Chino Hills, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

7 to promote EV adoption by removing permitting obstacles for charging station installations while still protecting public health and safety. 030 directs the Building Official to run an expedited, streamlined permitting process and adopt a checklist of requirements for expedited review, drawing on the state's Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Permitting Checklist from the Governor's Office of Planning and Research's Zero-Emission Vehicles in California guidebook; the adopted checklist is posted on the city's website. 040, an applicant must first verify the installation will not have a specific, adverse impact on public health, safety or building occupants, covering electrical capacity and loads, wiring, bonding, overcurrent protection, and affected building infrastructure and parking areas; an application meeting the checklist is deemed complete and promptly processed, and the Building Official must accept electronic submittal and signatures.

050 bars the Building Official from conditioning approval on an association's sign-off, though a use permit can be required if substantial evidence shows a specific adverse safety impact. 060 sets the technical installation standard: charging equipment and wiring must meet the California Electrical Code's Article 625, Society of Automotive Engineers and NEMA standards, UL listing, Southern California Edison rules, and California Building or Residential Code anchorage requirements, and the load counts as a continuous load in electrical calculations.