A. The City’s Building and Safety Division shall develop a checklist of all requirements which small residential rooftop solar energy systems shall comply with to be eligible for expedited review.

B. The small residential rooftop solar system permit process and checklist(s) shall substantially conform to recommendations for expedited permitting, including the checklist and standard plans, contained in the most current version of the California Solar Permitting Guidebook adopted by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.

C. All documents required for the submission of an expedited solar energy system application shall be made available on the City’s website.

D. Electronic submittal of the required permit application and documents shall be made available to all applicants for small residential rooftop solar energy system permits.

E. In the case of electronic submittal, an applicant’s electronic signature shall be accepted on all forms, applications, and other documents in lieu of a wet signature. For purposes of this Section, the City will accept as an electronic signature an electronic copy, such as a facsimile image or an electronic image (such as a PDF), of an applicant’s written signature. (Ord. 7415-NS § 1 (part), 2015)