Thousand Oaks, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential permit turnaround
- 1 business day for a complete application
- Commercial permit turnaround
- 10 business days for a complete application
- Denial basis
- Only for a specific, evidence-based health/safety impact with no feasible fix
- Appeal path
- Planning Commission, per Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 18
Summary
Thousand Oaks must approve EV charging station permits ministerially and quickly, residential permits within one business day and commercial permits within ten business days, unless the City finds a specific, documented health or safety impact with no feasible fix.
Section 65850.7 of the California Government Code provides that EV charging stations shall be approved ministerially through a nondiscretionary building permit unless the City makes a finding, based on substantial evidence, that the EV charging station would have a specific, adverse impact on public health or safety, and there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse, impact. ... completed applications meeting all checklist requirements shall require residential permits to be issued within one business day, and commercial permits to be issued within ten business days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-78: 2026 S-78 Supplement contains: Current city legislation passed through March 31, 2026).
Full Breakdown
This implements state Government Code § 65850.7. The Building Official maintains a published checklist of requirements; an application meeting the checklist is deemed complete and must be approved administratively, without requiring discretionary review, unless the City can point to substantial evidence of a specific adverse health/safety impact that can't be feasibly mitigated (in which case a discretionary use permit may be required instead). Applicants must first verify electrical capacity, wiring, and equipment placement won't cause such an impact. Denials can be appealed to the Planning Commission, and under state law the City cannot condition approval on a homeowners association's separate sign-off.
Violations & Fines
This section is a permitting-facilitation rule rather than a prohibition; installing a charging station without going through permitting at all would instead be enforced as an unpermitted electrical work violation under the Building/Electrical Code (§ 8-1.23).
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