(a) Upon confirmation that the application is complete, the Building Official shall review the application to ensure the electric vehicle charging station meets local, State, and Federal health and safety requirements.
(b) If the Building Official makes a finding, based on substantial evidence, that the electric vehicle charging station could have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety, the Building Official may require the applicant to apply for a use permit and impose conditions designed to mitigate the specific, adverse impact at the lowest cost possible.
(c) If the Building Official makes written findings based upon substantial evidence that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact for which there is no feasible method for satisfactory mitigation or avoidance, the permit application may be denied.
(d) The decision of the Building Official pursuant to Subdivisions (b) and (c) may be appealed to the Planning Commission.
(e) Absent any specific, adverse impact findings pursuant to Subdivision (b) or (c), the Building Official shall administratively approve the application and issue the permit.
(f) Approval of an electric vehicle charging station permit application shall not be based on or conditioned on the approval of an association, as defined in § 4080 of the Civil Code.
(Ord. 4310, passed - -2016)