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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes June 17, 2025 Page 3 1 Also provided for Commission consideration were the Public Hearing Notice and the Draft 2 Ordinance. 4 Commissioner Erickson asked if customers pay to charge their vehicles. Mr. Grittman stated that 5 most commercial installations do require payment electronically. There are some businesses that have 6 installed these and provided them to their employees for a lesser cost or no cost. Commissioner 7 Erickson asked if the cost charged is enough to offset the expense. Mr. Grittman stated that it is up to 8 the owner of the unit how much they charge. 9 10 Commissioner Corneille asked if the proposed ordinance requires single-family homes, and Mr. 11 Grittman stated it is only required for multi -family units that have more than 10 parking spaces. 12 Commissioner Corneille asked if that is required for government -owned facilities. Mr. Grittman 13 stated it would apply at the time the parking lot was redone. Commissioner Corneille stated that if 14 this were a commercial business, there would be people requesting permits to install chargers to make 15 money. The requirement will be approximately 2.5% of parking spaces. Commissioner Corneille 16 asked if this is solving a problem today or in the future. 17 18 Commissioner Mayne stated he has driven an EV vehicle for 7 years. He wonders why this includes 19 commercial facilities. He is more interested in the residential component. He asked how often 20 ordinances come before the Commission that are soon to be superseded by the State. Mr. Grittman 21 stated the City's approach to this is to dip their toe in the water. If the State implements something, 22 the City will follow. We do not know for sure if the State is headed in this direction. The ordinance 23 will become obsolete when the demand increases. Assistant City Manager stated this also included in 24 the Climate Action Plan. 25 26 Chair Socha stated she finds it interesting that this is coming before the State Legislature. 27 Commissioner Mayne stated it passed through the State Legislature two years ago and is now under 28 review by the Department of Labor and Industry. Commissioner Mayne noted that St. Paul passed a 29 parking lot ordinance like this. Minneapolis passed a building code ordinance that was overruled 30 because it conflicted with the MN Code. 31 32 Chair Socha commented that she is also an EV owner, and she is generally in favor of encouraging 33 EV driving as it is good for the environment and overall. By having charging stations available, they 34 are encouraging EV ownership. Commissioner Mayne noted it is MN Statute 326B.106.1) 16, passed 35 in 2013. He is most hung up on the commercial requirement. He does not believe EV owners would 36 charge in the parking lot of a store they are shopping at. Chair Socha read the Statute and noted that 37 the Statute pertains to commercial and multi -family residential. 38 39 Commissioner Erickson stated he would be in favor of anything encouraging adoption. A statewide 40 adoption would level the playing field, and there would be no disadvantage for St. Anthony requiring 41 this for commercial properties. He is not sure if this would help attract businesses to St. Anthony as it 42 is an additional expense. He would support the residential requirements, but has some questions and 43 concerns about commercial. 44 45 Chair Socha stated they can require more than the State Code but not less than the State Code. She 46 asked if there was consistency between the building code and this code. EV technology is changing, 47