Skowhegan, ME Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Skowhegan adopted its electric vehicle charging parking rule as part of the Traffic Ordinance, entered as Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at the Selectmen's Meeting of 10/27/2020 and printed after Sec. 54. It has four parts. First, a person shall not park or leave standing a vehicle in a stall or space, or impeding a stall or space, designated for electric vehicle charging unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging purposes. A gasoline vehicle, or an electric vehicle that is not plugged in, therefore cannot use the stall, and a vehicle that blocks access to the stall is covered too. Second, a person shall not leave a vehicle in an electric vehicle charging station for a time period in excess of two hours, even when it is connected.

Third, the designation is made by posting a sign in compliance with the ordinance, so the rule reaches stalls that carry a sign. Fourth, the regulation is in effect 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, which means it has no weekday or daytime cutoff, unlike the 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., Monday through Saturday hours of the 15-minute and two hour spaces in Secs. 53 and 54.

Enforcement follows the general parking provisions. Sec. 55 gives enforcement to the Skowhegan Police Department or another official appointed by the Board of Selectmen, makes a violation a civil violation punishable by a fine under Sec. 2 for each offense, and allows a person charged to waive court action by paying a fee to the Police Department within 30 days of the violation. Sec. 56 makes the unlawful parking of a vehicle prima facie evidence of unlawful parking by the person in whose name it is registered.