Town of Ocean Breeze

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 Ocean Breeze is its own AHJ for residential solar - it is NOT delegated to Martin County. The Town runs its own Building Department out of Town Hall (1508 NE Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach, FL 34957; P.O. Box 1025), publishes its own building-permit applications, its own residential and commercial fee schedules (Resolution No. 106), its own Owner-Builder, Verification-of-Contractor and Subcontractors-List forms, and its own permit log going back to 2015. That log records an actual residential rooftop PV permit (No. 2684, 3044 NE Skyview Lane, submitted 1/19/2024, description 'install photo voltaic solar panels on rooftop', closed 3/6/2024) and a second solar-adjacent permit (No. 2769, 'Replace existing solar tube', closed 12/9/2024) - direct, first-party proof the Town itself processed a residential PV job start to finish. 92% · state surcharge jurisdiction registry
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both, self-performed - Building and Electrical. Ocean Breeze issues its own Building Permits and its own Site/Development Permits (which cover new construction, additions and alterations), and electrical work is captured on the same permit through the Town's own 'Verification of Contractor' form (checkbox for ELECTRIC alongside PLUMBING, HVAC, IRRIGATION, FUEL GAS, LOW VOLTAGE) rather than a separate stand-alone electrical department or a county referral. Zoning/land-development review is also the Town's own (its Zoning and Land Development Code and, for the two Planned Unit Developments that make up most of the Town, PUD-specific development conditions). The one function demonstrably NOT self-performed is the ongoing annual fire-safety inspection of existing businesses: the Town's own Commercial Building Permit Fee schedule states 'Martin County Annual Fire Inspection Fees... are payable to Martin County Fire Rescue' by square footage, while the Town charges its own separate $178 new-business fire inspection fee 'Payable to the Town of Ocean Breeze'. The Town's FY2025-26 budget also budgets 'Building Official Services $22,000' and 'Building Code Compliance Services $8,000' as Public-Safety 'Services' line items (not payroll), alongside a small 'Fire Safety Inspector $500' line - consistent with the Building Official function being contracted rather than salaried in-house staff, though no contracting firm's name was found anywhere in the Town's own documents (its staff page names the Building Official, Steve Nicolosi, at the Town's own phone number, with no separate email domain to check). 85% · fee schedule
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required for residential rooftop PV, proved in practice rather than by a solar-specific clause: the Town's own Permit Log 2015-Current records Permit No. 2684, submitted 1/19/2024, description 'install photo voltaic solar panels on rooftop', at a residential address (3044 NE Skyview Lane), closed 3/6/2024. The Town's general 'Application for Building Permit' / 'Application for Site/Development Permit' forms require a permit for essentially all construction and electrical work, with no solar carve-out or exemption anywhere in the Town's Zoning and Land Development Code, the two PUD ordinances, or the fee schedules. 92% · permit log
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Combined, on the available evidence. There is no separate stand-alone electrical-permit product in the Town's fee schedules or application set - electrical work is captured as a checkbox ('ELECTRIC') on the Town's own 'Verification of Contractor' form filed against the main Building Permit Number, not as an independent permit type with its own number in the permit log's Description column. The solar permit (No. 2684) appears in the log as a single entry with a single permit number. 62% · permit application form
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Split by which part of the Town a property sits in, and this is a genuine, Ocean-Breeze-specific finding. The Town's Zoning and Land Development Code itself has no townwide Architectural Review Board or HOA-approval requirement (0 hits for 'solar'/'photovoltaic' across the full code, control-checked). BUT the Ocean Breeze East PUD ('Ocean Breeze Resort', ~499 sites, the largest single component of the Town) is governed by Ordinance No. 241-2016 (recorded Martin County OR Bk 2904 Pg 2598, 2/10/2017), Section 1(j), which reads verbatim: 'allowing individual unit owners to install solar panels at their own expense provided that such panels are flat, roof mounted, not visible from the street, not overhanging the unit's roof and of a size not to exceed 20% of the total roof area of the unit.' That is a codified, PUD-level design condition specific to solar - not a private homeowners'-association architectural-review committee, but functioning the same way for a rooftop PV applicant in that development. By contrast, the Ocean Breeze West PUD ('Seawalk', 143 site-built single-family homes, Ord. 170-2010 as amended by Ord. 251-2017) has NO equivalent solar clause anywhere in its 53-page ordinance/site-plan package (0 hits for 'solar', control-checked). Separately, F.S. 163.04(2) caps what any deed restriction/HOA/ARC anywhere in Florida may do: it may only dictate orientation within 45 degrees of due south, and only if that does not impair the system's effective operation - so even where a private HOA exists (unconfirmed for any of the three developments; CCR documents were not reachable in this run), its power over a solar installation is capped by state law regardless. 80% · recorded PUD ordinance
• Is there a historic-district review? No. No historic-district review applies. The only historic-preservation references anywhere in the Town's Zoning and Land Development Code are generic pass-throughs to the National Register of Historic Places / State Inventory of Historic Places in the context of flood-elevation-certificate exemptions for listed structures - there is no Town historic district, no local landmark ordinance, and no historic-review board. 70% · land development code
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? No separate Special Use Permit or additional Town Council hearing is required for a rooftop PV system that meets the East PUD's already-adopted conditions (see q24, Ord. 241-2016 Section 1(j)) - that clause was itself adopted by Council action once, and reads as a standing entitlement for individual unit owners rather than a case-by-case approval. A Council hearing/PUD-amendment process would only be triggered by something OUTSIDE those conditions - e.g. a non-flat or ground-mounted array, or one exceeding 20% of roof area, which would functionally require amending the PUD the way Ordinance 241-2016 itself amended Ordinance 220-2015. 62% · recorded PUD ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No kW cap exists anywhere in the Town's documents, but a genuine, Ocean-Breeze-specific AREA cap exists for the East PUD ('Ocean Breeze Resort'): Ordinance 241-2016 Section 1(j) caps an individual unit's rooftop solar panels at 'not to exceed 20% of the total roof area of the unit' - a physical-coverage limit rather than a generation-capacity limit, and specific to that one PUD (not found in the West PUD or the townwide LDC). 78% · recorded PUD ordinance

Several authorities require the electrical permit to be pulled by a licensed electrician, or require the contractor to be registered with them BEFORE applying. Registration is not same-day. This is second on the list rather than fourth because it is the step most likely to stop the job before the drawings matter.

• Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Either. The Town's own Verification of Contractor form requires the signature of a 'LICENSED CONTRACTOR' with a 'MARTIN COUNTY OR STATE OF FLORIDA CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE NUMBER', and separately the Town publishes its own Owner-Builder Affidavit and Owner-Builder Disclosure Statement implementing the F.S. 489.103 owner-builder exemption, which a property owner signs in person before Building Department staff. 82% · permit application form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Not published as a separate advance step. Unlike some Florida jurisdictions (e.g. Washington County) that run a dedicated Contractor's License Registration packet with its own administration fee before a contractor may apply, Ocean Breeze's own document set has no such packet: the Town's Verification of Contractor form takes the state or Martin County license number directly on the permit paperwork at time of application, and the Subcontractors List form likewise just requires 'ALL WORK WILL BE PERFORMED BY MARTIN COUNTY OR STATE LICENSED CONTRACTORS', notarized, with no separate registration fee line on either fee schedule. 55% · fee schedule
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. The Town publishes its own Owner Builder Affidavit and Owner-Builder Disclosure Statement, implementing the F.S. 489.103 exemption. Both must be personally signed before a Building Department staff notary with photo ID; the owner becomes the responsible party of record, may build or improve a one- or two-family residence for their own use, and must provide direct on-site supervision. 88% · owner-builder disclosure 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 checklist is published; the Town's generic building-permit submittal package applies. From the Town's own 'Application for Building Permit' / 'Application for Site/Development Permit' forms: 1 copy of the permit application; 2 sets of Architectural/Engineer Plans (Foundation, Elevation - all sides, Floor Plans, Electrical Riser and Layout, Plumbing Details, Typical Wall Sections, Truss Drawings/Framing Plans, Floor Joist Framing Plans, and details of any non-typical areas); 2 copies of a Plot Plan (existing structures, proposed structures, property lines and all setbacks); a completed Verification of Contractor form (or Owner-Builder Affidavit/Disclosure if self-installed); a Subcontractors List; and, for work of $2,500 or more, a recorded Notice of Commencement posted on site before the first inspection. 80% · permit application form
• How many copies, and in what format? 2 sets of architectural/engineer plans plus 2 copies of the plot plan; digital plans are preferred (the submittal line reads 'PLANS - DIGITAL PLANS ARE PREFERRED (1 set)' ahead of the 2 physical sets); maximum plan sheet size is stated on the Ocean Breeze Resort building-permit form as 24 in. x 36 in. 75% · permit application form
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes. A Plot Plan is required (2 copies) showing existing structures, proposed structures, property lines, and all setbacks from property lines and between structures. The same forms state the Zoning and Land Development Code's own numeric limits that a plot plan must demonstrate compliance with: minimum 5 ft setback from property lines, maximum 60% total site coverage, no new construction on sites under 40 ft wide or under 2,500 sq ft, and a Fire Code minimum of 10 ft separation between combustible structures. 85% · permit application form
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? The closest published requirement is an 'Electrical Riser and Layout', required as part of the 2 sets of Architectural/Engineer Plans on both the Site/Development Permit application and the Ocean Breeze Resort Building Permit application. Neither form uses the words 'one-line diagram' or 'three-line diagram'. 62% · permit application form
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Not published. No Town document - the Zoning and Land Development Code, the two PUD ordinances, the fee schedules, or any of the application forms - calls for string sizing, conductor sizing or voltage-drop calculations. 60% · land development code
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No local structural PE-stamp threshold is published by the Town. The generic submittal package calls for 'Architectural/Engineer Plans' without stating at what point a professional-engineer seal (versus an architect's or unlicensed drafter's) is required, and neither the Zoning and Land Development Code nor either PUD ordinance sets one for PV. 55% · land development code

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

• Which permit portal does this authority use? None. Ocean Breeze runs no online permit portal at all. Applications are submitted by email to permits@townofoceanbreeze.org, or the completed application and a fee check (payable to Town of Ocean Breeze) may be mailed to P.O. Box 1025, Jensen Beach, FL 34957, dropped off at 1508 NE Jensen Beach Blvd. during office hours (Mon-Thu 9:00 AM-2:00 PM, closed Fridays), or placed in a locked after-hours mailbox outside the front door. Inspections are booked the same way, by email or by calling 772-334-6826. 90% · department page
• Can the whole application be completed online? No. There is no online application route at all - see q20. Payment is by check or in person; nothing on the Town's site suggests a card or ACH payment option either. 88% · department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? No solar-specific fee line exists. Two fee structures are published and it is not settled which applies to a typical residential rooftop PV job: (a) the Town's flat per-structure-type Residential Permit Fee list (Resolution No. 106, effective 3/10/2020) has no PV/solar/electrical-upgrade line among its ~45 categories (closest analogues: 'ELECTRICAL $92.00' and the asterisked 'MISC STRUCTURE-RESIDENTIAL $92.00', the latter for single-inspection work with $92 added per additional required inspection); (b) both fee schedules state that 'If the estimated value of construction is greater than $50,000, the permit fee is .007 (x estimated value of construction) plus State of Florida surcharge of 2.5%' - a formula that would apply to most whole-home PV systems. The commercial schedule additionally states the Building Permit Fee 'includes the cost of all sub-permits (electric, plumbing, a/c, etc) pulled under this permit', which is at least a residential commercial-comparator for how electrical work is bundled. 70% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Both shapes are in the Town's own fee schedule, and which one a solar job falls under is not stated: a flat per-structure-type fee for jobs valued under a rough per-category ceiling, and a straight valuation formula (.007 x estimated construction value, i.e. 7%, plus 2.5% state surcharge) for construction valued over $50,000. Reported as Flat/Valuation, unresolved which governs PV, matching q15. 70% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes, on the commercial side, and probably also for larger residential jobs given how the two schedules mirror each other: the Commercial Building Permit Fees document states 'Plan Review Fee - one half (50%) of the permit fee (non-refundable after review)' for work over $50,000, and 'Plan Review Fee - one half of building permit fee (non-refundable after review)' for work under $50,000. The Residential Permit Fees document (Resolution No. 106) does not repeat a plan-review line of its own alongside its flat per-structure fee list, so it is not certain the 50% plan-review fee is charged on every residential permit or only on larger/commercial-scale jobs. 65% · 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? The Town publishes no plan-review turnaround of its own. The statutory floor is F.S. 553.792(1)(a): 5 business days after a complete and sufficient application for an electrical or structural permit on an EXISTING single-family residential dwelling valued under $15,000, and 30 business days generally for a residential structure under 7,500 sq ft. 68% · state statute
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Not published by the Town in any of its forms reviewed in this run (no expiration/void clause was found on the Building Permit, Site/Development Permit, Verification of Contractor or Owner-Builder forms). The state floor is F.S. 553.79(1)(c): a building permit issued by a local government for a single-family dwelling expires 1 year after issuance or on the effective date of the next FBC edition, whichever is later. 55% · state statute
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light (FPL), on the balance of the evidence, though no first-party FPL territory statement naming Ocean Breeze or Jensen Beach could be reached in this run (fpl.com's service-area and solar-program pages 404 to a plain fetch). Corroborating evidence: Martin County's own Hurricane Information page links exclusively to FPL resources ('FPL Power Tracker', 'Generator Safety') among its utility-outage links, with no other electric utility named anywhere on that page; Martin County's coastal/eastern territory (which includes Jensen Beach and Ocean Breeze) has no municipal electric utility or rural electric cooperative serving it, unlike parts of the Florida Panhandle counties surveyed elsewhere in this project. The Town's own FY2025-26 budget carries a '314160 - Electric Utility Tax' revenue line of $53,401.95, confirming SOME electric utility bills customers inside Town limits and pays the municipal utility tax, but does not name the utility. 62% · county page (indirect)

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), adopted statewide by FAC 69A-60.005(2)(qq), effective 31 December 2023 and still current as of this run. No Town ordinance sets a different edition; the Town's own current Owner-Builder Affidavit form instead cites the building-code edition only (see q30) and is silent on the NEC edition by name. 85% · state administrative rule
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), per FAC 61G20-1.001(1), the version effective 3/18/2026 (the rule has been amended repeatedly since 2023 to fold in intervening legislative changes). BUT the Town's own CURRENT, live-linked Owner-Builder Affidavit form (last revised 7/25/2022, still the operative document on the Town's site today) states applicants must comply with 'the Florida Building Code 7th Edition (2020) and Martin County Amendments' - a stale edition reference on an otherwise-current form, exactly the kind of conflict this survey's playbook flags rather than silently resolves. A 9th Edition (2026) exists only in draft at the state level. 80% · state administrative rule
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code - NFPA 1, the Fire Code, Florida 2021 Edition (FAC 69A-60.003), and NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, Florida 2021 Edition (FAC 69A-60.004), both effective 31 December 2023. The Town has no codified fire chapter of its own; day-to-day fire inspection is split (see q2): the Town performs and charges for its own new-business fire inspection ($178), while ongoing ANNUAL fire inspections of existing businesses are performed by, and paid to, Martin County Fire Rescue by square footage. 80% · state administrative rule
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes, in two distinct senses. First, the Town's own current Owner-Builder form states construction must comply with 'the Florida Building Code 7th Edition (2020) and Martin County Amendments' - i.e., the Town administers Martin County's local amendments to the FBC rather than adopting its own (see the caveat below: the content of those county amendments could not itself be verified in this run). Second, the Town's own Zoning and Land Development Code sets local zoning conditions that bear on any structure including a PV installation (5 ft property-line setback, 60% max site coverage, 10 ft fire-code separation between combustible structures), and the East PUD ordinance (Ord. 241-2016 Section 1(j)) adds a solar-specific local design condition for that development (see q24, q28, q35). 75% · owner-builder disclosure form
• What is the installation judged against? Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) as the state-mandated baseline (though the Town's own current Owner-Builder form still names the 7th Edition (2020) - see q30), NEC 2020 (q29), 'Martin County Amendments' referenced by title on the Town's own form but not independently verified in this run (see caveat), plus the Town's own Zoning and Land Development Code setback/coverage rules, and, within the East PUD only, Ordinance 241-2016 Section 1(j)'s flat/roof-mounted/not-visible-from-street/less-than-20%-of-roof-area condition. 75% · land development code

Ridge setbacks and roof access pathways are fire-service requirements and they constrain the array layout. They are the most common cause of a redesign after the fire department comments on a plan set.

Nothing recorded for Town of Ocean Breeze on this step yet — 1 question checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Rapid shutdown is required, to NEC 2020 - i.e., NEC 690.12 as it stands in the 2020 edition - because the Town administers the state-adopted NEC (q29) with no local amendment addressing rapid shutdown found anywhere in its own documents. 75% · state administrative rule

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

Nothing recorded for Town of Ocean Breeze on this step yet — 6 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.

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.

• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes. The Town's Zoning and Land Development Code defines 'Structure' broadly: 'Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the land, or attachment to something having a permanent location on the land' (with an express carve-out only for a driveway). A ground-mounted PV array would fall within that definition and would therefore be subject to the LDC's structural setback (5 ft from property lines), site-coverage (60% max) and Fire Code separation (10 ft between combustible structures) rules described at q10. 75% · land development code
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? Within the East PUD ('Ocean Breeze Resort') only: Ordinance 241-2016 Section 1(j) requires panels to be 'flat, roof mounted, not visible from the street, not overhanging the unit's roof and of a size not to exceed 20% of the total roof area of the unit' - a real, codified placement/mounting constraint, though phrased as a visibility/coverage condition rather than a rail-spacing or attachment-point specification. No equivalent exists in the West PUD or the townwide LDC (see q24). Separately, no Town document (unlike some other Florida jurisdictions surveyed in this project) requires a Florida Product Approval number on its permit forms at all - the Verification of Contractor and building-permit application forms have no Product Approval field. 70% · recorded PUD ordinance

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

• How is an inspection booked? Phone or Email. Every Town application form reviewed states the same instruction: 'Contact Ocean Breeze Town Clerk when ready at (772) 334-6826' / 'EMAIL (preferable) permits@townofoceanbreeze.org or call.' There is no portal-based booking (see q20-21) and no walk-in-only requirement. 85% · permit application form
• How much notice is required? 24-hour notice, stated explicitly and identically on both the Site/Development Permit application and the Ocean Breeze Resort Building Permit application: 'For Inspections call: 772-334-6826 (24-hour notice required)'. 88% · permit application 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 for building/electrical - the Town performs its own final inspection. Every application form's inspection sequence ends: 'At completion of building, an overall inspection shall be made; whereupon a certificate of occupancy shall be issued if approved by the Building Inspector' - the Town's own Building Inspector, not a county or contracted inspector named on any document reached in this run. Fire is different and split (see q2, q31): the Town performs its own new-business fire inspection, while ANNUAL fire inspections of existing businesses are performed by Martin County Fire Rescue. 78% · permit application form
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated for building/electrical (see q52). For ANNUAL fire-safety inspection of existing businesses specifically, delegated to Martin County Fire Rescue - named and quoted verbatim in the Town's own Commercial Building Permit Fees schedule ('Martin County Annual Fire Inspection Fees... payable to Martin County Fire Rescue'). 75% · fee schedule

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? Generic sequence, published identically on the Town's Site/Development Permit application and Ocean Breeze Resort Building Permit application (not solar-specific): (a) at the juncture of complete steel tie-in for footers, prior to pouring footers; (b) at the juncture of complete steel tie-in and setting of forms, prior to pouring lintel; (c) rough and final electrical and/or plumbing inspections; (d) at the stage of construction prior to close-in; (e) a final overall inspection on completion, on approval of which a certificate of occupancy is issued. 75% · permit application form
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Not named as a distinct 'rough-in' or 'mid-roof' inspection stage; the closest published stage is 'rough and final electrical and/or plumbing inspections' in the generic sequence at q54, which would presumably cover a PV job's rough electrical work. No separate mid-roof/structural-attachment inspection stage is named anywhere in the Town's documents. 55% · permit application form

The approved plan set, the permit, and the equipment listings should be on site and reachable. Inspectors routinely verify that installed equipment matches what was approved, and that the labels are the ones the plan set promised.

• Is there a published inspection checklist? No dedicated inspection checklist is published beyond the generic five-step stage list printed directly on the permit application forms themselves (q54) - there is no separate 'Inspection Checklist' or 'Inspection Procedures' PDF anywhere in the Town's Building & Permitting document set, which was enumerated in full from the Town's own page in this run. 65% · department page
• What must be on site at inspection? A recorded Notice of Commencement (for work of $2,500 or more) must be posted on site before the first inspection - stated as an explicit warning on the Town's own Site/Development Permit application and Ocean Breeze Resort Building Permit application. Approved plans on site is standard practice but not separately spelled out as an on-site-document requirement in any Town form reviewed in this run. 68% · permit application form

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 Occupancy, per the inspection-sequence language quoted at q52/q54 ('an overall inspection shall be made; whereupon a certificate of occupancy shall be issued if approved by the Building Inspector'). That language is written for new construction; no Town document separately states what is issued on pass for an alteration/retrofit permit (such as a rooftop PV job on an already-occupied home) where a full CO would not typically reissue. 60% · permit application form
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Two different fee shapes are published and it is not certain which applies to a residential PV job. The Commercial Building Permit Fees schedule states an escalating true re-inspection fee for FAILED inspections: '$100.00 for the 1st reinspection, $200.00 for the 2nd reinspection, $300 for the 3rd reinspection and each inspection thereafter.' The Residential Permit Fees schedule (Resolution No. 106) instead states a flat per-additional-inspection charge tied to a job's SCOPE rather than a failure: '*This permit fee is based on structures requiring only one (1) inspection. An additional fee of $92.00 per inspection will be assessed for a structure requiring multiple inspections.' The two documents describe different things (failed-reinspection penalty vs. multi-inspection scope surcharge) and neither restates the other's figure. 68% · fee schedule