Haverford, PA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Section 175-32 of the Haverford Township Code regulates parking on public property of the Township, and subsections H and I add the rules for charging stations. Subsection H defines an electric vehicle charging station as a public parking space served by charging equipment whose primary purpose is the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.

Subsection I requires signage on any parking space with an electric charging station used for charging plug-in electric drive vehicles, stating that the space is for the exclusive use of plug-in electric drive vehicles. Only those vehicles can park there, subject to five limits. Use is first-come first-serve. Every vehicle parked in the space must be connected to and using the charging station equipment to charge. Plug-in electric drive vehicles can park in the spaces, while charging, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. It is unlawful to park or otherwise leave unattended any motor vehicle at a charging station for periods exceeding three hours. The owner of a vehicle in violation can be cited and is subject to a $25 fine for each day of violation, and the vehicle can be towed at the owner's expense.

The rest of § 175-32 sets the frame around these spaces. Subsection B makes it unlawful to park on any public property of the Township, except for persons conducting Township-related business, between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday. Subsection C counts the Municipal Complex facilities, including the Skatium and adjacent parks and fields, as Township-related business. Subsection E exempts public parking areas designated with parking meters, and subsection F directs removal and impoundment of a vehicle in violation as provided in Article IX. Subsection G ties parking on parks and playgrounds to Chapter 126, § 126-3.