New Braunfels, TX Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- EV port credit
- 100% counted toward required parking
- Applies to
- convenience stores with fuel sales, filling stations
- Existing fuel-pump offset
- 50% of gas/diesel fueling spaces
- Governing section
- City Code § 144-5.1-3(c)
- Battery charging station defined at
- § 144-1.4
- Zoning violation fine
- up to $2,000 per day (§ 1-8)
Summary
New Braunfels rewards on-site EV charging with real parking relief. City Code Section 144-5.1-3(c) lets a convenience store with fuel sales or a filling station count 100 percent of its EV Charging Station Ports toward the minimum off-street parking the site must provide, stacked on top of the existing 50 percent credit already given for gasoline and diesel fueling islands.
(c)For each structure designed for any of the following uses, or for any like use, no less than the number of parking spaces required shall be provided according to the following schedule: ... Convenience store with fuel sales — One for each 800 sq. ft. of gross floor area minus 50 percent of the gasoline/diesel fueling spaces; and 100 percent of EV Charging Station Ports may be counted toward the required parking ... Filling stations — One for each 800 sq. ft. of gross floor area minus 50 percent of the gasoline/diesel fueling spaces; and 100 percent of EV Charging Station Ports may be counted toward the required parking
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
1-3(c) sets the citywide schedule of required off-street parking spaces by land use, and it singles out fueling uses for an EV-specific break. For a 'convenience store with fuel sales' and for 'filling stations,' the schedule requires one parking space for each 800 square feet of gross floor area, minus 50 percent of the gasoline or diesel fueling spaces, and it adds that 100 percent of EV Charging Station Ports may be counted toward the required parking. An owner who installs battery charging stations at a fuel-sales site can apply every one of those charger stalls against the site's minimum parking count, on top of the existing fuel-pump discount, lowering the number of conventional spaces the project has to pave.
4 as an electrical component assembly, or cluster of assemblies, designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles and meeting applicable standards, codes and regulations. 2, a battery charging station is listed as a permitted use across most commercial, office and industrial zoning districts, so most operators can install one without a special use permit. 1-1(d) makes the resulting parking count a continuing obligation the property owner cannot discontinue without providing compliant replacement spaces. 1-3(a).
Violations & Fines
Off-street parking is enforced as a zoning violation under Section 1-8 of the Code, punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 for each day a fueling site or any other use operates without the parking the schedule requires; each day of noncompliance is a separate offense. The city may also pursue abatement, injunctive relief, or revocation of the site's certificate of occupancy alongside any fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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