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Planning Commission Meeting – Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Revisions – Work Session #2 – April 9, 2025 <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />• Electric Vehicle (EV) Standards <br />Electric vehicles are an emerging transportation technology that has been driving demand for <br />more charging stations available to the public in recent years. Many cities are exploring <br />incorporating standards into their codes to allow or require developments to provide EV <br />charging stations. <br />There are a range of options for communities to explore when adding these standards to their <br />code. The spectrum typically starts with discretionary standards that generally allow EV <br />chargers with basic parameters. It can then increase to requiring certain types of uses to be EV <br />ready, which means requiring the installation of the electrical infrastructure for the eventual EV <br />charging station to be installed. The more prescriptive regulations can directly lead to requiring <br />the installation of EV charging stations; these standards often vary depending on the scale of <br />the use. It is also helpful to understand that there are different charger levels demonstrated by <br />the following graphic: trigger <br /> <br />Since Arden Hills is starting from scratch, HKGi recommends a combination approach for <br />residential and nonresidential uses that combines requirements for some EV charging stations <br />to be installed with those only requiring uses to be EV ready. The initial draft language is <br />proposed below. We will look to the Planning Commission to help determine if this is the <br />appropriate level of intervention or if there is a desire to increase or scale back the <br />requirements.