Plantation, FL Solar Energy: HOA Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing Section
- LDR Section 27-296
- Screening
- Required wherever possible
- If Not Screenable
- Flush flat plate or skirted
- Zoning Permit Fee
- $25 for single-family solar
- HOA Covenants
- Not addressed in city code
Summary
Plantation's code regulates solar collectors directly and says nothing at all about HOA covenants. Section 27-296 requires collectors to be screened from neighbors and rights-of-way wherever possible, with permits issued by the Building Department.
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.
Full Breakdown
The city's own rule is aesthetic. Where screening is possible, the Building Department issues a permit on plans showing permanent visual screening and an attachment in full compliance with the Florida Building Code. Where screening is not possible, the department may permit only a flat plate collector installed flush with the pitch of the roof to give the appearance of a skylight; otherwise all sides and supports must be skirted with roof material identical to the adjacent roof, to create the impression of a chimney or dormer. Building regulations point the same way, and the zoning permit fee for a single-family solar system is twenty-five dollars.
Violations & Fines
Installing without the required permit, or leaving a collector unscreened where screening was possible, is a code violation. Chapter 6 fines run to $1,000 a day for a first violation and $5,000 a day for a repeat.
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