Shelby County's Chapter 24 traffic code and the joint Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code contain no dedicated EV-charging-station parking ordinance for the unincorporated county, so charger installations follow the electrical permit process rather than a specific parking rule.
Neither Chapter 24 of the Shelby County Code nor the parking provisions of the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code establishes a standalone ordinance reserving parking spaces for electric-vehicle charging, penalizing non-EV vehicles for blocking a charger, or mandating EV-ready spaces in unincorporated Shelby County. Installing a home or commercial charger is treated as an electrical/building matter permitted and inspected through Shelby County Construction Code Enforcement, not through a parking ordinance. The general residential-street rules of Section 24-191 (24-hour limit) and Section 24-184 (prohibited locations) still govern where a vehicle may sit while charging on a public street. Cities within the county may adopt their own EV policies.
With no county EV-specific parking ordinance in the unincorporated area, there is no charger-blocking citation. A charger installed without the required electrical permit is a construction-code violation. A vehicle charging on a public street stays subject to Chapter 24 limits.
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