(a) Beginning January 1, 2023, any Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with more than 100 parking spaces designated for automobiles shall provide Level 2 Charging Stations to at least 10% of the parking spaces designated for automobiles, provided that the maximum number of parking spaces where Level 2 Charging Stations are required shall be no more than 200 parking spaces per Commercial Parking Lot or Garage location.
(b) In lieu of installing Level 2 Charging Stations as required by subsection (a) of this Section 3102, a Commercial Parking Lot or Garage may:
(1) Install Fast Charging Stations as follows:
(A) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 101-749 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least two Fast Charging Stations; or
(B) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 750-999 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least three Fast Charging Stations; or
(C) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 1000-1249 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least four Fast Charging Stations; or
(D) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 1250-1499 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least five Fast Charging Stations; or
(E) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 1500-1749 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least six Fast Charging Stations; or
(F) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 1750-1999 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least seven Fast Charging Stations; or
(G) A Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with over 2,000 parking spaces available for automobiles must install at least eight Fast Charging Stations; or
(2) Install functionally equivalent electric vehicle charging services, such as battery swapping technology. All functionally equivalent electric vehicle charging services shall be approved by the Director and shall meet the following minimum requirements:
(A) Provide charging to commercially available electric automobiles; and
(B) Deliver charging capacity as follows:
(i) For a Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 101-199 parking spaces available for automobiles, the service must provide a total capacity of at least 1 kW multiplied by the number of parking spaces available for automobiles; or
(ii) For a Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 200-499 parking spaces available for automobiles, the service must provide a total capacity of at least 0.5 kW multiplied by the number of parking spaces available for automobiles; or
(iii) For a Commercial Parking Lot or Garage with 500 or more parking spaces available for automobiles, the service must provide a total capacity of at least 0.2 kW multiplied by the number of parking spaces available for automobiles; and
(C) Be configured to deliver charging services on an ongoing basis during business hours; and
(D) Be configured to deliver charging services on a daily basis to a number of automobiles equal to or more than 10% of the total number of parking spaces available to automobiles.
(Added by Ord. 244-19, File No. 190793, App. 11/1/2019, Eff. 12/2/2019, Oper. 12/2/2019)