Springfield, OR Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

Springfield's parking chapter does not set a citywide minimum number of parking spaces, since Section 4.6.125(A) makes Table 4.6.2's figures merely suggested, but subsection (D)(3) carves out a mandatory electric vehicle standard that applies regardless: developments of new buildings with 5 or more residential dwelling units, including both residential buildings and mixed-use buildings, that include on-site vehicle parking must provide electrical service capacity, as defined in ORS 455.417, to accommodate 40 percent of all vehicle parking spaces. The requirement is about electrical capacity, not necessarily installed chargers at every space, so a developer must size the building's electrical service to support charging equipment at 4 in every 10 parking spaces even if only some spaces get a charger installed at construction.

The rule sits inside the same special-provisions subsection that also requires carpool and vanpool spaces for larger commercial and industrial developments and sets Campus Industrial District parking design standards, meaning EV capacity review happens alongside those other parking special provisions during site plan review. Because the standard reaches mixed-use buildings as well as purely residential ones, a 5-unit apartment building above ground-floor retail near downtown Main Street triggers the same 40 percent capacity requirement as a stand-alone apartment complex.