Town of Orange Park

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 Orange Park is the AHJ for residential solar inside town limits. Permits are applied for, issued, fee'd and finaled in the Town's own name through the Town's own Economic & Community Development (ECD) Department / Building Division and the Town's own iWorQ portal instance. Clay County does NOT permit inside the town. 92% · department page
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both building AND electrical, held by the Town as the permitting jurisdiction - but the technical work is contracted out. Plan review and inspection are performed by UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES (UES) under contract; the Town's role is intake, fee collection, zoning/LDR review and records. Fire review/inspection is the Town's OWN Orange Park Fire Department (Code Sec. 22-24(a) names 'the chief of the fire department or his designee' as the enforcer of the Fire Prevention Code). JEA performs an additional electrical safety inspection on certain work. FS 553.791 private providers are also accepted. 90% · department page + adopted budget
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required for residential rooftop PV. Code Sec. 12-64(a): 'A permit will be required to do any electrical construction of any character, install any electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment, or make any extension or changes to existing systems of wiring for light, heat or power within the limits of the town'. The new HB 803 minor-work exemption cannot be used: it excludes electrical work and structural work outright. 88% · ordinance + department notice
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Separate. A building permit and an electrical permit are separate instruments with separate applications and separate base fees. 90% · fee schedule + permit application
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No. There is no Town architectural or design approval step for a rooftop retrofit. The Town's Design Review Board function exists but its jurisdiction is enumerated exhaustively at LDR 2.08.06(c) and reaches only: '(1) New and newly sited single- and two-family dwellings as provided in section 2.05.19; (2) Garage and carport additions attached to single- and two-family dwellings...; and (3) Garage and carport accessory structures'. A PV array on an existing roof is none of those. On the private side, FS 163.04(2) bars any deed restriction or HOA from prohibiting solar collectors; an HOA may only specify the roof location 'within an orientation to the south or within 45 degrees east or west of due south if such determination does not impair the effective operation of the solar collectors.' 88% · ordinance + state statute
• Is there a historic-district review? No. The Town has a Historic Preservation Board (Code Sec. 20-130, seated and active) but it is purely advisory: its duty is that it 'shall review and propose ordinances concerning historic preservation'. Secs. 20-131 through 20-139 are RESERVED - the operative provisions were never adopted. There is no certificate of appropriateness, no designated landmark or historic district, and no design guidelines in the Code. 85% · ordinance + board page + pending ordinance list
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No windstorm certification instrument of the Town's own. Statewide Florida Product Approval applies: the Town requires a PRODUCT APPROVAL INFORMATION SHEET (PAIS) 'As required by Florida Statue 553.842 and Florida Administrative Code 9B-72'. Orange Park is in Clay County and is therefore OUTSIDE the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, which is Miami-Dade and Broward only; no NOA is required. 75% · permit form
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? No. Rooftop PV is not a listed conditional use and no council approval is required. The Town's conditional-use and variance route (LDR 2.08.14, heard by the Planning and Zoning Board) is not engaged by a rooftop retrofit, and Site Plan Review is expressly inapplicable: LDR 4.01.00 states the article's provisions 'are not applicable to existing buildings that are not proposed for new construction, additions, landscaping, or changes'. 72% · ordinance
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No Town cap. The cap is JEA's: under the DG Policy a system's Gross Power Rating must not exceed 90 percent of the customer's Utility Distribution Service Rating, and must fall in a defined range - DG-1 is 'Less than or equal to 2 MW'. For inverter-based systems GPR is calculated as installed DC nameplate x 0.85. JEA reserves the right to impose aggregate limits but states 'Currently, no aggregate JEA system load limit is proposed for interconnection of private solar'. JEA's TIIR adds that the customer pays a CIAC charge if combined DER (customer plus neighbours) exceeds 120% of the JEA transformer rating, and charges a $1,000 application fee for systems 100 kW and above. 85% · utility DG policy + utility technical requirements

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 master electrician / licensed electrical contractor. Code Sec. 12-64(b): 'Permits to do electrical work will be issued to master electricians who are duly qualified under the provisions of this article'. The Town's electrical application has dedicated 'Master's Name', 'Master's Signature' and 'ST License #' fields. A homeowner may alternatively self-permit under the owner-builder route (see q7). 85% · ordinance + permit application
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes. The Town requires contractor registration before permits can be pulled: a copy of the State of Florida contractor's licence, proof of general liability insurance, and proof of workers' compensation insurance or an exemption certificate, with the Town of Orange Park named as certificate holder. 92% · department page
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. A homeowner may self-permit and self-install on a one- or two-family dwelling for their own use, by completing and having notarised the Town's 'OWNER AS BUILDER DISCLOSURE STATEMENT' (the FS 489.103(7) owner-builder exemption). The Town's forms page asks directly: 'Are you the homeowner completing the work yourself? This form will need to be completed and notarized.' There is NO solar-specific carve-out excluding PV from the owner-builder route. 88% · notarised 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? There is no PV-specific submittal checklist. The generic building-permit submittal, printed on the Town's own application under 'INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR PERMIT', is: (1) two sets of complete plans and one floor plan; (2) survey of property; (3) pollution control form if applicable; (4) contractor's licence; (5) worker's compensation / liability insurance; (6) notice of commencement if applicable; (7) deed; (8) PDF; (9) two site plans. A Product Approval Information Sheet (PAIS) is also required under FS 553.842. The electrical permit application separately collects service size, feeders, and 'Motors or Generators' ratings. 75% · permit application
• How many copies, and in what format? Two sets of complete plans plus one floor plan, and 'PDF'. Applications may be submitted electronically through the Town's iWorQ permit-request portal (with the application attached), emailed as a PDF to ECD@townop.com, or delivered in person at Town Hall. 75% · permit application + department page
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Not required by any published Town document for a residential system. Note that the utility, not the Town, is where the diagram requirement sits: JEA's TIIR requires 'Electrical one line diagram required for review on residential services above 200A and all commercial services' - but that clause sits in section 4.3.1.1 Standby Generation, not in the behind-the-meter PV section 4.3.1.4, which routes design review through the PowerClerk application instead. 55% · permit application + utility technical requirements

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. Two distinct instances: permit and inspection lookup plus inspection requests at https://portal.iworq.net/ORANGEPARK/permits/600, and permit-request submission at https://orangeparkpermitreq.portal.iworq.net/portalhome/orangeparkpermitreq. 95% · portal landing page
• Can the whole application be completed online? Partially. A permit request can be submitted online through the iWorQ citizen portal with the completed application attached, and inspections can be requested online. But the portal is a request channel rather than a full application: the Town equally accepts a PDF by email to ECD@townop.com or paper in person, private-provider inspections are expressly NOT to be scheduled through the portal (email only), and the public permit search is reCAPTCHA-gated. 80% · portal + department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? No solar line exists on the fee schedule. A residential rooftop PV job is priced from the generic lines. ELECTRICAL PERMIT: $75 base fee, plus item 5 'Single unit or group of motors, generators and transformers... One hp or kw through five hp or kw (per hp or kw) $2.00; Five hp or kw through 30 hp or kw (per hp or kw) $1.00', plus item 6 'Service meter equipment and/or feeders: for each 100 amps or fraction thereof up to 600 volts $10.00' where the service is touched. BUILDING PERMIT (if required for the roof attachment): $75 base plus the greater of $0.18/SF or $4.00 per $1,000 of estimated value. Added to ALL permits: $20 Technology Fee, plus Radon at $4.00 or 2% of the permit fee if greater. Plan review is billed separately at $75/hour. 70% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Tiered / per-unit on the electrical side (a flat $75 base plus per-kW and per-amp increments), and valuation-or-area on the building side (flat $75 base plus the greater of $0.18 per square foot or $4.00 per $1,000 of estimated value). Flat add-ons: $20 technology fee on all permits, radon $4.00 or 2%. 85% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes. 'Plan Review Fee $75/ per hour' and 'Revised Plan Review Fee $75/ per hour' are separate lines under PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION FEES, alongside 'Building Official Services $75/ per hour'. 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? The Town publishes no plan-review turnaround of its own. The binding floor is state law: FS 553.792(1)(a)1 requires a local government to approve, approve with conditions, or deny 'Within 5 business days after receiving a complete and sufficient application, for an applicant using a local government plans reviewer to obtain the following building permits for an existing single-family residential dwelling if the value of the work is less than $15,000: structural, accessory structure, alarm, ELECTRICAL...'. If the work exceeds $15,000 the 30-business-day tier at (1)(a)2 applies. FS 553.792(1)(e) reduces the permit fee by 10% per business day of delay. 75% · state statute
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? 180 days. LDR 2.08.16.05: 'If the work described in any permit has not begun within 180 days from the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire... Work described in any building permit shall be considered to be in active progress when the permit has received an approved inspection within 180 days. A permit that has been suspended due to inactivity is eligible to be reactivated if it receives an approved inspection within ten days.' On the private-provider route the Town states separately that if any inspection is more than 180 calendar days from issuance or the last passed inspection, 'a repurchase of the permit will be required prior to any permit finalization actions.' 92% · ordinance
• Which utility handles interconnection here? JEA (formerly Jacksonville Electric Authority), a municipally owned utility of the City of Jacksonville. NOT Clay Electric Cooperative and NOT Florida Power & Light, neither of which appears anywhere in the Town Code. 95% · franchise ordinance + adopted budget + utility page
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Both ends. BEFORE installation: JEA's DG Policy requires that 'An application form must be submitted by the customer and approved by JEA prior to initiating installation or construction of any distributed generation system' (PowerClerk). AFTER the AHJ permit: the electrical work is permitted and inspected by the AHJ, the permit office then notifies JEA, a JEA engineer inspects the interconnection, and only then does a JEA meter technician fit the dual-register meter and the system may be energised. 90% · utility DG policy + utility page

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. The Town adopts the NEC by reference with no edition named (Code Sec. 12-44, last amended 1987) and Sec. 12-45(a) says 'the latest edition of the National Electrical Code'; the operative edition therefore comes from the state. The Florida Building Code, Building, 8th Edition (2023) Chapter 35 Referenced Standards lists 'NFPA 70-20 National Electrical Code (NEC)'. 88% · adopting regulation + referenced standards
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023), effective 31 December 2023, together with the Florida Residential Building Code and Florida Existing Building Code. The Town's adoption FLOATS: Code Sec. 12-19(a) adopts 'the most current versions' and provides that state amendments 'shall automatically become effective within the town without further action by the town council'. 93% · adopting ordinance + department page
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Edition. Code Sec. 22-22 floats: 'There is hereby adopted the most current version of the Florida Fire Prevention Code... when the state legislature or the state fire marshal amends the Florida Fire Prevention Code, then those amendments shall automatically become effective within the town without further action by the town council.' Sec. 22-23 was last amended by Ord. No. 16-25 on 21 Oct 2025, so the chapter is live law, not a fossil. 90% · adopting ordinance + department page
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes, but none of them touch solar. The only real local amendments to the building code are floodplain: Code Sec. 12-19(b) expands FBC Building sections 107.6 and 117, adding 107.6.1 (permits may not be issued on affidavit for flood load and flood resistance requirements) and 117.1 (local floodplain variance procedure under FS 553.73(5)). A second, STALE adoption sits at Sec. 12-19(c), which adopts 'the Florida Model Energy Efficiency Code (including page 1-2A, but omitting page 1-2), published by the state energy office' - a document and a publisher that no longer exist, superseded by the FBC Energy Conservation volume. No local amendment anywhere addresses PV, rapid shutdown, roof access or placards. 85% · adopting ordinance
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) and Florida Residential Building Code for the structural attachment, NEC 2020 for the electrical work, and the Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Edition - all adopted by floating reference with no PV-specific local amendment. In practice the installation is also judged against JEA's DER Technical Interconnection and Interoperability Requirements (2025), which adopts IEEE 1547-2018 with 1547a-2020 for all DER interconnected to its distribution system. 85% · adopting ordinance + utility technical requirements

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 roof-access-pathway rule exists. The requirement is whatever the Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Edition imposes, adopted by floating reference at Code Sec. 22-22 and enforced by the Orange Park Fire Department under Sec. 22-24(a). The Town has adopted no amendment on the point and publishes no dimensions. 62% · adopting 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 - rapid shutdown is required, to the 2020 NEC (Article 690.12), because the 2020 NEC is the edition in force in Florida under the FBC 8th Edition (2023). The Town has adopted no amendment relaxing or altering it: 'rapid shutdown' appears nowhere in the Town Code. 78% · referenced standards + controlled code 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? The Town of Orange Park requires NO placard of its own - there is no PV or ESS signage provision anywhere in its code, fee schedule, forms or bulletins. The requirement is JEA's. For behind-the-meter residential PV, JEA's TIIR section 4.3.1.4 states: 'A sign is required at both the utility and battery load disconnect locations. If the disconnect(s) are located more than 10 feet away or not visible from the meter, a separate sign is required at the JEA meter that either visually or clearly depicts in text the location of the disconnect(s).' 88% · utility technical requirements
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No for the Town. For the utility: JEA mandates EXACT wording only for cogeneration, not for behind-the-meter PV. Section 4.3.1.2 requires a cogeneration disconnect to be 'permanently labeled clearly stating “Cogenerator - JEA Disconnect Switch”'. For BTM PV and battery systems under 4.3.1.4 there is no mandated text: 'The description on the sign may be text or a visual depiction.' 85% · utility technical requirements
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Yes - JEA specifies the physical sign, identically in sections 4.3.1.2, 4.3.1.3 and 4.3.1.4: RED background, approximately 6 inches by 6 inches (4.3.1.2 says 'at a minimum, six inches by six inches'), 3/8 inch WHITE lettering, and 'comprised of metal, hard plastic, or weatherproof vinyl'. The Town of Orange Park specifies nothing. 90% · utility technical requirements
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Not required. Neither the Town nor JEA requires a site plan or facility-map placard. The Town has no PV signage provision at all, and JEA's TIIR requires only the disconnect-location signs described at q38 - including the 'visually or clearly depicts in text the location of the disconnect(s)' sign at the meter, which is a location pointer and not a facility map. Whatever NEC 2020 705.10 / 690.13 require as part of the adopted code stands on its own with no local or utility addition. 68% · utility technical requirements + controlled code search
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes, and the utility is the ONLY source of placard requirements here. Everything at q38, q39, q40 and q43 is JEA's; the AHJ requires nothing. This is the cleanest form of the split in this survey - a town with zero signage law sitting under a municipal utility with a detailed one. 90% · utility technical requirements
• Where must the labels be placed? At the utility disconnect; and at the battery load disconnect as well if a permanently mounted battery is present. If the disconnect(s) are more than 10 feet from the meter or not visible from it, an additional sign goes at the JEA revenue meter showing where the disconnect is. The disconnects themselves 'must be external, accessible, lockable with a JEA padlock (5/16” shank) and near the meter'. 90% · utility technical requirements

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? An external AC disconnect is REQUIRED for every residential system, with NO small-system exemption. JEA TIIR 4.3.1.4: 'For residential and commercial customers, these systems require a utility disconnect... These disconnects must be external to the home or facility... All isolation devices must be external, accessible, lockable with a JEA padlock (5/16” shank) and near the meter. If the disconnect switch(es) cannot be located visibly or reasonably near the meter, ensure there is a sign (provided by the contractor) at the meter... indicating where the disconnect switch is located... All other utility disconnects must be AC and at the facility voltage.' 92% · utility technical requirements
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Two overlapping regimes, neither of them the Town's own creation. Building components must carry statewide Florida Product Approval under FS 553.842, evidenced on the Town's Product Approval Information Sheet by manufacturer, product, code version, FL number and quality-assurance expiry. On the electrical side JEA requires DER equipment to meet IEEE 1547-2018 as amended by IEEE 1547a-2020: 'All DERs interconnecting under these TIIRs shall meet requirements as specified in IEEE 1547-2018 and be certified accordingly.' 78% · permit form + utility technical requirements
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Batteries are permitted. The Town imposes no condition of its own - there is no ESS provision in the code, no ESS line on the fee schedule and no ESS inspection type in the permit portal. JEA's conditions are specific: a SEPARATE battery load disconnect is required in addition to the utility disconnect (this 'also includes all stand-alone battery systems capable of V2H, V2G, and systems capable of islanding'); both disconnects must be external to the home, accessible and lockable with a JEA padlock; a sign is required at both; and 'Any residential systems with a battery, including V2H systems, require a scheduled safety inspection in PowerClerk (PV only inspections do not require scheduling with the customer/contractor)'. 85% · utility technical requirements + controlled code search
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? No separate ESS permit or ESS inspection at the Town level: the June 2026 fee schedule has no battery or energy-storage line, and the iWorQ inspection-type list (40 types, read in full) contains no ESS or battery type. The separate inspection sits with the utility - JEA requires a scheduled PowerClerk safety inspection for any residential system with a battery, where a PV-only system needs no scheduled appointment. 72% · fee schedule + permit portal
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes - a ground-mounted array would be regulated as an accessory structure, since LDR 2.05.21.01 covers 'Accessory uses and structures... of a nature customarily incidental and clearly subordinate to a permitted or permissible principal use'. The generic accessory-structure rules would then apply: not in a required front or side yard in a residential district (with corner/through-lot exceptions); a detached accessory structure separated from the main structure by at least ten feet may sit in a required side or rear yard 'but not less than three feet from any lot line'; height capped at '16 feet in height or 70 percent of the height of the principal structure... whichever is greater'; and its impervious floor area counts toward lot coverage 'except for swimming pools and structures that do not have a roof impervious to weather'. 62% · 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? Portal or phone. The Town's own forms state: 'ALL INSPECTIONS MUST BE CALLED FOR 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO (904) 264-2635 OR LOG ONTO: https://portal.iworq.net/ORANGEPARK/permits/600'. The portal route requires an access code tied to the permit ('Need your access code? Email me my code'). Private-provider inspections are the exception and must go by email to ecd@townop.com, never through the portal. 92% · permit application + portal
• How much notice is required? 24 hours. 'ALL INSPECTIONS MUST BE CALLED FOR 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE'. The operational form of this is stated on the Inspections page: 'All inspections must be requested by 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday to be on schedule for the next business day.' The portal itself states '***Inspection requests are only accepted during business hours, Monday-Friday 7:30am-5:00pm***' and blocks weekend dates. 90% · department page + portal + permit application
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? No AM/PM windows and no same-day service are published. The only scheduling granularity offered is next-business-day, requested by 5:00 p.m. The portal's date picker accepts a requested DATE only, rejects weekends ('Weekends are not available dates for inspections'), and carries an unavailable-dates list. 70% · portal + department page

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

• Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Delegated. The Town does not perform its own inspections at all - not for solar, not for anything. 'Building Inspections for commercial and residential properties within the Town of Orange Park are conducted by Universal Engineering Sciences.' Separately, JEA performs an electrical safety inspection on certain work, and the Town also accepts FS 553.791 private providers engaged by the contractor. 88% · department page + adopted budget
• If delegated, to whom? UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES (UES) - a private engineering firm, corporate office 4205 Vineland Rd Ste L1, Orlando, FL 32811, which offers 'Field Inspections & Code Compliance' as a service line and operates municipal permitting-and-inspection portals for Florida cities. This is a new name for this survey's list of private building-department operators (previously PDCS, SAFEbuilt, CAP Government, EPCI, Willdan, Alpha). 85% · department page

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

• Which inspections are required, and in what order? No PV-specific inspection sequence is published. The complete published inspection-type list from the Town's own portal (40 types, read in full) that could bear on a solar job is: Electrical - Rough, Electrical - Cover Up, Electrical - JEA Safety Ins, Electrical - Final, Electrical - Temp Power, Electrical - General; plus Building - Final, Building - Framing, Building - Nailing, Building - Roof/In-Progress, Building - Roof/Final, Building - Re-inspection; plus Fire - Other. There is NO solar or photovoltaic inspection type at all. 70% · permit portal
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Rough-stage electrical inspection types exist and can be booked - 'Electrical - Rough' and 'Electrical - Cover Up' - but no document says a rough-in is mandatory for PV. The one codified mid-work roof requirement is Bulletin B-02-21, 'Residential Roof-over Inspection Requirement: A roof-over requires a Pre-inspection for a roof recovery prior to installing a new roof' - that is a re-roof rule, not a solar rule. Code Sec. 12-65(b) supplies the stick: 'Fees for work covered up prior to inspection shall be twice the amount of the regular permit fee... The inspection shall require the covered work be exposed before reinspection.' 58% · portal + department bulletin + ordinance

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. There is no published inspection checklist of any kind - solar or general. The Building Division publishes a permit fee schedule, a bulletin list (last updated 2022), an HB 803 exemption notice, a private-provider requirements sheet and a set of application forms; none is an inspection checklist, and there is no solar handout. 72% · department pages
• What must be on site at inspection? A certified copy of the recorded Notice of Commencement, before the FIRST inspection. The Building Permit Application carries the statutory warning: 'A NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT MUST BE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE JOB SITE BEFORE THE FIRST INSPECTION.' The permit itself must show fees paid, marked on its face (Code Sec. 12-65(a)). 75% · permit application + ordinance

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 passed final inspection. For work that creates or changes occupancy a Certificate of Occupancy is issued by the ECD Director under LDR 2.08.17 ('No person shall use or occupy... until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the economic and community development department director'); the portal carries both 'Building - CO' and 'Building - Final' as distinct inspection types. On the private-provider route the closing instrument is a Certificate of Compliance submitted by the provider. 70% · ordinance + portal + department document
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The AHJ. JEA's own Requirements After Installation page sets it out: 'Confirm that your electric contractor has notified the appropriate permit office for your system to be inspected. After the electric work is inspected and approved, THE PERMIT OFFICE WILL SEND JEA AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. JEA WILL NOT PROCEED UNTIL WE RECEIVE THAT NOTIFICATION.' A JEA engineer then inspects the interconnection and a JEA meter technician fits the dual-register meter, after which the customer may energise. Energising early is penalised: 'If this occurs, JEA will discontinue electrical service to the location until the system is disconnected from the grid.' 90% · utility page
• Is there a re-inspection fee? Two different figures are in force and they do not agree. The current (June 2026) fee schedule and Code Sec. 12-19(d)(16) both say $75.00 - the schedule phrasing is 'Re-inspection or cancellation w/out notice $75/ per hour' and the code phrasing is 'Reinspection or additional inspection due to delay or not being ready .....75.00'. But the ELECTRICAL fee section, Code Sec. 12-65(c)(9), says 'Additional inspection due to delay or not being ready .....50.00', and that $50 line is reproduced in the fee schedule's own electrical block. Separately, Sec. 12-65(b) doubles the permit fee where work was covered up before inspection. 80% · fee schedule + ordinance