Yuba County Municipal Code Art. 4 Additional Provisions

The duties and powers contained in this Chapter are cumulative to the powers and duties already vested to the Building Official in Title X of the Yuba County Ordinance Code.

(1) The Building Official may establish a process to prioritize competing applications for expedited permit review, including but not limited to electric vehicle charging stations, small residential rooftop solar energy systems, wireless telecommunication co-location facilities, and accessory and junior accessory dwelling units.

(2) 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 County may require the applicant to apply for a use permit.

(3) The Building Official may withhold issuance of the permit or authorization if there is a violation on record for the parcel, or any structure associated with the application under review.

(4) If the Building Official determines that the EVC Station requires an additional permit(s) for development, the issuance of the building permit for the EVC Station shall not be interpreted or construed to be an approval for any other governmental agency or department's permit requirements.

(5) The Building Official shall not condition approval for any electric vehicle charging station permit on the approval of an electric vehicle charging station by an association, as that term is defined in Civil Code section 4080.

(6) The department responsible for Use Permits shall not deny an application for a Use Permit to install an EVC Station unless it makes written findings based upon substantial evidence in the record that the proposed installation would have a specific adverse impact upon the public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific adverse impact.

(7) The findings shall include the basis for the rejection of potential feasible alternatives of preventing the adverse impact.

(8) Any conditions imposed on an application to install an electric vehicle charging station shall be designed to mitigate the specific adverse impact upon the public health or safety at the lowest cost possible.

(9) The Building Official's decision pursuant to Sections 10.12.330A, 10.12.330B, or 10.12.400B above may be appealed to the Planning Commission in accordance with the procedures set forth in Title XI of the Yuba County Ordinance Code. The Planning Commission's decision shall be final.

(Ord. No. 1614)