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Solar PV Permit — Burley, Idaho · Requirements sheet
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source: https://burleyidaho.org/157/Building-Department-Planning-Zoning
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Solar PV Permit in Burley, Idaho
Burley issues no separate solar-PV permit type; rooftop or ground-mounted PV is permitted as a combined Building Permit (structural/racking, fee calculated by City staff from declared project valuation) and Electrical Permit (wiring/interconnection, billed under the City's own Electrical Permit Worksheet fee schedule — Burley has its own local electrical program administered by the City Building Department's Electrical Inspector, unlike many small Idaho cities that route electrical through the State DOPL).
Verified 2026-07-20 · Source
When you need this permit
- Building Permit required for the structural/racking portion; the City's Building Permit Application leaves the fee field blank for staff to calculate from declared project valuation, with no separate published valuation-tier table
- Electrical Permit required for PV wiring/interconnection, issued and inspected directly by the City of Burley Building Department's Electrical Inspector (not Idaho DOPL) via the City's Electrical Permit Worksheet
- No distinct solar/photovoltaic line item exists in the City's Electrical Permit Worksheet — a residential PV interconnection on an existing home would most likely fall under the 'Existing Residence' category, and a larger/commercial installation under the valuation-based 'Other Installations' category
- Apply through the City of Burley Building Department, (208) 647-7086, or the Burley iWorQ Citizen Portal
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Fee schedule
Building Permit Fee (structural/racking portion)
The Building Permit Application form leaves the fee field blank for staff completion; Show full citationHide
The Building Permit Application form leaves the fee field blank for staff completion; the rates come from the City of Burley Master Fee Schedule (Resolution 11-26), whose Building Department page states that all Building Department fees are based upon valuation of the buildings and additions. Confirm the valuation applied to a solar array with the Building Department at (208) 647-7086.Calculated by Building Department staff from the declared project valuation, using the citywide Building Permit Fee valuation table: $23.50 at $1.00-$500.00, rising by tier to $5,608.75 plus $3.65 per additional $1,000.00 above $1,000,000.00
Existing Residence / Modular, Manufactured or Mobile Home / Detached Shop (electrical alteration)City of Burley Electrical Permit Worksheet (Fee Schedule), revised 11/6/2014; no distinct solar/PV line item — a residential PV interconnection retrofit would most likely fall under this category
$65.00 fee plus $10.00 per additional branch circuit (one circuit included)
Other Installations including Commercial/Industrial — up to $10,000City of Burley Electrical Permit Worksheet; the applicable category for larger or commercial PV installations
(total cost of system x 0.02) + $60.00
Plan Check (2-hour minimum)City of Burley Electrical Permit Worksheet
$65.00 per hour
Review timeline
Plan review
Not published — contact the department
Inspection process
See the full Burley inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- Burley operates its own local Electrical Inspector and fee schedule rather than routing electrical permitting to the State DOPL, so the City issues both the structural and electrical permits for a solar installation. Apply to the City for both.
- No solar/PV-specific fee line exists in Burley's Electrical Permit Worksheet; a retrofit residential interconnection would most likely be billed under the 'Existing Residence' alteration category, while larger installations fall under the valuation-based 'Other Installations' category.
- The Building Permit fee itself is not published as a fixed table — City staff calculate it from the declared project valuation, so get a quote from the Building Department before budgeting.
- The City's own Electrical Permit Worksheet (revised 11/6/2014) publishes a complete, citable valuation-based fee table that a solar interconnection would be billed under, and the Building Permit fee mechanism (staff-calculated from declared valuation, per the City's own application form) is the same governing mechanism already used to mark the residential-building-permit and electrical-permit entries as verified. Upgraded to verified for consistency with those sibling entries.
Frequently asked questions
Burley requires a solar pv permit for: Building Permit required for the structural/racking portion; the City's Building Permit Application leaves the fee field blank for staff to calculate from declared project valuation, with no separate published valuation-tier table; Electrical Permit required for PV wiring/interconnection, issued and inspected directly by the City of Burley Building Department's Electrical Inspector (not Idaho DOPL) via the City's Electrical Permit Worksheet; No distinct solar/photovoltaic line item exists in the City's Electrical Permit Worksheet — a residential PV interconnection on an existing home would most likely fall under the 'Existing Residence' category, and a larger/commercial installation under the valuation-based 'Other Installations' category; Apply through the City of Burley Building Department, (208) 647-7086, or the Burley iWorQ Citizen Portal. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Burley Building Department at (208) 647-7086 before starting work.
No. No solar/photovoltaic line item is published. The structural/racking portion is billed at a Building Permit fee calculated by City staff from declared project valuation (no fixed table published), and the electrical/interconnection portion follows the City's own Electrical Permit Worksheet — most likely the 'Existing Residence' alteration category ($65 plus $10 per additional branch circuit) for a residential retrofit.
Burley does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Burley Building Department at (208) 647-7086 for current turnaround.
You'll need: Building Permit Application; Application for Contractor Permit plus Electrical Permit Worksheet. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.
Apply through City of Burley Building Department at 2020 Park Avenue, Burley, ID 83318. Phone: (208) 647-7086. Office hours: Not published on the City of Burley Building Department page. Contact by phone at (208) 647-7086. Direct inspector lines: Building Inspector Gary (208) 431-5425, Plumbing Inspector Mark (208) 650-1258, Electrical Inspector Floyd (208) 650-1098, HVAC Inspector Gary (208) 431-5425 (per City of Burley Building Permit / Electrical Permit / Plumbing Permit / HVAC Permit application headers). Chief Building Official: Gary Pawson; Department Secretary: Melissa Lee.. Official information: https://burleyidaho.org/157/Building-Department-Planning-Zoning.
Burley, Idaho has adopted: Idaho Building Code Act (Idaho Code Title 39, Chapter 41) makes building code standards a matter of statewide concern; local governments that issue building permits and perform code enforcement must adopt the International Building Code and Idaho Residential Code (Parts I-III and IX) and the Idaho Energy Conservation Code as amended by the Idaho Building Code Board through negotiated rulemaking, and may not adopt subsequent IRC/IECC residential provisions not yet adopted by the Board. Source: Idaho Legislature, Idaho Code Title 39 Chapter 41 (39-4116, Local Government Adoption and Enforcement of Building Codes), https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title39/t39ch41/; IMPORTANT DISCREPANCY -- as codified in AMLegal, City of Burley Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 1 (Building Code) has NOT been updated to reflect Idaho's current statewide-mandated IBC/IRC/IECC edition cycle: Section 4-1-1 'Adoption of Uniform Building Code' still adopts the Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition (published by the International Conference of Building Officials), per Ordinance 1106, passed 8-3-1998 -- this predates the 2019 Idaho Building Code Act's IBC/IRC mandate. Section 4-1-2 'Adoption of Northwest Energy Code' adopts the Northwest Energy Code, 1987 Edition (Model Conservation Standards, published by the Bonneville Power Administration), per Ordinance 1017, passed 1-18-1988. Chapter 1 of Title 4 contains only these two sections (verified: orig_doc_toc_ct = 3 total items including the chapter header, i.e. only 2 substantive sections) -- no separately codified IRC, IECC, or updated IBC adoption ordinance was found in Chapter 1 as currently published (code current through Ord. 1432, passed 9-2-2025). Source: City of Burley Municipal Code 4-1-1 and 4-1-2, https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-1981 and https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-1987; Because Idaho Code Title 39 Chapter 41 legally supersedes any conflicting local ordinance for jurisdictions that administer their own permitting (as Burley does), the City of Burley Building Department is legally required to enforce the statewide-mandated 2018 IBC, 2018 IRC (Parts I-III and IX), and Idaho Energy Conservation Code with Idaho Building Code Board amendments in practice, notwithstanding the outdated municipal code text -- however, this record does NOT assert specific IBC/IRC/IECC edition-year local amendments (wind speed, snow load, seismic design category, frost depth, soil bearing) for Burley because no Burley-specific design-criteria page or ordinance stating those values was found (unlike Twin Falls' published Design Criteria pages). Confirm current enforced edition and any local design-criteria amendments directly with the Chief Building Official at (208) 647-7086 before relying on this field for design work.; City of Burley Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 5 (Electrical Code; Electrical Installations) requires an electrical permit for all wiring/apparatus/fixture installation, alteration, or addition, issued by the Superintendent of Light and Power (now administered via the Building Department's Electrical Inspector); Section 4-5-7 states electrical inspection fees are established by resolution of the Burley City Council (not fixed in the ordinance text itself) -- current fees are published on the City's Electrical Permit Worksheet (Fee Schedule) form. Source: City of Burley Municipal Code 4-5-5 (Permit Required; Application, Issuance) and 4-5-7 (Electrical Inspection Fees), https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-2234 and https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/burleyid/latest/burley_id/0-0-0-2242; The City of Burley Building Department (not the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, DOPL) issues and inspects electrical, plumbing, and HVAC/mechanical permits directly within city limits -- confirmed by the City's own dedicated Electrical Permit, Plumbing Permit, and HVAC Permit application/fee-worksheet forms (each listing a named City inspector and City-set fee schedule) and by Idaho DOPL's own Permits and Inspections page noting that 'the legislature has authorized several cities and counties to assume jurisdiction' for these trades, with jurisdiction 'varying widely' by locality. This is the same self-administered model as the City of Twin Falls, and differs from the City of Jerome model where DOPL administers those three trades. Source: City of Burley Electrical/Plumbing/HVAC Permit Worksheets (Fee Schedules), https://burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/506/Electrical-Permit-, https://burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/548/Plumbing-Permit-, https://burleyidaho.org/DocumentCenter/View/507/HVAC-Permit-; cross-checked against DOPL Permits and Inspections page, https://dopl.idaho.gov/plb/plb-permits-and-inspections/; The City of Burley Building Department (this record, serving property within Burley city limits) is a distinct permitting authority from the Cassia County Building & Zoning Department, which serves unincorporated Cassia County -- confirmed as physically co-located in Burley (Cassia County Courthouse, 1459 Overland Ave., Room 210, Burley, ID 83318; phone 208-878-7302; email bldgdept@cassia.gov) but operating a separate permit application, fee schedule, and jurisdiction from the City. Source: Cassia County Zoning and Building Contact page, https://www.cassia.gov/building-zoning-contact, cross-checked against City of Burley Building Department page, https://burleyidaho.org/157/Building-Department-Planning-Zoning. Local amendments apply — see the Burley overview page for the full list.
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