Leon County, FL Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Under Sec. 1 of the Leon County Code, any development subject to Type A, B, C or D site and development plan review under Sec. 402 must build in electric vehicle charging capacity, even where a charging station is not installed yet. Townhouse or condominium projects of more than three units with individual garages must wire a 220-240-volt, 40-amp outlet on a dedicated circuit in each garage, near a designated parking space, sized for a future Level-2 charger. Multi-family developments with common surface or garage parking, and non-residential lots of the same kind, must instead run buried raceway and electrical capacity to at least 10 percent of required spaces.

Where a site is required to provide 25 or more regular parking spaces, at least one must be a working EV charging space; at 50 or more spaces, two; at 100 or more, ten percent of the total. Every EV space must be EVSE-ready at minimum, reserved exclusively for vehicles actively charging, and paired with an ADA-accessible space where feasible. Charging equipment must sit 36 to 48 inches above grade, be protected by concrete-filled bollards or a 24-inch curb setback, and be lit at night.

Signage must post voltage, amperage, fees and use restrictions, and the property owner must maintain the equipment and post a contact number for reporting outages; removing a required charging space outright is prohibited. The County Administrator or designee may excuse installation only where extending electric service to the space is physically impractical, not merely costly.