16.23.060 - Permit review requirements.
A. The Building Official shall implement an administrative review process to expedite approval of electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen fueling stations. Where the application meets the requirements of the approved checklist and standards and there are no specific, adverse impacts upon public health or safety, the Building and Safety Division shall complete the building permit approval process, which is nondiscretionary. Review of the application for electric vehicle charging stations shall be limited to the Building Official's review of whether the application meets local, state, and federal health and safety requirements.
B. If a permit application is deemed incomplete, a written correction notice detailing all deficiencies in the permit application and any additional information or documentation required to be eligible for expedited permit issuance shall be sent to the applicant for resubmission.
C. The Building Official may require an applicant to apply for a special use permit if the official finds, based on substantial evidence, that the electric vehicle charging station and hydrogen fueling station could have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health and safety. Such decisions may be appealed to the City Planning Commission in accordance with the procedures in Chapter 16.680.
D. If a use permit is required, the City may only deny such application if it 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 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 City Planning Commission in accordance with the procedures in Chapter 19.680.
E. Any condition imposed on an application shall be designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact upon health and safety at the lowest possible cost.
F. 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 city on another similarly situated application in a prior successful application for a permit.
(Ord. 7748, § 47, 2025; Ord. 7348 §1, 2016)
