Village of Indiantown

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 Indiantown Building Division (Community and Economic Development Department, 15516 SW Osceola St Suite B, 772-597-8281, permit.tech@indiantownfl.gov) is the AHJ for residential rooftop PV inside the Village limits. It issues its own dedicated 'Solar' permit type (SOL-YYYY-NNNN) and performs its own final inspection. Martin County is NOT the permitting AHJ inside the Village, although Martin County instruments still supply part of the substantive law (see jurisdiction block). 95% · permit application packet + permit portal records
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both, in one permit. The Village permits and inspects building and electrical for solar itself. In practice it issues ONE 'Solar' permit and runs ONE 'Final Building Inspection' — no separate electrical permit and no electrical inspection was raised on any of the three finaled PV jobs examined. Fire review is NOT delegated for residential: the fee schedule's Martin County Fire Prevention Permit Fee is collected only 'for non-residential and multifamily residential construction'. Impact fees are Martin County's. Contractor LICENSING is the State's (FS 489) plus Village registration. 88% · permit portal records + fee schedule
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. A permit is required. PV is an accessory structure under LDR Sec. 3-4.3(6) ('All accessory structures shall obtain a building permit and/or any other permit as required') and 3-4.3(10) expressly lists 'photovoltaic equipment and other renewable energy systems' as accessory structures. The Village also publishes a dedicated Solar Permit Application. The only solar-adjacent item on the no-permit list is a 'Solar powered attic exhaust fan'. 96% · land development regulations (Municode, retrieved via api.municode.com)
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Either, and the paper conflicts with the practice. The Solar Permit Application states: 'If an Electrical Contractor is applying for this permit, a separate electrical permit MUST be applied for. The electrical inspections will be included under the master permit number to maintain cohesion with the final inspection.' Its own checklist also demands an '** Electrical Sub-Contractor Permit Application. **'. But in the permit system the three finaled residential PV jobs examined carry ONE SOL permit each and no electrical permit at all. 78% · permit application packet + permit portal records
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? No Village-level architectural or HOA approval is required before a permit, and the Village's LDR has no design-review board for single-family. Private covenants may still bind: the LDR contemplates cluster developments where 'proposed additions and/or changes are approved in writing from an official authorized body designated by the cluster development to approve architectural changes in the cluster community' plus written approval of immediately adjacent unit owners. The HB 803 exemption form separately warns that exempt work 'must still comply with all applicable local zoning, land development, setback, and homeowners' association regulations'. 82% · land development regulations (Municode, retrieved via api.municode.com)
• Is there a historic-district review? No. The Village has no historic preservation ordinance, no historic preservation board, no certificate of appropriateness and no designated historic district in its own code. The only historic mechanisms in the LDR are (i) a recreation/open-space district that may contain 'historic sites', (ii) 'Existing uses and structures listed on the local or national historic register shall be considered conforming', and (iii) the state-mandated small-wireless-facility clause allowing denial where a SWF harms 'a historic landmark or... a designated historic district'. None reaches a rooftop PV permit. 85% · land development regulations + Martin County Code of Ordinances as published by the Village
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? Yes in substance, as Florida Product Approval rather than a separate windstorm certificate. The solar checklist requires 'All Product Approval / NOA's must be included'. The Building page adds: 'Any documents submitted for application and review after January 1, 2024 must state their compliance with FBC 2023, 8th edition. This includes, but not limited to, any product approvals notices of acceptance and engineered drawings.' Martin County is NOT an HVHZ county, so Florida Product Approval applies rather than Miami-Dade NOA, though the Village's form names both. Martin County Code Sec. 21.11 lets the Building Official require tests or test reports for products not covered by the statewide approval system, at the owner's expense. 88% · department page + published solar checklist + Martin County Code Sec. 21.11
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? No. LDR Sec. 3-4.12 states plainly: 'Renewable energy systems for production of on-site power usage are permitted accessory structures in EVERY zoning district.' No special exception, conditional use or Council approval is required for a residential system. (By contrast Sec. 3-4.13 does require a special exception permit for mast-type antennas over 30 feet, so the LDR clearly knows how to impose one and chose not to for solar.) 94% · land development regulations (Municode, retrieved via api.municode.com)
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No Village cap. LDR Sec. 3-4.12 limits renewable energy systems by height, noise (40 dB at any property line) and hazard, not by kW or system size. The binding caps are FPL's: Tier 1 is 10 kW or less, Tier 2 is over 10 kW to 100 kW, Tier 3 is over 100 kW to 2 MW, and 'Customer generation is limited to 90 percent of the FPL distribution service rating (Transformer)'. The Village's own Solar Permit Application collects kW on the face of the form (PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF MOUNTED PANEL __ KW / BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC __ KW / SOLAR THERMAL PANELS __ KW) but attaches no consequence to the number. 90% · land development regulations + utility engineering standard

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 contractor registered with the Village, or the property owner under the owner/builder exemption. For the electrical work the Solar packet's Disclosure Statement invokes FS 489.503, which lets an owner act as their own electrical contractor for a single-family or duplex residence for their own use and occupancy (and for commercial work under $25,000). 'You may not hire an unlicensed person as your electrical contractor.' 92% · permit application packet
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Yes. 'When a permit is obtained it requires a contractor to be registered and licensed.' Contractor Registration is $35.00, renewable annually by 30 September; a Request for Revisions is $10.00. The FAQ asks 'Is your Contractor Registered with the Village of Indiantown? Does your contractor have a valid State License or Certificate of Competency?' 93% · fee schedule + permit application + FAQ
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes, with conditions. The homeowner must be the legal owner, the home must be their primary residence and for their own use and occupancy (not for sale or lease within one year, per FS 489.103(7)), must complete the Owner/Builder Affidavit and Disclosure Statement, and 'must appear personally' at the Building Division with a recorded deed and the Martin County Property Appraiser property record card to have the signature notarised. A Spanish-language owner-builder affidavit is also published. 93% · department FAQ + permit application packet

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? From the Village's own CHECKLIST FOR SOLAR PERMITS (two complete copies of everything): completed Solar Permit Application with property address, legal description, owner and contractor information, residential/commercial, KILOWATTS, location, initialled permitting-and-installation guide; two copies of the invoice/contract for valuation; two complete Solar Information Packages; notarised contractor or homeowner-builder signature; ** Electrical Sub-Contractor Permit Application **; manufacturer's specifications; ALL Product Approval / NOAs; original plans signed and sealed by a Florida licensed Architect/Engineer; property survey/plot plan showing the location of the panels; an Electrical Diagram; load information (sized for optional standby system per NEC 702, feeder and service load calculations per NEC 220, and a list of user-selected worst-case loads); a recorded certified Notice of Commencement for work valued at $2,500 or more; and a Pre-Power form. Commercial projects additionally need one electronic copy on flash drive or disc. 94% · published solar checklist
• How many copies, and in what format? Two (2) complete paper copies of the application and of every plan set and supporting document; 'All documents submitted MUST be original - no photo/fax copies will be accepted' (Information Package). Commercial adds one electronic copy on flash drive or disc. Since 22 January 2026 the Civic Access portal also accepts online submission of applications and plans, and the HB 803 exemption form invites email attachments, so the paper-original rule is now contradicted by the Village's own newer channels. 80% · permit application packet + department page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Yes. Two sets of site plans. 'Survey: As-built survey with setbacks - The site plan must indicate property dimensions, all existing structures locations drawn to scale, showing easements, right-of-way, and the proposed structure location.' The solar checklist repeats it as 'Property survey/plot plan showing the location of the panels.' 94% · published solar checklist
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Yes. 'Single-line wiring diagrams that indicate conductor gage, grounding conductor gage, and conduit size' are required on electrical plans, and the solar checklist separately requires an 'Electrical Diagram'. Plans must also show 'Type, location, and capacity of all service equipment and method of connection to the electrical utility' and 'means of disconnection and rating'. 93% · published solar checklist
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Yes. 'Electrical load calculations', 'Voltage drop calculations (2020 Florida Energy Code, Section 505.7.3)', and on the solar checklist: 'Sized for optional standby system. NEC 702', 'Provide load calculation for feeder and service loads in conformance with the manufacturer's specifications and article NEC 220', and 'a general list of the user selected loads that are intended to be used on worst case scenario'. Conductor gauge and conduit size must appear on the single-line diagram. String calculations are not named as such. 90% · published solar checklist
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Yes, and with no dollar threshold: the solar checklist requires 'Original plans signed and sealed by a Florida licensed Architect/Engineer' for every solar permit. The application text offers an apparent alternative on p.1 ('Two (2) sets of manufacture drawings, or two (2) copies of signed and sealed drawings'), so the two pages of the same packet do not agree. 78% · published solar checklist
• Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? The current statutory threshold, quoted on the solar checklist but MIS-STATED there. The checklist reads: 'Electrical systems with a value of $125,000 or less and requires an aggregate service capacity of more than 600 amperes (240 volts) on a residential electrical system or 800 amperes (240 volts) or less on a commercial or industrial electrical system; shall be designed by a licensed professional engineer as required by F.S. 471.003(2)(h).' FS 471.003(2)(h) in fact triggers the PE requirement when the value EXCEEDS $125,000 AND the aggregate service capacity EXCEEDS 600A/240V residential (800A commercial). A normal residential PV job is under both limbs either way, so no electrical PE stamp is triggered. 82% · published solar 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? Tyler Technologies EnerGov Citizen Self Service, branded 'Civic Access', at villageofindiantownfl-energovweb.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice. Live since Thursday, 22 January 2026. It handles 'Building, Development Review, Zoning, and Driveway or Right-of-Way Permits and more in one convenient location'. 96% · department page + portal
• Can the whole application be completed online? Yes, since 22 Jan 2026: 'Apply for permits, Submit plans, Apply for Planning Applications, Schedule inspections, Pay fees online.' Paper applications remain available and the pre-portal Solar Permit Application still instructs in-person or postal submission with cash/check/credit card. Public users can search permits and inspections without logging in, but record detail tabs (Fees, Inspections, Locations, Sub-Records) return 'You must be a contact on this record to see this information'. 92% · department page + portal
• What does a residential solar permit cost? No solar-specific fee line exists. Residential PV is priced as a single-family/duplex ALTERATION/RENOVATION under the Master Fee Schedule effective 8 April 2021: under $5,000 valuation = $89.50 per required inspection; $5,000 or more = '.009% of improvement valuation, plus $89.50 per required inspection'. On top: a non-refundable Plan Review Fee of 50% of the total building permit fee due at submittal; a $25 Zoning Plan Review Fee for SFR/duplex if required; an Indiantown Technology Fee of 1% (min $2); the FS 553.721 DBPR surcharge 1% (min $2); and the FS 468.631 DCA surcharge 1.5% (min $2). Worked on a real Village record (SOL-2025-0005, valuation $23,218.65, one inspection) the literal reading gives roughly $165-$170 all-in. There is NO radon surcharge line and NO re-inspection fee line. 72% · published fee schedule
• How is the fee calculated? Tiered by valuation AND per-inspection, combined. Below the valuation threshold it is a flat per-inspection charge ($89.50 each); above it, a percentage of improvement valuation PLUS $89.50 per required inspection. Valuation itself is 'based on ICC Data Valuation Table or contract amount, whichever is higher'. 85% · published fee schedule
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes. 'Plan Review Fee - 50% of total Building Permit Fee' (Resolution 028-2020), collected as a non-refundable submittal fee at time of application, plus a separate Zoning Plan Review Fee of $25 for SFR/duplex where required. The Solar Permit Application confirms it: 'A MINIMUM NON-REFUNDABLE REVIEW SUBMITTAL FEE IS DUE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.' 90% · published fee schedule + permit application

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? Published: 0-3 days staff review and 0-1 day permit issuance, 'Approximate Time of Review Total 0 - 4 days'. ACTUAL, from the Village's own permit records: SOL-2025-0007 six days apply-to-issue, SOL-2025-0006 nine days, SOL-2025-0003/0004/0005 twelve days, SOL-2025-0001 fourteen days, SOL-2026-0009 twenty-one days, SOL-2026-0010 eighty-six days, SOL-2026-0011 sixty-four days. Treat 1-3 weeks as normal and 2-3 months as possible in 2026. 88% · permit application packet + permit portal records
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? 180 days, rolling, and the Village's documents state it three different ways. FAQ item 3: 'Permits expire and become null and void if work is not started and an inspection requested within 180 days from the issuance date... After such work has commenced, the permit will expire when work is suspended or abandoned for a period of 90 days. Lack of an approved inspection within 90 days will validate the job has been suspended or abandoned.' The Solar Permit Application says 6 months / 6 months. The portal's own expiry dates settle it at about 180 days: SOL-2026-0010 issued 28 Aug 2026 expires 27 Feb 2027 (183 days) and SOL-2026-0011 issued 4 Sep 2026 expires 6 Mar 2027 (183 days), and the date rolls forward from the last approved inspection (SOL-2025-0005 finalized 19 Feb 2026, expires 20 Aug 2026). 86% · department FAQ + permit application + permit portal records
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light (FPL), an investor-owned utility regulated by the Florida PSC. Settled from Village-side documents: the Village's own Final Feasibility Study states 'Power is provided by FPL and phone service by ITS Telecommunication Systems... Natural Gas is provided by FPUC', and that 'The existing Franchise agreements with FPL and Waste Management would continue to be in place until the Village is legally able to establish new agreements'; the FY2026 adopted budget carries a single electric franchise line, account 323100 'Franchise Fees-Electricity', $461,685 actual FY2024 and $470,000 budgeted FY2026; and Comprehensive Plan 2040 Policies IC1.2.10 ('FPL Solar Energy') and IWR4.1.4 both name Florida Power and Light. NOTE: Indiantown also hosts a large FPL generating plant and the Village is annexing 5,722.30 acres of FPL land (Ords. 01-2026/02-2026/03-2026), and the General Fund pays FPL a Tangible Personal Property tax incentive grant of $794,630 - none of that is evidence of retail service and none of it was used to reach this answer. 92% · village feasibility study + adopted budget + comprehensive plan
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Parallel, with a hard utility gate before energisation. FPL requires written interconnection approval and a signed agreement: 'All net metering systems require written approval and agreement from FPL' and 'It is highly recommended that customers obtain FPL's written interconnection approval prior to procuring any material.' The Village's process runs independently (apply, review, issue, build, final inspection) and the Village's own Pre-Power form exists to get temporary power to test systems before the final inspection. Nothing in Village material makes the utility a condition of permit issue. 88% · utility engineering standard + permit application packet

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, in force via the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023), effective 31 December 2023. The Village's own documents print THREE different NEC years and all three are wrong or stale: the Solar Permit Application (rev. 3/15/2023) says 'Electrical plans shall comply with the 2017 National Electrical Code'; the owner/builder electrical disclosure inside the same packet says 'I will familiarize myself with the 2008 edition of the National Electrical Code and associated City Amendments'; and the Building page correctly states 'Effective December 31, 2023 - The Village of Indiantown has adopted the 2023 Florida Building Code, Building, 8th Edition', which is the FBC cycle, not the NEC edition. 90% · department page (code adoption notice)
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023), effective 31 December 2023, adopted by the Village: 'Any documents submitted for application and review after January 1, 2024 must state their compliance with FBC 2023, 8th edition.' Residential work runs under the Florida Building Code, Residential. 95% · department page (code adoption notice)
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Edition (2023), by state operation. Neither the Village's own corpus nor the Martin County Code it publishes names a fire code edition: 'Florida Fire Prevention Code' returns zero hits in both, with controls passing. Fire administration in the adopted Martin County Code sits with the county Fire Prevention Chief (Fire Marshal) under Chapter 79, whose duties include reviewing building plans. For residential rooftop PV no fire review is triggered: the Village's fee schedule collects the Martin County Fire Prevention Permit Fee only 'for non-residential and multifamily residential construction'. 70% · fee schedule + Martin County Code Ch. 79 as published by the Village
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes - and they are MARTIN COUNTY's amendments, still in force in the Village by Charter operation. Martin County Code Ch. 21 Art. 3 (Ord. No. 969, 3-3-2015) amends the FBC: Sec. 21.22.A modifies FBC Residential R322.2 to require lowest floors at base flood elevation PLUS 1 FOOT (Coastal A +1; AO zones depth number +1, or 3 feet if unspecified; V zone +1 parallel / +2 perpendicular); Secs. 21.23.A and 21.24.A redefine substantial improvement CUMULATIVELY over a five-year period (see Q13 note and the jurisdiction block). Sec. 21.11 lets the Building Official require product tests outside the statewide approval system. The Village itself has adopted no technical amendments of its own - its Part II Code of Ordinances is [RESERVED]. 84% · Martin County Code Ch. 21 as published by the Village as its Code of Ordinances
• What is the installation judged against? The 2020 NEC as incorporated in the FBC 8th Edition (2023), plus the Village's plan requirements. The Solar Permit Application requires: 'All electrical must be in compliance with the National Electrical Code and the plans must identify the electrical supply location and method of getting power', with grounding electrode and equipment grounding specifications, GFCI identification, panel directories, conductor and conduit sizing on the single line, and means of disconnection and rating for motors, generators and transformers. FPL adds its own layer: UL 1741 SA and IEEE 1547 certified grid-interactive inverter, or interconnection is denied. 88% · permit application packet + utility engineering standard

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 this authority. Zero occurrences of 'rapid shutdown', 'ridge', 'access pathway', 'setback from ridge' or NEC/IFC article references in the Village corpus or the adopted Martin County Code, with controls passing. The applicable rule is the state floor - the Florida Fire Prevention Code 8th Ed. (2023) / NFPA 1 rooftop access and pathway provisions - not anything local. Residential PV does not trigger a Martin County Fire Prevention review at all, because that fee applies only to non-residential and multifamily. 55% · fee schedule + corpus searches

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Rapid shutdown is required to NEC 2020 Section 690.12 as incorporated in the FBC 8th Edition (2023). The Village adds nothing and says nothing: 'rapid shutdown' returns zero hits across the entire Village corpus and the adopted Martin County Code, with controls passing. The Village's own solar form, still citing the 2017 NEC, predates nothing relevant here (690.12 array-level shutdown was already in the 2017 cycle) but should not be relied on for the edition. 78% · department page (code adoption) + corpus searches

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

• Which placards does this authority require at the service equipment? The AHJ requires none of its own. The placards that actually bind are FPL's, from Electric Service Standards Section XIII (rev. 10-30-25): two labels, one at the interconnecting meter can and one at the DER disconnect switch, plus - where battery storage is installed behind the meter - 'A placard must be permanently affixed to the meter enclosure stating "Battery storage utilized in this facility."' NEC 690/705 marking applies through the FBC. 'Placard' returns zero hits in the entire Village corpus and in the adopted Martin County Code, controls passing. 90% · utility engineering standard + corpus searches
• Does the authority specify placard wording of its own? No. The Village specifies no placard wording of its own. FPL does, verbatim: at the INTERCONNECTING METER CAN - 'WARNING / MULTI POWER SOURCES / [sources] / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'; at the DER DISCONNECT SWITCH - 'GENERATION SYSTEM AC DISCONNECT / RATED AC OUTPUT CURRENT ** AMPS / NOMINAL OPERATING VOLTAGE ** VOLTS'; and for storage - 'Battery storage utilized in this facility.' 92% · utility engineering standard
• Does it specify letter height, colour or material? The Village specifies nothing. FPL specifies material and method but NOT colour or letter height: 'All labels must be permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with ENGRAVED LETTERS. The customer is responsible for all labeling requirements.' Engraved letters by implication bar paint and peel-and-stick. No minimum character height and no colour scheme is given anywhere in FPL's manual or in any Village or Martin County instrument. 90% · utility engineering standard
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Not required by this authority and not restated by the utility. NEC 705.10 (permanent plaque or directory showing the location of all electric power source disconnecting means) applies through the FBC, but neither the Village nor Martin County restates it, and FPL's Section XIII names only the two labels at Q39 plus the battery placard. The Village's solar form does require the SITE PLAN to show property dimensions, all existing structures to scale, easements, right-of-way and the proposed structure location - but that is a submittal drawing, not a site-plan placard. 60% · utility engineering standard + corpus searches
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes, decisively - the utility is the only source of placard requirements here. FPL requires the meter-can WARNING label, the DER disconnect switch label and the battery-storage meter-enclosure placard, all permanent, weatherproof/UV-resistant and with engraved letters, and makes the customer responsible for all labelling. The AHJ requires nothing beyond NEC/FBC marking. 92% · utility engineering standard
• Where must the labels be placed? Per FPL: at the interconnecting meter can, and at the DER disconnect switch. For battery storage, 'permanently affixed to the meter enclosure'. FPL's general metering standards elsewhere in the same manual add that the customer must 'label meter socket and switch covers with permanent and weatherproof/UV resistant placard with engraved letters', with markings also put inside the meter socket with paint or another permanent durable marker. No Village or Martin County placement rule exists. 90% · utility engineering standard

Where the AC disconnect must sit relative to the meter is usually the utility's rule, not the building department's. Battery storage frequently carries its own permit, its own inspection and its own fire conditions.

• Where must the AC disconnect be, relative to the meter? FPL's rule, two limbs, both from Electric Service Standards Section XIII (rev. 10-30-25). By TIER: 'All tier 2 and tier 3 systems require an FPL approved visually open Distributed Energy Resource (DER) disconnect switch' - so a Tier 1 residential system (10 kW AC or less) needs none on tier grounds. By TAP POINT: 'FPL recommends that all interconnections will be performed on the load side of the customer's main electrical panel. If the interconnection is performed on the line side of the customers main electrical panel (per NEC) a manual AC disconnect is required between AC generation output and the point of interconnection to FPL facilities.' Where a switch is required: 'mounted separate from but adjacent to the FPL meter socket WITHIN 10 FEET and must always remain accessible to FPL. Plans must show dimensions between the location of the meter socket and the DER disconnect switch. There shall be no locked gates, doors or fences between the meter socket and the DER disconnect switch.' It must be visible-open with the gap unobscured, lockable open, take a 3/8-inch FPL padlock shank unmodified, be properly grounded, not be used as a raceway, and be connected so the blades are de-energised when open per NEC 404.6(C). The Village imposes nothing of its own. 93% · utility engineering standard
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, on two separate lists. (1) Florida Product Approval / NOA: 'All Product Approval / NOA's must be included' with every solar submittal, and product approvals must state FBC 2023 8th Edition compliance. Martin County Code Sec. 21.11 lets the Building Official demand tests for products outside the statewide approval system, at the owner's expense. (2) FPL: 'The customer must utilize a certified UL 1741 SA and IEEE 1547 grid interactive inverter. Inverters that have not been certified to UL Standard will be denied interconnection.' Battery equipment must be NRTL-certified to the current UL 1741, or be DC coupled behind a UL 1741 listed device. 92% · published solar checklist + department page + utility engineering standard
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? The Village says nothing about batteries anywhere: 'battery', 'energy storage' and 'ESS' all return zero in the Village corpus and in the adopted Martin County Code, controls passing. There is no separate ESS permit type in the Civic Access portal's public permit-type list either. The binding conditions are FPL's: NRTL certification to current UL 1741 (or DC-coupled behind a UL 1741 listed device); the meter-enclosure placard; no export from the battery to the grid at present; a battery installed WITHOUT renewable generation and used purely as emergency backup needs NO interconnection agreement but the customer must ensure no back-feed; a battery designed to charge from the grid and operate interconnected must be notified to FPL via a Small Generator Interconnection Application; and stand-alone storage is outside the definition of 'renewable energy' in FAC 25-6.065(2)(d), so its output is not net-metered. Fire-side conditions are the FFPC/NFPA 855 state floor. 84% · utility engineering standard + corpus searches
• Is there a separate ESS permit or inspection? Not published, and probably no. The Village names no ESS permit anywhere; its permit application list (28 forms) has no battery or energy-storage form; the Generator Permit Application is the nearest relative. The solar checklist's 'Sized for optional standby system. NEC 702' line is the only standby-power hook and it sits inside the solar permit, not a separate one. 55% · permit application index + corpus searches
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Yes. LDR Sec. 3-4.3(10) lists 'photovoltaic equipment and other renewable energy systems' among accessory structures, and Sec. 3-4.12 makes renewable energy systems 'permitted accessory structures in every zoning district', subject to Sec. 3-4.3. So a ground mount takes a building permit, must sit behind the required setbacks, may not be closer to the right-of-way than the principal structure, must be at least ten feet from any other building, and may not be built before a principal building exists on the parcel. Sec. 3-4.3 adds specifically: 'New mechanical and solar equipment must meet the required setbacks' (replacement equipment may re-encroach up to four feet into a side setback, but not more than half the setback width). The Village's own Solar Permit Application has a GROUND tick-box under PANEL LOCATION(S). 92% · land development regulations (Municode, retrieved via api.municode.com)
• Is there a local rule on service upgrades or busbar sizing? Nothing local on busbar sizing or service upgrades. The Solar Permit Application does collect the information - 'EXISTING ELECTRICAL UPGRADES YES/NO', 'ELECTRICAL: UPGRADE NEEDED YES/NO', 'EXISTING PANEL REPLACEMENT YES/NO', 'NEW BREAKER PANEL YES/NO (TYPE: ...)' - but attaches no local rule. The only service-sizing rule in the adopted Martin County Code is a minimum, not a solar rule: Sec. 21.222, 'Dwelling units shall be served by a three-wire, 120/240 volt, single-phase electrical service having a rating of not less than 60 amperes.' NEC 705.12 governs. 80% · Martin County Code Sec. 21.222 as published by the Village + solar permit application

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? Three ways: online via Civic Access, by email to permit.tech@indiantownfl.gov, or by phone to (772) 597-8281. The request must give the permit number, job address, type of inspection, and a contact name and number. Emergency inspections outside hours: call the Building Division. 95% · department page
• How much notice is required? 24 hours' advance notice, called in before 4pm. For FS 553.791 private-provider inspections the notice is stricter in form: 'Inspections notifications to be sent no later than 4:00pm one business day prior to requested inspection date', a separate form per permit number, no exceptions. 93% · department page + private provider packet
• Are same-day or AM/PM windows offered? 'Inspections are Monday and Friday' per the Schedule an Inspection page, with no AM/PM window published. Special inspections outside normal hours (after hours, weekends, holidays) are available at $110.00 per hour. In practice the two-day rule is not strictly observed: at 14985 SW LEE AVE the Final Building Inspection was requested 17 Feb 2026 and scheduled for Wednesday 18 Feb 2026. 75% · department page + permit portal record

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 - through its own contracted Building Official. The FY2026 adopted budget says so in prose: 'An increase in construction activity has resulted in an increase in Contractual Services for inspections by an outside contracted Building Official ($125,000).' The Village's own staff directory for the Building Division lists a Community and Economic Development Director, an Administrative Assistant, an Office Coordinator and a Permit Technician - and NO building official or inspector. Inspections are recorded under the Village's own numbering (IBLDG-000470-2026) and finalised by the Village. 90% · adopted budget prose + department staff listing + permit portal records
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated to another government. The function is contracted to a private outside Building Official whose identity the Village does not publish. FS 553.791 private-provider inspection is separately available to the OWNER at their election, with a full five-form pack published (notice to building official on state form 61G20-2.005 effective 1 Jan 2025, inspection notification form, inspection results form on the provider's letterhead within 2 days, signed and sealed Certificate of Compliance). The Village's packet notes the limit: private-provider work 'is limited to building code compliance and does not include review for fire prevention, fire safety, land use, environmental or other codes'. 80% · adopted budget + FS 553.791 private provider packet

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? One inspection: 'Final Building Inspection'. Across three finaled residential PV jobs the Village raised only Final Building Inspection records (IBLDG-000470-2026 at 14985 SW LEE AVE, passed; IBLDG-000085-2025 and IBLDG-002581-2026 at 15028 SW OAKVIEW CT, both passed; one at 14753 SW 171ST DR). No rough electrical, no meter-final, no separate electrical inspection was raised on any of them. The Village's private-provider notification form does list the full inspection vocabulary it can use - Building (footer, slab, framing, insulation, Building Final) and Electrical (Rough Electric, Temp. Pole, U/G Electric, Service Change, Partial, Meter Final, Electric Final) - so those types exist; they are simply not used for solar. 85% · permit portal records + private provider packet
• Is a rough-in or mid-roof inspection required? No. No rough-in, mid-roof or in-progress inspection was raised on any of the three finaled PV jobs examined; every inspection record was a Final Building Inspection. The Village publishes a Re-Roof Inspection Affidavit for roofing work, which has no solar analogue. Note the Village's own form does require a Pre-Power form (signed by a Master Electrician) 'to test electrical systems prior to the Final Inspection' - that is a paperwork step, not an inspection. 82% · permit portal records

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

• Is there a published inspection checklist? No published inspection checklist. There IS a published SUBMITTAL checklist - the 'Building Division CHECKLIST FOR SOLAR PERMITS' on page 5 of the Solar Permit Application - but it governs what goes in, not what is looked at on site. The Information Package for Obtaining a Building Permit covers submittal requirements by project type and contains zero occurrences of 'solar'. 85% · published solar checklist + information package
• What must be on site at inspection? Partially published. A recorded certified Notice of Commencement is required on site before the first inspection for any work valued over $2,500: 'A NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT MUST BE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE JOB SITE BEFORE THE FIRST INSPECTION.' The NOC is recorded with the Martin County Clerk (Stuart courthouse, Hobe Sound, or the Indiantown Branch Office at 16550 SW Warfield Blvd, open Wednesdays only, 8:00-4:30, closed 1-2pm; $10 first page). No other on-site document list is published - no requirement stated for approved plans or the permit card on site. 78% · permit application packet
• Does the inspector verify labels and listings? Not published. The Village publishes no inspection checklist of any kind and no statement that labels or listings are verified at inspection. The requirement exists upstream - Product Approval/NOA documentation at plan review, and FPL's engraved placards as a condition of interconnection - but no Village document says an inspector checks them. Worth noting the single 'Final Building Inspection' (not an electrical inspection) is the only Village look at the job. 50% · department page set + corpus searches

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

• What is issued on pass? A passed Final Building Inspection, which sets the permit's Finalized Date and moves the permit Status to 'Complete'. No separate certificate of completion or CO is issued for a solar permit in any record examined (e.g. SOL-2025-0005: Status Complete, Finalized Date 02/19/2026). A CO does exist in the Village's vocabulary for buildings - the Pre-Power form says power will be cut if the building is occupied 'prior to all Final Inspections and the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy' - but that is the building path, not the solar path. A Temporary Certificate of Occupancy costs half the plan review fee. 85% · permit portal records + permit application packet
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? The installer/customer, not the AHJ. FPL requires the customer to obtain written interconnection approval and a signed agreement, and 'All net metering systems require written approval and agreement from FPL'; the customer applies, the customer is responsible for all labelling, and FPL sets the meter. No Village document mentions the utility at all, and no Village page or form obliges the Village to notify FPL. The Village's Pre-Power form is an internal document authorising temporary power for testing, not a utility notification. 82% · utility engineering standard + corpus searches
• Is there a re-inspection fee? No re-inspection fee is published. The Master Fee Schedule has an 'Inspection Fee $89.50/inspection' line and a 'Special Inspection Fees (after hours, weekends, holidays, etc.) $110.00/hour' line, and no re-inspection line at all. Re-inspections do happen: 15028 SW OAKVIEW CT carries two passed Final Building Inspections (IBLDG-000085-2025 and IBLDG-002581-2026). Whether the second was charged at $89.50 could not be established - the portal Fees tab is gated to record contacts. 62% · fee schedule + permit portal records
• How are corrections issued and cleared? Not published. No corrections, deficiency-notice or resubmittal procedure appears on any Village page or in the solar packet. The only published hints: 'Lack of information provided may constitute as an incomplete submittal, thus delaying the review process'; 'Incomplete applications and failure to pay at time of submittal will not be accepted'; and 'Change of Plans - after issuance of permit $95/hour'. Formal appeal from a Building Official decision runs to the Adjustments and Appeals Board (the Construction Industry Licensing Board) within 30 days under the adopted Martin County Code Secs. 21.20-21.21, with unsafe-structure decisions going to the Code Enforcement Special Magistrate instead. 68% · Martin County Code Secs. 21.20-21.21 as published by the Village + fee schedule