Hanford, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

A search of the Kings County Code of Ordinances does not reveal a County-specific ordinance dedicated to electric-vehicle charging or to reserved EV-charging parking spaces. Installing an EV charger at a home or business in the unincorporated area is handled as an electrical/building permit through the Kings County Community Development Agency, which administers the County's adopted building codes (the California Building Standards Code, including the California Electrical Code and CALGreen). California has streamlined EV-charging-station permitting requirements that apply to counties, so the County reviews charger installations under those state-driven standards rather than a local parking ordinance. For the use of designated EV-charging parking stalls, the governing law is California Vehicle Code section 22511, which restricts parking in spaces designated for electric vehicle charging to vehicles that are connected for charging, and allows removal of vehicles that block those stalls. Because the County has not layered a local rule on top, residents and businesses should look to the building-permit process for installation and to CVC 22511 for the right to use and protect marked charging stalls. New developments' charging-space provision is also shaped by CALGreen requirements applied at plan check.