15.63.020   Definitions.
   As used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this part, unless the context in which they are used clearly requires otherwise. If a term or phrase is not defined in this part, or elsewhere in this code, the most common dictionary definition is presumed to be correct.
   A.   "Application Checklist" means that checklist with the application requirements of the city for charging stations which is in substantial conformance with that checklist contained in the most current version of the "Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Permitting Checklist" of the "Zero-Emission Vehicles in California: Community Readiness Guidebook" published by the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. The city's adopted checklist shall be published on the city's website and updated as required.
   B.   "Building Official" means the Building Official of the City of Murrieta or the person designated by the Building Official as the person responsible for administering the provisions of this chapter.
   C.   "Charging Station Permit" means a permit for an electric vehicle charging station issued administratively by the Building Official.
   D.   "Electric vehicle charging station" or "charging station" means any level of electric vehicle supply equipment station that is designed and built in compliance with Article 625 of the California Electrical Code, as it reads on the effective date of this chapter, and delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into a plug-in electric vehicle.
   E.   "Electronic submittal" means the utilization of one or more of the following:
      1.   Electronic mail or email.
      2.   The internet.
      3.   Facsimile.
   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 a city, county, or city and county on another similarly situated application in a prior successful application for a permit.
   G.   "Specific, adverse impact" means a significant, quantifiable, direct, and unavoidable impact, based on objective, identified, and written public health or safety standards, policies, or conditions as they existed on the date the application was deemed complete. (Ord. 554-19 § 2, 2019)