Salt Lake City, UT Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Salt Lake City Code § 21A.44.040(C) is the zoning rule for electric vehicle parking, and it sits inside the off-street parking chapter that sets minimum and maximum spaces for each development. It works in two layers.

The first layer, C.1, applies to each multi-family use: at least one parking space dedicated to electric vehicles for every twenty-five parking spaces provided on-site. Those spaces count toward the minimum required number of parking spaces. Each one must be located in the same lot as the principal use, as close to a primary entrance of the principal building as possible, signed in a clear and conspicuous manner (special pavement marking or signage showing exclusive availability to electric vehicles), and outfitted with a standard electric vehicle charging station.

The second layer, C.2, adds a minimum of 20% EV-ready parking spaces of the spaces provided on-site. An EV-ready space is equipped with electrical conduit and sufficient electrical capacity for the future use of a minimum 200-volt electric vehicle charging station, and the location of proposed EV-ready spaces must be indicated on submitted site plans. Five sub-rules refine the count. EV-ready spaces count toward both the minimum required and the maximum allowed number of parking spaces. Parking areas with four or fewer vehicle parking spaces are not required to identify an EV-ready space. Where no minimum parking is required, the 20% is based on the parking provided. For new multi-family uses, a minimum of 20% of required Accessible (ADA) parking spaces must be constructed as EV-ready. Extra EV parking spaces beyond the C.1 minimum count toward the EV-ready total.

Other sections carry their own EV rules. Gas stations under § 21A.36.120 must provide at least one parking space dedicated to electric vehicles for every ten required on-site parking spaces. The city's own public chargers fall under § 12.56.205, which restricts them to electric vehicles actively charging and lets the Transportation Division set time limits, with rates set in the consolidated fee schedule under § 12.56.600.