Town of Loxahatchee Groves

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 Loxahatchee Groves is the AHJ for residential solar inside the town limits. Its Community Standards Department, Building Division, issues the permit, reviews the plans and performs the inspections. The Building Official is Jacek Tomasik (buildingofficial@loxahatcheegrovesfl.gov, 561-807-6675), 155 F Road, Loxahatchee Groves FL 33470. THIS CHANGED RECENTLY: the Town's own Building Department page states that under the MGO portal 'All new permit, plan review, and inspection requests will be accepted electronically and processed fully by the Town with no need to resubmit to Palm Beach County for permitting and inspections' — i.e. before 13 January 2025 applications were routed to the Palm Beach County Building Division for final review. Do not use pre-2025 guidance. 95% · authority department page
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? The Town holds building, structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas and floodplain permitting and inspection in-house. It does NOT hold: (a) contractor licensing — the Town's own registration form requires a 'Palm Beach County Certificate of Competency and/or State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation License', so competency licensing is county/state; (b) fire — Palm Beach County Fire Rescue serves the Town from Station 22 (District Chief Amanda Vomero, 561-790-6105); (c) impact fees — Palm Beach County impact fees apply and changed 1 Jan 2026. Flood zone lookup is pointed at the Palm Beach County ArcGIS app and GeoNav. The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District (Code Sec. 46-1) is a separate special district holding the canal/drainage rights-of-way. 88% · authority form + department pages
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required. The Town publishes a dedicated 'Solar Panel Packet' (Solar (Electric or Plumbing) Checklist Form, FBC 8th Edition 2023, Rev. May 2024) and its codified permit-exemption list (Code Sec. 10-2, FBC 105.2, reproduced in the 'Do You Need A Permit?' sheet) contains no solar exemption — the electrical exemptions are limited to lamp replacement, like-for-like fixture/switch/outlet repair on the load side, radio/TV transmitting equipment and temporary test systems. 95% · authority permit checklist
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Solar is a STANDALONE primary permit, not a sub-permit. The Town's 'Separate (Standalone) Permit Requirements' sheet (Rev. Jan 1, 2024) lists 'Solar Power Systems' and 'Solar Heating Systems' among items that 'shall be permitted separately (not as a sub-permit)'. The Solar checklist then contemplates a 'Sub Trade Permit Application, if applicable', and the Palm Beach County Universal Permit Application used by the Town carries the standing sentence 'I understand that a separate permit must be secured for ELECTRICAL WORK...'. Practical read: one Solar Power System permit, with an electrical sub-trade application beneath it where the Building Official calls for one. A service change is separately listed as its own standalone permit ('Electric (irrigation, temporary power pole, service change)'). 75% · authority policy sheet
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No. There is no Town HOA or architectural-approval gate, and there is no architectural review board. A controlled search of the full Code of Ordinances (661,293 characters) and the full ULDC (650,623 characters) returns zero hits for 'architectural review', 'design review' and 'certificate of appropriateness'; 'association' returns 34 hits in the Code and 5 in the ULDC, and every one is a definition, a speaking-time rule for civic associations at a board meeting, or a trade body — none requires HOA sign-off. FS 163.04(2) HAS NOT been re-enacted as a municipal restriction: 'due south', '45 degrees' and 'orientation' return nothing solar. The only HOA text the Town publishes is advisory and sits on the Owner/Builder Affidavit: 'A Loxahatchee Groves Building Permit does not assure compliance with your Homeowners Association's rules, regulations and/or deed restrictions. We advise you to obtain approval from your Homeowners Association before improving your property.' That is advice, not a pre-condition, and FS 163.04(2) caps what any HOA may do. NOTE a separate real pre-condition that is NOT an HOA gate: the fee schedule charges $75 for 'Building Permit Zoning Review and Inspection', so a zoning review runs alongside the building permit. 85% · authority affidavit + controlled code search
• Is there a historic-district review? No. There is no historic district, no historic preservation board and no certificate of appropriateness in Loxahatchee Groves. Controlled search: 'certificate of appropriateness' = 0 hits in both the Code of Ordinances and the ULDC; 'historic' = 7 hits in the Code (all Municode front-matter about the Code's own 'historical evolution') and 21 in the ULDC (the supplement history table, a museum definition, and the flood chapter's FBC Existing Building Chapter 12 'historic structure' exemption). The Town incorporated in 2006 and its ULDC creates no preservation regime. 85% · controlled code search
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Yes, in substance. The Solar packet requires the qualifier to certify 'The Design Wind Speed for the project is 170vult MPH; Exposure B or C' and 'The Mounting System is Site-Specifically Engineered to 170vult MPH wind-load pressures', and requires the 'Mounting/Bracket Manufacturer (WITH PRODUCT APPROVAL)' to be named plus 'Engineered Attachment Details Included (ALL components & attachments within the wind load path)'. This is Florida Product Approval, NOT a Miami-Dade NOA: Palm Beach County is not in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ is Miami-Dade and Broward only). The Town's codified plan list also requires 'Impact resistant coverings or systems' and wind requirements for residential work. 90% · authority permit checklist
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Not for a rooftop array on a lawfully permitted single-family dwelling. For a GROUND mount the answer is less comfortable and this is the commercially important part. ULDC Sec. 20-015 sets out the Agricultural Residential (AR) district's permitted uses as a CLOSED TABLE — principal uses (single family dwelling, modular/factory-built home, essential services by special exception, agriculture, wireless communication facilities by special exception Cat. A) and accessory uses (accessory dwelling, groom's quarter, caretaker's quarter, home offices, residential enterprise, wholesale nursery, retail nursery, u-pick farms, private kennels, private stables, yard sales, veterinarian services, dog boarding, temporary events). THERE IS NO SOLAR ROW AND NO 'CUSTOMARY ACCESSORY USES' RESIDUAL. Sec. 20-017 then closes it: 'Any use not expressly, or by inference, permitted in the Section entitled "Permitted uses" is expressly prohibited.' The two words 'or by inference' are the whole answer — they are a softer residual than a hard closed list but harder than 'customary accessory uses', and they leave the call with the reviewer. FS 163.04(1) is the counter and it is absolute: a municipal ordinance that 'prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors... is expressly prohibited'. Article 170 (Special Exception Uses) and Article 150 (Variances) exist; Special Exception Cat. A costs $5,100, Cat. B $1,000, Cat. C $250, variance $3,100. 65% · codified zoning ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No local cap — 'solar', 'photovoltaic' and 'renewable' return ZERO hits across both the Code of Ordinances and the ULDC. The only caps are FPL's and the Town's own design-complexity limit. FPL tariff Sheet 9.050 s.2.1 requires a Tier 1 system's Gross Power Rating to (a) not exceed 90% of the customer's utility distribution service rating, (b) be 10 kW AC or less, and (c) have 'an AC generating capacity of less than 115% of the Customer's previous 12 months kilowatt-hour usage'; s.1.1 computes AC nameplate as DC x 0.85. Above 10 kW AC the job becomes Tier 2 ($400 application fee) and above 100 kW Tier 3 ($1,000). Separately the Town's Solar packet limits design to '4 series strings or less, per Inverter'. 88% · utility filed tariff + controlled code search

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 Florida state-licensed contractor or a Palm Beach County certificate-of-competency holder, registered with the Town. The Town's Contractor Registration application has an explicit 'SOLAR CONTRACTOR' tick box alongside 'ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR'. A property owner may pull it themselves under the owner-builder exemption (see Q7). The Solar checklist is signed by a 'Qualifier'. 88% · authority registration form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes. Contractors must register with the Town before applying, and registration is now made through the MGO portal. Required with the application: a current Palm Beach County / county-wide Business Tax Receipt; the qualifier's driving licence or photo ID; the PBC Certificate of Competency and/or DBPR licence; a Certificate of Liability Insurance naming 'The Town of Loxahatchee Groves' as certificate holder; a Certificate of Workers Compensation Insurance or exemption certificate; and, for certified state licence holders based in another county, that county's Business Tax Receipt. Private providers must also register with the Town via MGO, and the Town states it may not charge an administrative fee for that registration. 92% · authority registration form
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. The Town publishes an Owner/Builder Affidavit citing FS 489.103: the owner may act as their own contractor to build or improve a one- or two-family residence 'at a cost of $75,000 or less in value within any 12 month period', provided it is for their own use and occupancy and they perform or provide direct on-site supervision. The affidavit 'MUST BE REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF LOXAHATCHEE GROVES' and asks 15 questions including which code books the owner holds. There is NO solar-specific exclusion — the word 'solar' does not appear in the affidavit, and the Solar checklist itself lists 'Owner/Builder Affidavit, if applicable' as a submittal item. 88% · authority affidavit form

Almost everywhere wants a site plan, a one-line or three-line electrical diagram, equipment cut sheets with listings, and a structural attachment detail. Build it against the published checklist rather than the last jurisdiction you worked in — the checklist is what the reviewer marks against.

• What documents make up a complete submittal? From the Solar Panel Packet (Rev. May 2024): (1) completed Building Permit Application (the Palm Beach County Universal County-wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form, January 2024 Edition); (2) full set of construction documents/plans by a registered or authorized design professional — if by a registered design professional they must be signed, sealed, dated and carry a digitally verifiable signature; (3) Owner/Builder Affidavit, if applicable; (4) Notice of Commencement, if applicable (required by FS ch. 713 for a direct contract over $5,000, and it must be recorded and posted before the first inspection); (5) Sub Trade Permit Application, if applicable; (6) the Town's own 'Solar PV (Photovoltaic) Installation Checklist Form', completed and signed by the qualifier. Notarisation of the application is required if the value is $5,000 or more, and for all owner-builders regardless of value. 93% · authority permit checklist
• How many copies, and in what format? Electronic only, through MGO. 'As of January 13, 2025, Registrations and Building Permits are only processed electronically via the MGO portal.' The Town's file-naming rule is strict and is a real rejection risk: 'Plan pages must be named in accordance with the exact sheet name on the drawing, without any additional letters, numbers, or information. Example: A-00, A-01, E-01, FP-01, M-01, P-01, Survey, NOA's Etc.' and 'Only one drawing page per file name, multi-page batch drawings are not permitted.' No paper copy count is published because none is taken. 90% · authority department page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? A roof layout, not a conventional site plan. The Solar packet's structural certifications require that 'The Qualifier has provided a detailed Roof Layout' and that the array setbacks and cantilever be shown. The Town's codified residential plan-content list (Code Sec. 10-2, FBC 107.3.5.3) separately requires site requirements — drainage plan as determined by the Building Official, setbacks/separation to assumed property lines, septic tank locations — and flood hazard areas, flood zones, design flood elevations. For a GROUND mount the site plan has to carry the AR-district setbacks (front 50 ft, side 25 ft, rear 25 ft, side street 40 ft) and the 15% plot-coverage / 70% pervious calculations. 78% · authority permit checklist + codified FBC ch.1 amendment
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Yes. The Solar packet's electrical certifications state: 'The Qualifier has provided a one (1) line diagram & system design.' The Town's codified residential plan list separately requires an 'Electric service riser with wire sizes, conduit detail and grounding detail. Complete load calculations, Panel schedules'. A three-line diagram is not mentioned. 93% · authority permit checklist
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Yes, and the Town prints its own NEC 705.12 table. The 'SOLAR PV (PHOTOVOLTAIC) INSTALLATION CHECKLIST FORM' requires: TOTAL PV Output AMPS; Open Circuit Conductor Size; for a Supply/Line Side Connection the Service Rating, Service Conductor Size, Splice/Tap Device and Manufacturer; and a Point of Connection (select only one). The applicant must then CIRCLE the system design on a printed table headed 'WIRE/OCPD/BUSBAR/MAIN BREAKER [TABLE IN ACCORDANCE NEC 705.12]' with rows from 12A/15A/14 AWG/80-80 up to 64A/80A/4 AWG/400-400 or 200-150 for LOAD side connections. The packet also caps design complexity: 'The PV System is composed of 4 series strings or less, per Inverter.' 92% · authority permit checklist
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No dollar threshold is published; the requirement is expressed as site-specific engineering of the mounting system. The Solar packet requires 'Mounting/Bracket Manufacturer (WITH PRODUCT APPROVAL)' and 'Engineered Attachment Details Included (ALL components & attachments within the wind load path)', and the qualifier must certify 'The Mounting System is Site-Specifically Engineered to 170vult MPH wind-load pressures'. Plans by a registered design professional must be signed, sealed, dated and digitally verifiable. Critically, the Town restricts the usual escape route: 'THE TOWN OF LOXAHATCHEE GROVES DOES NOT ACCEPT CONTRACTOR AFFIDAVITS NOR ENGINEERING CERTIFICATIONS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AS PER FBC-B 8TH ED., 2023 CHAPTER 1 - SECTION 110.1.3', and where allowed they must be accompanied by 'EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE'. 85% · authority permit checklist
• Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Not required as such. The Solar packet's electrical certification is 'The System is FSEC Certified or is designed by an appropriate licensed professional' — an either/or that does not compel a PE seal. The state backstop is FS 471.003(2)(h), which exempts electrical work below the statutory threshold from the engineering seal requirement. 70% · authority permit 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? MGO Connect (MyGovernmentOnline), jurisdiction ID 490 — https://www.mgoconnect.org/cp?JID=490. Contractor registration, permit application, plan review, fee payment, inspection scheduling and private-provider registration all run through it. Agendas are on a separate CivicClerk portal. 95% · authority department page
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes, and it is mandatory. 'As of January 13, 2025, Registrations and Building Permits are only processed electronically via the MGO portal.' The Town lists 24/7 access, digital applications, online inspection scheduling, real-time plan review and inspection status, fee lookup and payment after creating an MGO account. Re-roof affidavits and photographs must be submitted to MGO as PDFs. The Town does NOT use SolarAPP+ — a site search for 'SolarAPP' and 'SolarAPP+' returns no results against a working search box (positive control 'solar' = 13 results; fabricated control 'zzqqxplaceholder' = 0, both confirmed by response byte length, 14,065 vs 1,788). 93% · authority department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Worked example for a $25,000 residential array, from Resolution No. 2025-75 (adopted 17 Sep 2025): base permit fee $250 for the first $7,500 of valuation plus 2% of the remaining $17,500 = $600; building plan review 30% of the permit fee, minimum $150 = $180; Building Permit Zoning Review and Inspection $75; BCAIF surcharge 1.5% of permit cost = $9; DBPR surcharge 1% = $6; Technology Fee 1% = $6. TOTAL approx. $876, plus a 4% credit-card convenience fee (approx. $35) if paid by card. There is NO solar-specific fee line — the word 'solar' does not appear anywhere in the fee schedule. The permit fee 'includes permit processing, all required inspections, excluding plan review and re-inspections'. Retroactive permit after start of construction = 4x the permit fee. 88% · adopted fee schedule (Resolution 2025-75)
• How is the fee calculated? Pure valuation, tiered and marginal: $250 up to $7,500; plus 2% from $7,500.001 to $100,000; plus 1.75% from $100,001 to $500,000; plus 1.5% from $500,001 to $1,500,000; plus 1% above $1,500,001. Valuation is defined in the schedule and repeated in Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 109.3): 'total replacement value of work, including materials and labor... such as structural, electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing equipment, interior finish, related site work, architectural and design fees, marketing costs, overhead, and profit, excluding only land value'. The Building Official may reject an under-estimated valuation and sets the final valuation; Marshall-Swift / Means / ICC data may be used. 92% · adopted fee schedule + codified FBC ch.1 amendment
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes. Building Plan Review Fee = 30% of the calculated permit fee or a minimum of $150, whichever is greater, payable at the time of application. Plan revision $100 per resubmittal + $20 per additional sheet. Each review after the third review = 4x the permit fee. Expedited out-of-sequence plan review: residential $430. Pre-application/pre-construction meeting $550/hour. NOTE TWO DEFECTS IN THE SAME ADOPTED DOCUMENT: (a) the surcharges are listed twice and inconsistently — correctly as 'Building Code Administrators & Inspectors Fund Surcharge 1.5% of permit cost (minimum of $2) Per F.S. 468.631' and 'Department of Business & Professional Regulation Surcharge 1% of permit cost (minimum of $2) Per F.S. 553.721', and then again under Building Department Administrative Fees as 'Technology Fee 1% / DPBR Surcharge 1% / DCA Surcharge 1%', where DCA is a retired label and the 1%+1% pair understates the statutory 1.5%+1%; (b) Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 109.6) says 'Permit fees are non-refundable' while Resolution 2025-75 sets out a refund ladder (100% of plan review and 50% of the permit fee before any plan review, etc.), and the code's cross-reference to 'Section 145-025 of the Loxahatchee Groves Code' points at a ULDC section about refunding an APPEAL application fee, not a permit fee. 93% · adopted fee schedule (Resolution 2025-75)

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 PV-specific or current plan-review clock. Its only published figure is stale: the 'Permit Application FAQ's' linked from the live Building Department page says 'The goal of the Town is to review applications and issue responses in under 30 days', but that document is stamped 'Version: 20210317' (17 March 2021) and describes the superseded regime in which 'Palm Beach County building officials must review and approve all building permits before construction' — which the Town's own current page contradicts. The binding clock is therefore statutory: FS 553.792(1)(a)1 gives 5 BUSINESS DAYS for an electrical or accessory-structure permit on an EXISTING single-family dwelling where the value of the work is less than $15,000, and (1)(a)2 gives 30 business days otherwise for a structure under 7,500 sq ft. FS 553.792(1)(c) deems an application complete if the Town does not say otherwise within 5 business days, and (1)(e) requires the permit fee to be reduced by 10% for each business day the deadline is missed. 72% · state statute (local document stale)
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? TWO ANSWERS THAT CONFLICT, AND THE STATUTE WINS FOR A HOUSE. Locally, Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 105.4.1) says 'Every permit issued shall become invalid unless the work authorized by such permit is commenced within 6 months after its issuance, or if the work authorized by such permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of 6 months after the time the work is commenced', with 105.4.1.3 treating an approved inspection within six months as active progress and allowing written extensions of not more than 3 months each. FS 553.79(1)(c) provides that 'A building permit issued by a local government for a single-family dwelling expires 1 year after the issuance of the permit or on the effective date of the next edition of the Florida Building Code, whichever is later.' Separately, an APPLICATION goes null after 180 days of no activity (FBC 105.3.2), extendable in 90-day blocks. Permit renewal costs 30% of the permit fee, minimum $100. 85% · codified FBC ch.1 amendment + state statute
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light (FPL). Proved three ways from the Town's own instruments. (1) THE BUDGET LINE NAMES IT AND THE SPLIT ROW IS THE EVIDENCE: the FY2025 adopted budget workbook carries account 001-01-32-323-32310 'FPL Franchise Fee' at $367,748 actual FY2023 / $330,000 FY2025, and immediately beneath it a SEPARATE, ZERO account 001-01-32-323-30430 'Electric Utility Franchise' at $0 across all three years. The generic residual electric franchise line exists and is empty; the only money is FPL's. (2) Account 001-01-31-314-31410 'Electric Utility Tax' books $430,597 — a single undifferentiated electric utility tax, no second seller. (3) The Town's own 'Report an Outage' page names FPL and nobody else: 'please visit www.FPL.com... or call FPL at 1-866-263-9186' plus the FPL Power Tracker. There is no franchise appendix in the Code and no codified FPL franchise; the Charter's franchise subsection has been editorially removed from the ordinance-adoption limits. The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District is a water-control district, not an electric utility. 94% · adopted budget workbook (line-item)
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? FPL sits at both ends. Before energising: FPL requires a completed interconnection application; Tier 1 (10 kW AC or less) pays no application fee (tariff Third Revised Sheet No. 9.050 s.2.2, effective 1 January 2026); FPL executes the agreement 'within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of a completed application' (s.3.6). Between: s.3.4 — 'The Customer agrees to provide Local Building Code Official inspection and certification of installation. The certification shall reflect that the local code official has inspected and certified that the installation was permitted, has been approved, and has met all electrical and mechanical qualifications.' So the Town's final inspection is an INPUT to FPL, not the other way round. Then s.3.5 — 'The Customer shall notify FPL at least ten (10) calendar days prior to initially placing Customer's equipment and protective apparatus in service and FPL shall have the right to have personnel present on the in-service date.' The Town's Early Power Release procedure is a new-construction meter-release instrument and does not reach a retrofit on an existing meter. 88% · utility filed tariff

The NEC edition a jurisdiction enforces is often a cycle behind the newest one published, and local amendments sit on top of it. Rapid shutdown, conductor sizing and labelling all change between editions, so the edition in force is the first thing to establish, not the last.

• Which NEC edition is in force? 2020 NEC. Code Sec. 10-1(b) adopts by reference '(1) The group of codes known as the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023)... (2) 2020 National Electrical Code. (3) Florida Fire Prevention Code' (Ord. No. 2021-15, 12-7-2021; Ord. No. 2023-08, 1-9-2024). Corroborated inside the Town's own Generator Packet, which cites 'Per 2020 NEC 702.7'. This is a FIXED adoption, not a floating one — the ordinance names the year. 95% · adopting ordinance
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) — Building, Accessibility, Residential, Existing Buildings, Plumbing, Fuel Gas, Mechanical and Energy Conservation, adopted by Code Sec. 10-1(b)(1) via Ord. 2023-08 (9 Jan 2024). The Building Department page states '8th Edition of the Florida Building Code 2023 goes into effect on December 31, 2023. Permit applications, plans, and documents submitted on or after January 1, 2024, must demonstrate compliance with the new building code.' The Solar packet header repeats '(FBC 8th Edition 2023)'. 95% · adopting ordinance
• Which fire code edition is in force? The Florida Fire Prevention Code applies, but the Town's adoption does NOT name an edition: Code Sec. 10-1(b)(3) simply adopts 'Florida Fire Prevention Code'. That is a floating adoption, so the in-force edition is whatever the State Fire Marshal has adopted — currently the 8th Edition (2023). There is no fire chapter in the Town's Code of Ordinances at all, and fire service is Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (Station 22). The Town does issue fire alarm, fire sprinkler and fire suppression permits itself, so plan review for those trades is at the Town desk. 70% · adopting ordinance (edition unstated)
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes — one large ADMINISTRATIVE amendment and no technical ones found. Code Sec. 10-2, the 'Loxahatchee Groves Building Code Administrative Code', is a full local rewrite of FBC Chapter 1 running to roughly 192,000 characters: Section 105 permits and exemptions, 105.12 work starting before permit issuance, 105.13 phased approval, 105.14 permits on affidavit, 107 construction documents and the residential plan-content list, 109 fees and valuation, 110 the full required-inspection schedule, 111 certificates of occupancy and completion, 112 service utilities, 113 appeals. NO technical amendment was found: a search of both corpora for 'freeboard' returns ZERO, and there is no local amendment to FBC-R R322 or FBC-B 1612 adding elevation. There is also no local electrical chapter — a search for 'disconnect' across the whole Code returns six hits, none of which places an electrical disconnect (they are the demolition pre-inspection, FBC 112.3 the Building Official's authority to disconnect service utilities, and a manufactured-buildings plan item). So nothing local puts a disconnect on the wall. 88% · codified FBC ch.1 amendment
• What is the installation judged against? FBC 8th Edition (2023) plus the 2020 NEC, as adopted by Code Sec. 10-1, and in practice the Town's own Solar packet certifications, which are what the plans examiner and the inspector work from. The packet is unusually specific and is quoted at Q35, Q12 and Q44. Florida Product Approval applies to the mounting system; Palm Beach County is not HVHZ, so a Miami-Dade NOA is not required (though the Town's own re-roof packet family does carry borrowed HVHZ boilerplate — check what the desk asks for). 90% · adopting ordinance + authority permit checklist

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? A three-foot setback from ALL roof edges is required — 'The Array is set back from all roof edges by at least 3' (three feet)' — but read its scope: it is stated in the packet's STRUCTURAL certification block, not as a fire-access provision, and it applies to all edges, not just the ridge. The Town publishes NO ridge setback, NO access-pathway widths and NO smoke-ventilation spec of its own; a controlled search of the whole Code and ULDC returns zero for 'rooftop', zero for 'shutdown' and zero for 'placard'. The Florida Fire Prevention Code applies via Code Sec. 10-1(b)(3) with no edition named, and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is the fire service. Practical read: design to FFPC/NFPA 1 pathways and to the Town's 3-foot all-edge rule, whichever is greater. 72% · authority permit checklist

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Required by the adopted code, not restated locally. The 2020 NEC is adopted by Code Sec. 10-1(b)(2), so NEC 690.12 rapid shutdown applies. The Town restates none of it: a controlled search of the Code of Ordinances and the ULDC returns ZERO hits for 'shutdown', and a site-wide search of loxahatcheegrovesfl.gov for 'shutdown' returns two documents, a hurricane debris notice and a cyber security policy memo — neither electrical. 80% · adopting ordinance + controlled search

The NEC sets a baseline for permanent markings at the service equipment and the disconnecting means. On top of that, an authority may specify its own wording, and the utility may specify more again. Where any of them writes its own text, a generic off-the-shelf label set will not pass — this is the detail most often fixed on a return visit.

• Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? None of its own — and this is an affirmative proof, not a failed search. The Town DOES write placard requirements into its permit packets when it wants one: the Generator Packet says 'Sign: A sign or placard shall be placed at the service-entrance equipment that indicates the location and type of the generator. Per 2020 NEC 702.7. This will be checked at inspection.' The Solar Panel Packet, written by the same department in the same month (Rev. May 2024), contains no placard requirement at all — its 'GENERAL INFORMATION' and 'SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS' fields both read 'N/A'. So the labels at the service equipment are the 2020 NEC set (690.13, 690.56, 705.10, 705.12, 710.15) plus FPL's two (Q42), and nothing more. 85% · authority permit packets, compared
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The Town specifies no placard wording of its own for PV. The only wording it specifies anywhere near this job is the generator sign at Q38, and that is described by function rather than by text. The wording that does apply verbatim is FPL's — see Q42. 85% · authority permit checklist
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? No — the Town specifies no letter height, colour or material. FPL does, and its specification is the one that governs the two utility labels: FPL Electric Service Standards Section XIII.A.6 (revision date 10-30-25) requires that 'All labels must be permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with engraved letters.' Engraved, not printed — that rules out a self-adhesive vinyl label for the FPL placards. 85% · utility standard (OCR of authority PDF)
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Not restated by the Town. NEC 705.10 (permanent plaque or directory at each service equipment location, or at an approved readily visible location, showing the location of all electric power source disconnecting means) applies through the 2020 NEC adoption at Code Sec. 10-1(b)(2), but no Town document repeats it and no Town document specifies what the plan/directory must show. This is now the fifth consecutive Florida authority in this survey at which nobody restates 705.10. 75% · adopting ordinance (no local restatement)
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? YES — FPL requires two placards beyond anything the AHJ asks for, and the requirement is NOT tier-scoped. FPL Electric Service Standards, Section XIII 'DISTRIBUTED GENERATION', page XIII: 2 of 13, revision date 10-30-25, paragraph A.6: 'Labeling - All labels must be permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with engraved letters. The customer is responsible for all labeling requirements. The following labels must be installed at the interconnecting meter can and the DER disconnect switch.' INTERCONNECTING METER CAN: 'WARNING / MULTI POWER SOURCES / ENTER SOURCES HERE / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'. DER DISCONNECT SWITCH: 'GENERATION SYSTEM AC DISCONNECT / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'. QUOTE A.6, NOT B.6: paragraph A.4 two items earlier IS tier-scoped ('All tier 2 and tier 3 systems require an FPL approved visually open...'), and A.6 carries no tier limit and says 'must'. So a 10 kW Tier 1 job with no disconnect switch still takes the METER CAN placard. The DER-switch placard follows the switch, and the switch is required for 'all DER installations ranging from 10kW to 2MW' (XIII: 7 of 13) or wherever a line-side tap forces one (Q48). 92% · utility standard (OCR of authority PDF)
• Where must the labels be placed? The Town is silent. FPL places its two: at the interconnecting meter can, and at the DER disconnect switch (ESS XIII.A.6). Where FPL has agreed to relocate the disconnect away from the meter socket, tariff Sheet 9.051 s.5.3 requires in addition that 'the customer shall install a permanent weather-proof plaque adjacent to FPL's meter socket indicating the location of the manual disconnect switch or switches'. Everything else follows the 2020 NEC's own placement rules. 82% · utility standard + filed tariff

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? FPL's rule governs, and the answer depends on the TAP POINT, not only on the tier. (a) Load-side, UL 1741 inverter-based, 10 kW AC or less: NO disconnect. Tariff Sheet 9.051 s.5.1 — 'U.L.1741 Listed, inverter-based Tier 1 customer-owned renewable generation systems do not require a customer-installed manual disconnect switch.' (b) Line-side/supply-side tap, any size: a disconnect IS required. FPL Electric Service Standards XIII.A.5 (rev. 10-30-25) — 'If the interconnection is performed on the line side of the customers main electrical panel (per NEC) a manual AC disconnect is required between AC generation output and the point of interconnection to FPL facilities. The manual disconnect switch must be mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket within 10 feet and must always remain accessible to FPL.' (c) Any DER installation from 10 kW to 2 MW: FPL requires a DER Disconnect Switch on the AC side of the inverter (ESS XIII: 7 of 13) — visible open with blades, jaws and a visible air gap not obscured by any dead-front or arc-shield, lockable open, an FPL 3/8" padlock shank must fit the cover hasp, the switch may not be modified to take an FPL lock, enclosure grounded, not used as a raceway for anything but the switched phase conductors, neutral and equipment ground, blades de-energised when open per NEC 404.6(C), within 10 feet of the meter socket with no locked gates, doors or fences between them, and the plans must show the dimension. FPL 'reserves the right to lock open the DER utility disconnect switch without prior notice'. (d) Non-UL-1741 Tier 1: tariff s.5.2 requires a visible-load-break switch adjacent to the meter socket. (e) Relocated by agreement: tariff s.5.3 adds the weather-proof plaque. THE TOWN ADDS NOTHING: a grep for 'disconnect' across the entire 661,293-character Code of Ordinances returns six hits and not one places an electrical disconnect — and the single 'Electrical exterior disconnect location' plan item in Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 107.3.5.3) is scoped to MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS/HOUSING, not to a site-built house. There is no ampacity floor, no 4-7 ft mounting band and no 7-foot radius rule in this Town's code. 90% · utility standard + filed tariff + controlled code search
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, on three limbs, all stated as qualifier certifications in the Solar packet: (1) 'All modules, inverters, combiner boxes, etc. are identified, listed and labeled for use in PV systems'; (2) the 'Mounting/Bracket Manufacturer (WITH PRODUCT APPROVAL)' must be named — Florida Product Approval, since Palm Beach County is not HVHZ; (3) 'The System is FSEC Certified or is designed by an appropriate licensed professional.' FPL adds its own, at tariff Sheet 9.050 s.3.1: the generation must have been 'tested and listed by the laboratory for continuous interactive operation with an electric distribution system in compliance with the applicable codes and standards of IEEE 1547, IEEE 1547.1, and UL 1741', and s.3.2 requires a utility-interactive inverter that isolates automatically on grid loss. 90% · authority permit checklist + utility tariff
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? There is no local battery or energy-storage rule at all, so a battery is permitted on the general conditions of the adopted codes (FBC 8th Ed. 2023 and NEC 2020 Article 706, with NFPA 855 reaching it through the Florida Fire Prevention Code). Controlled search: 'energy storage' returns ZERO hits in both the Code of Ordinances and the ULDC; 'batter' returns four hits in the Code and none in the ULDC, all of them inside the state's low-voltage-alarm definition (a 12-volt fence energiser and 'battery recharging devices'). The Town's own permit-type list has no ESS or battery entry. NOTE the token trap: 'ESS' as a bare string matches 457 times inside ordinary words ('process', 'assistance') and is worthless unanchored. 80% · controlled code search
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Not published. The Town's permit-type list on the Requirements, Permits & Applications page runs to 34 entries — including Generator, Electrical - Low Voltage, Fire Alarm, Fire Sprinkler, Fire Suppression and Solar Panel — and contains no battery or energy-storage permit. Its codified required-inspection schedule (Code Sec. 10-2, FBC 110.3 B Electrical) lists underground, rough-in, low voltage, power release, final and existing swimming pools, with no ESS stage. On this evidence a battery rides on the solar permit or on an electrical permit; ask the Building Official, because nothing is written. 70% · authority permit-type list + codified inspection schedule
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes — and on 5-acre agricultural lots the setbacks, not the coverage limits, are what bind. The ULDC applies its dimensional standards to 'All buildings and structures', which reaches a ground-mounted array. In the Agricultural Residential (AR) district: minimum plot 5 acres with 200 ft frontage and depth (Sec. 20-025); SETBACKS front 50 ft, side 25 ft, rear 25 ft, side street 40 ft (Sec. 20-035) — these are the binding numbers; plot coverage 'The combined area of all buildings and roofed structures shall not exceed 15 percent of the plot area' and minimum pervious area 70% (Sec. 20-030) — on a 5-acre lot that is 32,670 sq ft of coverage, so a residential ground mount is nowhere near it even if a reviewer calls the array a roofed structure; height 35 ft (Sec. 20-040). Sec. 15-015's list of accessory structures that may PROJECT INTO a setback is CLOSED and has no solar or PV-equipment row — it allows arbors, clothes poles, flags, driveways, fountains, sculptures, terraces, planters, single-member light poles, recreational equipment and basketball goals, and separately allows attached HVAC units, permanent power generators and pool equipment to project a maximum of five feet. An inverter or a battery on an exterior wall inside a setback has no listed exception. Sec. 15-010's height exceptions are likewise a CLOSED list with no catch-all (spires, domes, belfries, chimneys, cupolas, roofed monuments, scenery lofts at +25%; water, fire, cooling, aircraft-control and broadcasting towers at +25%; mechanical equipment five feet or less and parapet walls at +5 ft) — but at 35 ft the cap almost never binds a house. AND NOTE A BROKEN CROSS-REFERENCE: Sec. 20-040 points readers to 'Section 15-015, "Exceptions from height limitations"', but 15-015 is Setback Exceptions; the height exceptions are at 15-010. Finally, the nearest analogue in this code runs the OTHER way from most Florida towns: Sec. 60-105's ground-mount, rear-yard, screened, 20-ft-height satellite-antenna regime is expressly scoped to NONRESIDENTIAL property, and the residential standard is only 'Any SRA located on residential property shall be restricted to residential use.' 75% · codified zoning ordinance
• Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? Yes — the Town restates NEC 705.12 in its own form rather than leaving it to the code. The Solar PV Installation Checklist requires the applicant to identify and CIRCLE the system design against a printed 'WIRE/OCPD/BUSBAR/MAIN BREAKER [TABLE IN ACCORDANCE NEC 705.12]' giving minimum busbar ampacity and main breaker combinations for a LOAD side connection (e.g. 64A inverter output / 80A OCPD / 4 AWG / 400-400 or 200-150; 32A / 40A / 8 AWG / 225-225 or 200-200 or 150-125; 12A / 15A / 14 AWG / 80-80). For a SUPPLY/LINE SIDE connection the form instead demands the Service Rating, Service Conductor Size, Splice/Tap Device and Manufacturer. Separately, an electrical SERVICE CHANGE is a standalone permit in its own right under the Separate Permit Requirements sheet, so a PV job needing a service upgrade takes two permits. 85% · authority permit checklist
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? Yes — the best-specified item in the whole packet, and all of it is a qualifier certification the Town requires before it will issue: the roof must be framed 'with wood trusses or rafters at no greater than 24" on center'; 'The Array is set back from all roof edges by at least 3' (three feet)'; 'The Array does not cantilever over the perimeter anchors by more than 6" (inches)'; 'The gap under the modules to the roof surface does not exceed 12" (inches)'; 'Anchor-to-roof Flashing/Sealing method and product(s) are identified and listed for this use'; 'The existing roof assembly and covering are in satisfactory condition for the proposed installation'; 'The Homeowner has been advised of the impact a rooftop installation might have on existing warranties'; the mounting/bracket manufacturer must carry Florida Product Approval; and engineered attachment details must cover ALL components and attachments within the wind load path at 170 mph Vult. The qualifier must also have 'provided rail system grounding detail'. 92% · authority permit 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 MGO portal. 'Building inspections can now be scheduled Monday through Friday through the MGO Portal.' Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 110.5) puts the duty on the permit holder: 'It shall be the duty of the holder of the building permit or their duly authorized agent to notify the building official when work is ready for inspection... to provide access to and means for inspections of such work.' 92% · authority department page + codified FBC ch.1 amendment
• How much notice is required? By 3 p.m. the day before. 'The cut-off time for inspections is 3 p.m. the day before the intended inspection day.' And once booked it is locked: 'Inspections cannot be scheduled, canceled, or rescheduled once an inspector has been assigned.' 92% · authority department page
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No AM/PM windows and no same-day booking. Inspections run Monday to Friday with a 3 p.m. prior-day cut-off, so same-day is not available. The Town gives a time on the morning of: the Solar packet says 'Contact the Building Department the day of the inspection between 8:30A-9:00A to obtain inspection timeframe.' After-hours, weekend and holiday inspections are priced in the fee schedule, as is a 'Status Inspection/Contractor Assistance Inspection' at $125 and a 'Miscellaneous Inspection Fee (Per Inspection)' at $100. 88% · authority permit checklist + department page + fee schedule

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 Community Standards Department's Building Division 'Reviews all building construction plans and permit applications' and 'Issues all permits for construction, redevelopment and building improvement projects, schedules and performs site inspections'. The Solar packet directs the contractor to 'request In-Progress inspection with Building Department'. The FY2025 budget backs this: the contracted 'Professional Service - Building Inspection Services' line falls from $153,089 actual (FY2023) to $0 (FY2025) while Building 'Regular Salaries' rises from $82,000 to $171,000. 90% · authority department page + budget
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated. The only alternative is the applicant's own election of a private provider under FS 553.791, which the Town supports: private providers must register through MGO, the Town publishes the full form set (Notice to Building Official of Use of Private Provider, Plan Compliance Affidavit, Job Site Identification Form, Inspection Checklist, Inspection Report, Certificate of Inspections Compliance), and Resolution 2025-75 gives a fee credit of 10.0% for plan review only, 15.0% for inspections only and 25.0% for both, which must be requested and approved with the initial permit application. CHECK THIS AGAINST THE STATUTE BEFORE PRICING: FS 553.791(2)(b) says 'The local jurisdiction may not charge fees for plans review or building inspections if the fee owner or the fee owner's contractor hires a private provider', and requires the reduction to equal the local agency's cost saving. A 25% credit on a fee that the Town's own schedule says 'includes permit processing, all required inspections' leaves the Town charging for inspections it did not perform. Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 107.6) also preserves the Building Official's right: 'Nothing aforesaid shall preclude plan review or inspections by the building official', and FBC 107.6.1 carves flood-load and flood-resistant construction out of the affidavit route entirely. 85% · adopted fee schedule + state statute

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? For a rooftop PV job the Town's own sequence is two visits, and the first is combined. The Solar packet: 'Contractor to request In-Progress inspection with Building Department... Contractor to be on site during In-Progress Inspection and provide access for BOTH the structural in-progress as well as the Electrical Rough inspection.' The codified schedule behind it (Code Sec. 10-2, FBC 110.3) gives Electrical: 1. Underground, 2. Rough-in, 3. Low Voltage, 4. Power release, 5. Final, 6. Existing Swimming Pools; and Building: foundation, slab/floor, shell (lintel, sheathing, roofing, framing, insulation, lath/drywall, exterior wall coverings), final. FBC 110.3 expressly reserves the ordering to the AHJ: 'The building official shall determine the timing and sequencing of when inspections occur and what elements are inspected at each inspection.' FBC 110.6 forbids covering work beyond an uninspected point. 82% · authority permit checklist + codified inspection schedule
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Yes. The In-Progress inspection is the rough-in, and it covers two trades at once — 'BOTH the structural in-progress as well as the Electrical Rough inspection' — with the contractor required to be on site to provide access. The codified electrical schedule separately lists a 'Rough-in inspection. To be made after the building is dried-in, framing, fire blocking and bracing is in place and prior to the installation of wall or ceiling membranes.' 85% · authority permit checklist

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? The Town publishes a solar checklist, but it is a submittal and certification checklist, not an inspector's checklist. 'POLICIES & PROCEDURES FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV)' (page 2 of the packet) lists thirteen structural and six electrical statements the qualifier must certify, and those are in practice what the job is measured against. There is also a generic 'Private Provider Inspection Checklist' for private-provider jobs. No PV-specific inspector's checklist is published. 75% · authority permit checklist
• What must be on site at inspection? Approved construction documents — Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 107.3.1): one reviewed set 'shall be kept at the site of work and shall be open to inspection by the building official or a duly authorized representative'. A certified copy of the recorded Notice of Commencement must be filed and posted before the first inspection where the direct contract exceeds $5,000, and 'In the absence of a certified copy of the recorded Notice of Commencement, no subsequent inspections can be performed'. The contractor must be present for the In-Progress inspection and provide access. Where an Early Power Release inspection applies, the signed Early Power Release form must be left on site for the electrical inspector — 'If the inspection passed but there is no form on site, the inspector will fail the inspection'. Job sites must be kept clear of construction debris before final approval (FBC 110.3 F). 85% · codified FBC ch.1 amendment + authority forms
• Does the inspector verify labels and listings? No published label-verification step for PV — and again the generator comparison is the evidence. The Generator Packet says of its placard 'This will be checked at inspection'; the Solar packet says nothing equivalent, and its listing requirements are discharged by the qualifier's signed affidavit rather than by an inspector's check ('All modules, inverters, combiner boxes, etc. are identified, listed and labeled for use in PV systems' is a certification the applicant signs). What the Town does insist on is the affidavit route being closed unless the Building Official has pre-approved it, and that any permitted certification be 'ACCOMPANIED BY EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO DEMONSTRATE CODE COMPLIANCE'. 70% · authority permit packets, compared

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 Certificate of Completion. Code Sec. 10-2, SECTION 111 'CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND COMPLETION' governs; 111.1 reserves the Certificate of Occupancy to use and occupancy and to changes of occupancy classification, so a PV retrofit on an occupied dwelling closes with a certificate of completion rather than a C/O. The adopted fee schedule prices 'Certified C/O or C/C $40', 'CO or CC <24-hour notice $250.00', and a 'Request to Administratively Close Permit $75.00'. A Certificate of Occupancy 'shall not be issued until all required electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems have been inspected for compliance with the technical codes... and released by the building official.' 80% · codified FBC ch.1 amendment + fee schedule
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The customer or their contractor notifies FPL — not the Town. FPL tariff Sheet 9.051 s.3.5: 'The Customer shall notify FPL at least ten (10) calendar days prior to initially placing Customer's equipment and protective apparatus in service and FPL shall have the right to have personnel present on the in-service date.' Sheet 9.050 s.3.4 makes the Town's approval an input the customer supplies: 'The Customer agrees to provide Local Building Code Official inspection and certification of installation.' The Town has no codified duty to tell FPL anything on a retrofit: its only power-release instrument, the Early Power Release form, is scoped to 'newly constructed buildings' and to releasing a NEW meter, and says 'The Town of Loxahatchee Groves Building Division will not release an electrical meter on newly constructed buildings without this form.' Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 112.1/112.3) gives the Building Official authority to authorise temporary connection and to order disconnection, and requires the Town to notify the serving utility when it disconnects — which is the only codified Town-to-utility channel. 82% · utility filed tariff + codified FBC ch.1 amendment
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Yes, and it escalates: 1st re-inspection $100.00; 2nd re-inspection without 'correction' done $200.00; 3rd and subsequent without correction $300.00; 4th and subsequent without correction $450.00. The base permit fee 'includes permit processing, all required inspections, excluding plan review and re-inspections', so re-inspections are always extra. Related: 'Miscellaneous Inspection Fee (Per Inspection)' $100.00; 'Status Inspection/Contractor Assistance Inspection' $125.00; after-hours, weekend and holiday inspections carry the same charges. Note the wording 'without correction done' — the ladder punishes returning with the fault unfixed, not returning as such. 93% · adopted fee schedule (Resolution 2025-75)
• How are corrections issued and cleared? By correction notice, and work stops at the failed point. Code Sec. 10-2 (FBC 110.6): the Building Official 'shall either indicate the portion of the construction that is satisfactory as completed, or notify the permit holder or his or her agent wherein the same fails to comply with this code. Any portions that do not comply shall be corrected and such portion shall not be covered or concealed until authorized by the building official', and 'Work shall not be done beyond the point indicated in each successive inspection without first obtaining the approval of the building official.' The Early Power Release procedure describes the mechanics the Town actually uses: 'the inspector will leave the form with a correction notice indicating the corrections needed... The contractor must reschedule the inspection when corrections are completed.' Status is visible in MGO ('Real-time access to plan review and inspection status'). 80% · codified FBC ch.1 amendment + authority form