Village of Sea Ranch Lakes

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 Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida (incorporated 1959, Laws of Florida Ch. 59-1858) is its own AHJ for residential solar. It runs its own Building Department, sets its own building-department fees by Council resolution, collects building-permit revenue as its own general-fund revenue ($211,585 in FY2024, $187,535 in FY2025), and files its own annual 'Building Permit and Inspection Utilization Report' under s.553.80 in its own name every year back to at least FY2018-19. Completed Broward County Uniform Building Permit Applications are submitted directly to the Village (email/fax to Village Clerk Starr Paton, spaton@vsrl.us), not to Broward County or any neighboring city. 95% · village permit-application page + 5 years of s.553.80 utilization reports
• What does this authority permit itself, and what does it delegate? Both -- Building and Electrical (plus Plumbing, Mechanical and 'Other'), all self-permitted by the Village, none delegated to Broward County or a neighboring municipality. The Village's own Uniform Building Permit Application has a single 'Select One Trade: Building / Electrical / Plumbing / Mechanical / Other' box and is submitted to, reviewed by, and issued by the Village itself. Plan review and inspection staff are CONTRACTED (no in-house FTE per the Village's own utilization reports), but the permit is issued and the fee revenue collected by the Village, not by the contractor's own jurisdiction. 88% · village permit application form
• Is a permit required for a residential rooftop PV system? Yes. Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-3 ('Permit Fees'/'Permit and Building Department Fees') presumes a permit precedes any building-department fee, and states 'No work shall be commenced prior to obtaining a permit for the work specified herein from the Village...the penalty shall be that the permit or building department fees...shall be double in price.' The Village's own Uniform Building Permit Application is used for all trade work including 'Other' (the category a rooftop PV retrofit would file under). 80% · code of ordinances (permit-fee section)
• Is there a separate electrical permit, or is it combined? Separate. The Village's own Uniform Building Permit Application requires 'Select One Trade' (Building / Electrical / Plumbing / Mechanical / Other) per application, and the form itself states: 'I understand that a separate permit must be secured for ELECTRICAL WORK, PLUMBING, SIGNS, WELLS, POOLS, FURNACES, BOILERS, HEATERS, TANKS, and AIR CONDITIONERS, etc.' A rooftop PV job would need one Building/Other application and one Electrical application. 88% · village permit application form
• Is a HOA or architectural approval required first? Functionally yes for some exterior/waterfront work, but through an unusual private-club channel rather than a standard municipal ARB, and F.S. 163.04 overrides it specifically for solar. A February 2025 Village Council-meeting memo (from a resident objecting to a neighbor's dock permit) describes the Village's 'Architectural Review Committee (ARC)' as the body that must 'approve or disapprove' certain permit applications, and states the ARC 'disapproved [a permit] without an affirmative vote of the shareholders of the Sea Ranch Lakes Beach Club, Inc.' -- i.e., the ARC is tied to the Sea Ranch Lakes Beach Club, Inc., a private corporation/club, and enforces 'restrictive covenants' (per a 2022 planning-consultant scope-of-work letter to the Mayor), not a municipal zoning ordinance. Regardless of what the ARC's role turns out to be for a rooftop PV system specifically, F.S. 163.04(2) statewide preempts any deed restriction, covenant, or similar body from prohibiting solar collectors outright; at most such a body may dictate placement within an orientation of south +/-45 degrees if that does not impair performance. 70% · resident memo submitted into official Village Council meeting record
• Is there a historic-district review? No historic-district review was found. No historic-preservation ordinance, historic-district overlay, or Certified Local Government designation turned up anywhere across the Village's ordinances, Land Development Code amendments, or meeting-document titles reviewed. 55% · village site-wide search (filename/title level) + ordinances reviewed
• Is a wind or windstorm certification required? No stand-alone 'windstorm certification' step was found in any Sea Ranch Lakes document, but its function is subsumed into the mandatory PE/RA-stamped wind-load/uplift/lateral-force design package that the Broward countywide BORA HVHZ solar matrix requires for every roof-mounted PV installation in the county (see q13) -- functionally equivalent to a windstorm certification, administered countywide rather than by SRL itself. 60% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)
• Is a Specific Use Permit or Council approval ever required? Not established as a defined SUP/Council-approval TRIGGER specifically for rooftop PV. The Village's own Uniform Application has no 'Special Use Permit/Council approval' line, and no LDC provision naming Council approval for accessory rooftop equipment was found. Separately, the Village Council DOES personally review variance requests as agenda items (dozens of individual property 'variance request' packages are posted on the Village's own site), so if a PV installation required a variance from an LDC provision (e.g., the height rule, or the 'no accessory building' rule -- see q47) it would go before the full Council, but nothing suggests a bare rooftop retrofit ordinarily needs one. 50% · village permit application + posted variance-request pattern
• Is there a system-size cap on residential generation? No PV-specific generation-capacity cap was found in any Sea Ranch Lakes LDC material reviewed (Art. II Definitions, Art. IV Site Plans/Flood, Art. V Lot/Setback/Grading, Sec. 6.01.06 Walls/Fences/Hedges/Seawalls). The Village's general building-height cap of 35 feet above grade, 'measured to the highest structural component of the structure such as roof ridge, parapet wall, spire, or screen' (LDC Sec. 5.01.01.B(3)), could constrain rooftop equipment height indirectly on an already-tall structure, but this is not a PV-specific rule. 55% · land development code (lot/height provisions)

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 (via the 'Qualifier's Name / License Number' field) or a homeowner acting as owner-builder (via the 'Owner-Builder' checkbox and the 'License Exempted per F.S. 489.117(4)(a)1' line), per the Village's own application form. No SRL-specific restriction beyond Florida's statewide Chapter 489 licensing framework was found. 65% · village permit application form
• Must the contractor be registered with this authority before applying? Not clearly established as a Village-level registration requirement. The Village's own application form has a 'Business Tax Receipt Number' field, implying a BTR is checked, but the form does not say whether that BTR must be issued BY the Village (Sea Ranch Lakes does not appear to run its own contractor-licensing/competency-card program) or is satisfied by a Broward County BTR/Certificate of Competency. No separate Village contractor-registration page or ordinance was found. 45% · village permit application form
• Is a homeowner permitted to self-install and self-permit? Yes. The Village's own current Uniform Building Permit Application has an 'Owner-Builder' checkbox in the qualifier block and a 'License Exempted per F.S. 489.117(4)(a)1' line, i.e. the Village accepts the statewide Florida owner-builder exemption (F.S. 489.103) for its own permits. 78% · village 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? The base submittal is the 2-page Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application itself (owner's affidavit, notarized owner and qualifier signatures, job description, tax folio, flood zone/BFE, construction type). No separate, standalone SRL submittal checklist (e.g. a dedicated solar packet like Yankeetown's) was found published on the Village's site. 55% · village permit-application page + application form
• How many copies, and in what format? Electronic (PDF) via email to spaton@vsrl.us, or by fax to (954) 943-5808. Effectively one submission; no stated requirement for multiple paper copies. 85% · village permit-application page
• Is a site plan required, and what must it show? Not clearly established for a bare rooftop PV retrofit. LDC Art. IV Sec. 4.03.05 (as amended by Ordinance 2023-02) requires a site plan / construction documents for 'development' in flood hazard areas showing, among other things, 'proposed elevations along property boundaries, matching those of adjacent lands' -- but this section is aimed at grading/flood-hazard-area development, and it is not established whether the Building Department treats a rooftop-only PV installation as triggering it. 50% · land development code amendment (site plans/flood)
• Is a one-line / three-line diagram required? Not found as SRL's own requirement, but Broward County's countywide Board of Rules and Appeals (BORA) Uniform Permit Submittal Matrix for Solar Thermal and Solar Electric Installations in the HVHZ -- which binds every AHJ inside Broward County, Sea Ranch Lakes included, because BORA's technical/administrative amendments to the Florida Building Code are adopted countywide rather than city-by-city -- requires: 'Submit electrical diagram designed in accordance to the National Electrical Code Article 690 Solar Photovoltaic Systems, in its entirety.' 62% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)
• Are string and conductor calculations required? Not SRL-specific; string/conductor sizing is governed by NEC Art. 690.7/690.8 as adopted statewide (see q29), and the Broward countywide BORA solar matrix folds this into the PE/RA-stamped electrical-diagram requirement rather than listing a separate stand-alone 'string calculation' submittal item. 50% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)
• Is a structural PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Required for all roof-mounted PV panels and BIPV, with no dollar-value threshold stated, per the Broward countywide BORA HVHZ solar matrix: 'Submit signed and sealed drawings & design calculations by licensed Professional Engineer or Registered Architect showing...wind loads...uplift and lateral forces,' citing FBC Building Vol. Secs. 1522.2, 1616.1.2, 1605, 1620.1-3, 1621. This is a countywide HVHZ structural requirement, not a Sea Ranch Lakes-specific one, but it binds every Broward AHJ including the Village. 75% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)
• Is an electrical PE stamp required, and at what threshold? Only above a size/value threshold, per the same countywide BORA matrix, which cites Florida law: plans must be PE-sealed if the system's value exceeds $50,000 or its capacity exceeds a stated size threshold (well above a typical single residential rooftop array) -- otherwise FSEC certification or a PE seal under F.S. 471.025/377.705(4)(d) suffices for the PV system itself. 70% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)

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 dedicated online portal. The Village's own Permit Application page instructs applicants to 'download, print and email or fax application to spaton@vsrl.us...fax: (954) 943-5808.' No eTRAKiT/CentralSquare/ePermits-style portal is named or linked anywhere on the Village's site. 85% · village permit-application page
• Can the whole application be completed online? No. See q20 -- the process is manual (download, print, email/fax to the Village Clerk), not an online application system. 80% · village permit-application page
• What does a residential solar permit cost? Not confidently resolved to a current dollar figure. The last FULLY codified rate schedule found (Sec. 5-3, pre-2023 text, superseded by Ordinance 2023-01's shift to resolution-based fee-setting) was 2.5% of contract price for new single-family construction and 2% of contract price for additions/alterations/reroofs, minimum $100 (roofs/pools excepted at $150/$250 minimums). Resolution 2023-04 (May 2023) then layered additional Building-Department administrative charges on top (25% of the Building Permit Fee collected upfront as an 'Application Fee', $75 minimum BD fee). Resolution 2024-10 (Nov 2024), titled 'approving Building Department fees to include cost recovery,' is the most recent fee-setting instrument, but the PDF the Village has posted online is only the 2-page signed resolution text -- its Exhibit A (the actual current fee table) is not attached to the posted file, so the CURRENT dollar figure could not be verified. 55% · building-department fee resolution (Exhibit A not attached to posted file)
• How is the fee calculated? Valuation -- a percentage of contract/job value (2% or 2.5% depending on work type under the last fully-readable schedule), not flat, per-kW, per-panel, or tiered, per Ordinance 2023-01's text of the (possibly superseded) Sec. 5-3 schedule. 60% · code of ordinances (permit-fee section)
• Is there a separate plan-check fee? Yes, likely. Resolution 2023-04's Exhibit A comparison table shows a Sea Ranch Lakes column listing 'Plan Review Structural: Included' and 'Plan Review Per Trade: Included' within the base permit fee, but ALSO a separate 'Preapplication Plan review: $125 per hr per trade' line -- i.e., the first review is bundled into the permit fee, but additional/pre-application review is billed separately. 60% · building-department fee resolution, Exhibit A

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? Not SRL-specific, but binding on the Village as on every Florida local government: F.S. 553.792(1)(a) sets a statutory plan-review floor of 5 business days for an electrical/structural permit on an existing single-family dwelling where the work is valued under $15,000, and up to 30 business days for a structure under 7,500 sq ft otherwise (60 business days at 7,500 sq ft or more). No SRL-published turnaround figure of its own was found. 65% · Florida Statutes (state law binding every local government)
• How long is an issued permit valid before it expires? 1 year minimum. F.S. 553.79(1)(c): 'A building permit issued by a local government for a single-family dwelling expires 1 year after the issuance of the permit or on the effective date of the next edition of the Florida Building Code, whichever is later.' This is a statewide floor binding Sea Ranch Lakes identically to every other Florida local government; no SRL-specific permit-validity ordinance was found. 70% · Florida Statutes (state law binding every local government)
• Which utility handles interconnection here? Florida Power & Light (FPL). Sea Ranch Lakes sits within FPL's investor-owned service territory; there is no municipal electric utility anywhere in Broward County (confirmed for Broward generally in a companion GovBot run). The Village's own FY2024 audited financial statements report a 'Franchise fees' general-fund revenue line ($74,769 in FY2024) consistent with an investor-owned utility franchise, but do not name the grantee utility by name. 62% · utility net-metering guidelines page + village audited financial statements
• Where does the utility sit in the sequence? Parallel, with a hard downstream gate. The Village's AHJ permit/inspection process is independent of FPL, but FPL will not allow the system to be energized/operated until its own interconnection paperwork and bidirectional meter installation are complete -- a utility-level rule, not an SRL-specific one. 55% · utility net-metering guidelines page

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

• Which NEC edition is in force? NEC 2020 (NFPA 70-2020), adopted statewide through the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), Electrical volume, effective 31 December 2023. No Sea Ranch Lakes-specific NEC amendment was found; this is the same statewide/countywide edition Broward County's own BORA cites. 70% · Florida Administrative Code (statewide Florida Building Code adoption rule)
• Which building code edition is in force? Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023) -- Building, Residential and Existing Building volumes -- effective 31 December 2023, statewide, overlaid with Broward County's HVHZ provisions and BORA countywide technical/administrative amendments (Broward is, with Miami-Dade, one of only two Florida counties in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone). Sea Ranch Lakes' own Sec. 6.01.06(C)(1) (Walls, Fences, Hedges and Seawalls) explicitly cross-references 'the Florida Building Code' as controlling except where its own definitions differ, consistent with adopting the statewide/countywide FBC rather than a separate SRL building code. 75% · village code section + statewide/countywide FBC adoption
• Which fire code edition is in force? Florida Fire Prevention Code (NFPA 1 and NFPA 101, Florida 2021 Editions), statewide, effective alongside the 8th-edition FBC cycle (31 December 2023), with Broward County BORA amendments. No SRL-specific fire-code text was found; the Village's own Building-Department cost accounts include a 'Fire Contract' line item, suggesting fire SERVICE (not fire-code adoption) is itself contracted out to a neighboring department -- a services contract, not a fire-code amendment. 55% · village utilization report (cost line items) + statewide/countywide fire code adoption
• Are there local amendments to any of the above? Yes. Sea Ranch Lakes has repeatedly amended its own Land Development Code at the Village level (Ordinance 2021-02, 2023-01, 2023-02, 2024-01 [flood], 2024-02 [hedge height], 2025-02 [tree preservation]), covering grade/pervious-area definitions, flood-map dates, setbacks for roof overhangs, and grading -- on top of the Broward-countywide BORA technical amendments to the FBC that also apply to the Village by virtue of location in Broward County. 80% · village ordinances (LDC amendments, enumerated)
• What is the installation judged against? The Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023)/NEC 2020 as adopted statewide, layered with Broward County's countywide BORA HVHZ technical amendments and HVHZ product-approval regime (see q13/q44), and Sea Ranch Lakes' own Land Development Code (setbacks, grading, flood-hazard-area rules, height, walls/fences/hedges) and Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-3 (permit/building-department fees). 70% · synthesis of village LDC + statewide/countywide FBC

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? Florida Building Code Residential Sec. R324.6 (roof access and pathways) governs statewide, including Sea Ranch Lakes: not fewer than two 36-inch-wide pathways from the lowest roof edge to the ridge on separate roof planes, with additional setback-at-ridge requirements under R324.6.2. No SRL-specific amendment to this statewide provision was found. 55% · statewide Florida Residential Code text, reproduced by another FL jurisdiction (source hosts 403 directly)

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

• Is rapid shutdown required, and to which NEC edition? Yes, required under NEC Art. 690.12 (rapid shutdown), via the 2020 NEC as adopted through the 8th-edition (2023) Florida Building Code Electrical volume, statewide. No Sea Ranch Lakes-specific or Broward-specific amendment to the rapid-shutdown requirement was found. 62% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived) + statewide NEC adoption

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 established as an SRL-specific placard list. The general NEC Art. 690 disconnect/warning-label requirements apply as adopted statewide, and FPL separately requires its own meter-area signage (see q42) -- but no Sea Ranch Lakes document specifying its own placard set at the service equipment was found. 55% · utility signage guideline + statewide NEC adoption
• Is a site plan / facility map placard required, and what must it show? Not established as an SRL-specific requirement; NEC Art. 690 (adopted statewide) contains the general directory/plaque requirement for installations with multiple disconnects, and this would apply to any Sea Ranch Lakes installation meeting that condition, but no SRL-specific facility-map placard rule was found. 55% · statewide NEC/FBC adoption
• Does the UTILITY specify placards beyond the AHJ's? Yes -- FPL (the utility) requires signage beyond anything found in any Sea Ranch Lakes AHJ document: a location sign at the meter so FPL personnel can find the disconnect switch, plus warning labeling for the interconnection equipment, per FPL's own published net-metering guidelines. This is a utility-level requirement that applies in Sea Ranch Lakes exactly as it applies anywhere else in FPL's territory. 70% · utility net-metering guidelines page
• Where must the labels be placed? AHJ-side: not established for Sea Ranch Lakes specifically. Utility-side (FPL): the location sign goes at the meter/point of interconnection per FPL's own published guideline. 55% · utility net-metering guidelines page

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? Not SRL-specific; this is a utility interconnection rule set by FPL rather than the AHJ. FPL requires a readily accessible, lockable AC disconnect near the meter for systems above its Tier 1 threshold, per its own published net-metering guidelines. 60% · utility net-metering guidelines page
• Must equipment be on a specific approved list? Yes, functionally. Every HVHZ roof-attachment component (panel, racking/mounting system, clamps, flashing, fasteners) must carry a current Florida Product Approval (marked for HVHZ use) or a Miami-Dade County Notice of Acceptance, under the Broward countywide HVHZ product-approval regime that binds every Broward AHJ including Sea Ranch Lakes; separately, NEC 110.3(B) requires listed/labeled equipment be installed per its listing. 70% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)
• Are batteries permitted, and under what conditions? Not established with an SRL-specific rule. Florida's statewide Fire Prevention Code (adopting NFPA 855, Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems) and the Florida Building Code Residential volume govern ESS installation statewide; no Sea Ranch Lakes-specific battery/ESS ordinance or amendment was found. 50% · village utilization report cost items (context only) + statewide Fire Prevention Code adoption
• Is a ground mount treated as a structure? Genuinely unresolved, and the single most consequential open question in this run. LDC Sec. 5.01.02 ('Building Setback Requirements') treats 'any structure or part thereof' as subject to front/side/rear setbacks, which would sweep in a ground-mounted PV array. But LDC Sec. 5.01.01.B(1) states flatly: 'No accessory building shall be allowed, built or used' in the Residential District -- and it is not established whether a ground-mounted solar array would be read by the Village's Building Department as an 'accessory building' (arguably barred outright) or merely as a 'structure' subject only to setbacks (permitted, with setback compliance). No document resolving this distinction was found. 60% · land development code (lot/setback provisions)
• Is a specific mounting system or attachment spacing required? No single prescribed mounting system or spacing was found in any SRL document, but per the Broward countywide HVHZ regime (BORA), every roof-attached PV component (panel, racking/mounting system, clamps, flashing, fasteners) must individually carry a current Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade County Notice of Acceptance marked for HVHZ use -- this is a product-approval requirement rather than a prescriptive spacing rule, and it binds Sea Ranch Lakes as it binds every Broward AHJ. 65% · Broward County BORA countywide HVHZ solar permit matrix (archived)

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? Most likely phone/email arrangement directly with the Building Department rather than an online portal -- inferred, not directly stated. The Village has no online permit or inspection portal (see q20/q21); its own Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-3(4) refers to inspections/tests as being individually 'scheduled' with the Building Department and requires advance notice to cancel (see q50), consistent with a phone/email booking model rather than self-service scheduling. 55% · code of ordinances (inspection scheduling clause) -- inferred
• How much notice is required? At least four (4) working hours' notice to CANCEL a scheduled test or inspection, per the Village's own Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-3(4): 'Notice of cancellation of any test(s) or scheduled inspection(s) must be given at least four (4) working hours prior to the scheduled time...Failure to do so will result in the test or inspection being counted as a failure.' This is the cancellation-notice threshold, not necessarily the same figure as any separate advance-booking lead time (which was not found stated). 60% · code of ordinances (inspection scheduling clause)

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. The Village performs its own final solar/building inspections -- it does not delegate this to Broward County or a neighboring city. Every VSRL utilization report reviewed (FY2018-19 through FY2024-25) reports line (2)(e) 'Number of building inspections conducted by a private provider' as zero ('-') and line (2)(f) 'audits...of private provider building inspections' as zero, while total inspections conducted (e.g. 682 in FY2025, 407 in FY2019) match the Village's own program. 78% · village s.553.80 utilization reports (multi-year)
• If delegated, to whom? Not delegated to another AHJ. Inspections are performed under the Village's own program using contracted (not in-house FTE) personnel -- the utilization report's line (2)(g) 'personnel dedicated by the local government' reads 'N/A' in every year reviewed, consistent with a contracted building-official/inspector arrangement rather than delegation of jurisdiction to Broward County or a neighboring city (see q2, and the brief's own Yankeetown/Orchid precedent for this exact pattern). 70% · village s.553.80 utilization reports (multi-year)

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 Sea Ranch Lakes on this step yet — 2 questions checked and found unpublished. The guidance above is general.

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.

• What must be on site at inspection? A posted Notice of Commencement. The Village's own Uniform Building Permit Application states, in bold warning language: 'A NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT MUST BE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE JOB SITE BEFORE THE FIRST INSPECTION.' 80% · village permit application form

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? Most likely a passed Final inspection sign-off rather than a new Certificate of Occupancy, since a rooftop PV retrofit on an existing occupied single-family home ordinarily does not trigger a new CO. The Village's own Uniform Application has a 'FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Approved By / Permit Officer / Issue Date / Code in Effect' block but does not name the specific instrument issued on a passed final. 45% · village permit application form -- inferred
• Who notifies the utility for PTO? Most likely the installer/customer, via FPL's own net-metering interconnection application process -- a utility-level fact, not an SRL-specific one. FPL's guidelines state the system may not be operated until interconnection is complete and a bidirectional meter is installed, which is initiated through FPL's own portal by the installer/customer rather than the AHJ. 50% · utility net-metering guidelines page
• Is there a re-inspection fee? $60 for the 2nd reinspection, $120 for the 3rd, $200 for the 4th, $300 for the 5th (1st reinspection included in the base fee), per Resolution 2023-04's Exhibit A comparison table, Sea Ranch Lakes column. An older, pre-2023 codified flat rate of $50 also appears in the superseded Sec. 5-3 text; Resolution 2024-10 (Nov 2024) may have updated this further but its Exhibit A dollar table could not be extracted from the posted PDF (see q15). 65% · building-department fee resolution, Exhibit A
• How are corrections issued and cleared? Per the Village's own Code of Ordinances Sec. 5-3(3)-(4): a reinspection/retesting fee is charged 'each time an official from the Building Department visits any job site to reinspect or retest any installation...that has failed to meet Village or other requirements on a previous test or scheduled inspection,' and cancelling with less than 4 working hours' notice counts the test as a failure, triggering the same reinspection-fee cycle on rescheduling. No separate written 'corrections notice' document/process was found. 65% · code of ordinances (inspection/correction clauses)