Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Electric Vehicles topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Peachtree Corners adopts zoning rules defining commercial EV charging stations and parking standards
Summary
Council approved a zoning amendment adding definitions and requirements for commercial EV charging stations — distinguishing level 1/2/3 chargers, restricting high‑visibility frontage placements, and setting parking treatment and caps (staff said an EV space counts as 0.5 of a parking space for minimum-parking calculations).
At second reading the council approved an amendment to the city zoning ordinance to define and regulate commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
Community Development staff said the amendment establishes separate definitions for level 1, level 2 and level 3 chargers, specifies which zoning districts permit a principal‑use charging center versus accessory charging, requires a business license for principal uses, and sets design standards intended to keep principal charging facilities out of high‑visibility front yard placements. The amendment includes parking provisions and an encouragement table that, for larger lots, recommends a percentage of spaces be EV‑capable; staff said the code will treat two EV parking spaces as equivalent to one full parking space for minimum-parking calculations.
Councilmembers asked for clarification on the table that caps the percentage of spaces that can be restricted to EV use (an example given: 20% of 100 spaces) and whether EV stalls could be enforced as EV‑only; staff said the table is an encouragement metric for infrastructure readiness and that other code caps apply. After a public comment in support that raised environmental and fire‑safety questions, council moved, seconded and approved the amendment as presented.
