Oklahoma City, OK Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Citation
- City Code §§ 32-625–32-627
- Fine
- $50 minimum, $70 after arraignment
- Offense class
- Class "a" offense
- Who may use space
- Only EVs connected to charger
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 25709, 8-29-17
Summary
Oklahoma City reserves marked parking spaces at electric charging stations exclusively for EVs connected to a charger; parking a gas-powered vehicle in one, per City Code § 32-626, draws a fine starting at $50.
Where signs designating a parking space for the sole use of charging electric vehicles are erected, no person shall park a vehicle upon any street, municipal parking lot, municipal parking garage, or portion of any street, parking lot, or parking garage so designated unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle and is connected to an electric charging station.(d)A vehicle transporting a physically disabled person may be parked in an electric vehicle parking space, without payment for the parking space only under the following conditions:(1)when the motor vehicle has a properly displayed official insignia issued by the Department of Public Safety identifying the vehicle as one used by or under the direction of a physically disabled person; and(2)while in the act of loading or unloading a physically disabled person. In no event shall this special parking privilege exceed the restricted or regulated time applicable to a parking meter space or multi-space parking pay station zone.
(Ord. No. 25709, § 6, 8-29-17)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 32-625 lets the Traffic and Transportation Commission post signs designating specific street, lot, and garage spaces for the exclusive use of electric vehicles while recharging. Once a space is marked, no vehicle may park there unless it is an electric vehicle actually connected to the charging equipment: a non-electric vehicle cannot occupy the space even briefly. A vehicle transporting a physically disabled person may use the space without payment only while actively loading or unloading that person, and only within the space's normal posted time limit.
Violations & Fines
Parking a non-EV in a marked charging space violates § 32-626 and is a Class "a" offense under § 32-627, fined $50 minimum, $70 after the arraignment date.
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