Menifee, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- MMC § 8.24.010
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 2022-350, passed 9-21-2022
- Small project review
- 5 days complete, 20 days decide (1-25 stations)
- Large project review
- 10 days complete, 40 days decide (26+ stations)
- Permitting department
- City of Menifee Building Division
- HOA approval
- Not required for city permit
Summary
Menifee's Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit Expediting Ordinance, Municipal Code Section 8.24.010, sets fixed review clocks for charging station permits: five business days to check completeness and 20 to decide on projects with up to 25 stations, doubling to ten and 40 days for 26 or more stations. Denials require written findings of a specific safety impact, and an HOA cannot block city approval.
(C)(2) For projects with one to 25 stations at a single site, applications must be reviewed for completeness within five business days and approved/denied within 20 business days. For projects with 26 or more stations at a single site, applications must be reviewed for completeness within ten business days and approved/denied within 40 business days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
010 creates a Building Division permitting track for any "electric vehicle charging station" built to Article 625 of the California Electrical Code. Applications go to the Building Division in person, by mail, or electronically, together with processing and inspection fees; the Building Official confirms completeness against the City's adopted checklist and, once complete, the Building Division must approve the application and issue all required permits. Subsection (C)(2) sets the review timelines: for one to 25 stations at a single site, the City must confirm completeness within five business days and approve or deny within 20 business days; for 26 or more stations at one site, those clocks stretch to ten and 40 business days.
7; the Building Official can require a conditional use permit only on substantial evidence of a specific, adverse safety impact, and any denial must include written findings that no feasible mitigation exists. Subsection (G) allows the required inspections to be consolidated and completed in a timely manner, with a follow-up inspection authorized if the system fails. Subsection (H) bars the City from conditioning a charging station permit on approval by a homeowners' association as defined in Civil Code Section 4080. 150 and, from there, to the City Council under Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code.
Violations & Fines
The section does not set a separate fine schedule; it instead binds the City's own process. A denial must rest on written findings, under subsection (F)(3), that the installation would have a specific, adverse safety impact with no feasible mitigation, and that decision can be appealed to the Planning Commission and then the City Council if the applicant disputes it.
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