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In order to help ensure that residential rooftop solar systems do not have adverse impacts upon the public health or safety, and to help expedite city inspection and approval of proposed residential solar systems, prior to submitting an application, the applicant shall:

A. Verify to applicant’s reasonable satisfaction through the use of standard engineering techniques that the support structure for the small residential rooftop solar system is stable and adequate to transfer all wind, seismic, and dead and live loads associated with the system to the building foundation; and

B. At the applicant’s cost, verify to the applicant’s reasonable satisfaction using standard electrical inspection techniques that the existing residential electrical system including line, load, ground and bonding conductors as well as the main panel and any subpanels are adequately sized, based on the electrical system’s current use, to carry all new photovoltaic electrical loads.

(Ord. 2549 NCS §1 (part), 2015.)