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Council exempts hospital from EV REACH rules, approves second reading of code amendment
Summary
On second reading the council amended the city's EV REACH code to exempt alteration projects in the Hospital Overlay District from certain EV readiness requirements; council found the amendment exempt from CEQA and approved unanimously.
The Goleta City Council enacted an amendment to its EV REACH code to exempt alteration projects in the city’s Hospital Overlay District from electric-vehicle readiness requirements when hospitals renovate.
Staff said the amendment implements council direction given when the EV REACH code was adopted and that Cottage Health’s hospital contacts supported the exception. The ordinance explicitly amends Title 15, Chapter…
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