Tuscaloosa's Code of Ordinances has no provision regulating electric-vehicle charging stations or penalizing non-EVs that block charging spaces. Alabama likewise has no statewide statute reserving charging spaces, so any restriction comes from the property owner's posted signage.
A review of Tuscaloosa's Code of Ordinances—including Chapter 22 (Traffic), Article IV (Stopping, Standing and Parking), and the off-street/municipal parking provisions—found no section that establishes electric-vehicle charging-station parking spaces, reserves them for EVs, or sets a fine for an internal-combustion vehicle that blocks a charger. Alabama state law also does not provide a general penalty for parking a non-EV in a charging space; Alabama's EV statutes focus on annual EV/plug-in registration fees (Code of Ala. Sec. 40-12-242) and the Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program, not on space-reservation enforcement. As a result, in Tuscaloosa the right to use or restrict a charging stall is governed by the private property owner or operator (such as a garage, retailer, or the city's parking facilities) and the signage they post; a vehicle blocking a posted, reserved charging space on private property can typically be towed under the owner's private-property towing rights and the general impoundment authority of Sec. 22-10 when on a public way. Physical installation of charging equipment is governed by the city-adopted electrical code, not a parking ordinance.
No city EV-charging parking fine exists. Enforcement of a reserved charging space depends on private signage and the property owner; on public ways, general unlawful-parking and obstruction rules (Secs. 22-78, 22-79) and impoundment (Sec. 22-10, $30 tow + $5/day storage) apply. Electrical-permit violations for charger installation fall under the adopted building/electrical codes.
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