Planner: Flower Mound has about 3,200 electric vehicles; staff lays out charger inventory and policy examples

Planner Purnima told the Planning & Zoning Commission that town permitting records and regional data show Flower Mound has roughly 3,200 electric vehicles, an EV-to-total-vehicle ratio of about 4.98%, and an inventory of public and private charging installations.

The presentation, delivered during the commission's regular meeting on March 9, 2026, summarized data pulled from the town’s permitting system (TrackIt) and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). Purnima said the town has permitted 182 residential EV-charger installations and several commercial or multifamily sites with chargers (examples cited included Kohl’s, Wonderland Montessori, a Tesla service center and ParkCentral Apartments). She said not all installed chargers are active and that some chargers may be installed without permits.

Why it matters: the information gives commissioners a baseline of local EV adoption and infrastructure as they consider whether to recommend code language requiring ‘EV-ready’ parking, design standards or signage.

What staff recommended and what benchmark cities do
Purnima reviewed examples from other North Texas municipalities: some require EV-ready infrastructure when large parking fields are built, others set design, location and signage standards, and a few cap the percentage of spaces that may be EV. For example, staff cited that one benchmark city requires at least 5% EV-ready spaces for developments with 100 or more spaces, while another includes design/location/signage requirements but no minimum percentage.

Commissioners asked technical questions — how EV-ready is defined, whether chargers in town are publicly accessible, and how usage is enforced. Purnima said EV-ready generally means prewired or preinstalled infrastructure so chargers can be added later; most chargers the town has identified are on private commercial properties and staff does not have consistent monitoring data showing whether they are available for public use.

Next steps
Purnima said she will email the full data package to commissioners and can include EV-related code amendments in the P&Z priorities list to forward to Town Council during the council’s annual retreat if the commission makes that a priority. No code changes or formal recommendations were adopted at the meeting.

Attribution: Planner Purnima (staff) provided the data. The commission asked clarifying questions; no public commenters spoke on this item.