Buckeye, AZ Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- 20 or more required off-street parking spaces
- Development types
- Multi-family or nonresidential
- Reserved share
- Minimum of five percent of required spaces
- Reserved for
- Hybrid, alternative energy, and/or carpool vehicles
- Charger share
- 25 percent of reserved spaces
- Remainder
- Hybrid-reserved or EV-capable
- Governing section
- Development Code § 5.6.5
Summary
Buckeye Development Code § 5.6.5 applies to multi-family and nonresidential development required to provide 20 or more off-street parking spaces. Those projects must reserve a minimum of five percent of their required spaces for hybrid, alternative energy, and carpool vehicles, and the developer must install electric vehicle charging stations on 25 percent of the reserved spaces.
5.6.5. Dedicated Spaces for Alternative Energy Vehicles and Carpooling. All multi-family...or nonresidential development required to provide 20 or more off-street parking spaces...shall reserve a minimum of five percent of its required parking spaces per the following: A. The reserved spaces shall be for the exclusive use of hybrid vehicles, alternative energy vehicles, and/or carpool vehicles. B. Developer must install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on 25 percent of spaces reserved in accordance with subsection A...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 22 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 5.6.5 of the Buckeye Development Code is titled Dedicated Spaces for Alternative Energy Vehicles and Carpooling. It is a requirement placed on development projects, not on individual drivers.
Who is covered. The section applies to multi-family development, which the current Buckeye page notes includes bungalow communities, and to nonresidential development. A project in those categories is covered only if it is required to provide 20 or more off-street parking spaces. The trigger is the number of spaces the code requires, so a project whose required count is below 20 falls outside the section.
What must be reserved. A covered project must reserve a minimum of five percent of its required parking spaces. Under subsection A, the reserved spaces are for the exclusive use of hybrid vehicles, alternative energy vehicles, and/or carpool vehicles. The word "exclusive" means other vehicles are not meant to use them. Five percent is a floor, so a Buckeye developer may reserve more.
How many chargers. Under subsection B, the developer must install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on 25 percent of the spaces reserved under subsection A. The percentages stack. The 25 percent is measured against the reserved spaces, not against the whole parking area, so the charger requirement is a fraction of the five percent set-aside.
The remaining reserved spaces. According to the current Buckeye page, the rest of the reserved spaces must be reserved for hybrids or built EV-capable, meaning conduit is installed so that a charger can be added later as demand grows.
Subsection B places the installation duty on the developer by name, which ties the Buckeye charger requirement to the construction of the project.
Violations & Fines
A development that fails to reserve the required alternative-energy/carpool spaces or install the mandated share of EV chargers does not clear Site Plan review and cannot obtain approval.
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