[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Manorhaven 5-28-2015 by L.L.
No. 5-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Legislative intent. The Village Board of the Village of Manorhaven
hereby declares its participation in the Long Island Unified Solar
Permit Initiative (LIUSPI). Due to the benefits offered by renewable
energy systems, including residential solar energy systems, and the
associated increase in consumer demand and requests for building permits
for same, the permitting process for such solar energy systems shall
be standardized and streamlined as indicated herein.
B.
Streamlined application process for residential rooftop solar energy
system installations.
(1)
For applications that meet the fast-track requirements listed below,
the permit application fee will be limited to $50.
(2)
The Building Department shall provide permit determinations within
14 days of submittal of a completed application.
(3)
For standard installations, applicants may utilize the solar energy
system fast track permit application, available from the Building
Department, as an alternative to the existing building permit forms.
For the purposes of this subsection, a standard installation shall
meet the criteria listed in the requirements checklist document, also
available in the Building Department. Said criteria shall require
that the installation must:
(a)
Not be subject to review by any architectural or historical
review board or by any other applicable board or agency.
(b)
Be on a residential building or legal accessory structure.
(c)
Be on a roof with a single layer of roof covering. This requirement
may be waived by the Chief Building Inspector.
(d)
Be flush-mounted parallel to the roof surface and no more than
six inches above the surface.
(e)
Have an eighteen-inch clearing at the roof ridge and an eighteen-inch
clearing path to the ridge.
(f)
Create a gravity roof load of no more than five pounds per square
foot for photovoltaic (PV) and six pounds per square foot for residential
solar hot water (RSHW).
(g)
Be installed by prescreened contractors.
(h)
Use PV panels that have been certified by a nationally recognized
testing laboratory as meeting the requirements of the Underwriters
Laboratory (UL) Standard 1703, and inverters must be on a list of
New York State Public Service Commission type-tested inverters which
are tested by UL or other nationally recognized laboratories to conform
with UL Standard 1741.
(i)
Use RSHW equipment that has been certified by the Solar Rating
and Certification Corporation under its OG-100 standard for solar
collectors.
(j)
Use other equipment such as modules, combiner boxes and a mounting
system that has been approved for public use as described in the solar
energy system fast-track permit application requirements checklist.
(k)
Be in full compliance with all current National Electrical Code
(NEC) requirements applicable in New York State.
C.
The following shall be the requirements for application submittal:
(1)
Solar energy system fast-track permit application requirements checklist,
copies of which are available from the Building Department.
(2)
Three sets of plans which include:
(a)
Cover sheet containing contact information and location of project.
(b)
Sheet index indicating sheet title and page number.
(c)
Legend for symbols, abbreviations and notations used in the
drawings.
(d)
Configurations diagrams prepared by a professional engineer
or registered architect which are sketched as follows:
[1]
Roof diagram depicting modules or collectors and racking configuration
on designated surfaces and dimensioned. The diagram should include
any eighteen-inch clearance/access required as noted in the fast-track
permit requirements checklist criteria.
[2]
Equipment location diagram indicating the locations(s) of the
modules or collectors, main electrical service, inverter(s), the location
of all equipment disconnects on the outside of the structure, and
any interior equipment locations.
[3]
One standard electrical diagram.
(e)
Property survey, only if system is proposed for an accessory
structure.
(3)
Solar energy system fast-track permit application information sheet.
D.
Assistance to first responders. The Village shall maintain a list
by address of all solar energy installations that shall be shared
with relevant first responder organizations.
E.
Certification. The operation of any solar energy system shall not
commence until a final certification is either issued by the Building
Department or received from an approved third party inspector as defined
herein.
