2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Bay County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Rooftop solar is protected across Bay County. Under Fla. Stat. §163.04, no local ordinance may prohibit installing solar collectors. A homeowner still needs building and electrical permits and a utility interconnection agreement before energizing the system.
Fla. Stat. § 163.04(1)
the adoption of an ordinance by a governing body, as those terms are defined in this chapter, which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources is expressly prohibited.
Florida law overrides HOA solar bans in Bay County. Under Fla. Stat. §163.04, a deed restriction or covenant may not prohibit solar collectors, and an association may only set a roof location that does not impair the system's efficiency.
Fla. Stat. § 163.04(2)
A deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources from being installed on buildings erected on the lots or parcels covered by the deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or binding agreement.
1 cities in Bay County have their own solar energy rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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