Plano, TX Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Under City of Plano Code of Ordinances § 8-17, which adopts the International Fire Code with local amendments, the city added Section 323 addressing electric vehicles. Sec. 1 provides that EV charging stations shall not be located inside buildings, except where approved for parking garage locations as per the National Electrical Code. For garage installations, Sec. 1 requires charging stations to sit at grade level along exterior perimeter walls within 150 feet of a fire apparatus access roadway, or on the top level of the garage with no roof above.

For single-family and duplex garages, Sec. 2 requires that approved charging stations in a private garage have a listed heat alarm installed in the garage and interconnected to the dwelling's smoke alarms. Every location with an EV charging station must also provide a clearly identified and readily accessible emergency disconnect under Sec. 2, positioned within 100 feet of, but not less than 20 feet from, the charging station, and mounted between 42 and 48 inches above the floor under Sec. 1. The disconnect must be labeled "EMERGENCY ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER DISCONNECT" on a white reflective background with red letters, in weather-resistant material with lettering at least 2 inches high, per Sec.

2. Damaged EV batteries may not be stored inside any building under Sec. 3, and separately, Sec. 4 bars charging electric vehicles inside buildings other than in approved parking garage locations. These amendments sit within the same Article II Fire Code enforced citywide under § 8-16.