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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit in Town of Winkelman, Arizona

Winkelman has no dedicated solar/PV permit category, application form, or fee schedule of any kind — consistent with the Town's minimal administrative structure documented in the residential-building-permit entry (no Building Safety Department, no online portal, permitting run entirely through the Town Clerk at Town Hall). A solar installation, if it requires a Town permit at all, would be administered ad hoc through the Town Clerk under the same 2006 International Codes/2002 NEC code-cycle citation used for other construction, and is subject to Arizona's statewide solar construction permit statute (A.R.S. § 9-468), which caps any Arizona municipality's solar permit fee at the actual cost of issuance.

Reviewed 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • No standalone solar/PV requirements checklist, application form, or code-cycle citation specific to solar was found published by the Town of Winkelman — applicants must contact the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock, at 520-356-7854 or skerlock@townofwinkelman.com directly to determine what, if anything, is required
  • If a Town permit is required, per A.R.S. § 9-468 the fee charged may not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit, and the Town must be able to provide an itemized cost breakdown on request
  • Winkelman's most recently documented adopted code cycle (2006 International Codes, 2002 NEC per the 2024 AZBO statewide directory) would presumably govern any electrical/structural review, though no Town ordinance confirming this specifically for solar was located
  • No Winkelman-Gila County or Winkelman-Pinal County intergovernmental agreement for building/permit services was found, so neither county's own solar permit process substitutes for a Town of Winkelman process (see the residential-building-permit tips)

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Fee schedule

Solar/PV Permit Fee (not publicly published)
The Town of Winkelman publishes no fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution of any kind — the identical gap documented in this jurisdiction's residential-building-permit entry. Show full citationThe Town of Winkelman publishes no fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution of any kind — the identical gap documented in this jurisdiction's residential-building-permit entry. Per A.R.S. § 9-468, any fee charged for a solar construction permit by an Arizona municipality may not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit. Neither of the Town's parallel websites (winkelmanaz.gov and the older winkelmanaz.com) lists a fee schedule, valuation table, or fee resolution on its Council Documents page among Minutes, Agendas, Budgets, or Auditor's Reports, and the Town's rebuilt WordPress site has no Building, Permits, or Fees page; no fee-schedule PDF has ever been published on either domain. The Town's FY2026-2027 Official Budget shows only an aggregate 'Licenses and permits' revenue line with no permit-type breakout, and neither the 2026 AZBO Directory nor the CAG 2018 Winkelman Community Development Strategy report contains fee information. The fee is genuinely unpublished — contact Town Hall directly.
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Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Permit permit actually take in Town of Winkelman?

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Inspection process

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    Final (if a Town permit is issued)

    No Winkelman-specific inspection checklist or sequence for solar/PV was found published; if the Town issues a permit at all, a final inspection verifying racking, roof penetrations, and electrical connections would be the expected minimum under any I-Code-based jurisdiction, but this is not confirmed as Winkelman's actual practice

See the full Town of Winkelman inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Winkelman is the smallest incorporated town in Arizona and has no dedicated Building Safety Department, no online permitting portal, and no published fee schedule for any permit type — solar/PV is no exception. Call the Town Clerk (520-356-7854) before assuming any process resembles a larger city's.
  • Even absent a published Town fee schedule, Arizona's statewide A.R.S. § 9-468 still caps whatever fee the Town charges for a solar construction permit at the actual cost of issuance — ask for an itemized cost breakdown if a quoted fee seems arbitrary.

Frequently asked questions

Town of Winkelman requires a solar photovoltaic (pv) permit for: No standalone solar/PV requirements checklist, application form, or code-cycle citation specific to solar was found published by the Town of Winkelman — applicants must contact the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock, at 520-356-7854 or skerlock@townofwinkelman.com directly to determine what, if anything, is required; If a Town permit is required, per A.R.S. § 9-468 the fee charged may not exceed the actual cost of issuing the permit, and the Town must be able to provide an itemized cost breakdown on request; Winkelman's most recently documented adopted code cycle (2006 International Codes, 2002 NEC per the 2024 AZBO statewide directory) would presumably govern any electrical/structural review, though no Town ordinance confirming this specifically for solar was located; No Winkelman-Gila County or Winkelman-Pinal County intergovernmental agreement for building/permit services was found, so neither county's own solar permit process substitutes for a Town of Winkelman process (see the residential-building-permit tips). If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Winkelman Town Hall (Office of the Town Clerk) — no separate Building Department exists at 520-356-7854 before starting work.

In Town of Winkelman, the published Solar/PV Permit Fee (not publicly published) is: Not publicly published. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Town of Winkelman does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Winkelman Town Hall (Office of the Town Clerk) — no separate Building Department exists at 520-356-7854 for current turnaround.

You'll need: No published solar-specific application form. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Town of Winkelman requires 1 inspection(s) for a solar photovoltaic (pv) permit, in order: Final (if a Town permit is issued). Schedule each through Town of Winkelman Town Hall (Office of the Town Clerk) — no separate Building Department exists (520-356-7854).

Apply through Town of Winkelman Town Hall (Office of the Town Clerk) — no separate Building Department exists at 206 Giffin Avenue, PO Box 386, Winkelman, AZ 85192. Phone: 520-356-7854, email: skerlock@townofwinkelman.com. Office hours: Winkelman is the smallest incorporated town in Arizona (2020 Census population 296) and does not operate a dedicated Building Safety/Development Services department, unlike the City of Buckeye or the City of Globe. Per the 2024 Arizona Building Officials (AZBO) statewide directory, permit/code administration is handled directly through the Town Hall by the Town Clerk, Sylvia Kerlock (skerlock@townofwinkelman.com), rather than by a named Building Official or Building Inspector position. The Town's own website (winkelmanaz.gov) is a minimal six-page site (Home, About, Town Council, Town Budget, Meeting Minutes, Contact Us) with no dedicated Building/Permits/Planning & Zoning page, no published fee schedule, and no A.R.S. § 9-835 licensing-timeframe posting found as of the last verification (July 2026). Office days are Monday-Thursday per third-party town-hall directories; exact public office hours are not independently published on the Town's own site. Applicants should call 520-356-7854 or email the Town Clerk directly to initiate a permit request.. Official information: https://winkelmanaz.gov/.

Town of Winkelman, Arizona has adopted: Arizona has NO statewide mandatory building code floor for general construction — code adoption is a per-jurisdiction (city/town/county) authority under state enabling statutes (A.R.S. § 9-802 for municipal adoption by reference). Unlike the City of Buckeye or City of Globe, the Town of Winkelman does NOT run an independent, staffed Building Safety Department with its own recently-updated code ordinance; it is administered directly out of the Town Clerk's office at Town Hall. Source: Town of Winkelman official website (winkelmanaz.gov), which has no dedicated Building/Codes page; 2024 Arizona Building Officials (AZBO) statewide directory entry for Town of Winkelman.; The 2024 AZBO Directory lists Winkelman's adopted codes as the 2006 International Codes (I-Codes) and the 2002 National Electrical Code (NEC), and the Winkelman entry in the 2026 AZBO Directory (azbo.us) is unchanged — the same listing has now persisted across two directory editions. No later Winkelman ordinance, resolution, or published code-update document appears on the Town of Winkelman website, its Council Documents page, the Arizona Memory Project archive, or League of Arizona Cities and Towns records, and no Winkelman code text is hosted on Municode, CodePublishing, or the Town's own site. (The same directory's entry for the neighboring City of Globe was superseded by a 2024 city ordinance.) Treat the 2006 I-Codes / 2002 NEC cycle as the best available figure — it is an industry-directory listing, not a Winkelman-issued ordinance text — and confirm the governing editions with the Town before designing to them. Source: 2024 Arizona Building Officials (AZBO) Directory, Town of Winkelman entry (206 Giffin Avenue, Clerk: Sylvia Kerlock).; No Winkelman-specific local amendments to the adopted I-Codes/NEC (climatic/geographic design criteria table, exempt-work list, fee schedule, or similar) were found published anywhere by the Town. This is consistent with a town of Winkelman's extremely small size (296 residents per the 2020 Census) and lack of a dedicated Building Safety Department, Building Official, or hosted code-of-ordinances platform.; Manufactured homes, mobile homes and factory-built buildings are regulated directly by the State of Arizona (A.R.S. § 41-4001 et seq., Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety / Office of Manufactured Housing) for construction and installation standards statewide, independent of local code adoption. Any Winkelman site-placement, foundation or utility-connection permit is layered on top of the state's factory-built-structure standards. Source: A.R.S. § 41-4001 et seq.; Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing.; The Town of Winkelman does maintain its own Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) city code (City Code: WM) with the Arizona Department of Revenue, including distinct Contracting-Prime (015), Contracting-Speculative Builders (016), and Contracting-Owner Builder (037) business codes, each taxed at 3.50% — confirming Winkelman functions as an independent municipal taxing/licensing authority for construction activity even though it lacks a dedicated building department. Source: Arizona Department of Revenue, Model City Tax Code, City Profile: Winkelman (azdor.gov/model-city-tax-code/city-profile/winkelman).. Local amendments apply — see the Town of Winkelman overview page for the full list.

No dedicated solar/PV permit category, application form, or fee schedule is published by the Town of Winkelman. Permitting (if required at all) runs entirely through the Town Clerk at Town Hall on a case-by-case basis. Under Arizona's statewide A.R.S. § 9-468, any fee the Town does charge for a solar construction permit may not exceed its actual cost of issuance.

Sources & verification

Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.

Codes & ordinances

Department & other records

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