Town of Palm Shores
Town of Palm Shores
Brevard County
Town of Palm Shores is a town authority in the State of Florida, serving 1,200 residents. This page is the permit route for that jurisdiction: the fifteen steps from working out who has a say over an address through to permission to operate, the documents this authority publishes, and 62 answers taken from those documents and dated.
Jurisdiction & key facts
The standing 62-question set, answered for Town of Palm Shores against this authority’s own published documents. Every answer carries the confidence it was recorded at and the document it came from. Where nothing is published we say so and show where we looked — a blank here is a finding, not a gap.
Town of Palm Shores is the authority having jurisdiction 88% confidence
- Holds
- building and electrical
- Why not higher
- Converging evidence from five independent sources, all name-checked against 'Town of Palm Shores, Brevard County': (1) presence in the state's 392-entry floridabuilding.org self-permitting-authority register, verified against the brief's own positive/negative controls; (2) Brevard County's live Accela/BASS portal statement, fetched fresh today, that municipalities within the county (except Grant Valkaria pre-2018) are responsible for their own permitting and records; (3) the Town's own Chapter 150 (Building and Building Regulations) and Ordinance 2018-10 (adding Sec. 150.16 Inspections, adopted 29 Jan 2019, signed by Mayor Carol M. McCormack and Town Clerk Patricia J. Burke); (4) two consecutive years of the Town's own FS 553.80(7) reports showing a real, staffed, self-funded department (1 employee/1 inspector/1 permit tech, real salary actuals, 0% private-provider inspections); (5) the Building Official (Ed Roseberry, per the 2023 site capture) reachable at the SAME phone number as the Town Hall switchboard -- the brief's self-run phone-match tell. All of this had to be recovered via the Wayback Machine because the Town's live website (townofpalmshores.org) is currently unreachable: DNS for both the apex and 'www' returns NXDOMAIN when queried directly against the domain's own authoritative nameservers (dns3/dns4.civicplus.com, AWS Route53), even though the domain registration is active through 2029 and its MX records (Microsoft 365) still resolve -- this is a broken web front end, not a lapsed domain, and the Wayback Machine shows the site was still being crawled as recently as 21 Apr 2026. Confidence is not higher because none of this could be re-verified live today, and the Town's current, full Code of Ordinances (beyond the one section recovered) could not be read to rule out an unrepealed county-routing clause of the kind the brief has found elsewhere.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230522221840/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/building-department
- Permit required
- Yes65%
- Permit cost
- Valuation-based, per the Town's 2013 fee schedule (Exhibit A, 'Revised as of 9-24-13'): Up to $1,000 = $60; $1,001-$15,000 = $60 + $3.25/$1,000 or part;60%
- Portal
- No online permit portal found. Permitting appears to be paper/in-person/phone via Town Hall (5030 Paul Hurtt Lane).60%
- Booking an inspection
- Phone or in-person (no online booking found)52%
Permitting 5 steps · 28 questions
Whether a permit is needed — Yes Q3 Where you file — No online permit portal found. Permitting appears to be paper/in-person/phone via Town Hall (5030 Paul Hurtt Lane). Q20
- Permit required
- Yes65% source
- What it costs
- Valuation-based, per the Town's 2013 fee schedule (Exhibit A, 'Revised as of 9-24-13'): Up to $1,000 = $60; $1,001-$15,000 = $60 + $3.25/$1,000 or part; $15,001-$25,000 = $110 + $5.25/$1,000 or part;60% source
- Key document
- fee schedule (archived PDF, OCR'd from scanned original) cited by 5 open the document
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Confirm who has a say over your address
A city address is usually permitted by the city, not the county — but not always, and some authorities keep building and hand electrical to someone else. Getting this wrong costs the whole submittal, because every requirement below belongs to whoever actually holds jurisdiction. Check the overlays in the same pass: an HOA, a historic district, a windstorm certification or a system-size cap can reshape the design, and all of them are cheaper to find now than after the array is laid out.
- Is this authority the AHJ for residential solar at this address? Yes 90% · authority's own department page (archived) + county portal statement
- What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both 72% · authority's own fee schedule (archived PDF)
- Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes 65% · inference from general fee schedule + statewide law
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Check who is allowed to apply
Several authorities require the electrical permit to be pulled by a licensed electrician, or require the contractor to be registered with them BEFORE applying. Registration is not same-day. This is second on the list rather than fourth because it is the step most likely to stop the job before the drawings matter.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 3 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Build the submittal package
Almost everywhere wants a site plan, a one-line or three-line electrical diagram, equipment cut sheets with listings, and a structural attachment detail. Build it against the published checklist rather than the last jurisdiction you worked in — the checklist is what the reviewer marks against.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 7 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Apply and pay
Most authorities now take the whole application through a portal, and several states cap or constrain what a residential solar permit may cost. Check whether plan check is billed separately before you quote the job.
- Which permit portal does this authority use? No online permit portal found. Permitting appears to be paper/in-person/phone via Town Hall (5030 Paul Hurtt Lane). 60% · site navigation enumeration (archived)
- Can the whole application be completed online? No 60% · site navigation enumeration (archived)
- What does a residential solar permit cost? Valuation-based, per the Town's 2013 fee schedule (Exhibit A, 'Revised as of 9-24-13'): Up to $1,000 = $60; $1,001-$15,000 = $60 + $3.25/$1,000 or part; $15,001-$25,000 = $110 + $5.25/$1,000 or part; $25,001-$100,000 = $165 + $5.25/$1,000 or part; $100,001+ = $600 + $5.25/$1,000 or part -- plus a plan-review fee of half the permit fee (flat $60 review at the lowest tier). Example on the schedule itself: a $200,000/2,000 sq ft job computes to $1,650 permit + $825 review = $2,475 total. A typical $40,000 PV job would compute to $165 + 40x$5.25 = $375 permit, plus $187.50 review. 60% · fee schedule (archived PDF, OCR'd from scanned original)
- How is the fee calculated? Valuation 76% · fee schedule (archived PDF)
- Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes 76% · fee schedule (archived PDF)
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Plan review — and start the utility in parallel
Interconnection is a separate process from the permit and usually the longer pole. Where the utility does not depend on the permit being issued, running both at once is the single biggest saving available on a residential job.
- Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) -- bounded/inferred, not directly confirmed for this specific town 52% · EIA-861 county-level filing + geographic inference
28 questions answered against Town of Palm Shores’s own published documents
Q1 Is this authority the AHJ for residential solar at this address? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Yes
Why the confidence is not higherTown of Palm Shores (Brevard) is a named entry in the state's 392-jurisdiction floridabuilding.org register of local governments that actually issue building permits (positive/negative controls against the brief's known list passed exactly, fabricated control 0). Brevard County's own live Accela/BASS permit portal states 'Each of the municipalities within Brevard County (except the Town of Grant Valkaria prior to September 17, 2018) are responsible for permitting within their jurisdiction and maintain their own records' -- the county explicitly disclaims building authority over Palm Shores. The Town's own Chapter 150 (Building and Building Regulations), Ordinance 2018-10, and two years of its own FS 553.80(7) utilization reports (FY2019/20, FY2020/21) confirm a functioning, self-run department. All recovered via Wayback Machine captures since the Town's live site (townofpalmshores.org) is currently unreachable (DNS NXDOMAIN from its own authoritative CivicPlus/AWS nameservers, confirmed today) -- reduced confidence for staleness, not for source quality.
authority's own department page (archived) + county portal statement checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20230522221840/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/building-department
Q2 What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Both
Why the confidence is not higherThe Town's 2013 fee-schedule/inspection exhibit lists electrical-type inspections (Service Change-1, Temp. Electric Pole-1) administered under the same one-person Building Department alongside structural inspections, with no reference to county or contractor delegation for electrical work specifically. The FS 553.80(7) reports show 1 inspector performing 100% of inspections in-house (0 by private providers) both years. No unrepealed clause routing electrical/plumbing to the county (like the brief's Sec. 34-40 case) was found in the one ordinance section recovered, but the Town's full current code (Chapter 150 in its entirety) could not be retrieved to rule one out with certainty.
authority's own fee schedule (archived PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q3 Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Yes
Why the confidence is not higherThe Town's fee schedule prices all building work by valuation with no residential-PV exemption, and Florida law (FS 553.79/553.792/163.04) treats PV as regular permitted electrical/structural work statewide. No town-specific PV exemption or explicit PV permit requirement statement was found (the current permitting page/forms could not be reached), so this is inferred from the general schedule rather than a direct statement.
inference from general fee schedule + statewide law checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q4 Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedTown's fee schedule and Ord. 2018-10 (the only building-related ordinance text recovered); neither states whether the electrical permit is separate from or combined with the building permit. Full Chapter 150 text and any current permit-application form were unreachable (live site down; no working Wayback capture of the actual application form found).
Q5 Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Core Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame documents as q4; no statement on who may pull an electrical permit. Statewide FS 489.503 default was not treated as this-authority-specific and so was not recorded as an answer.
Q6 Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Core Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedTown's Building Department and Planning-Zoning Board 'Applications & Forms' pages (Wayback, 2019 and 2023 captures) list Re-Zone/Comp Plan, Annexation, Fire Review, Site Plan Review, and Variance applications, but no contractor-registration requirement or form; no dedicated contractor-registration page found in any capture.
Q7 Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame pages as q6; no owner-builder/self-install-and-self-permit statement found.
Q8 What documents make up a complete submittal? Core Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedPlanning-Zoning Board 'Applications & Forms' page (2019 capture) lists only zoning-type applications (rezone, annexation, fire review, site plan, variance) -- no Building Department permit-submittal checklist was linked from anywhere recovered, and the new-template 'Forms & Documents' page (/227/Forms-Documents) has no surviving Wayback capture.
Q9 How many copies, and in what format? Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q8 -- no submittal-format/copy-count instructions found in any recovered document.
Q10 Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Core Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q8; the Site Plan Review application exists as a named form but its content (what a site plan must show) was not captured.
Q11 Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Core Drawings & calculations
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo electrical/PV-specific checklist or application recovered anywhere; Chapter 150 full text unreachable.
Q12 Are string and conductor calculations required? Drawings & calculations
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q11.
Q13 Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Core Engineering & stamps
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo engineering/PE-stamp threshold language found in Ord. 2018-10 (the only Chapter 150 section recovered) or the fee schedule; full LDR/building code unreachable.
Q14 Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Engineering & stamps
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q13.
Q15 What does a residential solar permit cost? Core Fees
Valuation-based, per the Town's 2013 fee schedule (Exhibit A, 'Revised as of 9-24-13'): Up to $1,000 = $60; $1,001-$15,000 = $60 + $3.25/$1,000 or part; $15,001-$25,000 = $110 + $5.25/$1,000 or part; $25,001-$100,000 = $165 + $5.25/$1,000 or part; $100,001+ = $600 + $5.25/$1,000 or part -- plus a plan-review fee of half the permit fee (flat $60 review at the lowest tier). Example on the schedule itself: a $200,000/2,000 sq ft job computes to $1,650 permit + $825 review = $2,475 total. A typical $40,000 PV job would compute to $165 + 40x$5.25 = $375 permit, plus $187.50 review.
Why the confidence is not higherThis is the Town's own document, but it is now 13 years old (revised 2013, archived-copy dated 2021) and could not be confirmed current -- the live site is unreachable so no newer schedule could be checked. Recorded as the best available evidence, not as a confirmed current rate.
fee schedule (archived PDF, OCR'd from scanned original) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q16 How is the fee calculated? Core Fees
Valuation
Why the confidence is not higherExhibit A of the Town's fee schedule is a straightforward valuation-tiered table (see q15) with no per-kW, per-panel, or flat-fee alternative offered anywhere on the document.
fee schedule (archived PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q17 Is there a separate plan-check fee? Fees
Yes
Why the confidence is not higherThe same fee-schedule exhibit prices 'Review' as a separate line for every valuation tier: $60 flat at the lowest tier, and half the permit fee at every tier above it.
fee schedule (archived PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q18 What is the stated plan-review turnaround? Core Timeline & validity
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedTown's Building Department page (Wayback 2023-05-22) states office hours and contacts only; no stated plan-review turnaround was found anywhere recovered.
Q19 How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Timeline & validity
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame documents as q18; no permit-validity/expiration period stated.
Q20 Which permit portal does this authority use? Core Portal & process
No online permit portal found. Permitting appears to be paper/in-person/phone via Town Hall (5030 Paul Hurtt Lane).
Why the confidence is not higherEnumerated the Town's full site navigation across two different site generations captured by the Wayback Machine -- the 2023-05-22 Drupal-template capture (Home / About / Departments / Boards & Committees / Building Department / Town Clerk / Town Council / Planning-Zoning Board) and the 2026-03-01 CivicPlus 'Mystique' template capture (About / Departments / Boards & Committees / Photo Galleries / Local Resources / Financial Information / County-State-Federal Links / Forms & Documents / Contact Us) -- and found no portal link, no Accela/CitizenServe/iWorQ/MyGovHub reference, in either generation. This is an enumerated absence across what was reachable, not a proof against a portal added after the last capture.
site navigation enumeration (archived) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20260301083823/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/
Q21 Can the whole application be completed online? Core Portal & process
No
Why the confidence is not higherSame basis as q20 -- no online application system found in either archived site generation.
site navigation enumeration (archived) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20260301083823/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/
Q22 Which utility handles interconnection here? Core Utility interconnection
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) -- bounded/inferred, not directly confirmed for this specific town
Why the confidence is not higherEIA-861 Service_Territory_2024.xlsx (county-level, reused and hash-verified from a sibling scratch dir, md5 60bdde3ecc2f367759855676e5cf24d5) lists three retail sellers for Brevard County: Florida Power & Light Co, Duke Energy Florida LLC, and Peace River Electric Coop Inc -- this only proves the county-level count of 3, not the town-level identity. The FEMA-hosted HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories layer was tried to close it at town level but returned the SAME 98.99% overlap for both FPL's and Duke's polygons against the Town's exact boundary -- a known HIFLD overlap defect (per the standing brief), so it could not be used as proof. No town-side franchise ordinance, budget franchise-fee line, or permit-form utility checkbox could be recovered (site unreachable). FPL is recorded here purely by geographic-corridor inference: Palm Shores sits on the Brevard mainland between Rockledge and Cocoa, immediately adjacent to seven other Brevard towns already confirmed FPL in the standing survey (Melbourne Village, Rockledge, Cocoa Beach, Malabar, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Grant-Valkaria). This is an inference from comparable neighboring authorities, not a direct proof for this town.
EIA-861 county-level filing + geographic inference checked 2026-09-13 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
Q23 Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Core Utility interconnection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo FPL/Duke DG interconnection manual specific to this town was found; general FAC 25-6.065 does not specify an authority-level permit/utility sequencing, and no Town document addressing it was recovered.
Q24 Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedFull LDR/zoning ordinance and Comprehensive Plan text were unreachable (live site down; no Municode/eCode360/American Legal presence found for this authority -- library.municode.com serves its known byte-identical 6,095-byte placeholder for /fl/palm_shores, api.municode.com 404s, ecode360 404s, codelibrary.amlegal.com 403s even with curl_cffi chrome impersonation). FS 163.04's protections apply regardless (see extra_findings) but no town-specific HOA/architectural-review clause could be read.
Q25 Is there a historic-district review? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q24 -- no historic-district ordinance text reachable.
Q26 Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q24 -- no wind/windstorm certification clause reachable.
Q27 Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q24. Note: an 'Initial Fire Review Application' and 'Revision Fire Review Application' exist among the Planning-Zoning Board's forms (2019 capture), suggesting SOME projects require a fire-plan review step, but it is unclear from what was recovered whether this applies to a routine residential PV retrofit or only to site-plan/rezoning-scale projects.
Q28 Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q24 -- no system-size cap language reachable.
Lines marked with a percentage were read off this authority’s own published documents. Unmarked guidance is general good practice, not this jurisdiction’s rule — always confirm against the authority before you submit.
Install 5 steps · 20 questions
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Build to the code editions actually in force here
The NEC edition a jurisdiction enforces is often a cycle behind the newest one published, and local amendments sit on top of it. Rapid shutdown, conductor sizing and labelling all change between editions, so the edition in force is the first thing to establish, not the last.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 5 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Fire access, setbacks and pathways
Ridge setbacks and roof access pathways are fire-service requirements and they constrain the array layout. They are the most common cause of a redesign after the fire department comments on a plan set.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 1 question checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Rapid shutdown
Which rapid-shutdown rule applies follows directly from the NEC edition in force, and the initiation device has to be at a location the fire service can reach and identify. This is inspected, and it is labelled.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 1 question checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Labels and placards
The NEC sets a baseline for permanent markings at the service equipment and the disconnecting means. On top of that, an authority may specify its own wording, and the utility may specify more again. Where any of them writes its own text, a generic off-the-shelf label set will not pass — this is the detail most often fixed on a return visit.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 6 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Disconnect, storage and listed equipment
Where the AC disconnect must sit relative to the meter is usually the utility's rule, not the building department's. Battery storage frequently carries its own permit, its own inspection and its own fire conditions.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 7 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
20 questions answered against Town of Palm Shores’s own published documents
Q29 Which NEC edition is in force? Core Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedChapter 150 full text (beyond Sec. 150.16, added by Ord. 2018-10) was not reachable; no NEC-adoption ordinance found.
Q30 Which building code edition is in force? Core Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no building-code-edition adoption ordinance reachable. Florida mandates a uniform statewide FBC edition, but the brief repeatedly warns local amendment status cannot be assumed, so no statewide-default answer was recorded for this authority.
Q31 Which fire code edition is in force? Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no fire-code adoption ordinance reachable; the Town's fire-plan-review process (see q27) could not be traced to a specific code edition.
Q32 Are there local amendments to any of the above? Core Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- cannot confirm or rule out local amendments without the full chapter text.
Q33 What is the installation judged against? Core Electrical
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no installation-standard clause reachable.
Q34 Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? Electrical
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no service-upgrade/busbar rule reachable.
Q35 Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? Structural & mounting
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no mounting-system/attachment-spacing rule reachable. Note: the fee schedule's project-type list (House, Roof, Shed/Slab, Fence, Block Wall, etc.) has no 'ground mount' or 'solar array' line of its own.
Q36 What ridge setback and access pathways are required? Core Fire pathways & setbacks
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no fire code/ridge-setback text reachable (fire code itself unreachable, see q31).
Q37 Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Core Rapid shutdown
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no rapid-shutdown clause reachable (depends on the unrecovered NEC edition, q29).
Q38 Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no placard requirement found in any recovered document (fee schedule, Ord. 2018-10, uncodified-ordinance list).
Q39 Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38.
Q40 Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38.
Q41 Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38 -- NEC 705.10 is a national baseline but no town amendment to it was found.
Q42 Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo FPL/Duke DG manual specific to this town's territory was checked (utility identity itself is only bounded, see q22).
Q43 Where must the labels be placed? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q38.
Q44 Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Equipment listing
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29 -- no approved-equipment-list clause reachable.
Q45 Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Core Battery / ESS
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q29/q31 -- no battery/ESS clause reachable in fire code or Chapter 150.
Q46 Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Battery / ESS
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q45.
Q47 Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Core Ground mount
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedFee schedule's project-type list (House, Shed/Slab, Shed Only, Fence, Block Wall, Swimming Pool, Driveway Only, Dock, Seawall, etc.) has no distinct 'ground mount' or accessory-solar-structure line, so it could not be determined whether a ground mount is treated as its own structure class.
Q48 Where must the AC disconnect be, relative to the meter? Core Utility equipment
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo FPL/Duke DG manual specific to this town's territory was checked (see q22, q42).
Lines marked with a percentage were read off this authority’s own published documents. Unmarked guidance is general good practice, not this jurisdiction’s rule — always confirm against the authority before you submit.
Inspection 5 steps · 14 questions
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Book it
Booking is a portal, a phone call or an email depending on the authority, and the notice required is rarely zero. Book before the work is finished rather than after — the lead time, not the work, is usually what sets the date.
- How is an inspection booked? Phone or in-person (no online booking found) 52% · inference from site enumeration
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Know who turns up
Some authorities inspect their own solar work; some delegate it, and a few do not inspect the PV equipment itself at all. Who is coming determines what they will look at.
- Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Yes 88% · FS 553.80(7) utilization report (archived PDF, OCR'd)
- If delegated, to whom? N/A -- not delegated; the Town performs its own final inspections (see q52) 85% · FS 553.80(7) utilization report (archived PDF)
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Work the stages in order
A rough-in or mid-roof inspection, where one is required, has to happen before the work it covers is closed up. Missing a stage means opening something back up, and it is the most expensive kind of correction.
- Which inspections are required, and in what order? The Town's fee-schedule exhibit enumerates a required-inspection COUNT per project type (e.g., House-8, Roof-2, Roof Flat-1, Shed/Slab-2, Fence-1, Block Wall-3, Swimming Pool-3, A/C Unit-1, Screen Enclosure-1, Service Change-1, Temp. Electric Pole-1, Demolition-2, Solar Heater-1, Satellite Antennae-1, Seawall-2, Dock-1) but does NOT publish an explicit sequence/order, and there is no PV-specific line (only 'Solar Heater,' i.e. solar thermal). 50% · fee schedule (archived PDF)
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Have the paperwork on site
The approved plan set, the permit, and the equipment listings should be on site and reachable. Inspectors routinely verify that installed equipment matches what was approved, and that the labels are the ones the plan set promised.
Nothing recorded for Town of Palm Shores on this step yet — 3 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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Sign-off, and permission to operate
Passing gives you a final or an equivalent sign-off. That is not the same as permission to operate: PTO comes from the utility, and who tells the utility the inspection passed varies. A system left switched off for weeks is usually waiting on this handover.
- Is there a re-inspection fee? $80.00 62% · fee schedule (archived PDF)
14 questions answered against Town of Palm Shores’s own published documents
Q49 How is an inspection booked? Core Booking & scheduling
Phone or in-person (no online booking found)
Why the confidence is not higherNo online scheduling system was found anywhere in the enumerated site (see q20); the only documented contact channel for the Building Department across all recovered captures is the office phone (321-242-4555) and Town Hall address. Inferred from absence of any alternative channel, not from an explicit statement that phone is the booking method.
inference from site enumeration checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20230522221840/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/building-department
Q50 How much notice is required? Core Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedOrdinance 2018-10 Sec. 150.16(A) sets a 30-day POST-completion deadline to REQUEST an inspection (after which a $100 fee applies), which answers a related but different question from advance-notice/scheduling lead time; no scheduling-lead-time statement was found.
Q51 Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame as q50 -- no same-day/AM-PM-window statement found in any recovered document.
Q52 Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Core Who inspects
Yes
Why the confidence is not higherThe Town's own FS 553.80(7) Building Permit and Inspection Utilization Reports show 0 of 313 inspections (FY2019/2020) and 0 of 215 inspections (FY2020/2021) performed by private providers -- 100% in-house both years, with 1 employee / 1 inspector / 1 permit technician and real, non-zero actual Salary and Benefits ($50,148 and $45,056 respectively) -- the brief's 'actuals, not budget' self-run signature, satisfied in two consecutive fiscal years.
FS 553.80(7) utilization report (archived PDF, OCR'd) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221002id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_permit_utilization_report_2019-2020.pdf
Q53 If delegated, to whom? Core Who inspects
N/A -- not delegated; the Town performs its own final inspections (see q52)
Why the confidence is not higherDirectly follows from the two years of 0%-private-provider FS 553.80(7) data at q52.
FS 553.80(7) utilization report (archived PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221002id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_permit_utilization_report_2019-2020.pdf
Q54 Which inspections are required, and in what order? Core Stages & sequence
The Town's fee-schedule exhibit enumerates a required-inspection COUNT per project type (e.g., House-8, Roof-2, Roof Flat-1, Shed/Slab-2, Fence-1, Block Wall-3, Swimming Pool-3, A/C Unit-1, Screen Enclosure-1, Service Change-1, Temp. Electric Pole-1, Demolition-2, Solar Heater-1, Satellite Antennae-1, Seawall-2, Dock-1) but does NOT publish an explicit sequence/order, and there is no PV-specific line (only 'Solar Heater,' i.e. solar thermal).
Why the confidence is not higherDirect enumeration from the authority's own document, but it names counts, not order, and has no photovoltaic-specific entry -- a partial answer, not a full one.
fee schedule (archived PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q55 Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Stages & sequence
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedFee schedule lists 'Roof - 2' inspections (suggesting a rough-in + final pattern) but 'Service Change - 1' and 'Solar Heater - 1' as single inspections, with no explicit statement of whether a PV installation gets a rough-in/mid-stage inspection.
Q56 Does the inspector verify labels and listings? Core What is checked
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo department page, checklist, or ordinance text describing inspection PRACTICE (label/listing verification) was recovered.
Q57 Is there a published inspection checklist? Core What is checked
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedThe fee schedule's per-project inspection-COUNT exhibit (see q54) is the closest thing to a published inspection list, but it is not a step-by-step checklist and has no PV-specific entry; no separate 'inspection checklist' document was found.
Q58 What must be on site at inspection? Core Documents on site
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo department page or checklist describing what must be present on-site at inspection was recovered.
Q59 Is there a re-inspection fee? Corrections & re-inspection
$80.00
Why the confidence is not higherThe 2013 fee schedule states an '$80 re-inspection fee due to failure' and an '$80 re-inspection fee for corrections.' Two related but distinct fees also appear elsewhere: a $100 penalty for failing to call in a final inspection (same fee schedule), and a separate $100 fee under Ordinance 2018-10 Sec. 150.16(A) if an inspection is not requested within 30 days of completing the work. Recorded the $80 figure as the direct answer to 'is there a re-inspection fee'; confidence reduced because the schedule is 13 years old and unconfirmed current.
fee schedule (archived PDF) checked 2026-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20211228221056id_/https://www.townofpalmshores.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif1051/f/uploads/building_department_fee_schedule.pdf
Q60 How are corrections issued and cleared? Corrections & re-inspection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo corrections-notice/clearance procedure was described in any recovered document beyond the re-inspection fees at q59.
Q61 What is issued on pass? Core Final sign-off & PTO
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedThe Building Official's general duties (2023 site capture) mention 'certificates of occupancy' among the role's responsibilities, but that describes new construction; no document specifying what is issued on a PASSED PERMIT-ONLY alteration inspection (such as a PV retrofit) was found.
Q62 Who notifies the utility for PTO? Core Final sign-off & PTO
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Town document or FPL/Duke DG manual specific to this town addressing who files the utility PTO notification was recovered.
Lines marked with a percentage were read off this authority’s own published documents. Unmarked guidance is general good practice, not this jurisdiction’s rule — always confirm against the authority before you submit.
No change record for this authority yet. Values arrive here as they are researched, and each one is dated.
Labels & placards for this authority
Wording None%
Size, colour & material None%
Where they go None%
What the utility wants on top None%
Each figure above is sourced and dated in the full answer set below (questions 38–43). Where an authority’s own published sheet is older than the code it has adopted, the answer says so.
Their website
Solar Requirements
Average approval time — application to PTO
From the CPUC interconnection record. Bars show the average days taken each year; a year with no recorded projects is left blank rather than drawn as zero.