Redondo Beach, CA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)
Key Facts
- Overstay charge
- Billed in hourly increments
- Non-charging occupancy
- Separately unlawful under §3-6.05(d)
- Fee amounts
- Set by City Council resolution
- Minimum EVSE spec
- Level 2, 40-amp, 208/240VAC
- Enforcement method
- Station number logged, same as meters
Summary
Redondo Beach bills an hourly overstay charge, set by City Council resolution, on any electric vehicle left in a public charging station past its posted time limit, and it is separately unlawful to occupy a designated EV charging space without actually charging. Enforcement officers document the specific charging station number when writing up a violation, the same way they log ordinary meter numbers.
(c) Public electric vehicle charging station parking space overstay charge. (1) If an electric vehicle remains parked in a public electric vehicle charging station after the maximum posted time permitted for charging, an overstay charge shall be applied, which shall be in increments of an hour. (2) The rates for overstay charges for spaces designated for use of public electric vehicle charging stations shall be set forth by resolution of the City Council and may be changed, from time to time, by resolution. ... It is unlawful for any vehicle to park in any parking space designated for use of a public electric vehicle charging station if the vehicle is not using the public electric vehicle charging station to charge the vehicle.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
01, and separately defines a 'non-charging vehicle' as any vehicle parked in a designated EV space that is not actually charging. 02(c) imposes the core rule: once an electric vehicle remains parked in a public charging station past the maximum posted charging time, an overstay charge applies in hourly increments, with the dollar rate set and adjustable by City Council resolution rather than fixed in the code text. 05(a) and (c) exempt vehicles subject to that overstay charge from the general overtime-parking prohibition that otherwise applies to metered spaces, but subsection (d) creates a distinct violation: it is unlawful for any vehicle to occupy a space designated for a public EV charging station if that vehicle is not using the station to charge.
10: officers record the number of the specific charging station being misused, the vehicle's license plate, and the time of the violation, and attach a notice advising the owner of the civil penalty, which the City Council also sets by resolution. This chapter governs how public EV charging stalls are used; installing new charging equipment itself runs through a separate expedited building-permit process under RBMC Chapter 28.
Violations & Fines
Overstaying at a public EV charging space draws an hourly overstay charge under Section 3-6.02(c), at whatever rate the City Council has set by resolution, in addition to any citation for occupying the stall while not charging under Section 3-6.05(d). Enforcement officers document the charging station number when reporting the violation under Section 3-6.10(d), and the resulting civil penalty amount is likewise fixed by Council resolution rather than stated as a dollar figure in the code itself.
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