 'New electrical and plumbing work', 'Installation and hook-up of electrical panels', 're-roofing', anchoring/tie-downs and new structures. Nothing is delegated to Palm Beach County. The Building Official POST is delegated to a private firm (Bureau Veritas). 88% · permit application packet
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. Appendix II requires a Town building permit for new electrical work, panel hook-ups, re-roofing and structural alteration; town code sec. 153.124(A) requires a permit before any 'construction, enlargement, alteration, installation ... or structural repairs or hookups of electrical or plumbing equipment'. Resolution 2018-4 adds that a permit is required for anything the Florida Building Code sec. 105 regulates. 90% · town resolution 2018-4 (adopted 22 Feb 2018)
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Effectively combined: one notarised Town 'Building Permit Application' (Appendix II pages 3-4) covers the work described, with the trades named in the scope. A separate electrical permit is called out in at least one case -- the A/C data sheet asks 'Will electrical work be done on the line side of disconnect? (Electrical permit is required if yes)'. 55% · permit application packet
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Yes -- and this is the single most important local fact for a solar job here. Briny Breezes is a cooperative: the permit process 'starts at Briny Breezes, Inc.', and 'Solar panels and heating devices (installation or removal)' is EXPLICITLY listed under 'CORPORATION - Approval Required before Permit is issued by the Town of Briny Breezes'. Approval needs the signature of a Director from the District where the work is, plus the Chair of the Architectural Review Committee (ARC). 'The Town does not review and process any applications until approval by Briny Breezes, Inc. has been granted' -- and solar is NOT on the short list of works implicitly approved without review. Appendix II rule 26 adds: 'Solar Panel are permitted and shall not exceed height requirement.' The corporation charges its own $30 application fee. 95% · permit application packet + corporation rules (both as amended 1 Apr 2026)
• Is there a historic-district review? No. There is no historic-district review. 'historic' appears nowhere in the Town's codified Code of Ordinances, nowhere in the 1 Apr 2026 permit packet, and nowhere in the 1 Apr 2026 Briny Breezes Rules. 65% · codified Code of Ordinances (2018 capture) + current permit packet
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Yes in effect, through wind design rather than a separate certificate. Town code sec. 153.125(A)(1) adopts the current state wind speed maps 'as established and amended from time to time by F.S. Ch. 553', and requires the Town to adapt the wind speed lines to its own boundaries. Sec. 153.126(D) designates the ENTIRE corporate limits as Category D exposure within Wind Zone III, and requires all mobile homes to be designed and built to the corresponding state and federal wind safety requirements. Under the Florida Building Code, rooftop PV and its supports must be designed for wind loads in accordance with ASCE 7 (FBC-Residential R324.4.1.2). 70% · codified Code of Ordinances sec. 153.125-153.126 (2018 capture)
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Not for a residential rooftop PV system. No Special Use Permit or Council vote is required. Two neighbouring routes do exist: (a) any variance to the Appendix II rules needs the support of the Briny Breezes Board of Directors, and if the variance is to the Florida Building Code or the Town's Land Development Code it must also be approved by the Town under Land Development Code Section 10.16; (b) in the Commercial (C-1) district, structural changes, remodelling or new development require a special exception from the Town before a building permit issues -- which does not reach residential lots. 70% · permit application packet + 23 Apr 2026 Town Council agenda packet
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No Town cap on system size. The only local dimensional limit is Appendix II rule 26: 'Solar Panel are permitted and shall not exceed height requirement' (max roof peak 25 feet for elevated homes, 14 feet for a mobile home and its additions, measured from the middle of the road). The binding size limits are the utility's: FPL requires the system to be estimated to produce less than 115% of the customer's annual kWh consumption, and limits customer generation to 90% of the FPL service capacity; systems above 90% of service capacity 'may incur additional expense'. 75% · permit application packet + FPL net metering guidelines

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 contractor holding a current State of Florida (DBPR) certification or registration, or the property owner under a notarised Owner/Builder Affidavit & Disclosure. The packet requires the contractor's 'State Certification or Registration Number' on the application and a 'Current Year DPBR License' in the submittal, and says work must be by someone 'licensed to work in Palm Beach County or a reciprocal jurisdiction'. 85% · permit application packet
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes, in substance. Before an application is processed the contractor must supply a Current Year Business Tax Receipt, a Current Year DBPR licence, and TWO certificates of insurance (General Liability, Workers Comp or WC exemption, and Auto Liability) -- one naming Briny Breezes, Inc., 5000 N. Ocean Blvd. as certificate holder and one naming the Town of Briny Breezes, 4802 N. Ocean Blvd. as certificate holder. 90% · permit application packet
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. 'If owner is completing the project, they must complete an Owner/Builder Affidavit & Disclosure Statement form and it must be notarized. Plans and specifications must be attached.' The application also carries the mandatory acknowledgement '***I HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO HIRE LICENSED CONTRACTOR'. A blank Owner Builder Affidavit is published alongside the packet. 90% · permit application packet

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? Application fee; full Briny Breezes property address (District #, Lot & Street, Year of Unit); owner details incl. FL Tax ID / PBC Property Control number; contractor details incl. state certification/registration number and commencement date; NOTARISED application; Owner/Builder Affidavit if self-building; certificates of insurance naming both Briny Breezes, Inc. and the Town; current-year Business Tax Receipt; current-year DBPR licence; scope of work and plans that match the scope ('Engineer drawings may be required'); Notice of Commencement for any project of $2,500 or more; one complete set of plans/drawings; a scale site drawing (see q10). Corporation approval signatures (District Director + ARC Chair) must be on the form before the Town will process it. 90% · permit application packet
• How many copies, and in what format? One complete set of plans/drawings for the Town ('4. One complete set of plans/drawings required'); two copies of all supplemental attachments for Briny Breezes, Inc. ('Two copies of all supplemental attachments are required'). Paper, submitted in person -- applications are picked up at, and returned to, the Corporate office, and the Town side is handled at Town Hall. 85% · permit application packet
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes. Instruction 3: a SCALE DRAWING showing the home and/or cabana with all eaves and other protrusions indicated, positioned on the lot lease area, showing lot lease area lines and setbacks, and the distance of the unit including eaves and protrusions from all streets, waterways and adjacent structures/homes on all sides, plus the location of all doors, windows, steps, stoops, porches and decks. Instruction 2 additionally requires a plan of the home unit. 90% · permit application packet
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Discretionary, with no published threshold: the submittal checklist says 'Scope of work and plans that match scope of work (Engineer drawings may be required)'. Engineering IS explicitly required for the new elevated-home category ('All New Homes (Elevated Homes), New Structures, Improvements require a Florida Building Code Permit, FEMA Certification, Engineering and A Licensed Contractor'). For a retrofit PV array on an existing mobile/modular home the packet sets no stated trigger. 60% · permit application packet

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? None. There is no permit portal. The process is paper: the application is picked up at, or downloaded from, the Briny Breezes, Inc. corporate office/website, signed by a District Director and the ARC Chair, then walked to Town Hall for the Building Official's signature. Inspections are booked by phone or email to the Town Clerk. The Town itself has no functioning website. 80% · permit application packet
• Can the whole application be completed online? No. Corporation approval requires wet signatures (or, for absent directors, email approval in lieu of signature), the application must be notarised, insurance certificates and licences must be supplied on paper, and the Building Official signs the permit form. 80% · permit application packet
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Town permit fee: $85.00 minimum per field inspection conducted for mobile-home/manufactured-home/trailer-related work; for conventional construction, $85.00 minimum per field inspection for work valued up to $3,000, plus $10 per $1,000 (or part) for value between $3,001 and $100,000, plus $8 per $1,000 (or part) above $100,001. Separately, Briny Breezes, Inc. charges a $30.00 application fee payable to the Corporation. Re-inspections are chargeable (see q59). 55% · town resolution 2018-4 (adopted 22 Feb 2018)
• How is the fee calculated? Tiered / per-inspection hybrid. The unit of charge is the field inspection ('$85.00 per field inspection conducted'), with valuation-based increments layered on top for conventional construction ($10 per $1,000 up to $100,000, $8 per $1,000 above). It is not a flat fee, not per kW and not per panel. 60% · town resolution 2018-4
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? No separate plan-check fee is published. Resolution 2018-4 sets out every fee the Town charges and contains no plan-review or plan-check line -- all charges are expressed as permit fees tied to field inspections plus valuation increments. Codified sec. 153.124(D) likewise lists no plan-check line. 55% · town resolution 2018-4

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

• What is the stated plan-review turnaround? The Town publishes no turnaround of its own. The statewide statutory deadlines in F.S. 553.792 apply: 5 business days for structural/electrical permits on an EXISTING single-family residential dwelling where the value of the work is under $15,000; 30 business days for residential permits where the structure is under 7,500 sq ft. The local government must also tell the applicant within 5 business days what is missing, or the application is automatically deemed complete; missing a deadline forces a 10% permit-fee reduction per business day. 80% · Florida Statute (2026)
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? 6 months from the date of the permit. The application form states: 'Expires: 6 Months from date of Permit'. 90% · permit application form (as amended 1 Apr 2026)
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). The Town's own contact page listed 'Florida Power and Light 800-468-8243' as the electricity contact, and the current 2026 permit packet refers to 'Work on electrical meter stanchions, meter cans, and any work by FPL on electrical connections'. 90% · permit application packet (2026), corroborated by the Town's archived contact page
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Parallel, with FPL bracketing the job at both ends. FPL: 'All interconnection applications must be approved prior to installation and operation of the renewable energy system,' and the customer 'must complete an application, interconnect agreement, obtain a building permit'. After construction the customer supplies FPL a copy of the approved permit showing the electrical and mechanical inspection signed off by the local inspector; operation before the new bi-directional meter is installed is 'strictly prohibited'. 85% · utility interconnection guidelines

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 NEC (NFPA 70-2020), by way of the Florida Building Code. The Town adopts the state building code by reference 'as established and amended from time to time by F.S. Ch. 553' (sec. 153.125(A)); the state code currently in force is the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023); FBC-Residential E3401.1 requires electrical systems to comply with NFPA 70, and FBC-R E3408.1 amends 'NFPA 70-20: National Electric Code, Article 210' -- confirming the 2020 edition is the referenced one. 80% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), ch. 34 (third-party rendering)
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023). FAC Rule 61G20-1.001, effective 18 March 2026: 'The Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), as updated by the Florida Building Commission on June 20, 2023, April 16, 2024, August 13, 2024, December 10, 2024, December 20, 2024, April 15, 2025, and December 9, 2025 ... is hereby adopted as the building code for the State of Florida.' Briny Breezes adopts it by reference in town code sec. 153.125(A), together with the Palm Beach County Building Code Advisory Board's Chapter 1 (Administration) local amendments. 95% · adopting regulation (FAC 61G20-1.001, eff. 18 Mar 2026)
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code -- NFPA 1, Fire Code, Florida 2021 Edition (FAC 69A-60.003) and NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, Florida 2021 Edition (FAC 69A-60.004), both effective 31 December 2023. The Town adopts these by reference: sec. 153.125(A)(3) adopts 'the current edition of the State Fire Prevention Code and the current edition of the State Life Safety Code, as established and amended from time to time'. 85% · adopting regulation (FAC 69A-60.003, eff. 31 Dec 2023)
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes, but administrative rather than technical. Town code sec. 153.125(A)(2) adopts by reference 'the current edition of Chapter One, entitled Administration, of the County Building Code Advisory Board's recommendations for local amendments to the current State Building Code' -- i.e. the Palm Beach County administrative amendments. Sec. 153.125(A)(1) adopts the current state wind speed maps and requires the Town to adapt the wind-speed lines to its own boundaries. Sec. 153.126(D) designates the whole town Category D exposure, Wind Zone III. No local TECHNICAL amendment touching solar PV was found. 70% · codified Code of Ordinances sec. 153.125 (2018 capture)
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code and, through it, NFPA 70. Appendix II REGULATIONS: '1. All improvements are subject to the Land Development Code of the Town of Briny Breezes and the Florida Building Code'; '5. All electrical work shall conform to the Florida Building Code'; '6. All structural repairs, alterations or installation shall conform to the Florida Building Code'. The permit form's grant language reads 'in compliance with the Florida building, electrical, and plumbing codes and all applicable ordinances of the Town of Briny Breezes and the rules of Briny Breezes, Inc.' 90% · permit application packet

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? Per FBC-Residential R324.6, unamended locally. Pathways: not fewer than two pathways on separate roof planes, from lowest roof edge to ridge, not less than 36 inches wide, on all buildings; at least one on the street or driveway side; and 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 must be over areas capable of supporting firefighters and clear of vents, conduit and mechanical equipment. Ridge setback: 18 inches clear on BOTH sides of a horizontal ridge where the array covers not more than 33% of plan-view total roof area; 36 inches where it covers more. With an NFPA 13D or P2904 sprinkler system in the dwelling the 33% threshold rises to 66%. Exceptions: detached non-habitable structures; where the code official determines rooftop operations will not be employed; and roofs of slope 2:12 or less. 85% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), R324.6 (third-party rendering)

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, to the 2020 NEC (Article 690.12). FBC-R R324.3 requires photovoltaic systems to be designed and installed in accordance with R324.3.1 through R324.7.1, NFPA 70 and the manufacturer's instructions; the NEC edition referenced by the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) is NFPA 70-2020, which carries the rapid-shutdown requirement for PV on buildings. The Town adds nothing of its own. 70% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), R324.3 (third-party rendering)

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 Town specifies no placards of its own. What applies at the service equipment is whatever the adopted NEC (2020) requires, plus FPL's own requirements: for a system with battery storage, a placard permanently affixed to the meter enclosure reading 'Battery storage utilized in this facility'; and for Tier 2/Tier 3 systems (above 10 kW AC), a sign at the meter noting the location of the AC disconnect and a warning sign on the disconnect indicating that both sides of the switch may be energized. 65% · utility interconnection guidelines + proved absence in town documents
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The Town specifies no placard wording of its own. Every 'placard' reference in the Town/Corporation documents is a parking placard; the codified code contains no labelling provision for electrical or solar work. 75% · corporation rules as amended 1 Apr 2026 (proved absence)
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Not specified. No letter height, colour or material requirement appears in any Town or Corporation document. Label durability and legibility therefore fall to the adopted NEC's own marking requirements and to the manufacturer/listing. 75% · corporation rules + permit packet (proved absence)
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? No local requirement. The Town does not require a site plan or facility map placard and specifies nothing about its content; what applies is whatever the adopted 2020 NEC requires, via FBC-R R324.3 ('Photovoltaic systems shall be designed and installed in accordance with ... NFPA 70'). 60% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), R324.3 (third-party rendering) + proved absence in town documents
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes -- FPL is the source of the only placard requirements with published wording here. (1) Battery storage: 'A placard must be permanently affixed to the meter enclosure stating "Battery storage utilized in this facility."' (2) Tier 2 and Tier 3 systems (above 10 kW AC): '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. The disconnect switch should also have a warning sign indicating that both sides of the switch may be energized.' FPL asks to approve the verbiage and location of the sign before final design where a remote switch location is proposed. 90% · utility interconnection guidelines
• Where must the labels be placed? At the service equipment / meter: FPL's battery placard goes on the METER ENCLOSURE; the disconnect-location sign goes AT THE METER; the energised-on-both-sides warning goes on the disconnect switch itself. Everything else falls where the adopted 2020 NEC puts it. The Town specifies no label locations. 70% · utility interconnection guidelines

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? Per FPL. For Tier 2 and Tier 3 systems (above 10 kW AC) a manual disconnect switch of the visible load break type is required, 'mounted separate from, but adjacent to, the FPL meter socket', readily accessible to FPL at all times and capable of being locked in the open position with a single FPL utility padlock. It must disengage only the renewable source, not the whole service, and must not be locked inside a meter room. A remote location needs FPL approval in advance. FPL's guidelines do not impose this on Tier 1 systems (10 kW AC and below), which is where most residential rooftop PV in a mobile-home community will sit. 85% · utility interconnection guidelines
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes. FBC-Residential 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 shall be installed per the manufacturer's instructions and their listings. FPL separately requires battery storage equipment behind the meter to be NRTL-certified to the current UL 1741 standard, or DC-coupled behind a UL 1741 listed device. 90% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), R324.3.1 (third-party rendering)
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Yes, under FBC-Residential R328, unamended locally. Systems must be listed and labeled to UL 9540 (exception: repurposed unlisted EV battery systems, where approved, outdoors or in a detached shed at least 5 ft from exterior walls, property lines and public ways). Units separated by at least 3 ft unless large-scale fire testing supports less. Permitted locations only: detached garages and detached accessory structures; attached garages separated per R302.6; outdoors or on the exterior side of exterior walls at least 3 ft from doors and windows entering the dwelling; enclosed utility closets, basements, storage or utility spaces with finished or noncombustible walls and ceilings (unfinished wood framing needs 5/8-inch Type X gypsum). NOT in sleeping rooms, or closets or spaces opening directly into sleeping rooms. Maximum 20 kWh per unit; aggregate 40 kWh in utility closets/basements/storage spaces, 80 kWh in garages, on exterior walls, or outdoors on the ground; above that, the Florida Fire Prevention Code governs. Smoke alarms per R314 plus a listed interconnected heat detector where smoke alarms cannot be sited. FPL adds the meter-enclosure battery placard (q42). 80% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), R328 (third-party rendering)
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No local mounting or attachment-spacing rule. The governing requirements are the Florida Building Code: FBC-R R324.4.1 (the system and the roof must be designed to support the imposed loads), R324.4.1.2 (wind loads per ASCE 7), R324.4.3 (roof penetrations flashed and sealed per FBC-R Chapter 9), and R324.3.1 (mounting systems listed and labeled to UL 2703 installed per the manufacturer's instructions and their listings). Appendix II adds only that solar panels must not exceed the roof-height limit. 70% · Florida Building Code, Residential, 8th Edition (2023), R324 (third-party rendering)

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

• How is an inspection booked? Phone or email to Town Hall, then a phone call to the inspection contractor on the day. The Town's INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS: 'Contact Briny Town Hall to schedule ... Provide the Permit number and type inspection: sdubose@townofbrinybreezes-fl.gov, 561-272-5495.' Then: 'Contact CAP Inspections after 7:00 AM on the day of the inspection to ask for contact information for the inspector assigned to your request: 561-486-0477', and then contact that inspector directly to agree a time frame and provide site access. Appendix II instruction 5 restates: 'Inspections shall be requested at least 24 hours in advance at 561-272-5495.' 85% · Town of Briny Breezes inspection instructions (inside the 2026 permit packet)
• How much notice is required? 24 hours. 'Contact Briny Town Hall to schedule no sooner than 24 hours in advance of preferred inspection'; Appendix II instruction 5: 'Inspections shall be requested at least 24 hours in advance at 561-272-5495'; the permit form footer: '24 Hour Notice for Inspections'. 90% · permit application packet + inspection instructions
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? AM/PM windows, no same-day. 'Inspections are conducted Monday thru Friday, as follows: AM Inspections: 8:30 AM - 12 Noon; PM Inspections: 12 Noon - 3:00 PM.' A specific time frame is agreed by calling the assigned inspector directly on the morning of the inspection. Booking requires at least 24 hours' notice, so same-day is not offered through the published route. 85% · Town of Briny Breezes inspection instructions

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 Town performs it, through its contracted Building Official and contracted inspectors. The permit form carries a 'Town of Briny Breezes Building Official Signature' line; the packet says the application goes 'to the Town for their review and the Building Official's approval to issue the permit and schedule inspections'; and the packet advises owners to 'make certain that final inspection of the work has been made by the Town Building Official and that it has been approved prior to final settlement with the contractor'. 85% · permit application packet
• If delegated, to whom? Contracted out, and currently split across two firms in the same packet. The Town's Building Official is Deborah 'Debbie' A. Nutter, CBO, reachable at deborah.nutter@bureauveritas.com / 561-847-1689 -- i.e. BUREAU VERITAS holds the Building Official post. Inspection dispatch, on the same packet's inspection instructions page, runs through CAP INSPECTIONS (C.A.P. Government, Inc.) on 561-486-0477. CAP Government's own current Clients page carries the Town of Briny Breezes seal. 75% · Town of Briny Breezes notice on town letterhead + CAP Government clients 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.

Nothing recorded for Town of Briny Breezes on this step yet — 2 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.

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. The Town publishes no inspection checklist. What it publishes is a one-page 'INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS' sheet covering hours, notice and who to phone, and it ends by quoting FBC [A] 110.1 and [A] 110.5 on the permit holder's duty to provide access -- it lists no items an inspector will check. 70% · permit application packet (proved absence)
• What must be on site at inspection? The permit, the approved plans and the specifications: 'A copy of this permit, approved plans and specifications must be kept at project site during progress of work.' The permit holder must also provide access and means for inspection -- the Town's inspection instructions quote FBC [A] 110.1 and [A] 110.5: 'It shall be the duty of the permit holder to provide access to and means for inspections of such work that are required by this (Florida Building) code.' 90% · permit application packet + inspection instructions

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 Building Official approval on the permit, and -- where occupancy or use follows -- a certificate of occupancy. Town code sec. 153.124(C): 'A certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Building Official and is required in advance of occupancy or use of any lot, mobile home or other structure for which a building permit has been issued and the project completed in compliance with this subchapter.' The current packet refers only to 'final inspection ... made by the Town Building Official and ... approved'. 60% · codified Code of Ordinances sec. 153.124(C) (2018 capture) + current permit packet
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The installer/customer, not the AHJ. FPL: 'Once construction is complete, 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 and that includes the following: Electrical and mechanical inspection signed off / approved by the local inspector; Description of work ...; Address ...; Permit number; Building department name.' FPL then installs the bi-directional meter; operating before that is 'strictly prohibited'. 85% · utility interconnection guidelines
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Yes -- $85.00 minimum for each item re-inspected, and work stops until it is paid: 'Whenever during the course of work, a re-inspection is required for a building project, further work on the project shall be suspended until the town receives payment of the re-inspection fee which shall be done prior to the re-inspection being performed.' Since the fee unit here is 'per field inspection conducted', a failed inspection generates a further $85 charge on the same logic. 60% · codified Code of Ordinances sec. 153.124(D) (2018 capture)