The Homewood City Council on Monday night is scheduled to consider an ordinance to prohibit the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in below-grade parking structures or in enclosed parking structures beneath or structurally integrated with an occupied structure.
The ordinance also would prohibit the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in open-air parking structures where the shortest distance between the exterior housing of any charging unit and the nearest exterior wall of a building designed for human occupancy, other than parking, is less than 30 feet.
The ordinance would not impact any electric vehicle charging stations already in place at the time of the adoption of the ordinance and would not apply to residential properties including personal garages or homes. It also does not prohibit the lawful parking of electric vehicles…