Maricopa, AZ Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- 20+ space facilities serving covered uses
- Covered uses
- Multi-unit dwellings, offices, hotels/motels, resorts
- Required ratio
- 5% of spaces as EV stations
- Other uses
- EV chargers earn Ch. 18.125 incentives instead
- Signage
- "Electrical Vehicle Charging Station" sign required
- Equipment
- Card readers/connectors allowed, not mandatory
Summary
Parking facilities with 20 or more spaces serving multi-unit dwellings, offices, hotels, motels or large-scale resorts must set aside at least 5 percent of those spaces as electric vehicle charging stations under Maricopa City Code § 18.105.030(J). Every other use can still earn credit toward the city's voluntary sustainable development incentive program in Chapter 18.125, and each required station must be marked with a sign reading 'Electrical Vehicle Charging Station.'
J. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. In parking facilities containing 20 or more spaces serving multiple-unit dwellings, offices, hotels, and motels, and large-scale resorts, at least five percent of parking spaces shall be electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. For all other uses, EV charging stations are eligible for sustainable development incentives under Chapter 18.125 MCC. 1. Each EV charging station shall be clearly marked with a sign reading "Electrical Vehicle Charging Station." 2. EV charging stations may be equipped with card readers, controls, connector devices, and other equipment as necessary for public use.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-10, passed April 21, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Maricopa's EV charging mandate is narrow and use-specific. Section 18.105.030(J) states: 'In parking facilities containing 20 or more spaces serving multiple-unit dwellings, offices, hotels, and motels, and large-scale resorts, at least five percent of parking spaces shall be electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.' Retail centers, restaurants, industrial buildings and other uses fall outside that mandatory list; for those, 'EV charging stations are eligible for sustainable development incentives under Chapter 18.125 MCC' instead of being required, meaning a developer who installs them voluntarily can count them toward the incentive tiers in § 18.125.030 (expedited review, added building height, reduced setbacks or reduced parking).
Every EV station covered by § 18.105.030(J) must carry a sign reading 'Electrical Vehicle Charging Station,' per subsection (J)(1), and the code allows, but does not require, 'card readers, controls, connector devices, and other equipment as necessary for public use' under (J)(2). The requirement sits inside the same general parking standards section that sets the city's other space allotments: motorcycle and scooter spaces at five feet by nine feet and golf cart spaces at five feet by 10 feet under subsection (I), and accessible parking under subsection (D) required 'pursuant to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and Arizonans with Disabilities Act of 1992.'
Violations & Fines
A parking facility that opens without its required 5 percent EV charging allotment, or without the 'Electrical Vehicle Charging Station' signage § 18.105.030(J)(1) requires, is out of compliance with the zoning code and enforceable under Maricopa City Code § 1.10.010: a Class 1 misdemeanor carrying up to a $2,500 fine, or a civil citation starting at $100 per day for a first offense and rising to $400 per day for repeat violations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does every Maricopa business have to install EV chargers?
How many EV charging stations does a 40-space office parking lot need?
Are card readers required at Maricopa's EV charging stations?
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