Ordinance No. 2022-14 Regarding EV Parking (Adopted 110822)Page 1 of 10
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-14
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island,
Washington, related to electric vehicle charging, amending
Sections 18.15.020 and 18.36.030, adding new Tables
18.15.020-3 and 18.15.020-4, and revising current Table
18.15.020-3 to become Table 18.15.020-5 of the Bainbridge
Island Municipal Code.
WHEREAS, a 2020 report from the American Lung Association found that
“widespread transition to zero-emission transportation technologies could produce
emission reductions in 2050 that could add up to $72 billion in avoided health harms,
saving approximately 6,300 lives and avoiding more than 93,000 asthma attacks and
416,000 lost work days annually due to significant reductions in transportation-related
pollution”; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Climate Action Plan adopted by the City Council on
November 10, 2020, highlights the importance of reducing transportation emissions, and
identifies increased electric vehicle charging as a strategy that could yield a notable
greenhouse gas reduction and upon which local government could have a strong direct
influence; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Climate Action Plan includes a target to have 80 percent of
registered vehicles on Bainbridge Island be either electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles by 2045; and
WHEREAS, providing adequate charging infrastructure can reduce barriers to
electric vehicle adoption; and
WHEREAS, WAC 51-50-0429 sets requirements for electric vehicle supply
equipment installation for the construction of new buildings and accessory units, in
accordance with applicable requirements of Chapter 19.28 RCW and the National
Electrical Code, Article 625; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to be a leader in promoting low carbon forms of
transportation and ensuring that any new, applicable development is planning for future
electric vehicle demand; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered draft Ordinance No. 2022-14
on July 28 and August 25, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Ordinance No.
2022-14 on September 29, 2022, and after closing the public hearing, continued
discussion of Ordinance No. 2022-14, and made a recommendation of approval to the
City Council; and
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WHEREAS, notice was given on September 16, 2022, to the Office of
Community Development at the Washington State Department of Commerce in
conformance with RCW 36.70A.106 related to Ordinance No. 2022-14; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2022, the City Council considered Ordinance No.
2022-14; and
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
2022-14.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 18.15.020.B. of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
B. General Requirements.
1. Driveways, parking, and walkways shall accommodate pedestrians, motor
vehicles and bicycles used by occupants or visitors of a structure or use.
Location is subject to review of the planning and engineering departments.
2. No building permit shall be issued until the applicant has submitted satisfactory
plans demonstrating that required parking facilities will be provided and
maintained.
3. Unless authorized by a conditional use permit or this title, the use of property
in a residential zone for commercial parking is prohibited.
4. All driveways and other parking areas, except those serving single-family
residences, shall be surfaced with permanent materials acceptable to the public
works department, and shall be designed to manage stormwater runoff in
accordance with Chapter 15.20 BIMC.
5. Residential parcels are encouraged to have two-track driveways (also known as
Hollywood or wheel strip driveways).
6. Unless approved by the director, only a single access to public right-of-way is
allowed for an individual lot. More than one access may be allowed by the
director if the director determines, based on drawings or other information
submitted by the applicant, that (a) the proposed site access includes measures
that mitigate any identified negative impacts or effects that would result from
the additional access point(s); and (b) the additional access point(s) will
improve on-site or off-site traffic flow or is necessary for, or will help
facilitate, compliance with other requirements of this chapter.
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7. Joint use of required access ways with adjacent properties is encouraged. The
director may approve joint access if the applicant demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the director that the joint access (a) will promote the orderly
development of the surrounding area; or (b) will help reduce or avoid
cumulative adverse impacts that would result from each property accessing the
right-of-way separately; and (c) will not create a safety hazard.
8. With the exception of single-family and duplex buildings on individual lots,
access and parking spaces shall be designed so that no backing movement by a
vehicle, except emergency and service and delivery vehicles, shall be allowed
onto a public right-of-way; provided, that the director may waive this
requirement where no reasonable design alternative exists.
9. No parking space may block access to other parking spaces unless tandem
parking has been approved for a single residence or individual dwelling units
of a multifamily structure.
10. On-street parking created or designated in conjunction with and adjacent to a
project may be included in the parking space calculation upon approval of the
director.
11. When a new or expanded commercial or mixed use development is required to
provide parking for more than 10 25 cars, at least one parking space near the
entrance must be reserved and signed for use by a shared-car program or the
development shall integrate electric vehicle charging station infrastructure as
required in BIMC 18.15.020.C.3. For the purposes of this subsection,
expansion means that a development is expanded by more than five percent of
its existing floor area, or by more than five percent of its overall size in cases
where floor area is not applicable.
12. When a new development is required to provide parking for more than 25 cars,
at least one parking space near the entrance must be reserved and signed for
use by a shared-car program. All parking spaces reserved and signed for use by
a shared-car program must also be EV-capable.
13. The provisions of subsections 11 and 12 are intended to amend and supersede
the state building code provisions in WAC 51-50-0429. Further, the provisions
of subsections 11 and 12 do not apply to single-family residences and
multifamily residential buildings containing four or fewer residential units as
defined in RCW 19.27.015(4).
14. 12. For all development except for single-family residential, the required
parking for two or more complementary uses may be reduced up to 50 percent
when provided by a common parking lot, but may not be reduced below the
highest parking requirement. The reduction shall be reviewed and authorized
by the director of planning and community development together with a site
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plan and design review permit, building permit, or business license, depending
on when the parking space reduction is proposed.
Section 2. Section 18.15.020.C. of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code is
hereby amended to add a new subsection as follows:
3. Electric vehicle (“EV”) charging infrastructure. Electric vehicle charging
infrastructure shall be provided for new or expanded buildings, and new paved
surface parking lots and parking garages, according to this section and Tables
18.15.020-3 and 18.15.020-4. Where a building or development contains more
than one occupancy, the electric vehicle charging infrastructure percentages of
Table 18.15.020-3 shall be applied to the number of spaces required for each
occupancy.
a. Rounding. When calculating the number of required EV parking spaces, any
fraction or portion of an EV parking space required shall be rounded up to the
nearest whole number.
b. Higher levels of EV infrastructure can satisfy lower EV infrastructure
requirements. EVSE parking spaces installed at a greater percentage than
required by Table 18.15.020-3 may count toward meeting EV-capable or EV-
ready parking space requirements of Table 18.15.020-3. EV-Ready parking
spaces installed at a greater percentage than required by Table 18.15.020-3
may count toward meeting EV-capable parking space requirements of Table
18.15.020-3.
c. Ten percent of the accessible parking spaces, rounded to the next whole
number, shall have EV Charging Stations and 10 percent shall be EV-ready.
There shall be at least one accessible space for each type of EV charging
system. The EV charging infrastructure may also serve adjacent parking
spaces not designated as accessible parking. A maximum of 10 percent of the
accessible parking spaces, rounded to the next whole number, are allowed to
be included in the total number of electric vehicle parking spaces required
under Table 18.15.020-3.
d. Where EV-ready and EV-capable exterior on-grade surface parking spaces are
located more than 4 feet from a building, raceways shall be extended to a pull
box or stub in the vicinity of the designated space and shall be protected from
vehicles by a curb or other device.
e. Where an electric vehicle load management system is installed to fulfill the
requirements of Table 18.15.020-3, the maximum number of EVSE parking
spaces that may be connected to the same electrical circuit in the building is as
shown in Table 18.15.020-4.
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f. All EV charging infrastructure shall be installed in accordance with the
National Electrical Code (NFPA 70). For EV-ready parking spaces, the branch
circuit shall be identified as “Electric Vehicle Ready” in the service panel or
subpanel directory, and the termination location shall be marked as “Electric
Vehicle Ready.”
g. Incentives for providing additional EV charging infrastructure.
i. If DC fast charging stations (480 volts) are provided rather than Level 2
charging stations, the required number of vehicle parking spaces may be
reduced by 5%.
ii. If one electric vehicle charging station is provided for every 5 required parking stalls, the required number of vehicle parking spaces may be reduced by 5%.
h. Electric vehicle charging stations are reserved solely for charging of electric
vehicles. All EVSE parking spaces shall have designated signage and
pavement markings as set forth in RCW 46.08.185. Contact information for
the charging station operator shall be posted on the charging station
equipment in order to report malfunctions or other issues.
Table 18.15.020-3 Electric vehicle (“EV”) charging infrastructure
Building Code
Occupancy
Number of EVSE
Parking Spaces
Number of EV-
Ready Parking
Spaces
Number of EV-
Capable Parking
Spaces
Group A, B, E, F, H, I, M, and S occupancies (nonresidential buildings)
New buildings 10% of total parking
spaces
30% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
Existing buildings
proposed for
expansion
5% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
New Paved Surface
Parking Lots and
Parking Garage Uses
10% of total parking
spaces
30% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
Group R-2 buildings with 5 or more dwelling units
New buildings 10% of total parking
spaces
25% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
Existing buildings
proposed for
expansion
5% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
Note: Building Code Occupancies are defined in the International Building Code and the
International Residential Code.
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Table 18.15.020-4 Maximum Number of EVSE Per Circuit Breaker Rating
Minimum Circuit
Breaker Rating
(AMPS)
Maximum Number of
EVSE Per Circuit
20 1
30 2
40 4
50 5
60 6
70 7
80 8
90 10
100 11
125 14
150 17
Section 3. Effective July 1, 2023, Table 18.15.020-3 is further amended to
read as follows:
Table 18.15.020-3 Electric vehicle (“EV”) charging infrastructure
Building Code
Occupancy
Number of EVSE
Parking Spaces
Number of EV-
Ready Parking
Spaces
Number of EV-
Capable Parking
Spaces
Group A, B, E, F, H, I, M, and S occupancies (nonresidential buildings)
New buildings 10% of total parking
spaces
30% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
Existing buildings
proposed for
expansion
5% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
New Paved Surface
Parking Lots and
Parking Garage Uses
10% of total parking
spaces
30% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
Group R-2 buildings with 5 or more dwelling units
New buildings 10% of total parking
spaces
25% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
Existing buildings
proposed for
expansion
5% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
20% of total parking
spaces
Other Group R occupancies
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Buildings that do not
contain more than
two dwelling units
Not required One for each dwelling Not required
Dwelling units with
private garages
Not required One for each dwelling Not required
All other Group R
occupancies
10% of total parking
spaces
25% of total parking
spaces
10% of total parking
spaces
Note: Building Code Occupancies are defined in the International Building Code and the
International Residential Code.
Section 4. Section 18.15.020.J. of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code is
hereby amended as follows:
1. Parking Space and Aisle Dimensions. Except as provided in subsection J.1.e of
this section, parking lots shall be designed according to Table 18.15.020-35.
Space depth shall be measured exclusive of access drives, aisles and other
physical obstructions. Small car spaces may total no more than 30 percent of the
required number.
a. Parking lots shall have direct access to a street or road easement and
shall provide unobstructed access driveways exclusive of the required
parking areas.
b. Multifamily and nonresidential developments shall use access
standards as shown in Table 18.15.020-35.
c. Where possible, single-family residences shall share access drives.
d. Access drive widths for single-family residences shall be determined
by the city engineer or fire marshal.
e. For parking located in structures, columns or other structural elements
may encroach into the parking space a maximum of six inches on a
side; provided, that no wall, post, guardrail, or other element shall
obstruct car door opening or the exit-way of persons from a parked
vehicle.
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Table 18.15.020-35: Parking Space and Lot
Design and Dimensions [1]
A
Parking
Angle
B
Stall
Width
(ft.)
C [2]
Stall
Depth
(ft.)
D
Aisle
Width
(paved
surface ft.)
Direction of
Travel
45°
7.5 15 11 1-way
8.5 18 13 1-way
7.5 15 18 2-way
8.5 18 20 2-way
60°
7.5 15 14 1-way
8.5 19.5 14.5 1-way
7.5 15 20 2-way
8.5 19.5 20 2-way
75°
7.5 15 17.5 1-way
8.5 20 18.5 1-way
7.5 15 20 2-way
8.5 20 20 2-way
90° 7.5 15 20 2-way
8.5 19 24 2-way
Parallel 20 8.5 12 1-way
20 8.5 12 2-way
[1] The first line of each category (e.g., 45 degrees, one-way travel) indicates the
dimensions for compact cars.
[2] Where wheel stops are required, they shall be placed 18 inches from the end of stall.
Landscaping may be located between the wheel stop and the end of the stall. Landscaping
so located shall be in addition to, and not part of, any landscaping required by this title.
2. Grades. Where parking spaces are designated, grades shall not exceed six
percent. Driveways and driving lanes between separate groups of parking shall
not exceed 14 percent. Parking areas on sloping lots shall be laid out so that
parked cars lie perpendicular to the slope. Where existing grades on property
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proposed for a parking lot exceed 10 percent, the city may require a topographic
survey to show existing and proposed grades.
3. Landscaping.
a. Parking lots shall be landscaped in accordance with BIMC 18.15.010.F.
b. Permeable pavement is preferred in both accessory and primary parking
lots. The following types of permeable pavement have been found to
perform well in the Puget Sound climate when properly designed:
pervious concrete, porous asphalt, plastic grid systems, and interlocking
permeable pavers. (Ord. 2020-03 § 3 (Exh. C), 2020; Ord. 2019-03 § 16,
2019; Ord. 2018-13 §§ 11, 12, 2018; Ord. 2017-02 § 1, 2017; Ord. 2016-
28 §§ 17 – 19, 2016; Ord. 2014-14 § 3, 2014; Ord. 2011-17 § 2, 2011;
Ord. 2011-02 § 2 (Exh. A), 2011)
Section 5. Section 18.36.030 of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code is hereby
amended to add the following definitions:
“Electric Vehicle” or “EV” means a vehicle registered for on-road use, primarily
powered by an electric motor that draws current from a rechargeable storage source that
is charged by being plugged into an electrical current source.
“Electric Vehicle Capable Parking Space” or “EV-Capable Parking Space” means
a parking space that is provided with a listed raceway capable of accommodating a
minimum of 40-ampere dedicated 208/240-volt branch circuit. The raceway shall
terminate into a cabinet, box, or other enclosure in close proximity to the proposed
location of the EV-Capable parking space. Raceways and related components that are
planned to be installed underground, and in enclosed, inaccessible, or concealed areas
and spaces, shall be installed at the time of original construction.
“Electric Vehicle Ready Parking Space” or “EV-Ready Parking Space” means a
parking space that is provided with a minimum 40-ampere dedicated 208/240-volt branch
circuit for electric vehicle supply equipment that is terminated at a receptacle, junction
box, or electric vehicle supply equipment within the parking space in order to allow for
future installation of electric vehicle supply equipment.
“Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment” or “EVSE” means the conductors, including
the ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, and the electric vehicle
connectors, attachment plugs, personnel protection system, and all other fittings, devices,
power outlets, or apparatus installed specifically for the purpose of transferring energy
between the premises wiring and an electric vehicle.
“Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Parking Space” or “EVSE Parking Space”
means a parking space with electric vehicle supply equipment capable of supplying
current at 208/240 volts.
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“Electric Vehicle Load Management System” means a system designed to
optimize a property’s charging loads so that electricity is equitably distributed among
multiple electric vehicle supply equipment simultaneously.
Section 6. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this
ordinance be preempted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application
to other persons or circumstances.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2023, provided,
that the amendment of Table 18.15.020-3 set forth in Section 3 of this ordinance
shall take effect on July 1, 2023. The ordinance will be published as required by
law.
PASSED by the City Council this 8th day of November 2022.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 8th day of November 2022.
Joe Deets, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
Christine Brown, MMC, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: October 20, 2022
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: November 8, 2022
PUBLISHED: November 18, 2022
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2023; Pursuant to Section 3,
Table 18.15.020-3 is further amended as
stated herein effective July 1, 2023.
ORDINANCE NUMBER: 2022-14