Ventura County has no separate EV-parking ordinance in its zoning or traffic code. EV charging infrastructure for new construction in the unincorporated county is set by the statewide California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen, Title 24, Part 11), which mandates EV-capable and EV-ready parking spaces in new residential and nonresidential projects.
The Ventura County Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance and Traffic Ordinance do not contain a dedicated electric-vehicle-charging or EV-parking-space ordinance for the unincorporated county. Instead, EV charging requirements come from state law adopted as part of the County's building code: the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), Title 24, Part 11, which the County applies to new construction. Under CALGreen, new one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses must be provided with EV-ready or EV-capable parking, and larger projects must provide a share of spaces as EV-capable, EV-ready, or with installed Level 2 chargers (for example, multifamily projects must dedicate percentages of parking to EV-ready and EV-capable spaces). Nonresidential new construction must make a portion of parking spaces EV-capable. Because these are statewide mandatory measures updated each code cycle, the exact percentages depend on the CALGreen edition in effect when the permit is issued. The County administers EV charging station permits through its building and Resource Management Agency processes rather than through a unique parking ordinance. For protections on use of EV charging spaces and signage, California Vehicle Code and state law (rather than a County ordinance) generally control.
Because the requirements are building-code based, the relevant compliance issue is failing to provide required EV-capable or EV-ready spaces in a new construction project, which is enforced at plan check and inspection under CALGreen as adopted by the County, not through a parking citation.
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