§ 10.56.050. Application review.

A.

The applicant may submit the application and related documentation for an electric vehicle charging station by electronic submittal, with all required permit processing and inspection fees, as specified on the county website. Electronic signatures shall be accepted by the building and safety department on all electronic submittals in lieu of a wet signature.

B.

An application for an electric vehicle charging station shall be deemed complete when the building and safety department staff determines that the application satisfies all the information requirements in the checklist and standard plans.

C.

If an application is deemed incomplete, a written correction notice detailing all deficiencies in the application and any additional information or documentation required to be eligible for expedited permit issuance shall be sent to the applicant for resubmission.

D.

Applications for electric vehicle charging stations shall be administratively reviewed and acted upon by the director as nondiscretionary permits within in a reasonable time following receipt of a complete application that meets the requirements of the county's approved checklist, standards plans, and payment of all required permit processing and inspection fees. The director's review shall be limited to whether the proposed electric vehicle charging station meets all health and safety requirements of local, state, and federal law. The requirements of local law shall be limited to those standards and regulations necessary to ensure that the electric vehicle charging station will not have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health and safety.

E.

The director may require the applicant to apply for a plot plan pursuant to section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348 and all provisions of sections 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348 shall apply if the Director finds, based on substantial evidence, that the proposed electric vehicle charging station could have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety.

1.

If a plot plan is required, the application for the plot plan may be denied if the appropriate authority as designed in Ordinance No. 348 makes written findings based upon substantial evidence that the proposed installation of the electric vehicle charging station would have a specific, adverse impact and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact. A "feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact" includes, but is not limited to, any cost-effective method, condition, or mitigation imposed by the county on another similarly situated application in a prior successful application for a permit. The findings for denial shall include the basis for the rejection of potential feasible alternatives of preventing the adverse impact. Such decision may be appealed to the planning commission consistent with Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348.

2.

Any condition imposed on a plot plan for the electric vehicle charging station shall be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact upon the public health and safety at the lowest possible cost.

F.

Approval of an application for an electric vehicle charging station shall not be based or conditioned on the approval of an association, as defined in section 4080 of the Civil Code.

(Ord. No. 931, § 5, 9-26-2016)