Do I need a permit for solar panel installation in Cedar Grove?

Local and county notes for Cedar Grove

Requirements vary between electrical-only and combined building plus electrical review. The utility interconnection agreement is separate from the permit and must be arranged with your power company. Bay County's own permitting office is the Bay County Building Safety Division, reachable on 850-248-8350 at https://www.baycountyfl.gov/154/Building-Safety, which runs an online permit portal. It issues permits for the unincorporated county. If your city does not run its own building department, this is the office that will handle the job. Solar involves electrical work, which the county lists as disqualifying for the $7,500 exemption, so expect a full permit. Use current forms. The county states its permit documents are tagged for the Florida Building Code Eighth Edition (2023) and that all previous 6th and 7th Edition forms should be discarded, which is a common cause of a rejected submittal here. Cedar Grove permits are handled by the Cedar Grove Bay County Building Safety Division, reachable on 850-248-8350 at https://www.baycountyfl.gov/154/Building-Safety. Its online permit portal is https://portal.baycountyfl.gov/Account/Logon. Bay County also issues permits for the unincorporated county, and many smaller Florida municipalities contract building services to it rather than running a department of their own, so confirm which office covers your address before you apply. Solar involves a building permit for the attachment and a separate electrical permit, plus a utility interconnection that runs outside the permit process.