For purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Developer” means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity that constructs a single-family or multi-family residential dwelling.
(2) a. “Electric vehicle” means an automotive-type vehicle for on-road use primarily powered by an electric motor that draws current from an onboard battery charged through a building electrical service, electric vehicle supply equipment, or another source of electric current.
b. “Electric vehicle” includes all of the following:
1. A plug-in hybrid vehicle, which operates with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor that can be plugged into an external electric power source to charge the internal battery.
2. An all-electric vehicle, which operates solely from an internal electric battery.
(3) “Electric vehicle capable parking space” means a dedicated parking space with electrical panel capacity and space for a branch circuit dedicated to the parking space and equipped with raceways, both underground and surface mounted, to enable the future installation of electric vehicle supply equipment and that meets all of the following:
a. An electrical conduit is run continuously from the electrical panel serving the parking space to an electric junction box or receptacle located within 5 feet of the parking space.
b. The electrical conduit under paragraph (3)a. of this section is sized and rated to accommodate a branch circuit of sufficient size to the future electrical charging facility.
c. The junction box or receptacle and the electrical panel under paragraph (3)a. of this section are conspicuously marked and identified as “For electric vehicle charging”.
d. If the junction box or receptacle under paragraph (3)a. of this section is not in a garage, the junction box or receptacle must be appropriately sealed.
(4) “Electric vehicle charging infrastructure” means the conductors, including the ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, and the electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and any other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatus installed specifically for the purpose of transferring energy to an electric vehicle.
(5) “Electric vehicle charging infrastructure parking space” means a designated parking space with dedicated electric vehicle charging infrastructure, installed as required under the electrical code in this State and which can charge an electric vehicle located within 5 feet of the parking space.
(6) “Multi-family residential dwelling” means residential group R-2 occupancies containing sleeping units or more than 2 dwelling units where occupants are primarily permanent in nature, including all of the following:
a. Apartment houses.
b. Congregate living facilities.
c. Boarding houses (nontransient).
d. Convents.
e. Dormitories.
f. Fraternities and sororities.
g. Hotels (nontransient).
h. Live/work units.
i. Motels (nontransient).
j. Vacation timeshare properties.
(7) “Single-family residential dwelling” means all of the following intended for occupancy by a family:
a. An attached structure, including a townhouse or row home.
b. A detached structure, including a house.
