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Burnaby will require developers to install electric vehicle charging outlets

Developers will soon be required to prepare their Burnaby apartment building parking spaces for electric vehicle charging.
Electric vehicle charging
Port Coquitlam council is considering requiring developers to rough in the electrical infrastructure for Level 2 electric vehicle charging in new homes. A public hearing will be held next Jan. 9 at city hall.

Developers will soon be required to prepare their Burnaby apartment building parking spaces for electric vehicle charging.

City council passed a bylaw on Monday that will require every parking space for a housing unit to be equipped with an energized outlet. 

The developer has to supply the outlet, while it is the vehicle owner’s responsibility to provide and install the charging equipment specific to their car.

Parking spaces for visitors, secondary suites and existing housing units will not be required to include outlets.