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Vancouver Requires Electric Car Inclusionary Zoning

Posted by: Nate Berg

14 July 2009 - 8:00am

The city of Vancouver is going to begin requiring that a certain amount of electric car charging stations be included in all new residential developments.

"Under the plan approved Thursday, developers must include plug-ins for electric cars in at least 20 per cent of parking stalls in new condominium and apartment buildings, along with some city-owned parking lots."

This rule doubles the original proposal to require 10 percent electric charging stations.

Full Story: Vancouver charges ahead with electric-car plug-ins
Source: CBC, July 9, 2009
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But why not just require basic accessibility, such as no-step entrances and wider doorways? It seems off the mark to argue that it's inappropriate to place this kind of requirement on homebuilders.
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