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KCC §8-31.3

Electric vehicle charging requirements for new parking lots

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This section requires certain types of properties to include electric vehicle charging spaces in their parking lots. The number of required charging spaces depends on the total number of parking spaces. Some properties are exempt or can reduce the number if they meet certain conditions.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — EV Infrastructure Requirements

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Where parking is provided at the following sites, EVCS-installed and EV-ready parking spaces shall be included in compliance with Table 8-31.3.1 and any applicable requirements of Kaua'i County Code 1987, as amended, Title V (Building and Construction Regulations):Industrial District.Commercial District.Resort District.Agriculture District, for operations with 50 or more employees.Multi-family ("Dwelling, Multiple Family") residential sites with three or more units.Table 8-31.3.1: EVCS-Installed and EV-Ready RequirementsTotal Number of Parking SpacesMinimum number of EVCS-Installed SpacesMinimum number of EV-Ready Spaces1 – 99Not mandatory but encouraged.15% of the total number of parking spaces, with a minimum of one parking space and all fractions rounded up, minus the number of any EVCS spaces voluntarily installed to the standards prescribed by this Article.100+5% of the total number of parking spaces, with all fractions rounded up.15% of the total number of parking spaces, with all fractions rounded up, minus the number of EVCS-installed spaces.The minimum number of EVCS-installed parking spaces may be reduced in response to a substantiated request made by an applicable place of public accommodation pursuant to HRS Section 291-71(a), which allows that owners of multiple parking facilities within the State may designate and electrify fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of their owned properties, provided that the scheduled requirement is met for the total number of aggregate spaces on all of their owned properties.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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