Do I need a permit for solar panel installation in Ormond Beach?

Florida and local notes for Ormond Beach

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. Volusia County's own permitting office is the Building and Code Administration Permit Center, reachable on 386-736-5929 at https://www.volusia.org/services/growth-and-resource-management/building-and-zoning/. 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. Contractor licensing here is centralised across the county. Volusia County Contractor Licensing exists to provide a uniform system for regulating registered contractors in the unincorporated county and all the municipalities within Volusia County, with one stated exception, the City of Pierson. So unless you are in Pierson, your contractor's local registration runs through the county: 386-736-5929, clca@volusia.gov, 123 W Indiana Avenue Room 203, DeLand. The county lists state certified contractors under Florida Statutes Chapter 489 and licenses local specialty contractors under Volusia County Code Chapter 22, so ask which of the two your trade falls under. Ormond Beach Land Development Code 2-50(ee) requires solar energy systems to be roof mounted, oriented south or within 45 degrees east or west of due south, with a nonreflective finish. Under LDC 2-50(ee), no grid-tied system may be installed until evidence is submitted that the utility has approved the interconnection, and all electrical connections must be underground. Ormond Beach's HB 803 exemption for work under $7,500 does not apply to electrical work such as a solar installation, so a permit is needed regardless of the job's value.