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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 Page 2 1 Roseville and New Brighton, with some modification to those regulations based on feedback from the 2 Council and PEC. 4 The City's Goal Setting activities over the past few years have included specific emphasis on 5 Sustainability measures, including accommodation of electric vehicle infrastructure. For private 6 development, there is no current requirement for electric vehicle charging, nor are there any 7 incentives identified in the Code. To further the City's Sustainability objectives in this regard, the 8 ordinance proposed is designed to set a basic minimum requirement for charging infrastructure for 9 new parking lots and any existing parking lots that are undergoing significant renovation. 10 11 Parking areas that are subject to maintenance projects, including sealcoating and/or mill -and -overlay 12 projects, would be exempt from the requirements. 13 14 The proposed ordinance would be added to the existing Parking section of the Code (§ 154.179). The 15 language in the proposed ordinance closely mirrors the standards used by both Roseville and New 16 Brighton, with one addition based on feedback from the PEC. That addition is to lower the threshold 17 for Level 1 charger installation to parking lots of 10-29 spaces. In New Brighton and Roseville, no 18 requirement is made for projects of less than 29 spaces under their current code. Level 1 charging is 19 accomplished with an inline charging unit and cable from a common 110 Volt/15 Amp "household" 20 circuit. Installed costs are generally $500 - $1,000. 21 22 For comparison, Level 2 chargers require an additional power supply, and installed costs are 23 generally in the $5,000 range. Level 3 chargers ("Fast" or "Superchargers") will commonly cost more 24 than $100,000 to install and usually require additional transformer infrastructure. It is common, 25 although not required, for these chargers to be constructed in pairs. 26 27 Parking lots with 10 spaces for residential projects would typically accommodate 4-5 clustered units. 28 For commercial parking, a 10-space parking lot would be required for a 2,500-square-foot building. 29 Parking lots of 30 spaces would correlate to a residential project of approximately 20 units, or a 30 commercial project of approximately 8,000 square feet. 31 32 Based on a previous recommendation from the PEC, the proposed ordinance includes a timing waiver 33 of up to two years if an applicant installs infrastructure that can support Level 3 charging at the time 34 of parking lot construction. The waiver would apply to the facilities charger and could be deferred for 35 two years by the development contract. 36 37 The proposed ordinance creates a baseline for EV charging and generally reflects the requirements 38 currently in place in neighboring communities. Staff recommends approval of the ordinance to reflect 39 a portion of the City's Sustainability goals. 40 41 The Planning Commission may choose to recommend adoption of the ordinance as proposed, make 42 changes as a part of a recommendation, or recommend denial. If there are specific questions or 43 additional research that staff can provide answers for, the Commission may consider tabling the 44 action to a future meeting. 45