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Lakewood tightens rules for new gas stations and car washes, requires EV infrastructure in new builds
Summary
Council adopted ordinance restricting locations where new fueling stations and car washes may be built, setting minimum distances from existing stations and residential parcels and requiring EV chargers at new fueling sites; measure passed unanimously.
Lakewood City Council on Jan. 13 approved new rules that restrict where fueling stations and car washes can be built and add requirements for electric vehicle chargers at new fueling sites.
The ordinance, adopted on second reading by a unanimous 9-0 vote, narrows zoning where new stations are permitted, sets minimum separation from existing fueling stations, and creates buffer limits between new stations and residential parcels. City staff told the council that existing stations may change ownership without…
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