Walmart representatives and engineering consultants presented plans Nov. 5 to install DC fast-charging stations at the Colleyville grocery store at 4904 Colleyville Boulevard. The council held a first reading and public hearing on a special-use permit (ordinance 025-2355) required under the city's amended land development code.

Eric John, project lead with Kimley-Horn, said the proposal would convert two rows of parking near the store front into electric-vehicle charging stalls. The project includes four dual-port fast chargers (each unit serving two stalls), for the ability to charge up to eight vehicles at once. John said the chargers will be DC fast chargers intended for customers to charge during a 15-to-20-minute shopping stop. The project includes a transformer and switchgear coordinated with the utility (Encore) and Walmart will provide onsite power infrastructure.

"These will be DC fast chargers," John said. "We have coordinated with Encore to provide a transformer and Walmart will provide the switchboard to power the four charging stations." The applicant added that the store will provide signage and will improve landscaping in adjacent parking islands to offset the change in parking layout.

Council members asked operational questions: whether the location would displace required accessible (ADA) stalls (applicants said no; the design adds compliant ADA EV stall signage and maintains accessible spaces), how the stations would be paid for (Walmart indicated payment would be via the Walmart app or QR-code system), and what the electrical load would be. The applicant said they coordinated with Encore and were planning for a substantial service upgrade; one engineer cited a planned service on the order of multiple thousand amps to serve the chargers and related equipment. Staff confirmed the proposal complies with recently adopted EV-charging regulations and that Planning & Zoning recommended approval (7'00).

The public hearing drew a single comment from a resident who asked whether handicap placard holders could park at EV stalls during busy periods; Walmart representatives said the stalls are not intended to be exclusively reserved but will include ADA-compliant signage for designated ADA parking/EV stalls. Council took no final vote; the item will return for final action on a subsequent council agenda.

Action details

Item: First reading and public hearing on a special-use permit authorizing an electric-vehicle charging station at 4904 Colleyville Boulevard (Walmart).
Outcome: First reading; no vote taken. Planning & Zoning recommended approval 7'00.