Lynnwood, WA Solar Energy: Panel Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard permit fee
- $228.00 (checklist path)
- Valuation basis
- Structural and labor only
- Non-checklist fee
- Based on building valuation table
- Governing table
- LMC 3.104.160
- Fee period
- 2026 schedule
- Stop-work fee
- Equal to original permit fee
Summary
Lynnwood charges a flat $228.00 permitting-checklist fee for a single-family solar energy system that meets the city's standard requirements, under the Table 3.104.160 building fee schedule. Valuation for that flat fee is based on structural components and labor only, not the value of the panels or inverters themselves.
NOTE: For single-family residential solar energy systems, valuation shall be based on structural components and labor only. ... | Solar System, Single-Family | Per permitting checklist | $228.00 |
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 3512, passed May 26, 2026).
Full Breakdown
160 'LMC Title 16 fees and charges,' sets Lynnwood's building, single-family, electrical and grading permit fees for construction valued under the International Code Council Valuation Data Table or the International Building Code's square-footage method, whichever is greater. For solar work, the table carves out a specific note: 'For single-family residential solar energy systems, valuation shall be based on structural components and labor only,' which keeps the taxable job value, and therefore the fee, from ballooning with the retail cost of panels and equipment. 00 fee rather than being run through the sliding valuation table used for other construction.
00 and rises with construction value. 27 RCW, which supplies the underlying construction standards a solar installer must still meet for structural attachment and electrical work.
Violations & Fines
Lynnwood's building permit fees are collected at application under LMC 3.104.160, and installing a solar energy system without the required building and electrical permits exposes the installer or owner to the code's general permit-enforcement remedies, including stop-work orders; the fee schedule separately charges an amount equal to the original permit fee for an investigation into work done under a stop-work order.
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