Electric vehicles are increasing in popularity, and some car manufactures are switching to all electric offerings in the near future. For the benefit of residents, the City proposes a text amendment to require new residential buildings constructed after passage of the ordinance to accommodate these vehicles and the infrastructure needed to charge them.
The following summarizes the proposed text amendments the to the City of Oakland Park Land Development Code:
1. New single-family, two-family and townhouse residential: shall provide all necessary infrastructure for one (1) electric vehicle station per residential unit at the time of construction of the residential units. Required infrastructure shall include the electric wiring, conduit, receptacle and circuit breakers necessary to readily accommodate future installation. Wiring, conduit, and receptible shall be installed up to the point where the charging station will be located.
2. New multi-family and mixed-use residential: (excluding two-family and townhouse residential) shall install electric vehicle charging infrastructure and charging station(s) equipment within the project at the rate of five (5) percent of the total number of required residential parking spaces as approved by the Development Review Committee. If five (5) percent calculates to less than one, at least one electric vehicle charging station shall be installed for the assigned spaces and one for the unassigned spaces.
The 5% for multi-family was based on a review of peer cities including the City of Wilton Manors which requires 5% for multi-family.
3. Additional requirements: provide for signage, defining the calculation of the number of parking spaces required to comply with this ordinance, and implementation information.