Leon County Commissioners want to make it easier for residents to own and drive electric vehicles. The board is scheduled to consider a proposed “Electric Vehicle Ready” ordinance Tuesday evening.
The new rule would incentivize certain new developments to install the needed infrastructure for electric vehicle charging stations. The change would apply to townhomes with at least three units, multi-family housing when the units will share a common parking area, and commercial developments. The number of spots will depend on the property size and classification.
Commissioner Rick Minor says he thinks that’s something officials could expand in the future.
“The thing that we can hope for is that in three to four years these thresholds might be too low, that we can come back and up these thresholds because the market of EVs is much greater than it is now," Minor says.
The ordinance change would not apply to single-family homes.
Officials say passing an electric vehicle ordinance could help the county pull down federal grant dollars.
