AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.22.062, 23.24.045, 23.49.019, 23.54.030, and 23.84A.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; adding new requirements related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The report at the Sustainability in Transportation Committee Agenda Item 16 Council Bill 119 472 Relating to land use and zoning of many sections 23.2 2.0 62. 23.20 4.0 4520 3.40 9.0. 1920 3.50 4.0 30 and 23.84 8.0 ten of the same as for code adding a new requirement relating to electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The committee recommends the bill passes amended. Customer Brian. Thank you. Very excited about this. This is something that's been in the works for over a year to create this EV readiness ordinance. This legislation will require that all new construction in the city meet certain standards for making sure that any parking spaces that are already going to be provided in that building or even in a lot if it's not a structured parking, provide a certain level of readiness for adapting to electric vehicles. The main standard for residential is that in single family homes or in small multifamily developments like townhomes or real houses would require that each parking spot have a EV ready outlet, ready to go. And then as we get larger structures where you have structured parking that shared spaces eventually phases to about 20% of the are actually exactly 20% of the spaces need to be electric vehicle ready meaning that there is wire pulled there is panel capacity everything ready to go to hook up essentially an electric vehicle charging station relatively easily . As I mentioned in this morning's meeting, the technology now exists so that as people put in charging stations, you put in a charging station per outlet. Charging stations are capable of balancing loads and charging up to five vehicles. Procession. So a policy that has 20% of those spaces EV ready could effectively through that technology be 100% of the spaces could be EVs charging simultaneously over the course of a night. It's really I think it's some of the best legislation in the country that builds on what other jurisdictions have done and takes the strongest parts of various cities and combines it in this. I'm sure that in the coming months and years, other jurisdictions will leapfrog us to the next level. But I'm proud to say that I think Seattle will be at the moment, at the leading edge of requirements for electric vehicle residents and new construction. Thank you. Comes from Brian. Any questions or comments? If not, please call the rule on the passage of the bill. Sergeant Bagshaw. Hi. Gonzalez Herbold. Hi, Sarah. O'Brien. Hi, Chico. Hi. President Herrell high seven in favor and unopposed. Thank you very much. Let's move to adoption of other resolutions. And can you read? Will you read? All three resolutions will vote on them separately, just into the record. They're all interrelated.