Village of Golf
Village of Golf
Palm Beach County
Village of Golf is a village authority in the State of Florida, serving 255 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 Village of Golf 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.
Village of Golf is the authority having jurisdiction 88% confidence
- Holds
- Building and (apparently, though not confirmed as separately staffed) electrical, for residential solar, performed in-house by the Village of Golf rather than delegated to Palm Beach County. The Village's own audited financial statements (FY2021-FY2024, filed with the Florida Auditor General and read via pdftotext -layout in this run) carry a dedicated 'Building Fund' special revenue fund with its own 'Building permits' revenue line ($123,582-$378,260/year, 111-300 permits issued/year) and state in Note 1 of every year examined: 'the Village provides its residents with ... building, zoning and planning functions.' The Village's own Building division page (Wayback captures 2018 and 2024, consistent) states permits are obtained 'from the Village Administration Office' for work 'requiring inspection by the Building Official' - a Village office, not the County's - and that the Village has accepted the Palm Beach County-wide 'Universal County-Wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form' since 2013. The Village's own 163-item ordinance-title archive (1957-2022) includes Ordinance 29 (1979, building permits), Ordinance 86 (2007, adopting land development code), and Ordinances 108 and 114 (both 2015, local FBC amendments) - a municipality does not locally amend the FBC's administrative chapter unless it is itself the enforcing agency. Fire service is separately budgeted ('Fire Rescue', $233,972-$243,331/year in the FY2024 AFR) and is almost certainly a contracted service rather than a Village-run department, but the specific provider could not be identified in this run (see q31/q36/q45 not_found).
- Overridden by
- F.S. 163.04 (fetched and read from the Florida Legislature's own site in this run): a municipal ordinance may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors, and any private deed restriction/covenant/HOA-type body's power over solar placement is capped at a south-facing/45-degree-orientation condition - directly relevant given the Village's own Council-chamber design-review step for Major Construction (q24, q27) and the unresolved 'Homeowners Association' department category on the Village's own staff directory (q24). F.S. 553.792 and F.S. 553.79 set binding statewide floors on plan-review turnaround and permit validity respectively, in the absence of a published, more-specific Village standard (q18-19). F.S. 489.103 (owner-builder exemption, including a solar-specific subparagraph, 9(a)3) and F.S. 471.003(2)(h) (electrical-contractor PE exemption under $125,000/600A residential) both apply statewide absent a contrary local showing (q5, q7, q14). The Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), applies statewide as the default technical code (q30), subject to whatever the Village's own 2015 FBC-amendment ordinances (Nos. 108, 114) actually say - their substance could not be verified in this run.
- Why not higher
- See the long-form evidence in 'holds' above. Independently corroborated by the Florida Building Code Information System jurisdiction registry (floridabuilding.org), which lists 'Village of Golf' as a standalone organization (id 2370) distinct from Palm Beach County (id 2291) - the same registry mechanism that settled Glen Ridge's and Manalapan's own AHJ status in separate, non-inherited GovBot runs. Also independently confirmed by absence: the Village of Golf does NOT appear anywhere in Municode's own Florida client list (416 entries for stateId 9, fetched directly from api.municode.com in this run and grepped for 'golf' with zero hits) - the Village's code lives entirely on its own site as individually-numbered ordinance PDFs rather than being codified by a third-party publisher, consistent with a small, self-administering municipality rather than one that outsources its regulatory apparatus (which would not by itself prove delegation of permitting, and does not here). Held at 88, not higher, because (a) the Village's live website (villageofgolf.org) Cloudflare-challenges every non-browser fetch tried in this run (curl and WebFetch both 403), so all Village-side evidence had to come from Wayback Machine captures (2012-2024) rather than the current site, and (b) the single most direct possible sentence - the Village's own Land Development Regulations PDF explicitly naming itself as the enforcing agency - could not be read (linked from the site but never crawled by the Wayback Machine).
- Permit required
- Yes. A Village building permit is required for essentially any work that penetrates or alters the building shell, which unambiguously covers a roof-mounted rooftop PV array,78%
- Plan review
- No Village-stated plan-review turnaround was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.792(1)(a) applies: 5 business days after a complete application for building permits (including…60%
- Portal
- No online permit portal was found. The Village's own Building page directs applicants to obtain permits in person: 'Permits may be obtained from the Village Administration Office.'70%
Permitting 5 steps · 28 questions
Whether a permit is needed — Yes. A Village building permit is required for essentially any work that penetrates or alters the building shell, Q3 Electrical and building permits — Appears to be Combined into a single multi-trade application rather than a separate electrical permit, though this is inferred rather than stated outright. Q4 Plan review — No Village-stated plan-review turnaround was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.792(1)(a) applies: 5 business days after a complete application for building… Q18 Where you file — No online permit portal was found. The Village's own Building page directs applicants to obtain permits in person: 'Permits may be obtained from the Village… Q20
- Permit required
- Yes. A Village building permit is required for essentially any work that penetrates or alters the building shell, which unambiguously covers a roof-mounted rooftop PV array,78% source
- Plan review turnaround
- No Village-stated plan-review turnaround was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.792(1)(a) applies: 5 business days after a complete application for building permits (including electrical) on…60% source
- Key document
- village building-division page + FY2021-24 audited financial statements + ordinance archive + state registry 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. The Village of Golf is its own Authority Having Jurisdiction for residential building/electrical permitting inside its own limits - not delegated to Palm Beach County. 90% · village building-division page + FY2021-24 audited financial statements + ordinance archive + state registry
- What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both building and electrical, apparently performed in-house by the Village rather than delegated - but this is an inference, not a direct statement, and there is no dedicated 'Electrical' division or staff line distinct from 'Building'. 58% · village staff directory + building division page
- Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A Village building permit is required for essentially any work that penetrates or alters the building shell, which unambiguously covers a roof-mounted rooftop PV array, though no Village document names solar/PV specifically. 78% · village building-division page
- Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Appears to be Combined into a single multi-trade application rather than a separate electrical permit, though this is inferred rather than stated outright. 55% · village building-division page
- Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No dedicated Architectural Review Board was found - but the Village Council itself performs a design-review function for 'Major Construction' only (new home construction, addition of habitable rooms, or a fully enclosed garage): plans 'are placed for public view and comments in the Council Chambers prior to presentation to the Village Council.' 'Minor Construction' (repairs/renovations to an existing structure - the category a PV retrofit would most plausibly fall into) states no equivalent review on the page examined. Separately, the Village's own Staff Directory lists 'Homeowners Association' as one of only 9 department filter categories alongside 'Building' and 'Administration' - suggesting some institutional overlap between the municipal government and a private HOA function that could not be resolved in this run (no named staff appear under that category in the capture read). 55% · village major-construction, minor-construction and staff-directory pages
- Is there a historic-district review? No historic-district review was found, and none appears to exist. 58% · village ordinance-archive title list
- Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Yes, functionally: for 'Major Construction' (new home construction, room additions, or a fully enclosed garage), Village Code prohibits construction before April 1st each year, plans for new residences are placed for public view and comment in the Council Chambers, and complete plans must be presented to and pass through the Village Council before a permit issues. No separate 'Specific Use Permit' by that name was found - this is a general Council-approval gate for Major Construction rather than a discretionary land-use permit. 70% · village major-construction page
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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.
- Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? A licensed electrical contractor, or the property owner acting under Florida's statewide owner-builder exemption. No Village-specific restriction narrowing this was found. 60% · state statute
- Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes, in principle, under Florida's statewide owner-builder exemption - no Village document addresses this directly, but nothing found restricts it either. 58% · state statute
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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.
- What documents make up a complete submittal? The Village's own 'Universal County-Wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form' (in use since 2013), plus - for Major Construction only (new home, room addition, or enclosed garage) - 'Complete construction, site, swimming pool, and landscape plans ... submitted before March 15th for the following construction period.' Minor Construction (repairs/renovations to existing structures - the category a rooftop PV retrofit would most plausibly fall into) names no equivalent plan-package requirement on the page examined. 62% · village major-construction page + building-division page
- Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes, but only for 'Major Construction' (new home construction, addition of habitable rooms, or a fully enclosed garage): 'Complete construction, site, swimming pool, and landscape plans ... must be submitted before March 15th for the following construction period,' and plans for new residences are 'placed for public view and comments in the Council Chambers prior to presentation to the Village Council.' 'Minor Construction' (repairs and minor renovations to existing structures) states no equivalent site-plan requirement on the page examined - and a rooftop PV retrofit on an existing home would most plausibly fall into that Minor Construction category rather than Major. 55% · village major-construction + minor-construction pages
- Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No Village-specific electrical PE-stamp rule was found. Statewide, F.S. 471.003(2)(h) exempts a chapter-489-licensed electrical contractor from engineering licensure for a system valued at $125,000 or less with a residential service capacity of 600 amperes (240V) or less - which covers essentially every residential rooftop PV job. 62% · state statute
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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 was found. The Village's own Building page directs applicants to obtain permits in person: 'Permits may be obtained from the Village Administration Office.' 70% · village building-division page
- Can the whole application be completed online? No. The Village's own language ('Permits may be obtained from the Village Administration Office') and the complete absence of any linked online portal indicate an in-person process, not a fully online one. 65% · village building-division page
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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.
- What is the stated plan-review turnaround? No Village-stated plan-review turnaround was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.792(1)(a) applies: 5 business days after a complete application for building permits (including electrical) on an existing single-family residential dwelling valued under $15,000; 30 business days otherwise for a residential unit/electrical permit under 7,500 sq ft. 60% · state statute
- How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? No Village-specific permit-validity period was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.79(1)(c) applies: a single-family-dwelling building permit expires 1 year after issuance, or on the effective date of the next Florida Building Code edition, whichever is later. 55% · state statute
- Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light (FPL). No PBC municipal or cooperative electric utility was found serving the Village. 68% · village ordinance-archive title list
28 questions answered against Village of Golf’s own published documents
Q1 Is this authority the AHJ for residential solar at this address? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Yes. The Village of Golf is its own Authority Having Jurisdiction for residential building/electrical permitting inside its own limits - not delegated to Palm Beach County.
Why the confidence is not higherFour independent first-party threads agree, deliberately NOT inherited from the Palm Beach County, Manalapan, Glen Ridge or Gulf Stream runs. (1) The Village's own 'Building' division page (2018 capture, unchanged in substance through the 2024 capture) states building permits 'may be obtained from the Village Administration Office' and are required for work 'requiring inspection by the Building Official' - a Village-titled office, not the County's. (2) The Village's own audited financial statements filed with the Florida Auditor General (FY2021-FY2024, read via pdftotext -layout in this run) show a dedicated 'Building Fund' special revenue fund with its own 'Building permits' revenue line running $123,582-$378,260/year and 111-300 permits issued/year, and Note 1 of each year's statements states outright: 'the Village provides its residents with ... building, zoning and planning functions' - i.e. the Village performs this itself, not the County. (3) The Village's own ordinance archive (163 ordinances 1957-2022, titles read in full) includes Ordinance 29 (1979, 'building permits'), Ordinance 86 (2007, 'adopting land development code'), and Ordinances 108 and 114 (both 2015, 'local amendment to chapter 1 Florida Building Code' / 'Florida Building Code amendments') - a municipality does not locally amend the FBC's administrative chapter unless it is the enforcing agency. (4) The state's own Florida Building Code Information System jurisdiction registry (floridabuilding.org) lists 'Village of Golf' as organization id 2370, a record entirely separate from Palm Beach County's id 2291. Held at 90, not higher, because the Village's Land Development Regulations PDF itself (linked from the site but never crawled into the Wayback Machine, and the live site is Cloudflare-blocked to every non-browser fetch tried in this run) could not be read for a single explicit 'the Village is the enforcing agency' sentence.
village building-division page + FY2021-24 audited financial statements + ordinance archive + state registry checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q2 What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Both building and electrical, apparently performed in-house by the Village rather than delegated - but this is an inference, not a direct statement, and there is no dedicated 'Electrical' division or staff line distinct from 'Building'.
Why the confidence is not higherThe Village's own Staff Directory (2024 capture) lists 'Building' as one of only 9 department categories (Administration, Building, Clerk, Finance, Grounds Maintenance, Homeowners Association, Library, Post Office, Utilities) but the capture returns no named individual filed under it - unlike Finance (Bea Good) or Clerk (Donn Lynn), who are named. The Building division page states permits are needed for work 'requiring inspection by the Building Official' (a single, apparently multi-trade title) and that the Village accepts the county-wide 'Universal County-Wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form' (adopted 2013) - the same multi-jurisdiction, multi-trade form referenced independently in the Town of Manalapan's own Universal Permit Application (a separate GovBot run, not inherited here). No second, electrical-specific office, contracted inspector, or delegation to Palm Beach County was found anywhere in the Building pages, ordinance titles, staff directory, or AFRs. Held at 58 because the Building Official's identity, and whether that person or a separately licensed electrical inspector actually signs off electrical work, could not be confirmed - the position may be a part-time contractor whose name simply isn't published.
village staff directory + building division page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525025357/https://www.villageofgolf.org/directory
Q3 Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Yes. A Village building permit is required for essentially any work that penetrates or alters the building shell, which unambiguously covers a roof-mounted rooftop PV array, though no Village document names solar/PV specifically.
Why the confidence is not higherQuoted directly from the Village's own Building division page: 'Building permits are required for all construction (trade) work, or repair, involving a structural penetration of a building shell including doors, windows, roof repair or replacement of covering or sheathing, drilling, grading, earth moving, paving, sodding, fencing, or any other work requiring inspection by the Building Official.' Roof-mounted PV mounting hardware penetrates the roof covering/sheathing, squarely within this language. Held at 78 rather than higher because this is general permitting language, not a PV-specific sentence, and the full ordinance/ LDR text (which might name solar explicitly) could not be read in this run.
village building-division page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q4 Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Core Jurisdiction & scope
Appears to be Combined into a single multi-trade application rather than a separate electrical permit, though this is inferred rather than stated outright.
Why the confidence is not higherThe Village's Building page states: 'The Village of Golf began accepting the Universal County-Wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form in 2013' - a single standardized Palm Beach County-wide form covering multiple trades in one submittal, the same form independently referenced by the Town of Manalapan's own permitting materials (a separate, non-inherited GovBot run). No separate electrical-permit application or process was found on any Village page, in the ordinance archive, or in the staff directory. Held at 55 because the Village's own copy of that Universal form (which would show its exact scope) could not be retrieved - it is not archived by the Wayback Machine and the live site 403s to every fetch tried in this run.
village building-division page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q5 Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Core Who may apply
A licensed electrical contractor, or the property owner acting under Florida's statewide owner-builder exemption. No Village-specific restriction narrowing this was found.
Why the confidence is not higherNo Village page, ordinance title, or AFR addresses who may pull an electrical permit specifically. Florida Statutes 489.103(1) (fetched and read from the Florida Legislature's own site in this run) exempts an owner building or improving his or her own one- or two-family residence, under direct on-site supervision and not for sale/lease, from contractor licensure - and 489.103(9)(a)3 separately and explicitly addresses 'installing, uninstalling, or replacing solar panels on one-family, two-family, or three-family residences' (conditioned on the local government's participation in a DOE SunShot Rooftop Solar Challenge grant, and still requiring a licensed electrical contractor for the wiring/interconnection). Held at 60 because this is the statewide floor rather than a Village-specific statement, and the SunShot grant condition on the solar-specific subparagraph was not checked for the Village.
state statute checked 2026-09-14 https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0489/Sections/0489.103.html
Q6 Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Core Who may apply
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedVillage Building division page, Staff Directory, and the full 163-item Village Ordinances title list (1957-2022) were all read in this run for any local contractor-registration/competency-card requirement; none was found. Palm Beach County operates a county-wide Construction Industry Licensing/Contractors Certification function that many small Palm Beach County municipalities rely on for contractor credentialing, but no Village of Golf page or ordinance confirms whether the Village requires separate local registration on top of that - the Village's own permit-application forms (which would show this) could not be retrieved (Cloudflare-blocked live site; not archived by the Wayback Machine).
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q7 Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Who may apply
Yes, in principle, under Florida's statewide owner-builder exemption - no Village document addresses this directly, but nothing found restricts it either.
Why the confidence is not higherF.S. 489.103(1), fetched and read from the Florida Legislature's own site in this run, permits an owner to act as his/her own contractor on a one- or two-family residence not offered for sale/lease within a year, with direct on-site supervision (F.S. 489.103(9)(b) bars delegating that supervision to an unlicensed person). No Village-specific owner-builder form or restriction was found (unlike, e.g., the Town of Glen Ridge's own published Owner/Builder Disclosure form, from a separate non-inherited run) - this is the statewide floor only.
state statute checked 2026-09-14 https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0489/Sections/0489.103.html
Q8 What documents make up a complete submittal? Core Submittal package
The Village's own 'Universal County-Wide/Municipal Building Permit Application Form' (in use since 2013), plus - for Major Construction only (new home, room addition, or enclosed garage) - 'Complete construction, site, swimming pool, and landscape plans ... submitted before March 15th for the following construction period.' Minor Construction (repairs/renovations to existing structures - the category a rooftop PV retrofit would most plausibly fall into) names no equivalent plan-package requirement on the page examined.
Why the confidence is not higherQuoted from the Village's own Building, Major Construction and Minor Construction pages (2024 captures). Held at 62 because the Land Development Regulations document itself, which would give the actual submittal checklist, could not be read (linked from the site but never crawled by the Wayback Machine; live site Cloudflare-blocked to every fetch tried in this run), and the Universal Application form's own content could not be retrieved either.
village major-construction page + building-division page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525022558/https://www.villageofgolf.org/building/page/major-construction
Q9 How many copies, and in what format? Submittal package
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedVillage Building, Major Construction, Minor Construction and Additional Information pages were all read in this run; none states a number of copies or a file format. The Village's own Universal Application form and Land Development Regulations document, which would likely state this, could not be retrieved (Cloudflare-blocked live site; neither is archived by the Wayback Machine).
Q10 Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Core Submittal package
Yes, but only for 'Major Construction' (new home construction, addition of habitable rooms, or a fully enclosed garage): 'Complete construction, site, swimming pool, and landscape plans ... must be submitted before March 15th for the following construction period,' and plans for new residences are 'placed for public view and comments in the Council Chambers prior to presentation to the Village Council.' 'Minor Construction' (repairs and minor renovations to existing structures) states no equivalent site-plan requirement on the page examined - and a rooftop PV retrofit on an existing home would most plausibly fall into that Minor Construction category rather than Major.
Why the confidence is not higherQuoted directly from the Village's own Major Construction and Minor Construction pages (2024 captures). Held at 55 because the Land Development Regulations document, which would define exactly what a site plan must show and settle whether PV counts as Major or Minor, could not be read in this run (see q8/q9), so which track an actual PV project would be routed through is inferred, not confirmed.
village major-construction + minor-construction pages checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525022558/https://www.villageofgolf.org/building/page/major-construction
Q11 Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Core Drawings & calculations
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedVillage Building, Major Construction, Minor Construction, Additional Information and Land Development Regulations pages were all read; none mentions a one-line or three-line electrical diagram requirement. The Land Development Regulations PDF and Universal Application form, which would most likely address this, could not be retrieved.
Q12 Are string and conductor calculations required? Drawings & calculations
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame document set as q11 was checked; no mention of string or conductor calculations was found anywhere reachable in this run.
Q13 Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Core Engineering & stamps
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page or reachable ordinance states a structural PE-stamp threshold. The Land Development Regulations document (which would most likely address this) is linked from the Village's own site but was never crawled by the Wayback Machine, and the live site 403s to every fetch tried in this run.
Q14 Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Engineering & stamps
No Village-specific electrical PE-stamp rule was found. Statewide, F.S. 471.003(2)(h) exempts a chapter-489-licensed electrical contractor from engineering licensure for a system valued at $125,000 or less with a residential service capacity of 600 amperes (240V) or less - which covers essentially every residential rooftop PV job.
Why the confidence is not higherF.S. 471.003(2)(h) was fetched and read from the Florida Legislature's own site in this run. Held at 62 because this answers who may design without a PE generally, not a Village-specific practice, and the Village's own Universal Application/LDR documents (which might add a local condition) could not be retrieved.
state statute checked 2026-09-14 https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0471/Sections/0471.003.html
Q15 What does a residential solar permit cost? Core Fees
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedThe Village's own 'Construction Rates and Fees' page states outright: 'Each year, the Village Council approves the current schedule of construction rates and fees. For copies of the current fees, please contact the Village Clerk.' No dollar figure is published on the Village's own site, in the reachable ordinance archive, or in the AFRs (which report only aggregate annual Building-fund revenue, not a per-permit schedule).
Q16 How is the fee calculated? Core Fees
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedSame 'Construction Rates and Fees' page as q15 - the Village states the schedule exists and is Council-approved annually but does not publish it online or state a calculation method (flat/valuation/per-kW/tiered).
Q17 Is there a separate plan-check fee? Fees
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo separate plan-check fee line was found; the same unpublished fee schedule referenced at q15-16 would presumably answer this but could not be retrieved.
Q18 What is the stated plan-review turnaround? Core Timeline & validity
No Village-stated plan-review turnaround was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.792(1)(a) applies: 5 business days after a complete application for building permits (including electrical) on an existing single-family residential dwelling valued under $15,000; 30 business days otherwise for a residential unit/electrical permit under 7,500 sq ft.
Why the confidence is not higherF.S. 553.792 was fetched and read from the Florida Legislature's own site in this run. Held at 60 because this is a statutory ceiling, not a Village-stated service standard - no Village page gives an actual turnaround time, and the Village's tiny scale (permits obtained in person at the Village Administration Office, per q20-21) makes actual practice plausibly different from the statutory maximum.
state statute checked 2026-09-14 https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0500-0599/0553/Sections/0553.792.html
Q19 How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Timeline & validity
No Village-specific permit-validity period was found. The statewide floor under F.S. 553.79(1)(c) applies: a single-family-dwelling building permit expires 1 year after issuance, or on the effective date of the next Florida Building Code edition, whichever is later.
Why the confidence is not higherF.S. 553.79 was fetched and read from the Florida Legislature's own site in this run. Held at 55 because no Village document states its own expiration language, and the document that might (the Universal Application/LDR) could not be retrieved.
state statute checked 2026-09-14 https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0500-0599/0553/Sections/0553.79.html
Q20 Which permit portal does this authority use? Core Portal & process
No online permit portal was found. The Village's own Building page directs applicants to obtain permits in person: 'Permits may be obtained from the Village Administration Office.'
Why the confidence is not higherQuoted from the Village's own Building division page (2018 and 2024 captures, consistent). No Accela, CitizenServe, MyGovernmentOnline, SolarAPP+ or similar portal is named or linked on any Building, Major/Minor Construction, or Additional Information page read in this run. Held at 70 rather than higher because these are Wayback captures (2018-2024) and the current live site (2026, Cloudflare-blocked in this run) could theoretically have added a portal since the last capture.
village building-division page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q21 Can the whole application be completed online? Core Portal & process
No. The Village's own language ('Permits may be obtained from the Village Administration Office') and the complete absence of any linked online portal indicate an in-person process, not a fully online one.
Why the confidence is not higherSame evidence as q20.
village building-division page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q22 Which utility handles interconnection here? Core Utility interconnection
Florida Power & Light (FPL). No PBC municipal or cooperative electric utility was found serving the Village.
Why the confidence is not higherThe Village's own ordinance archive (163 titles, 1957-2022, read in full in this run) includes Ordinance 4, dated 06-10-1960, titled '04_06-10-1960-_fpl_franchise_1960.pdf' - an FPL electric franchise ordinance, the standard instrument an investor-owned utility uses to operate within a Florida municipality's limits. No competing electric-utility franchise ordinance (municipal or cooperative) appears anywhere in the same title list, and FPL is the dominant investor-owned utility across essentially all of Palm Beach County. Held at 68 rather than higher because the ordinance's own text (which would confirm the franchise is still in force, not superseded) could not be read - it is linked from the Village's own Village Ordinances page but was never crawled by the Wayback Machine, and the live site is Cloudflare-blocked to every fetch tried in this run.
village ordinance-archive title list checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020818/https://www.villageofgolf.org/village-council/page/village-ordinances
Q23 Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Core Utility interconnection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo FPL distributed-generation manual or Village page addressing utility/permit sequencing was reachable in this run. FPL's own interconnection-process documents were not fetched.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q24 Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Overlays & special cases
No dedicated Architectural Review Board was found - but the Village Council itself performs a design-review function for 'Major Construction' only (new home construction, addition of habitable rooms, or a fully enclosed garage): plans 'are placed for public view and comments in the Council Chambers prior to presentation to the Village Council.' 'Minor Construction' (repairs/renovations to an existing structure - the category a PV retrofit would most plausibly fall into) states no equivalent review on the page examined. Separately, the Village's own Staff Directory lists 'Homeowners Association' as one of only 9 department filter categories alongside 'Building' and 'Administration' - suggesting some institutional overlap between the municipal government and a private HOA function that could not be resolved in this run (no named staff appear under that category in the capture read).
Why the confidence is not higherQuoted from the Village's own Major Construction, Minor Construction and Staff Directory pages (2024 captures). This is a municipal Council-chamber review process, not confirmed to be a private HOA/deed-restriction mechanism - but the 'Homeowners Association' department category on the Village's own staff directory means that distinction could not be cleanly drawn in this run, and is flagged rather than resolved. Held at 55 because whether a rooftop PV retrofit (as Minor, not Major, Construction) would ever reach Council Chambers review could not be confirmed either way, and F.S. 163.04 (fetched in this run) would in any case cap any such review to south-facing/45-degree orientation conditions if it did apply.
village major-construction, minor-construction and staff-directory pages checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525022558/https://www.villageofgolf.org/building/page/major-construction
Q25 Is there a historic-district review? Overlays & special cases
No historic-district review was found, and none appears to exist.
Why the confidence is not higherThe Village's own 163-item ordinance-title archive (1957-2022, enumerated in full in this run) contains no ordinance naming a historic district, historic preservation board, or landmark designation, and no Village page (Building, LDR, Comprehensive Plan links) mentions one. Held at 58 rather than higher because the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations documents themselves - which would state this definitively - could not be read in this run.
village ordinance-archive title list checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020818/https://www.villageofgolf.org/village-council/page/village-ordinances
Q26 Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page, ordinance title, or AFR mentions a wind/windstorm certification requirement. The Village sits inland of Florida's statutorily-defined High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (Miami-Dade and Broward Counties only), so the HVHZ-specific product-approval regime does not apply here by default, but no Village-specific wind provision (which the FBC's general wind-load chapter would still require through structural review) could be confirmed - the LDR and Comprehensive Plan documents that might state one could not be retrieved.
Q27 Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Overlays & special cases
Yes, functionally: for 'Major Construction' (new home construction, room additions, or a fully enclosed garage), Village Code prohibits construction before April 1st each year, plans for new residences are placed for public view and comment in the Council Chambers, and complete plans must be presented to and pass through the Village Council before a permit issues. No separate 'Specific Use Permit' by that name was found - this is a general Council-approval gate for Major Construction rather than a discretionary land-use permit.
Why the confidence is not higherQuoted from the Village's own Major Construction page (2024 capture).
village major-construction page checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525022558/https://www.villageofgolf.org/building/page/major-construction
Q28 Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? Overlays & special cases
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page, ordinance title, or AFR states a system-size cap on residential generation. The Land Development Regulations and Comprehensive Plan documents, which would most likely address this, could not be retrieved.
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.
- Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023) - the current statewide edition - applies by default. The Village's own local amendment ordinances (Nos. 108 and 114, both dated 2015, 'local amendment to chapter 1 Florida Building Code' / 'Florida Building Code amendments') show the Village actively amends the FBC's own administrative chapter, but their substance (and whether they still apply to the current 8th-edition cycle) could not be read. 62% · third-party code aggregator (up.codes) + village ordinance-archive title list
- Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes. The Village's own ordinance-title archive shows it has adopted local amendments to the Florida Building Code (Ordinance 108, 01-21-2015, 'local amendment to chapter 1 Florida Building Code'; Ordinance 114, 11-18-2015, 'Florida Building Code amendments'). 68% · village ordinance-archive title list
- What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code, as adopted and (per q32) locally amended by the Village - no Village document beyond the ordinance titles themselves could be read to state this more specifically. 55% · village ordinance-archive title list (inference)
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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 Village of Golf 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 Village of Golf 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 Village of Golf 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 Village of Golf on this step yet — 7 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
20 questions answered against Village of Golf’s own published documents
Q29 Which NEC edition is in force? Core Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document stating an NEC edition was reachable in this run. Florida adopts the NEC as part of the Florida Building Code's triennial update cycle (the current statewide cycle is the 2023/8th-edition FBC per up.codes, a third-party code-aggregator, checked in this run - see q30), but no source actually naming the NEC edition tied to that cycle was fetched, so this is left unanswered rather than asserted from general knowledge.
Q30 Which building code edition is in force? Core Code editions in force
Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023) - the current statewide edition - applies by default. The Village's own local amendment ordinances (Nos. 108 and 114, both dated 2015, 'local amendment to chapter 1 Florida Building Code' / 'Florida Building Code amendments') show the Village actively amends the FBC's own administrative chapter, but their substance (and whether they still apply to the current 8th-edition cycle) could not be read.
Why the confidence is not higherThe current statewide 8th Edition (2023) Florida Building Code designation is confirmed via up.codes, a third-party code-aggregator (reliable secondary source, not a Village document). The Village's own two 2015 amendment ordinances were confirmed to exist by title only, from the Village's own ordinance-archive page read in this run; their text (linked from the site) was never crawled by the Wayback Machine and the live site 403s to every fetch tried in this run, so whether those specific amendments persist into the current code cycle is not confirmed.
third-party code aggregator (up.codes) + village ordinance-archive title list checked 2026-09-14 https://up.codes/codes/florida
Q31 Which fire code edition is in force? Code editions in force
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page or ordinance title names a fire code edition or the agency that enforces it. The Village's own FY2021-24 audited financial statements (read via pdftotext in this run) show a separate 'Fire Rescue' General Fund expenditure line ($233,972-$243,331/year), evidencing a contracted fire service (consistent with the Village having no fire department of its own, per its FY2024 Note 1: 'public safety (police and fire)' is listed as a service the Village provides, but the AFR does not name the contracted provider), but the specific provider and the fire code edition it enforces could not be identified in this run.
https://flauditor.gov/pages/mun_efile%20rpts/2024%20golf.pdf
Q32 Are there local amendments to any of the above? Core Code editions in force
Yes. The Village's own ordinance-title archive shows it has adopted local amendments to the Florida Building Code (Ordinance 108, 01-21-2015, 'local amendment to chapter 1 Florida Building Code'; Ordinance 114, 11-18-2015, 'Florida Building Code amendments').
Why the confidence is not higherConfirmed from the Village's own Village Ordinances page (title list, read in full in this run) - two separate, explicitly FBC-titled ordinances exist. Held at 68 rather than higher because their substantive text could not be read (linked from the site but never crawled by the Wayback Machine; live site Cloudflare-blocked to every fetch tried in this run), so the scope and currency of those amendments against the present 8th-edition code cycle is unconfirmed.
village ordinance-archive title list checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020818/https://www.villageofgolf.org/village-council/page/village-ordinances
Q33 What is the installation judged against? Core Electrical
The Florida Building Code, as adopted and (per q32) locally amended by the Village - no Village document beyond the ordinance titles themselves could be read to state this more specifically.
Why the confidence is not higherInferred from q30 (statewide FBC 8th edition default) and q32 (confirmed existence of Village-specific FBC amendment ordinances) together; no single Village document stating this in one sentence was reachable.
village ordinance-archive title list (inference) checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525020818/https://www.villageofgolf.org/village-council/page/village-ordinances
Q34 Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? Electrical
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page, ordinance title, or reachable document addresses service upgrades or busbar sizing.
Q35 Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? Structural & mounting
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page, ordinance title, or reachable document addresses mounting-system or attachment-spacing requirements.
Q36 What ridge setback and access pathways are required? Core Fire pathways & setbacks
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page, ordinance title, or reachable document addresses ridge setbacks or fire-access pathways. The fire code/provider itself could not be identified (see q31).
https://flauditor.gov/pages/mun_efile%20rpts/2024%20golf.pdf
Q37 Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Core Rapid shutdown
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document addressing rapid shutdown, or naming the NEC edition it would attach to (see q29), was reachable in this run.
Q38 Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village page, ordinance title, or reachable document names required placards at the service equipment. The Village's own signage-related ordinance found in the title archive (Ordinance 5, 1960, 'signage') concerns general municipal sign regulation, not PV placarding, and its text could not be read.
Q39 Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document specifying its own placard wording was found.
Q40 Does it specify letter height, colour or material? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document specifying letter height, colour or material for placards was found.
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 lookedNo Village document addressing a site-plan/facility-map placard requirement was found.
Q42 Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedFPL's own distributed-generation interconnection manual, which would answer utility-specified placard requirements, was not fetched in this run.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q43 Where must the labels be placed? Core Labels Signage & labelling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document stating label placement requirements was found.
Q44 Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Equipment listing
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document addressing an approved equipment list was found.
Q45 Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Core Battery / ESS
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document addressing battery/ESS permitting conditions was found. The Fire Rescue provider that would set battery-adjacent life-safety conditions could not be identified (see q31).
https://flauditor.gov/pages/mun_efile%20rpts/2024%20golf.pdf
Q46 Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Battery / ESS
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document addressing a separate ESS permit or inspection was found.
Q47 Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Core Ground mount
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document states whether a ground-mounted PV array is treated as a structure. The Village's general permitting language ('any other work requiring inspection by the Building Official') is broad enough to plausibly cover it, but no PV- or structure-specific statement was found.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q48 Where must the AC disconnect be, relative to the meter? Core Utility equipment
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document or FPL distributed-generation manual addressing AC-disconnect placement relative to the meter was reachable in this run.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
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.
Nothing recorded for Village of Golf on this step yet — 3 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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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? Most likely yes - the Village's own Building page describes work 'requiring inspection by the Building Official' without referencing any outside agency, consistent with the Village performing its own final inspections rather than delegating them, but no page states this in so many words. 55% · village building-division page (inference)
- If delegated, to whom? Not applicable on the evidence found - see q52: no delegation was identified, so there is no third party to name. 50% · village building-division page (inference)
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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.
Nothing recorded for Village of Golf on this step yet — 2 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
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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 Village of Golf 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.
Nothing recorded for Village of Golf on this step yet — 4 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.
14 questions answered against Village of Golf’s own published documents
Q49 How is an inspection booked? Core Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedThe Village's Building page states only that permits are obtained 'from the Village Administration Office' - it does not separately describe how an inspection is booked (portal/phone/email/walk-in).
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q50 How much notice is required? Core Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo stated inspection-notice requirement was found.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q51 Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? Booking & scheduling
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo stated same-day/AM-PM inspection-window offering was found.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q52 Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Core Who inspects
Most likely yes - the Village's own Building page describes work 'requiring inspection by the Building Official' without referencing any outside agency, consistent with the Village performing its own final inspections rather than delegating them, but no page states this in so many words.
Why the confidence is not higherInferred from the same Building-division language cited at q1-q3; no Village document explicitly confirms who performs the physical inspection, and no delegation to Palm Beach County or a contracted firm was found anywhere in the pages, ordinance titles, staff directory or AFRs examined in this run.
village building-division page (inference) checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q53 If delegated, to whom? Core Who inspects
Not applicable on the evidence found - see q52: no delegation was identified, so there is no third party to name.
Why the confidence is not higherSame evidence and same caveat as q52.
village building-division page (inference) checked 2026-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q54 Which inspections are required, and in what order? Core Stages & sequence
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document lists the required inspection stages or their sequence.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q55 Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? Stages & sequence
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document addresses a rough-in or mid-roof inspection requirement.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q56 Does the inspector verify labels and listings? Core What is checked
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document or practice statement confirms whether the inspector verifies labels/listings.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q57 Is there a published inspection checklist? Core What is checked
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo published inspection checklist was found on any Village page reachable in this run.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q58 What must be on site at inspection? Core Documents on site
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document states what must be on site at inspection.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q59 Is there a re-inspection fee? Corrections & re-inspection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedThe Village's own 'Construction Rates and Fees' page states the fee schedule is not published online (see q15) and a re-inspection fee specifically could not be confirmed either way.
Q60 How are corrections issued and cleared? Corrections & re-inspection
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document describes how corrections are issued or cleared.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q61 What is issued on pass? Core Final sign-off & PTO
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document states what is issued on a passed final inspection (CO/Final/Green tag/Letter).
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
Q62 Who notifies the utility for PTO? Core Final sign-off & PTO
Nothing published by this authority.
Where we lookedNo Village document or FPL manual states who notifies the utility for PTO.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180321215124/http://www.villageofgolf.org/building
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.