Boynton Beach Uses Charging Smart to Build a Roadmap for EV Preparedness
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Community
Boynton Beach, FL
Population:
78,679
78,679
In 2025, Boynton Beach became the first community in Florida to earn Charging Smart designation! The City earned Bronze by clarifying EV charging infrastructure permitting processes, training municipal staff in best practices, collaborating with their utility on electricity needs, and more.
- Created an online permitting checklist, increasing transparency for community members and solar installers
- Reviewed local zoning codes and identified restrictions that intentionally or unintentionally prohibit solar PV development
- Allowed solar by-right accessory use in all zones (so solar installations don’t require special permits or hearings)
- Cross-trained both inspection and permitting staff on solar PV
- Provided a streamlined permitting pathway for small PV systems
Look around the city, you don’t see a lot of solar. I see this as a necessary first step, and now is the time to start promoting it.
– Rebecca Harvey, Boynton Beach Sustainability Coordinator
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