Conway, AR Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted
- Ord. No. O-25-35, April 22, 2025
- EVSE space use
- Reserved for connected EVs only
- Non-EV in EVSE space
- Citable violation
- Unplugged EV in EVSE space
- Also a citable violation
- Penalty basis
- General penalty, § 8.12.10
Summary
In the City of Conway, Arkansas, a 2025 ordinance reserves publicly accessible EV charging spaces for electric vehicles that are actually plugged in, and makes it a citable violation to park a gas vehicle in one or leave an EV parked there unconnected.
Electric vehicle supply/service equipment or (EVSE): The equipment, including the cables, cords, conductors, connectors, couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, power electronics, transformer, switchgear, switches, and controls, network interfaces, point of sale equipment, and associated apparatus designed and used for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply system to a plug-in electric vehicle. ... B.EVSE parking.1.Electric vehicles may be parked in any parking space designated for parking, subject to the restrictions that would apply to any other vehicle that would park in that space. Publicly accessible EVSE shall be reserved for parking and charging electric vehicles only, with spaces clearly marked with appropriate signs. Electric vehicles shall be connected to the EVSE.2.It shall be a violation of this section to park or stand a non-electric vehicle in an EVSE parking space, or to park an electric vehicle in such a space when it is not connected to the EVSE.
Full Breakdown
Conway Municipal Code § 8.12.14, added by Ord. No. O-25-35 in April 2025, defines an electric vehicle as any vehicle licensed for road use that runs partly or entirely on a motor powered by an externally charged on-board battery, and defines electric vehicle supply/service equipment, or EVSE, as the full charging apparatus, cables, connectors and controls used to transfer power from the electric supply system into a plug-in vehicle, whether delivering alternating or direct current. Under subsection B, electric vehicles may use any ordinary parking space subject to the same rules as any other vehicle, but publicly accessible EVSE spaces are reserved specifically for parking and charging electric vehicles, must be clearly marked with signage, and require the electric vehicle using the space to actually be connected to the EVSE.
The section creates two distinct violations: parking or standing a non-electric vehicle in an EVSE space, and parking an electric vehicle in an EVSE space without connecting it to the charger. Enforcement ties directly back into Chapter 8.12's general parking-zone penalty structure rather than creating a separate fine schedule of its own.
Violations & Fines
Either parking a non-electric vehicle in an EVSE-marked space or parking an electric vehicle there without connecting to the EVSE is a violation of § 8.12.14, subject to the general penalty provisions of § 8.12.10, the same escalating parking-zone fine schedule that runs from $5.00 for a first offense up to $50.00 for a fourth or later offense within twelve months.
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