Compton, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Ordinance
- Added 6-23-2026 by Ord. No. 2369
- Default approval
- Ministerial unless specific adverse health/safety impact found
- Appeal body
- Planning Commission, health/safety issues only
- HOA approval
- Cannot be required as a condition
- Fees
- Set by City Council resolution
Summary
Compton must approve electric vehicle charging station permits ministerially unless the Building Official finds a specific, adverse health or safety impact, following the state-mandated expedited process under a June 2026 ordinance that also protects existing parking spaces.
This section applies to applications for expedited building permits for electric vehicle charging stations consistent with California Government Code Sections 65850.7 and 65850.71. ... A complete application shall be approved ministerially unless the building official finds, based on substantial evidence, that the proposed installation would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4952997; v15 updated 2026-07-14; through 07-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code § 15-27, added by Ordinance No. 3, the Building Official must publish a checklist substantially conforming to the state Governor's Office of Planning and Research's model checklist; applicants may submit in person, by mail, or electronically with electronic signatures, and an application meeting the checklist is deemed complete. An incomplete application triggers a written correction notice identifying the deficiencies. ' If the Building Official makes that finding, the applicant may instead be required to obtain an electric vehicle charging station use permit, and any denial must include written findings on the record, limited strictly to health and safety, that cannot be mitigated; aesthetic objections may not be considered.
A denial or use-permit decision can be appealed to the Planning Commission, whose review is likewise limited to health and safety. 5 bars the Building Official from conditioning approval on any homeowners' association sign-off, referencing Civil Code § 4080. 3(l) requires the City to reduce that use's required parking count by the amount needed to accommodate the station.
Violations & Fines
Section 15-27 does not set a separate fine schedule; a station installed without the required expedited or use permit is enforced through the general Chapter 15 construction-code penalty provisions, § 15-24, which make unpermitted work a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000, imprisonment up to six months, or both, with an administrative citation available as an alternative and each day of violation a separate offense.
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