St. Petersburg requires new commercial and multifamily projects with 20 or more parking spaces to include EV-ready electrical infrastructure, while statewide preemption limits how the city can regulate the chargers themselves.
The City Council adopted EV-ready provisions added to the Land Development Regulations to require electrical capacity for future EV charging at qualifying new developments. The threshold generally applies to projects with 20 or more parking spaces, including affordable housing, and reduces the cost of retrofitting later. Florida Statute 366.94 preempts local rules over the operation and pricing of EV charging stations themselves, so the city's role is mainly building-code and conduit requirements during construction. Public charging station siting still must respect ADA accessibility and existing parking-space dimensional standards.
Failure to install required EV-ready conduits and panel capacity can block certificate of occupancy issuance until the building permit is brought into compliance.
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