Solar permit requirements in Un-incorporated Orange, FL

What Un-incorporated Orange expects on a solar permit

Permit applications must be submitted digitally with separate discipline files. Structural plans must demonstrate compliance for 140 mph wind speed, Exposure Category B, and Risk Category II per FBC 2023 and ASCE 7-22. Documentation requires an engineer-signed Letter of Compliance based on site visits and as-built photographs, and all plans must highlight key information like fire pathways. Commercial projects must specify Type IIB construction and Group S-1 occupancy, and metal roof clamps require an NOA. Electrical plans must state the utility connection type, include the 120 percent rule for load-side connections, and adhere to specific conductor sizing and conduit capacity limits. A rapid shutdown pathway placard is required.

• Requiring for commercial:
• Construction Type: Type IIB (FBC Chapter 6)
• Occupancy Type: Group S-1 – Equipment storage, warehouses (FBC Chapter 3)
• Sprinkler System: System equipped with existing sprinkler system.
• NOA for metal roof clamps.
• Highlight or bubble key information (like fire pathways) to prevent reviewers from missing it.
• [electrical] Size load-side tap conductors to be no less than the rating of the equipment containing the OCPD or the rating of the OCPD at the termination per NEC 240.21(B)(1).
• [electrical] Limit conduit capacity to a maximum of 10 branches or 20 conductors when using #10 wire, utilizing multiple conduits or junction boxes as required.
• [structural] Design and note structural compliance for 140 mph wind speed, Exposure Category B, and Risk Category II per FBC 2023 / ASCE 7-22.
• [documentation] Provide an engineer-signed Letter of Compliance based on in-person site visits and as-built photographs.
• [labeling] Clearly state on the plans whether the utility connection is a line-side or load-side connection.
• [calcs] Provide the 120% rule calculation on the plans to demonstrate busbar protection for load-side connections.