Village of Indian Creek

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. Village of Indian Creek is itself the AHJ for residential solar (and all building/electrical/mechanical/plumbing work) within its own corporate limits. It runs its own Building Department, headed by a named Building Official (Shellie Ransom-Jackson, CBO, MPA, per the Village's own Certificate of Occupancy Checklist), sitting inside the Village's Public Safety Department (Code Sec. 2-161: the Public Safety Department is responsible for 'Building inspections' and 'Building code enforcement'). The Village adopts 'The Florida Building Code, as amended... as the general building code of the village' (Code of Ordinances, Appendix A, Art. 10.B) and administers its own permit application, fee schedule (Resolution No. 761), and CommunityConnect online portal. It is separately listed on its own on the state's building-permit-surcharge registry as 'Village of Indian Creek', and its own FY2025 audited financial statements report a dedicated 'Building Fund' special-revenue fund fed by building-permit fees ($475,118 collected in FY2025) and a 10-year table of 'Building Permits Issued' (30 to 63/year). 95% · department page
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both, plus mechanical and plumbing — full self-permitting, not delegated. The Building Permit Application form lets the applicant circle BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING or MECHANICAL, and states 'separate permits are required for ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, POOLS, ROOFING, and MECHANICAL work.' Code Sec. 2-345 sets fee categories for Building (structural), Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing permits, all issued by the Village. Nothing is delegated to Miami-Dade County for ordinary residential permitting; the County reappears only for narrow overlapping functions — DERM permits for waterfront structures (docks/seawalls, LDR Art. 4(x)), Chapter 8 of the Miami-Dade County Code governing 40-year/10-year recertification and the Building Official's revocation authority (fee schedule), and county zoning authority running concurrently with the Village's over certain rooftop/aerial equipment (LDR Art. 4(xi)). 92% · permit application form
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A residential rooftop PV system needs a Village permit. Code Sec. 2-345(4)(p) lists 'Solar energy systems' explicitly as one of the categories for which 'Electrical permit fees will be paid,' and the same section notes '[d]epending upon design, a separate building permit may be required' for electrical-permit items — i.e., a PV job can require both an electrical permit and a building permit for the racking/attachment. 93% · code of ordinances
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Separate. The Building Permit Application states in its own certification language: 'I understand that separate permits are required for ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, POOLS, ROOFING, and MECHANICAL work.' A PV job therefore needs its own Electrical permit (Sec. 2-345(4)(p)) and, per the same section, may also need a separate Building permit depending on the mounting design. 90% · permit application form
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Effectively yes, though not through a named 'Architectural Review Board' — through two municipal (not private-club) mechanisms. First, any 'proposed construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, or change in use of a building' requires Village review and approval of 'preliminary design plans' before a permit issues (LDR Art. 10.C). Second, and more pointedly for rooftop equipment, LDR Art. 4(4)(a)(xi) ('Antennas and clotheslines') requires that 'antennae... and other aerial equipment of any kind' be 'constructed and placed adjacent to, and in close proximity with, the buildings which it services and shall be concealed from ground level view by sufficient landscaping and architectural facilities,' with 'adequacy... subject to the reasonable inspection and approval of the village manager or his representative,' and expressly notes such equipment is 'subject to the zoning authority of Miami-Dade County and of the village.' This is a Village-Manager-level design/screening review, not a separately-constituted board, and it does not name solar or photovoltaic equipment by name — it is the same 'never says solar but plainly could reach it' rooftop-equipment pattern flagged elsewhere in this survey (White Springs). Separately, the Village Council also sits as the Planning & Zoning Board / Local Planning Agency (LDR Art. 11.B) and hears site-plan reviews for development applications, meeting only 'as needed.' Both of these are creatures of the Village Code — i.e. municipal AHJ requirements — not a private homeowners' association or country club rule; no separate private architectural-control document was located or reviewed in this run (the Indian Creek Country Club, which sits on the island, is a private membership club distinct from the Village government and was not treated as a source of AHJ requirements). 78% · land development regulations
• Is there a historic-district review? No. No historic-district, historic-preservation, or Certificate-of-Appropriateness provision appears anywhere in the Village's Code of Ordinances or Land Development Regulations. 72% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No separate 'windstorm certification' process of the Texas-TDI kind exists in Florida generally or in this Village specifically. Wind-load compliance here runs through the standard Florida Building Code / HVHZ (High-Velocity Hurricane Zone) structural and product-approval framework rather than a distinct local certification step: the Village adopts 'the Florida Building Code, as amended' (LDR Art. 10.B), and Miami-Dade County — within which the Village sits — is one of Florida's two statutory HVHZ counties, where roofing and attached equipment (the County's own permit site groups a 'Solar' sub-category directly under 'HVHZ - Roofing Permit Forms') must carry either a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or a Florida Product Approval specifically evaluated for HVHZ use. See jurisdiction.overridden_by for the fuller HVHZ/NOA finding. 60% · county permits page
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Occasionally, via the variance process rather than a distinct 'Special Use Permit.' LDR Art. 11.C allows the Village Council to grant nonuse variances after a quasi-judicial public hearing (10+ days' mailed notice to all Village property owners per Miami-Dade Tax Assessor records), on a hardship standard, where a proposal 'does not change the use, type, intensity or nature of the uses permitted.' The Village's own Variance Application filing fee schedule lists three $1,500 variance categories — 'Zoning Variance – Building Official', 'Zoning Variance – Village Manager', and 'Zoning Variance – Village Council Appeal' — suggesting variance requests are first handled administratively and escalate to full Council only on appeal or when the administrative levels lack authority to grant them. A routine roof-mounted PV retrofit within as-of-right building envelope and equipment-screening rules would not need this; a ground-mount or an array that cannot meet the Art. 4(4)(a)(xi) screening/setback rules likely would. 65% · land development regulations
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No system-size cap (kW, kWh, or percentage of load) appears anywhere in the Village's Code of Ordinances or Land Development Regulations. 70% · code of ordinances (full-text search)

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

• Who is allowed to pull the electrical permit? Either. The application requires a 'CONTRACTING CO', 'QUALIFIER', 'STATE LICENSE #' and 'COMPETENCY #' block, i.e. a Florida-licensed, Village-recognized electrical contractor may pull it — but the signature block is explicitly dual: 'Signature of Contractor or Owner-Builder', so a homeowner may pull it as an owner-builder. 80% · permit application form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes for the F.S. 553.791 Private Provider route — the Building Department page states 'Private Providers must register their firm with the Indian Creek Village and are advised to complete the registration process before attempting to submit documents for permitting,' with registrations 'renewed annually each March or as required by the Building Official.' For an ordinary licensed contractor pulling a standard permit, the application itself functions as the check: it requires a State License # and Competency # verified at submittal rather than describing a separate pre-registration step. 75% · department page
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. The Building Permit Application's signature block reads 'Signature of Contractor or Owner-Builder' for both the owner and contractor lines, which only makes sense if an owner-builder can be the applicant of record. Florida's statewide owner-builder exemption, F.S. 489.103(7), is the underlying authority; the Village does not publish its own separate owner-builder disclosure form the way some other Florida authorities do. 70% · permit application form

Almost everywhere wants a site plan, a one-line or three-line electrical diagram, equipment cut sheets with listings, and a structural attachment detail. Build it against the published checklist rather than the last jurisdiction you worked in — the checklist is what the reviewer marks against.

• What documents make up a complete submittal? No solar-specific checklist is published. Reconstructed from the Village's own forms and code: a completed, notarized Building Permit Application (owner and contractor/owner-builder signatures, State License # and Competency #, estimated job cost); a separate Electrical permit application for the PV work itself and, depending on racking design, a Building permit application too; a recorded Notice of Commencement for any job over $2,500 (posted on site before any inspection, per the application's own warning); the 'Preliminary design plans' package required by LDR Art. 10.C for any proposed construction/alteration, including a scaled site survey showing property lines, utilities, existing improvements including HVAC/mechanical equipment, topography, and any tree of 3+ inch caliper within 150 ft; and, if the Private Provider route is used, proof of the firm's current Village registration. 62% · department document library
• How many copies, and in what format? Not published as a copy count or paper format. The Building Department page states 'All permit applications must be submitted through CommunityConnect,' the Village's online portal, which points to electronic/digital submission as the norm rather than a specified number of paper sets. 55% · department page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes. LDR Art. 10.C requires 'preliminary design plans' for 'all proposed public and private construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, or change in use of a building,' including 'at a minimum' a scaled site survey showing property lines/easements/rights-of-way; utility locations; 'all improvements including walkways, buildings, pools, decks, edge of pavement, driveways, heating and air conditioning mechanical equipment'; one-foot topographic contours and lowest-floor elevation relative to the FIRM datum; hazardous-materials storage; and the species/size/location of trees of 3+ inch caliper within 150 ft of the proposed improvement (or as the village manager determines 'essential to vistas and aesthetics of the island'). 85% · land development regulations
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Not published by the Village. A full-text search across the entire Code of Ordinances and Appendix A Land Development Regulations found zero mentions of a one-line, three-line, or single-line electrical diagram. The Village's technical electrical standard is simply 'the Florida Building Code, as amended' (LDR Art. 10.B); it does not restate NEC/FBC plan-content requirements locally, so a one-line diagram is required only insofar as the adopted Florida Building Code/NEC itself requires one for the electrical permit package. 65% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Not published by the Village, for the same reason as Q11 — the Village's own text is silent on string/conductor calculations and defers entirely to 'the Florida Building Code, as amended.' 62% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? No PV-specific threshold is published. The Village's own Certificate of Occupancy Checklist requires, where applicable, a 'Signed and Sealed Certificate of Compliance (Required for Special Inspector BCFBC 110.10.7, Threshold Inspector BCFBC 110.8.5.1 for all projects required to have a Special Inspector/Threshold Inspector)' — i.e. the Village follows the Florida Building Code's own administrative threshold-building/special-inspector framework (FBC 110.8.5.1 / 110.10.7) rather than setting its own dollar or square-footage trigger for a PV structural stamp. 55% · certificate of occupancy checklist

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? CommunityConnect. The Building Department page states 'All permit applications must be submitted through CommunityConnect,' and 'Permit status updates are available through the CommunityConnect Public Portal.' 85% · department page
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes. 'All permit applications must be submitted through CommunityConnect' — the Village names no paper-only alternative route for standard applications. 80% · department page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? No flat or per-kW figure — the fee is calculated as a percentage of estimated job valuation under the Village's Building and Zoning Permit Fee Schedule (Resolution No. 761, adopted 9/6/2016): a 1% non-refundable 'up-front processing fee' on Building/Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing master-permit applications (valued at not less than $500/sq ft under A/C, $250/sq ft otherwise), credited toward a 4% building-permit fee on new construction/additions/alterations/improvements, subject to a $100 minimum fee per sub-permit. A residential rooftop PV job, filed as an Electrical (and possibly Building) permit, would fall under this general percentage schedule — there is no PV-specific dollar figure or waiver. 70% · fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation-based (percentage of estimated construction cost), not flat, per-kW, per-panel or tiered — 1% up-front processing fee + 4% permit fee on estimated job valuation, per Resolution No. 761. 75% · fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes. The 1% 'up-front processing fee' under Resolution No. 761 is explicitly a plan-review/processing charge, separate from and credited toward the building-permit fee itself; Code Sec. 2-343 independently confirms 'a nonrefundable plans processing fee shall be paid when plans are submitted,' in addition to the permit fee, with a full re-charge if revised plans are resubmitted more than once. 85% · fee schedule

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

• What is the stated plan-review turnaround? 5 business days standard plan-review turnaround, reducible to 3 business days under the Village's 'Rush Plan Review Service... available for select trades,' which the Building Department page describes as reducing 'the standard review cycle from five business days to three business days.' 88% · department page
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? Not a simple expiration date — the Village uses a 'Maximum Time for Completion of Construction Schedule' keyed to project size: Small projects (new/remodel ≤3,999 sq ft under roof) 18 months; Medium (4,000–8,999 sq ft) 24 months; Large (≥9,000 sq ft) 30 months (LDR Art. 10.D(3)). A permit also becomes void if work is 'suspended or abandoned' — defined as a full crew/equipment not present, or under 16 hours of work logged in a calendar week (Art. 10.D(2)) — and a voided permit may be reinstated at the original fee plus a 10% surcharge if reapplied for before conditions change (Art. 10.D(4)). A residential rooftop PV job (well under 3,999 sq ft) would fall in the 18-month 'Small projects' tier. 82% · land development regulations
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). Code of Ordinances Appendix B, Article I is the Village's electric franchise ordinance, granting FPL 'the electric utility franchise' within the Village and setting the franchise fee, term, and related conditions. 88% · code of ordinances (franchise ordinance)

The NEC edition a jurisdiction enforces is often a cycle behind the newest one published, and local amendments sit on top of it. Rapid shutdown, conductor sizing and labelling all change between editions, so the edition in force is the first thing to establish, not the last.

• Which NEC edition is in force? 2020 NEC. The Village adopts 'the Florida Building Code, as amended' (LDR Art. 10.B) rather than naming an NEC edition itself; the currently-effective Florida Building Code is the 8th Edition (2023), whose Electrical chapter incorporates NFPA 70 (NEC) 2020 with Florida-specific amendments. 70% · state rule adoption page
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), 'as amended', per LDR Art. 10.B — the current effective FBC edition under Florida Building Commission Rule 61G20-1.001 (effective 18 March 2026; a 9th Edition exists only in draft as of this run). 85% · state rule adoption page
• Which fire code edition is in force? Not stated by the Village with certainty, and there is a genuine tension in the Village's own sources worth flagging rather than resolving by assumption. Code Sec. 2-161 names 'Fire suppression' as one of the Public Safety Department's own responsibilities, alongside law enforcement, EMS, and building functions — suggesting an in-house fire function. But the Village's own FY2025 audited financial statements' Management's Discussion and Analysis instead lists 'Fire and Rescue' among 'Countywide services' provided by Miami-Dade County government, alongside corrections, judicial administration, Transit and Public Health Trust — suggesting fire suppression is actually a County (Miami-Dade Fire Rescue) function rather than a Village one, as is common for small Miami-Dade municipalities. Whichever agency actually operates it, the applicable fire code text is the Florida Fire Prevention Code (NFPA 1 and NFPA 101, Florida-specific editions) adopted statewide by the State Fire Marshal under F.A.C. Chapter 69A-60. 50% · audited annual financial report (MD&A)
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes, but only at the land-development/zoning layer, not the technical building-code layer. The Village's Land Development Regulations (Appendix A) add substantial local requirements on top of the adopted Florida Building Code — preliminary design plan/site-survey submittals, the equipment-screening rule for aerial devices, the project-size-based 'maximum time for completion' schedule, and its own variance and P&ZB/LPA process — but no textual amendment to the FBC's or NEC's own technical chapters was found anywhere in the Village's code (0 hits for NEC-article-level or FBC-chapter-level amendment language in the full-text search used for Q11/Q25/Q28). 68% · land development regulations
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code, as amended, is 'hereby adopted as the general building code of the village,' with 'additional regulations specific to the unique conditions within the village' layered on in the Land Development Regulations (LDR Art. 10.B). 90% · land development regulations

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

• What ridge setback and access pathways are required? Not published by the Village. No ridge-setback or fire-access-pathway provision (for roofs generally or PV specifically) appears anywhere in the Code of Ordinances; all 14 'ridge' hits in the full-text search relate to building-height definitions ('lowest... finished floor elevation... to the highest ridge of the roof'), not fire access. This is governed instead by the Florida Fire Prevention Code (NFPA 1, Florida edition) which the Village does not restate locally — see Q31 on the unresolved question of which agency (Village Public Safety vs. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue) actually enforces it here. 55% · code of ordinances (full-text search)

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Not addressed by the Village directly; rapid shutdown is a requirement of the adopted NEC edition (NEC 2020 Art. 690.12, per Q29) rather than a locally-stated Village rule, since 0 hits for 'rapid shutdown' or 'inverter' appear anywhere in the Village's own code text. 55% · code of ordinances (full-text search)

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

• Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? Not published by the Village — no placard, label, or service-equipment marking requirement (for solar or otherwise) appears in the Code of Ordinances or LDRs. This would be governed by the adopted NEC/FBC's own labeling requirements (e.g., NEC 690, 705, 710) rather than a Village-specific placard rule. 58% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The Village specifies no placard wording of its own anywhere in its code or published forms. 60% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? No. No letter height, colour, or material specification for any placard or label appears in the Village's code or forms. 60% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? No NEC-705.10-style facility/site-plan placard requirement is published by the Village specifically. The nearest analog is the general 'preliminary design plans' site-survey requirement (LDR Art. 10.C, see Q10), which is a permit-submittal document, not a posted facility placard. 55% · land development regulations
• Where must the labels be placed? Not specified by the Village beyond the general rule that required equipment/labels must be 'concealed from ground level view by sufficient landscaping and architectural facilities' if visible from off the property (LDR Art. 4(4)(a)(xi) — see Q24), which speaks to where equipment may sit, not where an electrical label must be affixed. 50% · land development regulations

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.

• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Not stated locally. No equipment-listing requirement (UL listing or otherwise) is named in the Village's own code; this is governed by the adopted FBC/NEC's own listing requirements. 55% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Not addressed by the Village. Zero hits for 'battery' or 'energy storage' anywhere in the Code of Ordinances or LDRs; battery/ESS installation would be governed entirely by the adopted Florida Building Code / Florida Fire Prevention Code (NFPA 855 as incorporated by the state fire code) rather than any Village-specific condition. 58% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Not addressed by the Village — no separate ESS permit or inspection category is named; an ESS would most likely be folded into the existing Electrical/Mechanical permit categories under Sec. 2-345, the same way solar is folded into 'Electrical permits' at Sec. 2-345(4)(p). 55% · code of ordinances (full-text search)
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Very likely yes, by analogy rather than direct statement. The Village's LDR treats a ground-sited mechanical enclosure the same way it treats a building for zoning purposes: the 'Emergency generator/HVAC structure' clause (Art. 4(4)(a)(xii)) is 'not... defined as an accessory building... whether or not enclosed by a roofed structure' but is still subject to the 'Single-Family Residential District Table for setback and spacing requirements,' and the Village's own permit-fee schedule lists 'accessory structures' among items charged the 4% new-construction rate. A ground-mounted PV array would most plausibly be read the same way — as a structure subject to the district's setback table — though the Village's own text never uses the words 'ground mount' or addresses PV racking specifically. 55% · land development regulations
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No PV-specific mounting-system or attachment-spacing rule is published. The closest the Village's own code comes is general structural/aesthetic language for rooftop or yard-mounted mechanical equipment: LDR Art. 4(4)(a)(xi) requires aerial/mechanical equipment be placed close to the building it services and screened from ground-level view, and Art. 4(4)(a)(xii) sets a hard 18'x20'x12' size cap and fixed setback/spacing table specifically for an 'Emergency generator/HVAC structure' (which the code says 'cannot be varied'). Neither clause names solar racking or attachment spacing. 55% · land development regulations

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

• How is an inspection booked? Portal. The Building Department page's 'Quicklinks' include a 'Request / Cancel an Inspection' function tied to the same online system as permitting, and inspection timing rules (see Q50) are phrased around requests rather than a phone-in or walk-in process. 60% · department page
• How much notice is required? About one business day. 'Inspections requested before 3 p.m., Monday through Friday excluding holidays, will be scheduled for the next business day,' and 'Inspections cannot be requested more than 24 hours in advance.' 85% · department page

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

• Does this AHJ perform its own final solar inspection? Yes, by default — the Village's own Building Official (Shellie Ransom-Jackson, CBO, MPA) and Public Safety Department building inspectors perform final inspections, per Code Sec. 2-161/2-162 and the named Building Official on the Village's own Certificate of Occupancy Checklist. The Village separately offers an 'Alternative Plan Review and Inspections' / Private Provider route under F.S. 553.791 at the applicant's election (see Q6), which is an opt-in delegation, not the default. 85% · certificate of occupancy checklist
• If delegated, to whom? Only if the applicant elects the Private Provider route: a firm registered with the Village under F.S. 553.791 (the Building Department page: 'Private Providers must register their firm with the Indian Creek Village... before attempting to submit documents for permitting'). This is applicant-elected, not a default Village delegation. 75% · department page

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

• Which inspections are required, and in what order? Reconstructed from the Village's own Certificate of Occupancy Checklist rather than a single published sequence document: for the overall project, Building, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire, Engineering, Zoning and Landscaping inspections must each carry inspector initials showing a 'FINAL' status on their respective sub-permits before a CO issues. A standalone rooftop PV job (Electrical, and possibly Building, permit only per Q3/Q4) would logically need at minimum a final Electrical inspection, and a final Building inspection if the racking required its own permit; the Village does not publish a PV-specific sequence (e.g., rough-in before final) separately from this general CO-level list. 60% · certificate of occupancy checklist

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

• Is there a published inspection checklist? Yes, in the sense that a published Certificate of Occupancy Checklist exists and is used as the final sign-off gate — but there is no separate, published inspection checklist specific to a rooftop PV/electrical job; the CO Checklist is a whole-project document-completeness list (surveys, elevation certificates, termite treatment, insulation certificate, permit-card initials across all trades), not a per-inspection field checklist. 65% · certificate of occupancy checklist
• What must be on site at inspection? Reviewed, stamped plan sets must be kept at the job site (and at Village Hall) at all times: 'Reviewed, stamped sets of plans shall be kept at the job site and at the village hall at all times' (LDR Art. 10.D(1)). The recorded Notice of Commencement must also be 'properly posted on job site' before any inspection will be performed for jobs over $2,500 (Building Permit Application's own warning). The physical permit card, later needing inspector initials for each trade, is implicit in the CO Checklist's 'Photocopies of all building permit cards (front and back)... must have initials of all inspectors.' 85% · land development regulations

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

• What is issued on pass? Certificate of Occupancy / Certificate of Completion (CO/CC). The Village's own fee schedule prices 'Certificates of Occupancy/Completion' by category (Residential new construction $200.00; Commercial/other occupancies $250.00; occupancy without a CO/CC $250.00 plus a double fee; 30-day Temporary CO/CC $250.00), and the permit card must show a 'FINAL' status across all sub-permits before a CO issues. 85% · fee schedule
• Is there a re-inspection fee? $100.00 per re-inspection, plus a separate $100.00 'Callback Inspection Fee', per the Village's own fee schedule (Resolution No. 761). 80% · fee schedule
• How are corrections issued and cleared? On a failed inspection, 'the designated inspector finds that the work does not conform to or comply with the provisions of the village ordinances or the Florida Building Code, [and] the inspector shall notify the contractor or owner of the corrections required. When the inspector is notified that the corrections have been made, he shall again inspect the work' (Code Sec. 2-341(c)). Payment of the reinspection fee is required 'before any further reinspection for that discipline is made or any further permits are issued to the person owing the fees, unless the building official waives the requirement for prior payment' (Sec. 2-341(d)). 88% · code of ordinances