Why Should Your Home or Business Invest In Electric Vehicle Charging Stations?
EV PLANNING & POLICY TOOLS
These tools can lower the cost and streamline the administrative process. Planning and policy tools can also be used to set design standards.
This simplifies installations for both municipalities and ensures safe installation and operation of EV charging stations.
Preliminary steps to ensure EV charging deployment is not restricted
Allow− Define EV and EV charging stations in local planning and land use contexts − List EV charging stations in Zoning Use Tables − Review zoning ordinances to ensure EV charging stations are permitted in logical locations
Incentivize − Add incentive zoning: EV charging station pre-wiring or installation in exchange for a developer incentive (fewer required parking spaces, or density bonus, for example).
Require − Restrict, permit, or require EV charging infrastructure based on zoning districts − Establish minimum number and type (level) of EV charging stations
EV infrastructure significantly increases adoption rate
Allow − Set high-level design, accessibility and parking enforcement criteria − Provide information to municipal inspectors and staff on EV requirements − Standardize EV charging station permitting procedures − Lower EV charging station permitting costs
Require − Require conduit in new parking lot projects − Equip new residential, commercial, and multifamily structures with infrastructure to be EV-Ready − Set numerical or percentage-based goals or limits for EV charging stations in new construction − Establish standards for safety of EV charging stations
Support for EV drivers to charge ensures successful implementation
Incentivize − Provide preferential parking spots for EV drivers
Regulate − Use standardized signage to mark EV-only spots − Enforce fees when non-EVs occupy EV-only spots
Incentives support EV charging station installations and encouraging EV use
Incentivize − Work closely with private or quasi-public partners to install public access infrastructure − Utilize discounts, incentives & programs for public and private entities to: purchase EVs, install EV charging stations, and promote EV adoption
Regulate − Enforcing EV-only spaces requires partnership with EVSE hosts and potentially local law enforcement
Partner − Utilities: EVSE installations and customer outreach − Employers: workplace charging and employee outreach or incentives − Car dealers: demonstrations, outreach/advertising, and bulk purchasing
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