Dallas, TX Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Sec. 1) defines an accessory electric vehicle charging station as a facility providing electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) on a site whose main use is something other than a commercial parking lot, garage use, or commercial motor vehicle parking use, and permits it in residential and nonresidential districts alike. No additional off-street parking or loading is required for the use. Subsection (E)(i) lets any amount of a property's existing parking be converted into EV charging spaces and expressly waives the general accessory-use area cap in Subsection (a)(3) that limits most accessory uses.

Subsection (E)(ii) bars an advertising sign for the charging service if the station sits in a residential district. Subsection (E)(iii) requires that charging equipment not obstruct a required off-street parking space and that a charging cord never cross over a sidewalk or pedestrian walkway, protecting foot traffic from trip hazards. Subsection (E)(iv) allows structures and equipment six feet or less in height to be placed where an off-street parking space is otherwise allowed, giving homeowners and businesses flexibility to site a charger within an existing parking area rather than carving out new space.

Because this is a zoning classification rather than a separate permit program, compliance is folded into ordinary building and electrical permitting for the installation itself.