How to permit a home EV charger in Santee
Santee publishes a residential plug-in EV permitting checklist and takes every submittal through the Santee Permitting and Licensing Portal. Paper plans are no longer accepted.
Checked against the office's own website on October 12, 2026.
Santee at a glance
- Permit office
- City of Santee Building Division
- How to apply
- Santee Permitting and Licensing Portal
- What a house submits
- Per the city's residential plug-in EV checklist
- Inspection
- Requested through the city's inspection page
Step by step in Santee
Work through the residential checklist
Santee's Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Permitting Checklist for homes lists what to submit.
Submit through the portal
All submittals go through the Santee Permitting and Licensing Portal; paper plans aren't accepted.
Install and watch the schedule
Once the permit is issued and the charger is in, the portal's list of the day's inspections shows when yours is on the route.
Request the inspection
Use the Building Inspection request page linked from the city's Building page.
Questions: building@cityofsanteeca.gov or 619-258-4100 ext. 167.
Let us handle the permit
Our C-10 licensed, in-house team files the permit, books the inspection and meets the inspector, and the permit is part of the fixed price. Read about EV charger installation in Santee.
Sources: City of Santee residential plug-in EV checklist; City of Santee Building. Rules and fees change; the office's own pages have the final word.
Ready to charge at home?
Send a photo of your panel and where the car parks. We quote a fixed price and carry out the installation ourselves.
Prefer to talk? Call (619) 202-8501.