Gwinnett County, GA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Section 240-140 ties EV charging capacity directly to a development's parking count rather than to its use type. 1 sets the baseline: once a commercial or multifamily development exceeds 50 parking spaces, it must provide at least one electric vehicle charging station, described in the code as a pedestal, for every 50 spaces on site, so a 200-space shopping center needs a minimum of four charging pedestals and a 60-space apartment lot needs at least one. 2 extends the identical one-per-50 ratio to redevelopment projects, but only triggers it where the redevelopment involves site work or repaving of an existing parking area larger than 50 spaces, and only where that work covers more than 50 percent of the existing impervious surface; a minor restriping or a small resurfacing job under that threshold does not trigger the charging requirement.

3 then answers the compliance-counting question that would otherwise create a loophole: charging spaces can be counted toward the minimum number of parking spaces a use is required to provide elsewhere in the UDO, but they cannot be counted toward any maximum parking cap the code sets for that use, so a developer cannot use EV pedestals to justify building more total spaces than the maximum allowed. Together the three subsections mean any sizable commercial or multifamily project filed with the Department of Planning and Development has to show charging infrastructure on its site plan before a development permit issues.