Town of Century
Town of Century
Escambia County
Town of Century is a town authority in the State of Florida, serving 1,713 residents. This page is the permit route for that jurisdiction: the fifteen steps from working out who has a say over an address through to permission to operate, the documents this authority publishes, and 62 answers taken from those documents and dated.
Jurisdiction & key facts
The standing 62-question set, answered for Town of Century against this authority’s own published documents. Every answer carries the confidence it was recorded at and the document it came from. Where nothing is published we say so and show where we looked — a blank here is a finding, not a gap.
Town of Century is the authority having jurisdiction 95% confidence
- Holds
- Zoning / site-plan review only. The Town requires its own 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation' ($60 flat fee, reviewed and signed off by the Town Planner, covering FLU/zoning district, flood zone, setbacks and lot coverage) as a precondition, but performs NO building, electrical, plumbing or mechanical plan review or inspection itself.
- Delegated to
- Escambia County Building Services (3363 West Park Place, Pensacola; (850) 595-3550; buildinginspections@myescambia.com) performs ALL building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permitting, plan review, inspection and contractor licensing for construction within the Town of Century, exactly as it does for the unincorporated county. Escambia County's own Building Services department page states this in its own words, naming the Town: 'Building Services conducts plan reviews, provides building permits and conducts building inspections ... in the unincorporated areas of the county and the TOWN OF CENTURY.' Century is absent from the floridabuilding.org statewide FBCIS surcharge-remitter registry (392 non-header entries, all 67 counties) which lists every Florida local government that actually issues building permits -- 'County of Escambia' is present, 'Town of Century' (or any Century variant) is not -- confirming Century itself never touches the FS 553.721/468.631 surcharge stream. Corroborated a third way: Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application and Building Permit Application (both shared with the City of Pensacola) each carry a printed instruction: 'SRIA/TOWN OF CENTURY APPROVAL: If the project is located on Pensacola Beach or within the Town of Century prior approval is required. The approval is required to be submitted by the customer to this office when applying for a Building Permit.' -- i.e. the county's own current intake form is written around the Town's zoning gate, naming Century specifically alongside Pensacola Beach/SRIA as the only two sub-jurisdictions requiring an extra pre-approval step.
- Overridden by
- FS 163.04 preempts any HOA/deed-restriction ban or unreasonable siting restriction on solar collectors (applies regardless of which government issues the permit). FS 553.79/553.792 permit-fee and timeline limits, and FS 553.791 private-provider rights, bind Escambia County as the actual permit-issuing agency, not the Town.
- Why not higher
- Three independent, current, first-party sources agree and reinforce each other: (1) Escambia County Building Services' own department page states in plain language that it performs building permitting/plan-review/inspection 'in the unincorporated areas of the county and the town of Century'; (2) the statewide FBCIS registry of every FS 553.721/468.631 surcharge-remitting government (392 entries) contains 'County of Escambia' and omits every form of 'Century' (positive controls Polk City/Frostproof/Eagle Lake/Dade City present, negative controls Bowling Green/Wauchula/Zolfo Springs/St. Leo/San Antonio absent -- control behaved exactly as the brief predicts, confirming the registry is a valid instrument); (3) Escambia County's own current Electrical and Building Permit Application PDFs print a Century-specific 'prior approval' instruction, and Century's own website independently publishes the $60 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation' form (Town Planner sign-off) that is that prior approval. Not pushed to 97-100 because the underlying interlocal service agreement between the Town and the County was not itself located/read -- this is proved by conduct, department self-description and matching intake-form language, not by the interlocal instrument.
- Permit required
- Yes. A permit is required for a residential rooftop PV system -- Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application lists 'Solar Photovoltaic' as one of the printed checkbox scopes of…95%
- Portal
- MyGovernmentOnline (county-wide portal covering the unincorporated county and the Town of Century,80%
Permitting 5 steps · 28 questions
Whether a permit is needed — Yes. A permit is required for a residential rooftop PV system -- Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application lists 'Solar Photovoltaic' as one of the… Q3 Electrical and building permits — Combined. There is no separate/dedicated Solar or PV permit application in Escambia County's (and therefore Century's) permitting-forms library. Q4 Where you file — MyGovernmentOnline (county-wide portal covering the unincorporated county and the Town of Century, Q20
- Permit required
- Yes. A permit is required for a residential rooftop PV system -- Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application lists 'Solar Photovoltaic' as one of the printed checkbox scopes of work.95% source
- Key document
- department page cited by 2 open the document
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Confirm who has a say over your address
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? Not a clean Yes/No: the Town of Century retains ONLY zoning/site-plan authority over residential solar (its own $60 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation', Town Planner approval). Escambia County Building Services is the AHJ that actually issues the building/electrical permit, reviews plans and inspects -- confirmed in the county's own words as covering 'the town of Century' by name. 95% · department page
- What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Delegated. The Town delegates BOTH building and electrical permitting/plan-review/inspection to Escambia County Building Services in full; the Town keeps only zoning/site-plan review ($60 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation', approved by the Town Planner) as a precondition the applicant must clear before the County will issue the permit. 93% · department page
- Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required for a residential rooftop PV system -- Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application lists 'Solar Photovoltaic' as one of the printed checkbox scopes of work. 95% · permit application form
- Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Combined. There is no separate/dedicated Solar or PV permit application in Escambia County's (and therefore Century's) permitting-forms library. 'Solar Photovoltaic' is one checkbox scope-of-work option on the single, general Electrical Permit Application used for all electrical work. 90% · department page
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Check who is allowed to apply
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 3 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Build the submittal package
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 7 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Apply and pay
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? MyGovernmentOnline (county-wide portal covering the unincorporated county and the Town of Century, per Escambia County Building Services' Permitting page: 'Online Contractor and Citizen Access -- Access MyGovernmentOnline'). The Town's OWN zoning gate ($60 Application for Development) is paper-only: mailed, faxed or emailed to the Deputy Town Clerk. 80% · department page
- Can the whole application be completed online? Not entirely online for a Century address. Even if the county's MyGovernmentOnline building/electrical permit step can be completed online, the Town's own precondition step (the $60 Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation) is explicitly a paper form returned by mail, fax or email to the Deputy Town Clerk -- there is no portal for the Town's own zoning approval. 78% · town application form (PDF)
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Plan review — and start the utility in parallel
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.
- Which utility handles interconnection here? Two, not one: Escambia River Electric Cooperative (EREC), headquartered in Jay, FL, and Gulf Power Company (renamed Florida Power & Light Co. following NextEra's Jan 2019 acquisition, though the Town's own code and the county's current permit forms still carry the 'Gulf Power' name). Both hold town-granted electric franchises and both are live checkbox options on the very permit application that governs Century. 92% · codified ordinance (franchise agreements)
28 questions answered against Town of Century’s own published documents
Q1 Is this authority the AHJ for residential solar at this address? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Not a clean Yes/No: the Town of Century retains ONLY zoning/site-plan authority over residential solar (its own $60 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation', Town Planner approval). Escambia County Building Services is the AHJ that actually issues the building/electrical permit, reviews plans and inspects -- confirmed in the county's own words as covering 'the town of Century' by name.
Why the confidence is not higherEscambia County Building Services' department page states it performs permitting, plan review and inspection 'in the unincorporated areas of the county and the town of Century.' Century is absent from the floridabuilding.org 392-entry surcharge-remitter registry (County of Escambia present). Escambia County's current Electrical/Building Permit Applications print a Century-specific prior-approval instruction; Century's own site publishes the corresponding $60 zoning form.
department page checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services
Q2 What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Delegated. The Town delegates BOTH building and electrical permitting/plan-review/inspection to Escambia County Building Services in full; the Town keeps only zoning/site-plan review ($60 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation', approved by the Town Planner) as a precondition the applicant must clear before the County will issue the permit.
Why the confidence is not higherSame three-source proof as the jurisdiction block: county department page naming Century, the FBCIS registry absence, and the matching 'SRIA/TOWN OF CENTURY APPROVAL' instruction printed on the county's own current permit application forms alongside the Town's own $60 zoning application form.
department page checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q3 Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Yes. A permit is required for a residential rooftop PV system -- Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application lists 'Solar Photovoltaic' as one of the printed checkbox scopes of work.
Why the confidence is not higherRead the actual current PDF form in full (electrical-permit-application.pdf on myescambia.com), page 1 scope-of-work checkbox list includes 'Solar Photovoltaic' alongside Generator, Pool, Sign, etc.
permit application form checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/docs/default-source/documents/building-services/permitting-forms/electrical-permit-application.pdf
Q4 Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Combined. There is no separate/dedicated Solar or PV permit application in Escambia County's (and therefore Century's) permitting-forms library. 'Solar Photovoltaic' is one checkbox scope-of-work option on the single, general Electrical Permit Application used for all electrical work.
Why the confidence is not higherEnumerated Escambia County's full Permitting Forms page (14 PDF forms: building, demolition, doors/windows/siding, early-power, electrical, gas, irrigation, mechanical, NOC, plumbing, private-provider registration, roofing affidavit, roofing) -- no Solar/PV-specific application exists; the scope lives inside the general Electrical Permit Application form.
department page checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting-forms
Q5 Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Core Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedEscambia County Building Services and Permitting pages (myescambia.com); no published policy on who may pull the electrical permit for solar (licensed electrician vs any contractor vs homeowner) beyond the generic Owner/Builder affidavit line printed on the permit application itself. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q6 Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Core Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame pages; no contractor-registration-with-authority requirement published separately from standard Florida licensure. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q7 Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedElectrical Permit Application PDF (read in full) has an 'Owner/Builder (Please see Owner/Builder Disclosure Form)' checkbox implying self-permitting is contemplated, but the referenced Owner/Builder Disclosure Form itself was not located/read this run to confirm solar-specific self-install eligibility.
Q8 What documents make up a complete submittal? Core Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedEscambia County Permitting Forms page enumerated in full (14 PDF forms); no dedicated solar/PV submittal checklist exists. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting-forms
Q9 How many copies, and in what format? Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q8 -- no copy-count/format instruction published for solar specifically. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting-forms
Q10 Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Core Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedBuilding Permit Application PDF read in full; requires plan detail generally but no solar-specific site-plan checklist. Not reached.
Q11 Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Core Drawings & calculations
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedElectrical and Building Permit Application PDFs read in full; neither specifies a one-line/three-line diagram requirement. Not reached.
Q12 Are string and conductor calculations required? Drawings & calculations
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame documents; no string/conductor calculation requirement stated. Not reached.
Q13 Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Core Engineering & stamps
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame documents and Town Code ch. 14 (Buildings); no structural PE stamp threshold published for solar. Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14BUBURE
Q14 Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Engineering & stamps
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q13; no electrical PE stamp threshold published. Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14BUBURE
Q15 What does a residential solar permit cost? Core Fees
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedEvery guessed URL under myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/ for a fee schedule (fee-schedule.pdf, Florida Building Code page, building-inspections, development-services-department paths) returned the site's generic 15,318-byte soft-404 shell (title 'Error Page'). The Town's own $60 'Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation' fee is real and sourced (see extra_findings) but is the Town's zoning gate, not the County's building/electrical permit fee -- recording only the $60 as 'the' solar permit cost would misstate the total, so the County component is left blank rather than invented.
Q16 How is the fee calculated? Core Fees
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame reachability limit as q15 -- the County fee schedule was not reached, so its calculation basis (flat/valuation/per-kW/tiered) is unknown. The Town's $60 zoning fee is flat (stated on the form) but is not the permit fee itself.
Q17 Is there a separate plan-check fee? Fees
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame reachability limit as q15. Not reached.
Q18 What is the stated plan-review turnaround? Core Timeline & validity
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedEscambia County Building Services and Permitting pages; no published plan-review turnaround time found. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q19 How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Timeline & validity
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame pages; no published permit-validity/expiration period found (FS 553.79(1)(c) sets a one-year statutory floor for single-family dwellings but no Escambia-specific page was found stating it). Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q20 Which permit portal does this authority use? Core Portal & process
MyGovernmentOnline (county-wide portal covering the unincorporated county and the Town of Century, per Escambia County Building Services' Permitting page: 'Online Contractor and Citizen Access -- Access MyGovernmentOnline'). The Town's OWN zoning gate ($60 Application for Development) is paper-only: mailed, faxed or emailed to the Deputy Town Clerk.
Why the confidence is not higherCounty's Permitting page names MyGovernmentOnline as its resident/contractor access portal; this is the same office that Century's own intake instruction ('SRIA/TOWN OF CENTURY APPROVAL... submitted... when applying for a Building Permit') routes Century applicants through. The Town's zoning form itself instructs the applicant to return it to Kristina Wood, Deputy Town Clerk, by mail/fax/email -- not through any portal.
department page checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q21 Can the whole application be completed online? Core Portal & process
Not entirely online for a Century address. Even if the county's MyGovernmentOnline building/electrical permit step can be completed online, the Town's own precondition step (the $60 Application for Development/Residential Site Renovation) is explicitly a paper form returned by mail, fax or email to the Deputy Town Clerk -- there is no portal for the Town's own zoning approval.
Why the confidence is not higherThe Town's own PDF form ends: 'PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO KRISTINA WOOD, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK... PHONE... FAX... OR EMAIL' -- no portal link or online-submission option is offered anywhere on the form or the page that hosts it.
town application form (PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://www.centuryflorida.gov/media/1116
Q22 Which utility handles interconnection here? Core Utility interconnection
Two, not one: Escambia River Electric Cooperative (EREC), headquartered in Jay, FL, and Gulf Power Company (renamed Florida Power & Light Co. following NextEra's Jan 2019 acquisition, though the Town's own code and the county's current permit forms still carry the 'Gulf Power' name). Both hold town-granted electric franchises and both are live checkbox options on the very permit application that governs Century.
Why the confidence is not higherThe Town's own Code of Ordinances, Appendix A (Franchises), contains a live Article III (GULF POWER COMPANY) AND a live Article IV (ESCAMBIA RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE) -- both full franchise agreements, side by side, alongside TCI Cablevision and BellSouth. Escambia County's current Electrical Permit Application and Early-Power Permit Application (the same forms Century applicants use, per q1/q2) each print exactly two 'Electrical Utility Provider' checkboxes: 'Gulf Power' and 'Escambia River Electric (EREC)'. EIA-861 Service_Territory_2024.xlsx independently lists exactly these same two retail sellers for Escambia County (Florida Power & Light Co and Escambia River Elec Coop, Inc), raising but not by itself closing the count; the Town's own two-article franchise appendix plus the two-checkbox permit form are the town-side instrument that closes it. Confidence is not higher because no GIS layer or franchise-boundary map was found that draws the actual EREC/FPL line inside Century's small (8.3M sq ft land) limits -- which of the two serves a specific parcel is not established, only that both operate within the town.
codified ordinance (franchise agreements) checked 2026-09-13 https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_APXAFR
Q23 Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Core Utility interconnection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo FPL or EREC distributed-generation manual, or Escambia-specific guidance, on utility-vs-permit sequencing was located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q24 Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedCentury's Land Development Code is extensively cross-referenced from the codified Code of Ordinances (e.g. Ch. 50's hardship-relief provisions cite chs. 58, 66 and 70 by number) but those LDC chapters (58 through 90, covering zoning, signs, site design, overlays) are NOT present in the browsable Municode table of contents for this client -- only chs. 1-54 and Appendix A are reachable. FS 163.04 would govern any HOA/architectural approval regardless, but Century's own local HOA/ARB rule (if any) could not be read. Not reached -- named capability limit, not a proved absence.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances
Q25 Is there a historic-district review? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedCentury's Historic Preservation Board is established at Town Code Sec. 50-71 et seq. (citizen board administering 'historic preservation regulations in the Land Development Code'), but the substantive historic-district review chapter (ch. 62, cross-referenced repeatedly) is one of the unreachable LDC chapters described at q24. Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH50ADEN
Q26 Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo windstorm/wind-certification page found on myescambia.com or centuryflorida.gov this run. Not reached.
Q27 Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame LDC-chapter reachability limit as q24 (Special Use Permit / Council approval would live in the unreachable zoning chapters, ch. 70 and around). Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances
Q28 Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame LDC-chapter reachability limit as q24. Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances
Lines marked with a percentage were read off this authority’s own published documents. Unmarked guidance is general good practice, not this jurisdiction’s rule — always confirm against the authority before you submit.
Install 5 steps · 20 questions
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Build to the code editions actually in force here
The NEC edition a jurisdiction enforces is often a cycle behind the newest one published, and local amendments sit on top of it. Rapid shutdown, conductor sizing and labelling all change between editions, so the edition in force is the first thing to establish, not the last.
- Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023). 85% · permit application form
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Fire access, setbacks and pathways
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 Century on this step yet — 1 question checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Rapid shutdown
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 1 question checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Labels and placards
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 6 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Disconnect, storage and listed equipment
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 7 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
20 questions answered against Town of Century’s own published documents
Q29 Which NEC edition is in force? Core Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo document naming the adopted NEC edition specifically was located; only the FBC 8th Edition (2023) was confirmed (q30), and the 8th-edition FBC cycle generally incorporates NFPA 70 by reference, but the exact NEC year in force was not read first-hand this run. Not reached.
Q30 Which building code edition is in force? Core Code editions in force
Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023).
Why the confidence is not higherEscambia County's current Electrical Permit Application states outright: 'The 8th edition of the FBC references ASCE 24 for regulation of enclosures below the base flood elevation'; the county's permitting-forms library separately includes a document literally named 'roofing-affidavit-2023-fbc.pdf'. Not pushed higher because no Century- or Escambia-specific local-amendment ordinance to the 8th edition was located this run.
permit application form checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/docs/default-source/documents/building-services/permitting-forms/electrical-permit-application.pdf
Q31 Which fire code edition is in force? Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo fire-code adoption ordinance or page located for Escambia County/Century combination this run (Town Code has no ch. 22-equivalent fire chapter reachable in the browsable Municode TOC). Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances
Q32 Are there local amendments to any of the above? Core Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNot reached -- depends on q29/q30/q31, none of which located a local-amendment ordinance.
Q33 What is the installation judged against? Core Electrical
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Escambia-specific electrical-installation standard beyond 'the FBC/NEC' generically was located. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q34 Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? Electrical
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo local service-upgrade/busbar rule located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q35 Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? Structural & mounting
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo local mounting/attachment-spacing amendment located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q36 What ridge setback and access pathways are required? Core Fire pathways & setbacks
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedFire-access-pathway/ridge-setback rule would live in the Florida Fire Prevention Code as locally amended; no Century- or Escambia-specific amendment document was located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q37 Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Core Rapid shutdown
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo rapid-shutdown-specific page or ordinance located this run (would follow whichever NEC edition is in force, itself unconfirmed per q29). Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q38 Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo placard specification located for Escambia County/Century (the Electrical Permit Application does not address placards). Not reached.
Q39 Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38. Not reached.
Q40 Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38. Not reached.
Q41 Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38; no facility-map placard requirement found beyond the NEC 705.10 baseline. Not reached.
Q42 Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNeither Gulf Power/FPL's nor EREC's own distributed-generation interconnection manual was located or read this run (EREC's public site has no dedicated DG/net-metering manual page found; FPL's Tier-1 tariff was not fetched this run). Not reached.
Q43 Where must the labels be placed? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38. Not reached.
Q44 Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Equipment listing
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo approved-equipment-list requirement located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q45 Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Core Battery / ESS
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo battery/ESS-specific ordinance or fire-code amendment located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q46 Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Battery / ESS
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q45. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q47 Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Core Ground mount
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedCentury's Land Development Code accessory-structure/ground-mount provisions live in the unreachable LDC chapters described at q24. Not reached.
https://library.municode.com/fl/century/codes/code_of_ordinances
Q48 Where must the AC disconnect be, relative to the meter? Core Utility equipment
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNeither utility's DG manual was reached (see q42); AC-disconnect-to-meter placement not confirmed for either Gulf Power/FPL or EREC territory within Century. Not reached.
Lines marked with a percentage were read off this authority’s own published documents. Unmarked guidance is general good practice, not this jurisdiction’s rule — always confirm against the authority before you submit.
Inspection 5 steps · 14 questions
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Book it
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 3 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Know who turns up
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 performs no final solar inspection of its own. 92% · department page
- If delegated, to whom? Escambia County Building Services (3363 West Park Place, Pensacola, FL 32505; (850) 595-3550; buildinginspections@myescambia.com). 92% · department page
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Work the stages in order
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 Century on this step yet — 2 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Have the paperwork on site
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 3 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Sign-off, and permission to operate
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.
Nothing recorded for Town of Century on this step yet — 4 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
14 questions answered against Town of Century’s own published documents
Q49 How is an inspection booked? Core Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo inspection-booking-method page found beyond the general MyGovernmentOnline portal reference. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q50 How much notice is required? Core Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo published notice period located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q51 Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo AM/PM or same-day window policy located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q52 Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Core Who inspects
Delegated -- the Town performs no final solar inspection of its own.
Why the confidence is not higherSame as jurisdiction block: Escambia County Building Services' own department page states it conducts building inspections for the Town of Century by name; the Town's code establishes no building official, no inspector position, and adopts no building code of its own (Chapter 14 of the Town Code adopts only the amusement-device, excavation, housing and swimming-pool codes -- not the Florida Building Code).
department page checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services
Q53 If delegated, to whom? Core Who inspects
Escambia County Building Services (3363 West Park Place, Pensacola, FL 32505; (850) 595-3550; buildinginspections@myescambia.com).
Why the confidence is not higherNamed directly on the county's own Building Services page and printed on the letterhead of the current Electrical/Building/Early-Power Permit Application PDFs used for Century.
department page checked 2026-09-13 https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services
Q54 Which inspections are required, and in what order? Core Stages & sequence
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo published inspection-sequence/stage list specific to solar located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q55 Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Stages & sequence
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q54. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q56 Does the inspector verify labels and listings? Core What is checked
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo published inspection checklist confirming label/listing verification located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q57 Is there a published inspection checklist? Core What is checked
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo published inspection checklist located/found this run (Permitting Forms page enumerated in full; none of its 14 PDFs is an inspection checklist). Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting-forms
Q58 What must be on site at inspection? Core Documents on site
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q57. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting-forms
Q59 Is there a re-inspection fee? Corrections & re-inspection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo re-inspection fee found (blocked by the same fee-schedule reachability limit as q15-17). Not reached.
Q60 How are corrections issued and cleared? Corrections & re-inspection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo published corrections/re-inspection process page located this run. Not reached.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q61 What is issued on pass? Core Final sign-off & PTO
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo page confirming what document is issued on a passing final (CO / Final / Green tag / Letter) specific to solar located this run.
https://myescambia.com/our-services/building-services/permitting
Q62 Who notifies the utility for PTO? Core Final sign-off & PTO
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo page or utility document confirming who notifies the utility for PTO (AHJ, installer, or utility-initiated) was located for either Gulf Power/FPL or EREC territory within Century this run.
Lines marked with a percentage were read off this authority’s own published documents. Unmarked guidance is general good practice, not this jurisdiction’s rule — always confirm against the authority before you submit.
No change record for this authority yet. Values arrive here as they are researched, and each one is dated.
Labels & placards for this authority
Wording None%
Size, colour & material None%
Where they go None%
What the utility wants on top None%
Each figure above is sourced and dated in the full answer set below (questions 38–43). Where an authority’s own published sheet is older than the code it has adopted, the answer says so.
Their website
Solar Requirements
Average approval time — application to PTO
From the CPUC interconnection record. Bars show the average days taken each year; a year with no recorded projects is left blank rather than drawn as zero.