Cincinnati, OH Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

' Rather than creating a new use category with its own siting, screening or minimum-space rules, the city simply folds EV charging into whatever off-street parking is already zoned for a lot, a homeowner's driveway, an apartment complex's surface lot, a commercial garage, or a structured parking facility can all add charging equipment without triggering a separate zoning review specific to EV infrastructure. That also means the section carries no citywide mandate that new multifamily or commercial development install a set number of charging spaces; installation is left to the property owner's discretion, subject only to the underlying parking-facility standards in the rest of Chapter 1425, surfacing, drainage, slope and maintenance requirements under § 1425-37, and any applicable bicycle-parking or accessible-parking rules elsewhere in the chapter.

The section was added by Emergency Ordinance No. 199-2024, effective July 1, 2024, the same emergency ordinance that also added Chapter 1421's transit-stop exemption and density, height and parking modifications for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit projects, part of a broader 2024 package easing site-development barriers across the zoning code.