Overland Park will require all vehicles parked at public electric vehicle charging stations to be actively plugged into the charger.
Earlier this week, the Overland Park City Council voted 10-0 to approve the new ordinance in the city’s traffic code. Earlier this year, Overland Park started solidifying its electric vehicle plans by adopting its 95-page Electric Vehicle Readiness Plan. That plan fell short of formalizing any policy decisions, but it laid out recommendations aimed at helping the city “implement a thoughtful strategy identifying needs and best practices” for EVs. It also suggested departments in which Overland Park could potentially expand its electric vehicle fleet overtime and identified possible public-facing city facilities that might be a good fit to set up EV chargers. That included mostly spots that attract community members and visitors, such as the Matt Ross Community Center downtown and the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. At the time the city’s EV plan was adopted 11-1 in March, Councilmember Melissa Cheatham called it “essential,” noting that she felt it was “timely, if not overdue.”
Source: Johnson County Post
