Bill Text: NJ A5221 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires DCA to review and amend State Uniform Construction Code concerning parking structures to address increased weight of electric vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A5221 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A5221-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DCA to review and amend State Uniform Construction Code concerning parking structures to address increased weight of electric vehicles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning construction standards for new and existing parking structures and supplementing P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall review and amend the State Uniform Construction Code requirements concerning new and existing parking structures to address the increased weight imposed upon those structures due to electric vehicle occupancy.
a. The commissioner shall study, develop, and implement code requirements for new parking structures, which shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) requirements for the increased weight of electric vehicles;
(2) new installation codes for electric vehicle chargers;
(3) distributing electric vehicle parking spaces throughout the parking structure for the reduction of load intensity;
(4) an analysis of common parking structure construction types to determine whether the parking structure could withstand an increased load due to electric vehicles; and
(5) establishing a minimum of 10 percent electric vehicle parking spaces in new parking structures.
b. The commissioner shall study, develop, and implement code requirements for existing parking structures, which shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) a review of existing parking structure load requirements;
(2) a process for monitoring, measuring, and documenting parking structure performance with increased electric vehicle occupancy;
(3) publishing detailed example analyses and strengthening projects as models for assessment and upgrade; and
(4) requirements for the owners of parking structures, which the department deems unsound or structurally deficient due to increased electric vehicle occupancy, to develop a remediation plan, including a timeline for coming into compliance within 90 days of the notice of deficiency, or the department shall be empowered to close the parking structure until the owner brings the parking structure into compliance.
2. The Commissioner of
Community Affairs shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure
Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as
necessary to implement the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill).
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following the date of enactment, except that the Commissioner of Community Affairs may take anticipatory action necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs (commissioner) to review and amend the State Uniform Construction Code (UCC) to address the increased weight imposed upon those structures due to electric vehicle occupancy. The commissioner is to review and amend the UCC to address both new and existing parking structures.
The bill provides that, for new parking structures, the commissioner is to study, develop, and implement UCC requirements, which are to include, but not be limited to:
(1) requirements for the increased weight of electric vehicles;
(2) new installation codes for electric vehicle chargers;
(3) distributing electric vehicle parking spaces for the reduction of load intensity;
(4) an analysis of common parking structure construction types to determine whether the parking structure could withstand an increased load; and
(5) establishing a minimum of 10 percent electric vehicle parking spaces in new parking structures.
The bill further provides that, for existing parking structures, the commissioner is to study, develop, and implement UCC requirements, which are to include, but not be limited to:
(1) a review of existing parking structure load requirements;
(2) a process for monitoring, measuring, and documenting parking structure performance with increased electric vehicle occupancy;
(3) publishing detailed example analysis and strengthening projects as models for assessment and upgrade; and
(4) requirements for the owners of parking structures, which the department deems unsound or structurally deficient due to increased electric vehicle occupancy, to develop a remediation plan, including a timeline for coming into compliance within 90 days of the notice of deficiency, or the department is to be empowered to close the parking structure until the owner brings the parking structure into compliance.
The bill provides that the commissioner is to, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill is to take effect on the first day of the third month next following the date of enactment, except that the commissioner is permitted to take anticipatory action necessary to effectuate the provisions of the bill.
