At some point after the presentation of the “December 12, 2023” draft version of the General Plan, a new “Implementation Measure” was tacked on at the very end of the Resource Conservation and Management Element.

This is on PDF page 280 of the “May 14, 2024” draft version. (Highlighting added.)

Note that this is an Implementation Measure. It is not an immediate policy. The time-frame is shown as Year 1.

AQ-6 EV Charging Infrastructure Ordinance
The City shall include a policy in the General Plan 2045 to prepare and pass electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure ordinance requiring, at a minimum, implementation of 2022 Title 24 Part 11 (CALGreen Code) Voluntary Tier 2 EV Charging Infrastructure for residential and non-residential development. The City shall review and update ordinance on a triennial basis, consistent with the CALGreen Code’s update schedule, to reflect updates to the CALGreen Code Voluntary Tier 2 measures.

The requirements are for EV Capable parking locations — meaning the electrical conduit must be in place, and the electrical circuitry must be large enough to take on the electrical load. The circuitry in the building must reserve 40 amps at 208/240 volts per required space.

The quantity needed is based on the number of parking spaces. The EV Capable requirements are 10% as a mandatory minimum, and 35% as a voluntary minimum, for those volunteers who want to really go green. Numbers seem to be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

For us here in Arcata, with the Gateway Area Plan, how does this play out?

In the Gateway area, there is no minimum requirement for parking. So there could also be zero EV chargers.

For non-residential buildings with less than 10 parking spaces, zero (none) EV capable spaces are required.

Commissioner Peter Lehman has brought up the requirement for a certain number of required EV chargers. 
Commissioner Lehman:  Please continue to pursue this.

There are many articles and papers on the Internet that try to explain the ins and outs of the 2022 regulations.

This is the best I’ve found so far. The regulations are not simple, and this does a good job of simplifying things. Here is the pertinent table, from Page 4.

If you want to dive deeper into just what the “2022 Title 24 Part 11 (CALGreen Code) Voluntary Tier 2 EV Charging Infrastructure for residential and non-residential development” says, I can recommend these article from Cal Green Energy Services: 2022 CalGreen Tier 1 and 2 EV Requirements for Voluntary requirements, and 2022 CalGreen EV Charging Requirements for mandatory requirements.

Or here, for a straightforward and dry 70-page document on the charger requirements.