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CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: October 12, 2022
Item No: 22-347
Responsible Dept: Planning
Action Requested: Ordinance Map/Lot: n/a
Title, Ordinance
Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, by Defining EV Charging Stations and Exempting Them from
Parking Setbacks
Summary
This Ordinance will amend Chapter 165, Land Development Code, by defining EV charging stations (called
"Electric Vehicle (EV) Supply Equipment" in this language) and exempting them from parking setbacks. These
changes will facilitate the expansion of EV charging equipment and are considered appropriate to the relatively
small size of this equipment. If buffering is required for the lot in question where the EV charging stations are
proposed, the buffering around the chargers may be eliminated within 5 feet in any direction of the
equipment.
Committee Action
Committee: Planning Board
Action:
Staff Comments & Approvals
Meeting Date: October 18, 2022
For:
Against:
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City Manager City Solicitor Finance
Director
Introduced for: First Reading and Referral
22-347 10/12/2022
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: October 12, 2022
Assigned to Councilor: Sprague
ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 165, Land Development Code, by defining EV charging stations and
exempting them from parking setbacks
WHEREAS, at present, electric vehicle charging stations would not be allowed within parking setbacks,
WHEREAS, the small size of electric vehicle charging stations minimizes detrimental effects on surrounding
properties, making it feasible for them to be located within parking setbacks;
WHEREAS, it is a goal of the City to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and allowing for increased accessibility
to electric vehicle charging stations can assist with reducing transportation emissions in the City;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
Chapter 165 of the Code of the City of Bangor is amended as follows:
§ 165-13 Definitions
ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) SUPPLY EQUIPMENT
Equipment used for supplying power to electric vehicles (EV's)
§ 165-73 Parking area location and screening.
C. Electric vehicle (EV) supply equipment are exempt from setback requirements and therefore
may be located in the parking setbacks listed in §165-73.B above. EV supply equipment do
not require a land development permit, but must meet National Electrical Code standards. If
buffering and/or screening is required for the lot in question where the EV supply equipment
is proposed, the buffering/screening may be eliminated within 5 feet in any direction of the
equipment.
Memorandum
To: Honorable Bangor City Council
Deb Laurie, City Manager
From: Anne M Krieg AICP, Planning Officer
Date: October 19, 2022
CC: Courtney O’Donnell, Assistant City Manager
Stephen Bolduc, Acting Director of Community and Economic Development
David Szewczyk, City Solicitor
Re: Planning Board Recommendation October 18, 2022 - Amending Chapter 165, Land
Development Code, by providing buffering and setback relief for Electric Vehicle (EV)
Supply Equipment. The change also defines EV Supply Equipment.
Please accept this memorandum as the recommendation from the Planning Board for the noted item.
The Planning Board considered this item in a posted public hearing on October 18, 2022.
The meeting was conducted in the Council Chambers at City Hall and on Zoom. Members in
attendance in the Chambers were the Chair, Ken Huhn, and Members Don Meagher, Ted Brush,
Reese Perkins, Mike Bazinet, and Trish Hayes.
This was a staff-led Code change request. Planning Officer Krieg presented the proposed changes.
From the staff memo:
A. This amendment provides relief from the setback requirements for parking lots.
B. The reason for this change is to encourage the placement of EV charging equipment.
Under current regulations, these apparatus would have to hold the parking setback.
There were no questions from the public.
The Board discussed possible life safety code needs for bollards.
Member Perkins made a motion to recommend to the City Council that the noted text amendment
ought to pass. Member Bazinet seconded the motion. The motion passed 6:0.
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IN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 12, 2022
COrd 22-347
First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of October 18, 2022
CITY CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 24, 2022
COrd 22-347
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 7 – 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt, Leonard, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague, Tremble, Fournier
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
CITY CLERK