The question was never about if permits were pullled, the issue was is about wether or not the city would allow owner builder to do the install with proper permitting. Nobody should do grid tie without the proper permit. And probably not roof mounted either. Ground mounts that do not connect to grid...city/state should mind its own business about that.
Here is what I found for Utah State Law - From what it says here 1(d) "sole owners" are exempt from being required for any licensing. I think this also goes for most states.
58-55-305 Exemptions from licensure.
(1) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in acts or practices included within the practice of construction trades, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without being licensed under this chapter:
(a) an authorized representative of the United States government or an authorized employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions when working on construction work of the state or the subdivision, and when acting within the terms of the person's trust, office, or employment;
(b) a person engaged in construction or operation incidental to the construction and repair of irrigation and drainage ditches of regularly constituted irrigation districts, reclamation districts, and drainage districts or construction and repair relating to farming, dairying, agriculture, livestock or poultry raising, metal and coal mining, quarries, sand and gravel excavations, well drilling, as defined in Section 73-3-25, hauling to and from construction sites, and lumbering;
(c) public utilities operating under the rules of the Public Service Commission on work incidental to their own business;
(d) sole owners of property engaged in building:
(i) no more than one residential structure per year and no more than three residential structures per five years on their property for their own noncommercial, nonpublic use; except, a person other than the property owner or individuals described in Subsection (1)(e), who engages in building the structure must be licensed under this chapter if the person is otherwise required to be licensed under this chapter; or
(ii) structures on their property for their own noncommercial, nonpublic use which are incidental to a residential structure on the property, including sheds, carports, or detached garages;
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