Redlands, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

010, added by Ordinance 2956 in 2023, authorizes the city, by ordinance or resolution, and any person in lawful possession of an off-street parking facility, to designate stalls exclusively for charging and parking vehicles connected for electric charging. The city may separately designate stalls on public streets for the same exclusive purpose. If a vehicle occupies a designated stall without being connected for charging, subsection C lets a private lot owner, after notifying police or the sheriff's department, have it towed to the nearest public garage; subsections D and E give the city the same removal authority, including towing to one of the four companies under the police department's tow contract.

Before towing is enforceable, subsection F requires a posted sign at least 17 by 22 inches with lettering at least one inch tall, stating that unauthorized vehicles not connected for charging will be towed at the owner's expense, giving a reclaim address, currently 1270 W. Park Avenue, Redlands, and a phone number, currently (909) 798-7681. The sign must sit immediately adjacent to and visible from the stall, or at each facility entrance; street-side postings must follow the California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Subsection H clarifies the ordinance does not prevent the city from separately adopting programs that offer free parking in metered areas or municipal garages for electric vehicles.

58's EV charging infrastructure requirements, govern how many new EV-capable spaces a project must build out, a state-driven mandate layered on top of this local parking-enforcement chapter.