Lakewood, WA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

060, Parking Incentives, lets the Planning and Public Works Director reduce a development's required off-street parking count in exchange for design choices the City wants to encourage, and subsection G targets electric vehicle charging. For every EV charging station a project installs, the number of required parking spaces may be reduced by one, but the total reduction from EV charging credits cannot exceed 5 percent of the site's total required parking. The code walks through the math directly: if a project needs 40 spaces and installs two charging stations, the requirement drops to 38 spaces (36 regular spaces plus the 2 EV spaces) because two stations fall under the 5 percent cap (40 x 5% = 2).

Install a third station instead, and the total reduction still tops out at two spaces, so the project would have 35 regular spaces plus three EV charging spaces, for 38 total. The same chapter caps the combined effect of all its parking incentives, including the separate credit for preserving a significant or heritage tree under subsection I, at 5 percent of total required parking when stacked together. 5-space credit for each structured parking space, and shared-use or off-site parking arrangements approved by the Director. 80, and the reduced count becomes the enforceable minimum for the approved project.