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Planning Commission recommends Ripon City Council adopt zoning amendment to streamline EV charging permits

6489275 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

The Ripon Planning Commission recommended that the city council adopt an ordinance (chapter 16.218) to implement state-mandated streamlined, ministerial review for qualifying electric-vehicle charging stations; the commission voted 4-1 to forward the ordinance.

The Ripon Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Ripon City Council adopt a zoning text amendment to implement state-required streamlining for electric-vehicle charging station permits. The proposed ordinance (TAZ25-126) would establish chapter 16.218 and require ministerial (non‑discretionary) review and an application checklist for qualifying EV charging installations.

City staff said recent California legislation requires local jurisdictions to provide streamlined, ministerial permitting for qualifying EV charging stations and staff drafted the ordinance to comply with state law while "continu[ing] to safeguard Ripon's…

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