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A. The City shall adopt a checklist of all requirements with which electrical vehicle charging stations shall comply to be eligible for expedited review. The Chief Building Official is hereby authorized and directed to develop and adopt such checklist.

B. The checklist shall be published on the City’s Internet website. The applicant may submit the permit application and associated documentation to the City’s Building Division by personal, mailed, or electronic submittal together with any required permit processing and inspection fees. In the case of electronic submittal, the electronic signature of the applicant on all forms, applications and other documentation may be used in lieu of a wet signature.

C. Prior to submitting an application, the applicant shall verify that the installation of an electric vehicle charging station will not have a specific, adverse impact to public health and safety and building occupants. Verification by the applicant includes but is not limited to: electrical system capacity and loads; electrical system wiring, bonding and overcurrent protection; building infrastructure affected by charging station equipment and associated conduits; areas of charging station equipment and vehicle parking.

D. An application that satisfies the information requirements in the checklist, as determined by the Chief Building Official, shall be deemed complete. Upon receipt of an incomplete application, the Chief Building Official shall issue a written correction notice detailing all deficiencies in the application and any additional information required to be eligible for expedited permit issuance.

E. Upon confirmation by the Chief Building Official of the application and supporting documentation being complete and meeting the requirements of the checklist, the Chief Building Official shall administratively approve the application and issue all required permits or authorizations. Such approval does not authorize an applicant to connect the electrical vehicle charging station to the local utility provider’s electricity grid. The applicant is responsible for obtaining such approval or permission from the local utility provider.

F. The Chief Building Official may require an applicant to apply for a use permit if the Chief Building Official finds, based on substantial evidence, that the electric vehicle charging station could have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health and safety. Applications for use permits for vehicle charging stations shall be made on forms provided by the City and shall contain information as required by the Chief Building Official to assist in making a determination. Applications for use permits may also provide potential alternatives for preventing adverse impact. If a use permit is required, the Chief Building Official may deny an application only if the Chief Building Official makes written findings based upon substantial evidence in the record that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health or safety and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid, as defined, the adverse impact. Such findings shall include the basis for the rejection of the potential feasible alternative for preventing the adverse impact. Such decisions may be appealed to the Planning Commission. Terms in this section not defined in this chapter shall have the same meaning as such terms in Government Code Section 65850.5.

G. Only one (1) inspection shall be required, which shall be done in a timely manner and may include a consolidated inspection by the Chief Building Official. If an electric vehicle charging station fails inspection, a subsequent inspection is authorized and need not conform to the requirements of this subsection.

H. No approval by a homeowner’s association, as defined in Section 4080 of the Civil Code, shall be required for construction of an electric vehicle charging station that is located on private property and outside of restricted common areas. (Ord. 1069 § 5, 2023; Ord. 1027 § 1, 2018)