Provo, UT Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- EV charging stations
- 45 points if ≥5% of spaces
- EV-ready infrastructure
- 35 points if ≥5% of spaces
- Total amenity score required
- 60 points
- Election required
- amenity credit OR parking-minimum credit, not both
- Default if no election filed
- counts as amenity space
- Fee exception
- residents can be charged to use EV chargers
Summary
Provo lets multifamily developers earn amenity credit for EV infrastructure: charging stations at 5% or more of parking spaces score 45 of the 60 points a project needs, while EV-ready wiring at that same threshold scores 35. Developers must choose in writing whether those spaces count toward amenity space or toward the parking minimum, never both.
(c) The developer may elect in writing at the time of application whether parking spaces with electric vehicle charging stations or electric vehicle-ready infrastructure will be counted toward the zone's amenity square footage requirements or parking minimums, but those spaces may not be counted toward both requirements. If no written election is made, such spaces will count toward amenity space and not toward parking minimums. ... (3) All amenities must be exclusively for the use of the building's residents and not for any commercial purpose. Property owners and managers may not charge the buildings' residents for the use of any of these amenities except electric vehicle charging.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-17, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
330 sets up the Multifamily Amenities scorecard: qualifying projects (20+ units in most zones, or as few as 10 in some) must dedicate a percentage of gross floor area to recreational amenities and select combinations that total 60 points from a fixed menu. Electric vehicle charging stations covering at least 5% of parking spaces score 45 points, the highest single item on the list; electric vehicle-ready charging infrastructure at that same 5% threshold scores 35. Under subsection (2)(c), a developer must elect in writing at the time of application whether those EV spaces count toward the amenity square-footage requirement or toward the zone's separate off-street parking minimums, because the same spaces cannot be credited both ways; making no election defaults the spaces to amenity credit rather than parking-minimum credit.
Subsection (2)(b) requires every scored amenity, EV charging included, to be maintained for the life of the occupancy: if a developer, HOA, or manager later removes it, it must be replaced with something scoring the same 60-point minimum. Subsection (3) carries its own carve-out: while amenities generally must be free to residents and never used commercially, the code specifically exempts EV charging, letting owners or managers charge residents a fee to plug in even though gyms, sport courts, and other listed amenities cannot be billed. The Chapter was enacted by Ordinance 2025-15.
Violations & Fines
A project that falls short of the required 60-point amenity total, including by later stripping out EV chargers or EV-ready infrastructure without replacing the lost points, is a zoning-compliance failure that Development Services can flag at project-plan review or after occupancy, requiring the owner to add equivalent-scoring amenities to restore the total.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an apartment complex count EV chargers toward both extra amenity space and a reduced parking requirement?
What happens if a developer never files the written election?
Can my landlord charge a fee to use the building's EV charger even though other amenities are supposed to be free?
Does a single-family home in Provo have to install EV charging?
Sources & Official References
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