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City staff presents draft EV-charging rules, urges code upgrades to make new housing ‘EV-ready’
Summary
John Wagner, Webster Groves’ director of planning and development, briefed the Sustainability Commission on a draft approach to EV-charging regulation and recommended updating local building and fire codes to newer model-code editions that include EV-ready requirements for new construction.
John Wagner, Webster Groves’ director of planning and development, told the Sustainability Commission that the city is considering a code-based approach to increase access to electric-vehicle charging.
Wagner summarized key points he said were raised when the topic went before City Council in July: how utilities such as Ameren might be involved in permitting, how to address safety and permitting simultaneously, and whether to adopt a stand-alone EV ordinance or fold EV rules into a broader code update. “My name is John Wagner, director of planning and development,” he said as he opened the presentation.
Wagner described the range of costs for charging infrastructure—“charges can run up to about $3,000 or…
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