Town of Malabar

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 Malabar is the AHJ for residential solar inside its 10.71 sq mi corporate limits. Code Sec. 6-4(b) requires a Town permit for any building, structure 'or component thereof' erected, moved, added to or altered, issued by the Town Building Official; Sec. 6-5 puts plan examination and permit issuance with the Building Official. The Town runs its own iWorQ permitting portal, files its own FS 553.80(7)(b) utilization report (535 applications / 445 permits / 1,079 inspections in 2025) and has its own NFIP CID (120024). CONTRACTOR LICENSING is NOT the Town's: Brevard County Contractor Licensing is the local construction regulation board under FS 489.105(12). That is a licensing/permitting split, not delegation. 95% · ordinance
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? The Town permits and inspects BOTH building and electrical itself, on one combined permit. It does not delegate to Brevard County. It DOES contract out the Building Official and plan-review function: FY2025/26 budget line 001-524-500.3103 'PROF SRVS - BLDG OFFICIAL, PLAN REVIEW' is $60,000 (down from $115,000 amended FY24/25) while 001-524-500.1200 REGULAR SALARIES & WAGES is a live $91,590 - so BOTH budget sides are non-zero, which is private outsourcing, not delegation. The 1 Oct 2025 organisational chart shows only Building Manager (Denine Sherear) and Permit Technician (Lindsey Wilson) in the department; the Staff Directory names only the Permit Technician. Resolution 12-2026 prices the Building Official at $115.00/hr as a pass-through contract rate. 90% · budget
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. Code Sec. 6-4(b): 'No building, structure, or component thereof regulated by the town shall be erected, moved, added to, or altered without a permit therefore, issued by the building official.' There is no de minimis exemption that reaches a PV system: Resolution 12-2026's $0 line exempts 'small home improvement projects less than $7,500' but expressly 'does not apply to any electrical, plumbing, structural, mechanical, or gas work under $7,500' - a solar array fails on both the electrical and the structural limb. 95% · ordinance
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? COMBINED. There is one 'Building Permit Application' in the iWorQ portal and one paper form; the electrical subcontractor is named in the SUBCONTRACTOR INFORMATION block on page 1 of that same application (Electrical Contractor / License # / Phone), and the electrical inspections (Electrical Rough In, Electrical Panel, Electrical Final, Meter, Power/Pre-Power FPL) sit on the same permit's inspection card. No separate electrical permit type exists in the portal, which offers only Building Permit plus five Land Use applications (Land Fill, Culvert/Right-of-Way, Zoning Change, Land Clearing & Tree Removal, Site Plan Pre-Application). 90% · permit application
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No municipal HOA-approval requirement - but the Town's own checklist asks for one where a private association exists. The Single Family Residence Checklist lists 'HOA Letter of Approval' under 'Required If Applicable'. The code does not administer covenants: 'homeowners association' appears 5 times in 1.73M characters, all in small-wireless-facility, subdivision-maintenance and common-open-space contexts, never as a consent precondition to a building permit. There is no association-approval box on the Building Permit Application. Note that HB 803 (2026), recited in Resolution 12-2026, now prohibits an HOA from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite to its own review. 82% · checklist
• Is there a historic-district review? NO. There is no historic district, no certificate of appropriateness and no architectural review board in Malabar. 'certificate of appropriateness' = 0, 'historic district' = 0, 'architectural review' = 0 in BOTH the 1.73M-character Code of Ordinances and Land Development Code AND the 470K-character website (167 pages); controls 'electrical' = 38 and 'Florida Building Code' = 57 in the code, fabricated control 'zzqqxvv' = 0. The Town seats four boards only - Board of Adjustment, Parks & Recreation, Planning & Zoning, Trails & Greenways - and no preservation board. The only appearance gate in the code is LDC Sec. 1-5.29 'Malabar Vernacular' design requirements, whose APPLICABILITY CLAUSE limits it to the OI, CL, CG and R/LC districts along arterial roadways and, for existing buildings, only to work exceeding 50% of the existing square footage; historic-status structures are expressly exempt under (h). 95% · ordinance
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No separate windstorm certification. There is NO local wind amendment at all: 'Exposure C' = 0, 'wind-borne' = 0, 'Vult' = 0, 'mph' = 4 (all non-structural: a fire-code air transference spec and unrelated text) across the whole code. Wind design therefore floats to the FBC 8th Edition (2023) and ASCE 7-22 site values as adopted by Ord. 2024-01. Malabar is NOT in the HVHZ (Miami-Dade and Broward only). What the Town does require is a signed PRODUCT APPROVAL AFFIDAVIT listing product type, model, manufacturer, attachment substrate, design pressures and the Florida Product Approval or NOA number. 85% · department form
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Not routinely - but two codified routes can pull a PV job to the Planning & Zoning Board and Town Council, and both are discretionary. (1) LDC Sec. 1-5.1 HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS: appurtenances or mechanical devices above roof level may exceed the height limit only 'upon approval by the Town Council', on a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Board and a staff recommendation from the Building Official and/or Town Engineer. The enumerated list is chimneys, water towers, ventilators, radio and television antennas, and 'other similar duly approved appurtenances or mechanical devices' - an open residual, but NO BY-RIGHT EXCEPTION. (2) LDC Sec. 1-5.6(C): 'If the Building Official is in doubt as to the type of added accessory structure or whether a proposed accessory use is a duly authorized accessory use or structure within the district in which it is proposed, then the Building Official shall forward the issue to the Planning and Zoning Board and the Town Council for action' - a codified escalation with no criteria, which a ground mount (unnamed anywhere in the code) can trip. RECORDED AS A RISK TO PRICE, NOT A REQUIREMENT TO ASSERT. A THIRD, UNUSUAL FEATURE RUNS THE OTHER WAY AND IS WORTH KNOWING: LDC Sec. 1-5.4(E) 'Yard Encroachment By Shading' - 'Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code, no new building, man-made object or coniferous trees will be located in such a manner that it will cast a shadow (damaging to the use of a SOLAR SYSTEM) into adjacent required yard setbacks, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. E.S.T. and 4:00 P.M. E.S.T. at the winter solstice... safeguarding the users of SOLAR HEATING ROOF PANELS.' This is a SOLAR-ACCESS PROTECTION clause, not a permitting hurdle: it constrains a neighbour's future building or conifer from shading an existing array. It is one of only two occurrences of the word 'solar' in 1.73 million characters of Malabar code. AND THE HEIGHT DEFINITION MATTERS MORE THAN THE EXCEPTION LIST: 'Building Height. The vertical dimension measured from the finished grade at the building line to the HIGHEST POINT OF THE STRUCTURE, including any and all decorative and safety structures, unless exempted under 1-5.1.' Height is measured to the highest point, the limit is 35 feet / 3 stories in every residential district (RR-65, RS-21, RS-15, RS-10), and the only relief is the discretionary Council route above. AIRPORT CHECKED AND CLEAN: Sec. 1-5.1's closing sentence says 'In no case shall any permitted heights be in conflict with the height regulations established for the VALKARIA AIRPORT by Brevard County and/or the Federal Aviation Administration', and 'airport height hazard zone requirements' appears in the definition of a Noncomplying Structure - but the airport limb is a HEIGHT limb only. There is NO GLARE-NEAR-A-RUNWAY PROHIBITION: 'runway' = 0 and '7460' = 0 in the code and across 167 website pages; 'Part 77' = 1, in the small-wireless-facility submittal list; all 15 'glare' hits are ordinary nuisance clauses (home businesses, industrial performance standards, model-home lighting, site lighting) and the dark-sky article Sec. 1-5.28 applies only to 'street lights, security lights, building lights, spot lights and all other lighting or modes of illumination that are INSTALLED' - a panel is not a mode of illumination. 72% · ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No municipal cap. The binding limits are FPL's, from the filed tariff: Tier 1 is 10 kW AC or less, must not exceed 90% of the customer's utility distribution service rating, AND must have an AC generating capacity of less than 115% of the customer's previous 12 months' kilowatt-hour usage (Sheet No. 9.050, Sec. 2.1(a)-(c)). AC nameplate for inverter-based systems is computed as installed DC nameplate x 0.85 (Sec. 1.1). Above 10 kW: Tier 2 ($400 application fee), Tier 3 ($1,000). FPL's Electric Service Standards Sec. XIII.A.5 repeats the 90%-of-transformer-rating cap. 92% · utility tariff

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-certified or state-registered contractor, or a holder of a Brevard County Certificate of Competency, who is REGISTERED WITH THE TOWN; or the property owner under the FS 489.103(7) owner-builder exemption. The Town's Contractor Document Requirements form demands a state licence OR Certificate of Competency, a current Business Tax Receipt, General Liability insurance naming the Town as certificate holder, Workers Compensation or an exemption form, and a NOTARISED LETTER SIGNED BY THE QUALIFIER listing the individuals allowed to submit and receive permits. 90% · department form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? YES - registration with the Town is a hard precondition. The Building Department page states in capitals: 'IF THIS INFORMATION IS NOT UP TO DATE, YOU CANNOT RECEIVE A PERMIT', and the Permitting Portal Guide says a contractor whose name does not appear in the portal dropdown is not registered. Fee: $40.00 one-time per Resolution 08-2026 and the registration form; Resolution 12-2026 (effective Oct 2026) changes this to $25.00 initial VALID FOR 1 YEAR plus $15.00 renewal - a live conflict between two 2026 resolutions two months apart, with the later one controlling from 1 October 2026 and the published form still printing the old $40 one-time figure. 92% · department page
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. The Owner Builder Documents package published on Building Permits & Forms contains the full FS 489.103(7) OWNER BUILDER DISCLOSURE FORM, and the Permitting Portal Guide instructs owner-builders to type 'Owner/Builder' in the contractor field, adding that 'Instructions for inspection requests and file uploads will be provided separately by staff.' The Acknowledgement of Applicant Responsibilities form (notarised) cites FS 553.79 and FS 489.103(7) by name. 90% · department 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? No solar-specific submittal list exists. What binds is: (a) codified Sec. 6-4(c) - adequate drawings normally 1/4 inch to the foot, survey and deed, lot dimensions and abutting watercourses, existing buildings, location and dimensions of the proposed alteration, 'the location and layout of the proposed electrical service', and grading/drainage where applicable; (b) the Acknowledgement of Applicant Responsibilities (notarised); (c) a recorded Brevard County Notice of Commencement for work of $5,000 or more, submitted to the Town AND posted on site before the first inspection; (d) a Product Approval Affidavit for FBC-regulated products; (e) contractor registration on file; (f) a Type III Land Clearing & Tree Removal permit if any tree 5 inches DBH or larger comes out with the building permit. The portal warns 'Applications submitted with zero documents will be returned or denied' without saying which documents. *** THE TREE PERMIT IS THE REAL EXTRA SUBMITTAL HERE AND IT IS TRIGGERED BY THE BUILDING PERMIT ITSELF. *** LDC Art. XV Sec. 1-15.9(C): a TYPE III permit 'shall be required for the removal of any tree FIVE (5) INCHES DBH AND LARGER in conjunction with the application and issuance of a building permit', submitted concurrently with the building permit application, with a sketch showing the location and general description of every tree 5 in DBH and larger. Where no Type I/II/III applies, a TYPE IV permit covers any tree 10 in DBH and larger on single-family property. Sec. 1-15.7(D) is the exemption that reaches a private yard: vegetation with a six-inch basal diameter OR LESS whose canopy is within 30 feet of a structure may be removed WITHOUT A PERMIT; above six inches it needs a Type IV. MITIGATION IS INCH-FOR-INCH REPLANTING, NOT CASH: Sec. 1-15.8(D)(2) requires 'one (1) inch diameter at breast height (DBH) total replacement for each one (1) inch DBH removed', replacement trees minimum 8 ft planted height and Florida Grade No. 1, waivable by the Town Manager. There is NO per-inch cash mitigation rate for a lawful removal; the $200.00 per diameter inch figure in Sec. 1-15.15(C) is a PENALTY for removal WITHOUT a permit, alongside a fine of up to $500.00 per tree and a hearing master's power to order replanting at twice the DBH removed. Fee: $40.00 per tree ('Tree Removal - Multiple'), or $0.00 for a Type IV dead/diseased/fire-buffer non-invasive removal (Resolution 08-2026). SOLAR ACCESS IS NEITHER RELIEF NOR AN AGGRAVATING FACTOR: the Type III and Type IV criteria are use/design-modification, proximity to structures, and thinning - shade, solar, sunlight and array appear nowhere in Article XV. *** THE FORM WIDENS THE CODE: the notarised affidavit on page 3 of the Land Clearing & Tree Removal application defines protected trees as 'ALL mangroves and TREES EXCEPT' twelve named invasives, dropping the code's 'of the West Indian or Tropical origin' limb entirely - so the administering document is BROADER than Sec. 1-15.5(l). *** AND IT REACHES THE CONTRACTOR: note (1) on the form - 'A signature of the contractor shall be construed as making the CONTRACTOR PERSONALLY LIABLE unless the contractor attaches a written proof of authorization to act on behalf of the applicant.' SEQUENCING: the Conditional CO checklist requires 'All other permits must be closed (Land Clearing, Tree Removal, Culvert, Pool, Generator, etc.)' and a 'Final Land Clearing/Tree Removal Inspection'. 85% · ordinance
• How many copies, and in what format? Electronic only, uploaded to the iWorQ citizen portal. The Building Department page states 'ALL EMAILED AND PAPER APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE', and the SFR checklist calls for 'Electronic Building Plans'. Codified Sec. 6-4(c) still says 'The number of copies shall be specified by the building official according to the type of permit' - a paper-era clause superseded in practice by the portal mandate. 88% · department page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Not separately required for a rooftop retrofit. The Town has a Site Plan Application and a codified Site Plan Review article (LDC Art. VII), but Resolution 08-2026 prices 'Site Plan Review - SFR Residential' at $1,100.00 and 'Site Plan Minor (including SFR)' at $300.00 as development-order items, not permit items. What a permit application must show instead is the Sec. 6-4(c) drawing content: lot dimensions and boundaries, abutting watercourses and water bodies, existing buildings, the location and dimensions of the proposed alteration, and the location and layout of the proposed electrical service. A GROUND MOUNT is different - as an accessory structure it must be shown clear of every required yard (Sec. 1-5.6(B)) and within the district impervious-surface ratio. 70% · ordinance
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No local threshold is published. Codified Sec. 6-4(c) requires only 'adequate drawings' and lists an Architect/Engineer name field on the permit application without making one mandatory. The engineering hook the Town does apply is the FBC product-approval route: a signed Product Approval Affidavit certifying compliance with FS 553.842 and FAC 9B-72 (the form still cites the superseded 9B-72 chapter number rather than the current 61G20). So structural adequacy is judged against the FBC 8th Edition (2023) and Florida Product Approval, with the contracted Building Official deciding case by case. 62% · department form
• Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No local threshold. Florida's statewide rule governs: FS 471.003(2)(h) exempts electrical work from the PE-seal requirement below $125,000 and 600 amps, so an ordinary residential PV job needs no electrical PE seal. The Town publishes no electrical-engineering threshold of its own anywhere in 1.73 million characters of code or in any of its 24 forms. 60% · statute

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

• Which permit portal does this authority use? iWorQ Citizen Portal at malabarfl.portal.iworq.net/portalhome/malabarfl. No login is required for builders. Its menu carries exactly three sections: Search Existing Permits; Building Permit Application (plus Notice of Commencement submission link and Building Permit Sub Contractor Form); and Land Use Applications (Land Fill, Culvert/Right-of-Way, Zoning Change, Land Clearing & Tree Removal, Site Plan Pre-Application Meeting). Code enforcement complaints also run through iWorQ. 95% · portal
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes - and it is mandatory, not optional. 'ALL EMAILED AND PAPER APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE.' Apply, upload documents, pay by credit/debit card (3.5% or $2.00 convenience fee, whichever is higher), request inspections and read inspection results all in the portal. 'Inspections are ONLY accepted through the portal. All emailed and called in inspections will not be accepted.' Document upload and inspection requests need a per-permit ACCESS CODE emailed to the address on file. 95% · department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? $99.00 base permit fee plus hourly pass-through of the Town's actual contract costs - there is no publishable total. Resolution 12-2026 (adopted 17 Aug 2026) abandons valuation-based fees entirely to comply with FS 166.033(9) and HB 803 (2026) and replaces them with: Base Permit Fee $99.00 (fence, roof, A/C, structural, mechanical, plumbing, accessory structure, or any project over $7,500 value), then plan review and inspection billed at the Town's actual contract rates in quarter-hour increments - Plan Reviewer (M/E/P) $100.00/hr, Plan Reviewer (Structural) $105.00/hr, Building Official $115.00/hr, M/E/P Inspector $92.50/hr, Building Inspector $92.50/hr, Zoning $100.00/hr, Permit Technician $55.00/hr, Flood Plain Management $115.00/hr. State surcharge 2.5% of building permit fees or $4.00, whichever is greater. Online card payment carries a convenience fee of 3.5% or $2.00, whichever is higher. A tree removal necessitated by the array is a separate $40.00 per tree. 88% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Flat base fee plus actual-cost hourly pass-through. Resolution 12-2026 recites FS 166.033(9) verbatim - a development-permit application fee 'may not be based on a percentage of construction costs, site costs, or project valuation' - and states that the $99 base is calculated from the Building Department's operating budget divided across 2,080 working hours per building position. This directly supersedes codified Sec. 6-6(d)(2), which still says construction valuation 'shall be determined using the latest published ICC valuation table', and Sec. 6-6(d)(3), which still sets plan review at one-half the permit fee. THE CODIFIED FEE MECHANISM IS NOW UNLAWFUL AND THE RESOLUTION CONTROLS. 90% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes, but no longer as a fixed percentage. Plan review is billed as a pass-through at the reviewer's hourly contract rate ($100.00/hr M/E/P, $105.00/hr structural, $115.00/hr Building Official), payable in full before the permit issues ('Prior to Issuance: Applicants must pay all accumulated base and actual plan review fees'). Codified Sec. 6-6(d)(3)'s 'one-half the permit fee' plan review charge is superseded. A revised plan review is billed 'per hourly fee schedule'; rejection of design documents three or more times for the same noted item costs four times the plan review fee. 88% · fee schedule

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

• What is the stated plan-review turnaround? 30 business days for a building or structure under 7,500 sq ft, 60 business days for larger or multifamily - Resolution 12-2026 states these as the FS 553.792 maxima and cites the statute correctly. The Town's FAQ page says 'The state requires that we distribute permits within 30 days... If all the required documents from the applicant are submitted, it can take as little as 7 to 10 days to be approved.' Plan review is performed by the contracted Building Official on TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ONLY. Statutory penalty carried through: the permit fee is reduced 10% for each business day the deadline is exceeded. A private provider compresses the window to 5 business days for single-trade/residential. 90% · fee schedule
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? The Town publishes no validity period for a building permit. FS 553.79(1)(c) therefore governs and gives a single-family permit ONE YEAR (or the effective date of the next FBC edition, whichever is later). The only local traces are a 'Permit Extension: $75 per Request' line in Resolution 12-2026, a 'Failure to Schedule Final Permit Inspection/Close of Permit $100.00' line, and Sec. 9-45's 180-day rule - which applies only to a FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT permit for work not subject to the FBC, not to a building permit, so it does not conflict with the statute. A tree removal permit is different and shorter: Sec. 1-15.10(C) gives it six months, renewable once for a further six. 75% · ordinance
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) - an investor-owned utility, and the ONLY electric seller in the Town. Proved six ways: (i) codified Appendix A, Article I grants the franchise to Florida Power & Light Company by name for 30 years (Ord. 2009-24, adopted 17 Aug 2009); (ii) the FY2025/26 budget carries exactly ONE electricity franchise line, 001-000-323.1000 FRANCHISE FEE - ELECTRICITY $276,000, beside NAMED, NON-ZERO sibling lines for water ($8,500) and solid waste ($38,000) and a separate gas utility tax line ($17,000) - the negative-form two-seller test, and there is no second electric account; (iii) exactly one UTILITY TAX - ELECTRICITY line, $385,000; (iv) the Municode table of contents has ONE electric franchise article and no city-owned-utility chapter at all (the Town's own utilities are water, sewer and stormwater, Chapters 13.5/13.6/13.7); (v) the SFR inspection card names an inspection type 'Power/Pre-Power FPL'; (vi) two published franchise ordinances (2008-24, 2009-24) name Florida Power and Light. 'Duke' = 0 across 1.73M characters of code and 470K characters of website. 95% · ordinance
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? AFTER the permit, and the AHJ's sign-off is the input. FPL's Tier 1 interconnection agreement Sec. 3.4 makes the customer 'provide Local Building Code Official inspection and certification of installation... that the installation was permitted, has been approved, and has met all electrical and mechanical qualifications'; Sec. 3.5 requires ten CALENDAR days' notice to FPL before placing the equipment in service; Sec. 3.6 obliges FPL to execute the agreement within 30 calendar days of a completed application. Application to FPL can run in parallel with the Town permit (Tier 1 carries no application fee), but energising cannot precede the Town's final. The Town's own inspection list includes 'Power/Pre-Power FPL', which is the Town releasing power, not FPL. 90% · utility 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? NEC 2020 (NFPA 70, 2020 Edition). Ordinance 2024-01, adopted 1 April 2024, rewrote Code Sec. 6-1 and lists 'The National Electric Code (2020 Edition) N.F.P.A. 70'. *** FLAG: TWO LIVE TOWN FORMS PRINT 2023 AND ARE WRONG. *** The Building Permit Application (rev. 02.16.2024) heads itself 'Florida Electrical Code Edition in effect: 2023 Edition' and the Single Family Residence Checklist prints 'National Electric Code 2023 Edition'. Both are the well-known conflation of the FBC 8th Edition (2023) cycle with the NEC edition. The adopting ordinance is the controlling instrument. 93% · ordinance
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023), all volumes. Ordinance 2024-01 (1 April 2024) adopts FBC Building, Residential, Accessibility, Energy Conservation, Existing Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas and Test Protocols for HVHZ, and states 'As of December 31, 2023, the Florida Building Code supersedes all local building codes'. It also adopts the International Property Maintenance Code 2024, the Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings 1997, the Standard Amusement Device Code 1985 and the Dictionary of Architecture and Construction 4th Edition. 95% · ordinance
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code 2023, 8th Edition, plus NFPA 101 Life Safety Code 2024 Edition - BUT ONLY VIA AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE, AND THE CODIFIED CHAPTER IS A 35-YEAR-OLD FOSSIL. Municode's Chapter 8 Sec. 8-26 still adopts 'NFPA 101, 1991 edition' for post-1988 buildings and the 'Standard Fire Prevention Code 1991 edition' (SBCCI) for pre-1988 ones, with Sec. 8-27 adding NFPA 101 1985. ORDINANCE 2025-04 replaced all of that with the FFPC 2023 8th Edition 'which shall operate in conjunction with the Florida Building Code 2023 eighth edition' and NFPA 101 2024, and repealed Sec. 8-27 - and it is not yet codified. Ordinance 2024-01 had already listed 'The Florida Fire Prevention Code, 2023 8th Edition, Chapter 9' in Chapter 6, so the codified book contained two contradictory fire-code adoptions until Ord. 2025-04 resolved them. 90% · ordinance
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? No technical local amendments to the FBC or the NEC. Code Sec. 6-1 as rewritten by Ord. 2024-01 is a plain adoption by reference with no modified sections, no wind-speed table, no freeboard and no fastener schedule; Sec. 6-4(a) reserves the power to modify ('To meet local conditions, the town may enact ordinances modifying the several codes') but no such modifying ordinance exists. What the Town adds is administrative rather than technical: Sec. 6-4(c) plan content, Sec. 6-6 fees, Sec. 6-7 work-without-permit penalty, Sec. 6-9 certificate of occupancy, the uncodified Sec. 6-10 private-provider reduction, and Chapter 9 floodplain management (the Florida model ordinance, Ord. 20-13). 85% · ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) Residential and Building volumes, the National Electrical Code 2020, and the Florida Fire Prevention Code 2023 8th Edition, all adopted by reference with no local technical amendment. Florida Product Approval applies to FBC-regulated products (racking and modules), evidenced by a signed Product Approval Affidavit. Chapter 9 floodplain management applies additionally wherever the site is in a flood hazard area - which is 18.6-18.9% of Malabar's land. FLOOD ADDS A SECOND REGIME ON ROUGHLY A FIFTH OF THE TOWN. Chapter 9 (Ord. 20-13, 16 Nov 2020) is the Florida model floodplain ordinance; the Floodplain Administrator is the Town Building Official (Sec. 9-30); the basis is the FIS for Brevard County and Incorporated Areas dated 29 JANUARY 2021. Sampling FEMA NFHL layer 28 (DFIRM 12009C) against Census place polygon GEOID 1242625 on two independent samplers - a 200x200 lattice (32,053 in-town points) and 40,000 random points - and land-masking with TIGER areal hydrography: water share 19.36% / 19.28% against a Census AREAWATER share of 19.37%, so the land mask holds to 0.01 of a point. SFHA IS 18.56% / 18.92% OF THE LAND, and 90% of those SFHA points are ZONE A WITH NO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. Reading the Town's own 'GREATER OF' definitions of Design Flood and Flood Hazard Area (Secs. 9-250) to include the mapped 0.2% band adds a further 0.70-0.73%, taking the figure to about 19.3%. Because most of the SFHA is unnumbered Zone A, Sec. 9-51(3)(b)'s default fires routinely: 'the base flood elevation is TWO (2) FEET ABOVE THE HIGHEST ADJACENT GRADE at the location of the development'. THERE IS NO LOCAL FREEBOARD: the word 'freeboard' occurs four times and every one is pond-berm freeboard in Sec. 1-5.27, so the design flood elevation is the FBC/ASCE 24 minimum with no local addition - hunted by concept as well as by word ('one foot above', 'plus one foot', '18 inches', 'above the base flood' all zero). FOR A GROUND-LEVEL INVERTER, BATTERY PAD OR AC DISCONNECT, Sec. 9-370(5) gives TWO compliance routes, not one: mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems must be above the design flood elevation 'OR MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASCE 24', with the narrow wet-location life-safety exception. Substantial improvement is 50% of market value, NOT cumulative, with no dollar floor and only two exclusions (code-violation corrections and historic structures). The Town has its own NFIP CID, 120024, separate from Brevard County's 125092. 88% · ordinance

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? No local ridge setback or access pathway rule, and NO TOWN FIRE REVIEW OF A ONE- OR TWO-FAMILY DWELLING AT ALL. Code Sec. 8-30(b): 'The provisions of this chapter do not apply to one- or two-family dwellings in the normal use or maintenance thereof except where specifically referenced.' So the Malabar Fire Department (Chief Joseph Hooker; the Town runs its own department) does not review a residential PV job. Pathways and setbacks therefore fall to the Florida Fire Prevention Code 2023 8th Edition as adopted by Ord. 2025-04, which incorporates NFPA 1 Chapter 11's photovoltaic provisions - BOUNDED, because the Town adopts the FFPC by reference and publishes none of its text. 75% · ordinance

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Yes - NEC 2020 Article 690.12 rapid shutdown, by adoption. Ordinance 2024-01 adopts NFPA 70 (2020 Edition) with no amendment, so the 2020 rapid-shutdown regime (1 ft inside the array boundary / 3 ft outside, 30 V within 30 seconds, and the 690.56(C) labelling) applies unmodified. The Town itself says nothing about rapid shutdown: the phrase is zero across the code, the website, the Comprehensive Plan and every published form. 88% · ordinance

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 from the Town - every placard on a Malabar job comes from FPL or from the NEC. 'placard' = 0 and 'label' appears in the code only in food, sign and hazardous-material contexts; the Town's inspection card, permit application, checklists and fee resolutions contain no signage requirement. FPL's Electric Service Standards Sec. XIII.A.6 supplies the mandatory set (see q42), and NEC 2020 690.13/690.56/705.10 supply the rest by adoption. 88% · department page
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The Town specifies no placard wording of its own. The only wording mandate anywhere in the Malabar corpus is unrelated to PV: Sec. 13-73 (small wireless facilities in rights-of-way) requires 'HIGH VOLTAGE - DANGER' in minimum four-inch letters on a utility pole carrying more than 220 volts. That clause is scoped to wireless support structures in the public right-of-way and does not reach a residential array. 88% · ordinance
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? BOUNDED, not absent. The Town specifies nothing. FPL's Electric Service Standards Sec. XIII.A.6 (page stamp 10-30-25) requires that 'All labels must be permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with ENGRAVED LETTERS. The customer is responsible for all labeling requirements.' Material: permanent, weatherproof, UV-resistant placard. Method: engraved letters. NO LETTER HEIGHT, NO COLOUR AND NO SUBSTRATE SPECIFICATION APPEARS ANYWHERE IN THE 13 PAGES OF SECTION XIII - so the dimensional question is genuinely unanswered by the governing document rather than merely unlooked-for. 85% · utility standard
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Nothing local. NEC 2020 690.13(B) (marking of the PV system disconnecting means) and 705.10 (a permanent plaque or directory at the service equipment showing the location of all electric power source disconnecting means, unless all are grouped) apply by adoption of NFPA 70 2020 through Ordinance 2024-01. FPL requires no site plan or facility map placard - its Sec. XIII.A.6 list is confined to the meter can and the DER disconnect switch - but its tariff Sec. 5.3 requires a permanent weather-proof plaque adjacent to the meter socket indicating the LOCATION of a relocated manual disconnect switch, which is the nearest equivalent. 78% · utility tariff
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? YES - and FPL's label set is NOT tier-scoped, so it reaches a Tier 1 job that needs no disconnect. Electric Service Standards Sec. XIII.A.6 (stamped 10-30-25) says labels 'MUST' be installed at the interconnecting meter can and the DER disconnect switch. Verbatim: 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'. By contrast A.4's disconnect requirement IS tier-scoped ('All tier 2 and tier 3 systems require an FPL approved visually open DER disconnect switch'). Tariff Sec. 5.3 adds the relocated-switch plaque. ASK THE TAP POINT BEFORE QUOTING THE LABEL COUNT. 90% · utility standard
• Where must the labels be placed? At the interconnecting meter can and on the DER disconnect switch, per FPL Electric Service Standards Sec. XIII.A.6. Where a DER disconnect is required (Tier 2/Tier 3, or any tier on a line-side tap), it must be 'mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket within 10 feet', always accessible to FPL, with no locked gates, doors or fences between it and the meter socket, and the dimension between meter socket and switch must be shown on the plans. Where FPL agrees to relocate the switch, tariff Sec. 5.3 puts a permanent weather-proof plaque adjacent to the meter socket giving the switch's location. The Town specifies no placement of its own. 90% · utility standard

Where the AC disconnect must sit relative to the meter is usually the utility's rule, not the building department's. Battery storage frequently carries its own permit, its own inspection and its own fire conditions.

• Where must the AC disconnect be, relative to the meter? Per FPL, and it turns on the TAP POINT, not just the kW. (i) Tier 1 (<=10 kW AC) with a UL 1741 listed inverter needs NO customer-installed manual disconnect - tariff Sec. 5.1. (ii) Electric Service Standards Sec. XIII.A.4 is tier-scoped: 'All tier 2 and tier 3 systems require an FPL approved visually open Distributed Energy Resource (DER) disconnect switch', mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket WITHIN 10 FEET, always accessible, no locked gates/doors/fences between, dimension shown on the plans, load side of the meter to the IEEE 1547 inverter and line side to FPL's grid. (iii) Sec. XIII.A.5 is NOT tier-scoped and fires on the tap point: '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', again within 10 feet of the meter socket. (iv) Non-UL-1741 Tier 1 systems need a visible-load-break switch adjacent to the meter socket, lockable open with a single FPL padlock (tariff Sec. 5.2). The TOWN mandates no disconnect: 'disconnect' returns 4 hits in 1.73M characters of code, none electrical-service related. 92% · utility standard
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, on two separate lists. (1) FLORIDA PRODUCT APPROVAL for FBC-regulated products - the Town requires a signed Product Approval Affidavit giving the Florida Product Approval or NOA application number, model, manufacturer, attachment substrate and design pressures, certifying compliance with FS 553.842 and the Florida Administrative Code product-approval chapter. (2) FPL requires the inverter to be certified by a nationally recognised testing laboratory for continuous interactive operation under IEEE 1547, IEEE 1547.1 and UL 1741 (tariff Sec. 3.1), and a UL 1741 listed inverter is what buys the Tier 1 disconnect exemption (Sec. 5.1). The Town maintains no list of its own. 88% · department form
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? No local rule at all. 'battery', 'batteries', 'energy storage' and 'ESS' return nothing relevant anywhere in the Town's published corpus - the only 'battery' hits in 1.73M characters of code are the zoning definitions of service stations and vehicular service uses ('tires, batteries, spark plugs'). Storage is therefore governed by the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) Residential (R328) and the Florida Fire Prevention Code 2023 8th Edition, which incorporates NFPA 855 - both adopted by reference and neither published by the Town. And Code Sec. 8-30(b) exempts one- and two-family dwellings from the Town's fire chapter, so no Town fire officer reviews a residential ESS. 78% · ordinance
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? No. There is no ESS permit type and no ESS inspection type. The iWorQ portal offers one Building Permit Application and five Land Use applications, none of them for storage; the SFR inspection card enumerates 29 building, 7 electrical, 5 mechanical, 4 plumbing and 2 miscellaneous inspection types (the miscellaneous pair being Irrigation and Sky Lights) with no battery or storage entry; and Resolution 12-2026's 47-line administrative fee table has no ESS line. The card's own instruction is: 'If an inspection is not listed, please select “Other” and enter the inspection type in the description field.' 85% · checklist
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? YES, on the Town's own definition - and the consequences are sharp on Malabar's large lots. 'Accessory Use or Structure' is defined as 'a use or a structure subordinate to the principal use or building on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building, provided any such structure is built with or after the construction of the principal building.' Note what is MISSING: unlike neighbouring Melbourne Beach, Malabar's definition has NO 'not attached by a common wall or common roof' limb, so nothing in the text plainly excludes a roof-mounted array from the accessory-structure rules. For a ground mount the rules bite: Sec. 1-5.6(B) 'No accessory building or structure shall be located in any required yard area' - which in RR-65 means clear of a 40 ft front, 30 ft rear and 30 ft side setback; Sec. 1-5.6(C) requires a permit and lets the Building Official refer a doubtful accessory use to the Planning & Zoning Board and Town Council. THE RELIEF LIMB WORTH KNOWING: Table 1-3.3(A) footnote 7 - 'In RR-65 Zoning, side and rear setback may be reduced for accessory structures to equal the height of the accessory structure but under no condition be reduced to less than 15 feet.' So a 10 ft ground array can sit at 15 ft from a side or rear line instead of 30 ft. 82% · ordinance
• Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? None. The Town publishes no rule on service upgrades, busbar sizing or the 120% rule. 'busbar' = 0, 'service upgrade' = 0, 'ampacity' = 0 in 1.73M characters of code and 470K characters of website. NEC 2020 705.12 therefore governs unmodified. The only codified electrical-service clause is Sec. 6-4(c)(5), which requires the permit drawings to show 'the location and layout of the proposed electrical service' - a drawing requirement, not a sizing rule. FPL adds a separate cap: generation limited to 90% of the FPL distribution service (transformer) rating. 80% · ordinance
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No local mounting or attachment-spacing rule. 'solar' appears twice in the whole code and both hits are the solar-access clause at Sec. 1-5.4(E); 'photovoltaic', 'rapid shutdown', 'inverter', 'placard' and 'racking' are all zero across the code, the website, the 244-page Comprehensive Plan and all 24 published forms. Attachment is judged against the FBC 8th Edition (2023) and Florida Product Approval, evidenced by the Product Approval Affidavit, which requires the attachment substrate ('Attached to: Wood / Metal / Masonry') and design pressures to be stated per product. Unlike its barrier-island neighbour Melbourne Beach, Malabar publishes NO solar roof-attachment affidavit. 85% · department form

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? PORTAL ONLY. 'Inspections are ONLY accepted through the portal. All emailed and called in inspections will not be accepted.' Find the permit in the iWorQ portal, click 'Request Inspection', and retrieve a per-permit ACCESS CODE emailed to the address on file. If the inspection you need is not in the list, the Town's own instruction is to 'choose the closest type of inspection and explain what you want in the description' - or, on the inspection card, to 'select “Other” and enter the inspection type in the description field'. There is no solar or PV inspection type. 95% · department page
• How much notice is required? By 3:00 PM the previous business day. The SFR inspection card: 'Inspections must be scheduled by 3:00PM the day before at the latest. Any later, and your inspection may be postponed to the next available date.' The Permitting Portal Guide repeats it: 'All inspection requests for the following business day must be submitted before 3:00 PM.' 92% · checklist
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No same-day inspections, and only two inspection days a week with fixed half-day windows. The Building Department page states in capitals 'INSPECTIONS ARE STRICTLY HELD ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS'; the Permitting Portal Guide gives the windows: 'Inspections take place on Tuesday AFTERNOONS and Thursday MORNINGS.' The SFR inspection card calls them 'Limited inspections... on Tuesdays and Thursdays'. Plan review by the contracted Building Official also happens on Tuesdays and Thursdays. After-hours inspections are available at $125.00 with a 2-hour minimum (Resolution 12-2026). Town Hall hours are Monday-Thursday 8:30 am - 5 pm. 92% · department form

Some authorities inspect their own solar work; some delegate it, and a few do not inspect the PV equipment itself at all. Who is coming determines what they will look at.

• Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? YES, the Town performs its own inspections - but with contracted inspectors, and a private provider is expressly permitted as an alternative. The FY2025 FS 553.80(7)(b) utilization report records 1,079 inspections requested and 1,079 conducted, of which 170 (15.8%) were by a private provider and 0 audits were performed, with 6 personnel dedicated. Inspection labour is priced as a pass-through contract rate in Resolution 12-2026 (Building Inspector $92.50/hr, M/E/P Inspector $92.50/hr, Structural Inspector $92.50/hr). PRIVATE PROVIDERS CANNOT BE USED FOR FIRE SAFETY PLAN REVIEWS OR FIRE INSPECTIONS - Resolution 12-2026, Section 1.E.5. That single sentence is Malabar's reservation list, and it lives in the fee resolution rather than on an affidavit form. 90% · utilization report
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated. The Town remains the enforcement agency: it issues its own permits, files its own FS 553.80(7)(b) report, and runs its own portal. The Building Official function is CONTRACTED OUT but not delegated - budget line 001-524-500.3103 'PROF SRVS - BLDG OFFICIAL, PLAN REVIEW' $60,000 sits alongside a live $91,590 salaries line, and Resolution 12-2026 prices the Building Official at $115.00/hr as a Town contract rate. THE CONTRACTED OFFICIAL'S FIRM OR NAME IS NOT PUBLISHED: the only Building Official agreements in the 1,175-document DocumentCenter are Resolutions 28-2008 and 08-2009, with an individual (Darryl Munroe), 17 years stale, and no operator branding appears in any Town document (no SafeBuilt, Bureau Veritas, CAP, PDCS or similar; every form names Malabar and only Malabar). Separately, CONTRACTOR LICENSING is Brevard County's under FS 489.105(12) - a licensing/permitting split, not delegation. 80% · budget

A rough-in or mid-roof inspection, where one is required, has to happen before the work it covers is closed up. Missing a stage means opening something back up, and it is the most expensive kind of correction.

• Which inspections are required, and in what order? No PV sequence is published; the inspection catalogue is published in full and contains no solar entry. The SFR inspection card enumerates every type the portal offers: BUILDING (29) - Columns, Drainage, Dry Wall, Dry Wall Screw, Exterior Wall Sheathing, Footing/Slab (Mono), Footing/Stem Wall, Framing, Garage Door Final, Insulation, Pre-Pour, Roof Dry In, Roof Final, Roof In Progress Up To 50%, Roof Nailing/Sheathing, SFR Final, Sheathing, Silt Fence, Slab, Stem Wall, Tie Beam/Lintel, Truss, Ufer Bond, Uplift, Wall Dry In, Windows/Doors Buck, Windows/Doors Final, Wire Lath; ELECTRICAL (7) - Electrical Final, Electrical Panel, Electrical Rough In, Electrical Rough In 2, Meter, Power/Pre-Power FPL, Underground Electrical; MECHANICAL (5); PLUMBING (4); MISCELLANEOUS (2) - Irrigation and Sky Lights. A PV retrofit is therefore booked as Electrical Rough In / Electrical Panel / Electrical Final plus 'Other' for the roof attachment. The card also warns that types 'are listed in alphabetical order and not in the order they are to be performed'. 78% · checklist
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Yes in principle - 'Electrical Rough In' and 'Electrical Rough In 2' are published inspection types, and the fire chapter's Sec. 8-37(a) empowers the AHJ to require covered work to be exposed for inspection. But no rough-in or mid-roof inspection is published as MANDATORY for a PV retrofit, and there is no mid-roof type on the list (the nearest is 'Roof In Progress Up To 50%', which belongs to a reroof). Practically, a rooftop array on an existing roof has one electrical rough-in opportunity before the array is set, and the Town's card makes the permit holder responsible for arranging inspections 'as needed for each stage of work'. 60% · 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? Yes for new single-family construction, NO for a solar retrofit. The Town publishes a 9-page Single Family Residence Checklist (34 numbered items, plus a Certificate of Occupancy checklist) and a 5-page Single Family Residence Inspection Guide / CO Checklist. Neither reaches a retrofit. The Building Permits & Forms page carries 24 documents in total, enumerated by href: Acknowledgement of Applicant Responsibilities, Application for Changing Zoning, Brevard County Notice of Commencement, Building Permit Application, Building Permit Supplement for Accessory Structures, Contractor Registration Form, Culvert-Driveway Application, Demolition Application and Affidavit, Fence Hold Harmless Affidavit, Fill Permit Application, Land Clearing and Tree Removal Permit, Malabar Permitting Portal Guide, Owner Builder Documents, Permit Card, Pool Permit Application Package, Pre Site Plan Meeting Application, Product Approval Affidavit, Request for Property Research, Revision Submittal Form, Road Improvement Application, Roof Application Packet, Single Family Residence Checklist, SFR Inspection Guide/CO Checklist, Site Plan Application, Temporary Construction Office Application, Temporary Housing Structure Application. NOT ONE IS A SOLAR DOCUMENT. 92% · department page
• What must be on site at inspection? The permit card, displayed: 'DO NOT REMOVE THIS CARD UNTIL COMPLETION OF ALL FINAL INSPECTIONS. NO INSPECTIONS WILL BE DONE UNLESS THE INSPECTION CARD IS DISPLAYED AND APPROVED PLANS ARE READILY AVAILABLE.' Plus the recorded Brevard County Notice of Commencement, posted on the job site before the first inspection, for work of $5,000 or more. On a tree-removal permit the Town adds 'Permit to be displayed on the job site' and 'All work is subject to final inspection by the Town Manager'. In a flood hazard area, Elevation Certificates are required at three stages (beginning, middle and end of construction) for Zones A, E or AE. 90% · checklist

Passing gives you a final or an equivalent sign-off. That is not the same as permission to operate: PTO comes from the utility, and who tells the utility the inspection passed varies. A system left switched off for weeks is usually waiting on this handover.

• What is issued on pass? For a permit on an existing dwelling, a final inspection approval closing the permit - Resolution 12-2026's fee table names both 'Certificate of Occupancy' and 'Certificates of Completion' as issuable documents and prices reprints of either at $25.00 each. A Certificate of Occupancy proper is required by codified Sec. 6-9 only where land or a building is 'erected or altered in its use or structure', and a Temporary CO costs $300.00 per request, non-refundable. The permit application warns in bold: 'FINAL INSPECTION IS REQUIRED - Failure to obtain a final inspection may result in a penalty' - and that penalty is the $100.00 'Failure to Schedule Final Permit Inspection/Close of Permit' line. 72% · ordinance
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? THE INSTALLER / CUSTOMER, not the AHJ. FPL's Tier 1 interconnection agreement Sec. 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.' Sec. 3.5 then requires the customer to 'notify FPL at least ten (10) calendar days prior to initially placing Customer's equipment and protective apparatus in service', and FPL may have personnel present on the in-service date. Nothing in the Town's published material commits it to notifying FPL; its own 'Power/Pre-Power FPL' inspection type is the Town releasing power, not a notification to the utility. 90% · utility tariff
• Is there a re-inspection fee? $46.00 for the first re-inspection and $92.00 for the second, per Resolution 12-2026. Related penalties on the same schedule: 'Failure to Schedule Final Permit Inspection/Close of Permit' $100.00; after-hours inspection $125.00 with a two-hour minimum; rejection of design documents three or more times for the same noted item costs four times the plan review fee; work commencing without a permit costs up to four times the sum of all fees as determined by the Building Official; work in violation of a stop-work order $250.00 first occurrence and $500.00 each subsequent occurrence on the same order. 90% · fee schedule
• How are corrections issued and cleared? Through the iWorQ portal. Each permit record shows Permit Status, Internal Notes, Internal Plan Review, Requested Inspections, Scheduled Inspections, Inspection Details and Inspection Results; the Building Department page adds that inspector notes 'can also be found in the online portal with the scheduled inspection'. Revisions go on a Revision Submittal Form and are billed at the reviewer's hourly rate. Under the codified regime, Sec. 6-4(b) preserves the Building Official's power to require correction of errors after issuance, and Sec. 6-5 authorises written violation notices, cease-and-desist orders and code enforcement citations. Statutory backstop: FS 553.792 obliges the Town to state all deficiencies in the first review. 85% · department form