Most parking spaces in new multi-family residential developments will be required to come equipped with outlets for charging electric vehicles, if Langford passes a new bylaw.

One hundred per cent of parking spaces would be required to have an outlet capable of providing Level 2 charging or higher, excluding visitor parking spaces. Electric vehicle owners would still need to purchase a charging station.

The bylaw also includes a requirement that developers enter into a covenant under the Land Title Act, which means strata corporations would have to keep the EV outlets operational and couldnB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t prevent a resident from installing a charging station.

City staff said requiring all developments to install EV-capable outlets would make it far cheaper than if a resident was to install an outlet after the buildingB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s been constructed.

Staff pointed to the provinceB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s recently adopted Bill 28 B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ 2019: Zero-Emission Vehicles Act as part of the impetus for the change, which imposes requirements on automakers and suppliers to make an increasing proportion of their sales and leases electric vehicles: 10 per cent by 2025, 30 per cent by 2030, and 100 per cent by 2040.

City council passed second and third readings after holding a public hearing during MondayB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s meeting.

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