Solar Panel Cleaning in Fairfax, VA

Panel cleaning for City of Fairfax homes and businesses starts at our Sterling office, where the crews are dispatched. Deionized water and soft brushes handle the glass. Eco-friendly products are part of it, pressure is not, and no one stands on the panels. Commercial arrays are included, and each estimate is free and on site.

Call (703) 723-7770 for a free on-site estimate.

The City’s checklist for putting panels on a roof

The City of Fairfax publishes a Solar Installations Checklist, updated 9/24/25, for anyone who wants panels on a roof in the City. It lists a Building Permit, a Zoning Permit, “BAR Approval” where required, the Dominion Net Metering notification (Form NMIN), an Electrical Permit, building and trade inspections, and a Dominion Energy inspection. That is the City’s paperwork for installing panels. It is a separate matter from cleaning them once they are up.

Which roofs need architectural review

The checklist ties architectural review to the kind of property. A Certificate of Appropriateness is required for commercial solar installations and for installations on multifamily residential buildings whenever the solar components are visible from public spaces, such as roadways, parks or plazas. For houses, the checklist says residential installations need this approval only if they are in a Historic Overlay District. So a house outside the district does not fall under the review the checklist describes, while a commercial or multifamily building may.

A tax exemption for the equipment

The City also runs a real-estate tax exemption for solar equipment, open to both residential and commercial property owners. Qualifying equipment earns the exemption for 10 years, it took effect January 1, 2022, and installations completed before that date are not eligible. There is no cost to apply, and photovoltaic systems are among those that qualify. Those are the terms on the City’s page as we read it.

In Old Town, where panels may go

Inside the Old Town Fairfax Historic Overlay District, the roof guidelines say to put solar collectors, TV dishes and other antennae on less visible locations of the roof. A separate guideline says solar photovoltaic equipment should preferably be in areas with limited visibility, and should not harm the building’s structure or the district’s visual character. Those two guidelines apply in the historic district only, and they concern where panels are placed.

Call (703) 723-7770 for a free on-site estimate in Fairfax, or request one online.

Where we clean in the City of Fairfax

We clean panels throughout the City of Fairfax. Fairfax County is a separate government that surrounds the City, which the Census Bureau treats as a county-equivalent of its own.

Questions from City of Fairfax customers

Do I need architectural review to install panels in the City?
The City’s checklist requires a Certificate of Appropriateness for commercial or multifamily buildings where the panels are visible from public spaces, and for houses inside a Historic Overlay District.

Are your crews insured?
Yes. Those crews are our own employees. Both workers’ compensation and general liability apply to them, and a certificate of insurance is available upon request.

Clearly Amazing — Northern Virginia
43676 Trade Center Place, Suite 140, Sterling, VA 20166
(703) 723-7770

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