How Florida Statute 718.113 Lets Your Condo Board Add EV Charging — Without a Full Membership Vote

Walk through any condo parking garage in Central or South Florida today and you'll start seeing them: extension cords snaking under doors, mismatched Level 1 adapters zip-tied to light poles, and the occasional unit owner who installed something on a shared circuit without telling anyone. EV ownership is growing fast, and boards are getting the pressure from both directions — owners demanding chargers and insurance carriers asking hard questions about unpermitted electrical work.

The good news is that Florida law already gives your board the tools to get ahead of this. Most boards just haven't read the statute closely enough.

What Florida Statute 718.113 Actually Says

Florida Statute 718.113 governs alterations to condominium common elements and unit interiors. Two subsections matter specifically for EV charging.

Subsection (8) covers unit-owner requests. It says a board cannot unreasonably deny a unit owner's written request to install an EV charging station in their designated parking space. The word "unreasonably" is doing a lot of work there. It doesn't mean the board has to say yes to every request with no conditions — it means you need a defensible process and consistent standards. Boards that ignore requests, or that deny them without a legitimate basis, are exposed. Boards that establish clear installation standards are protected.

Subsection (9) is where it gets interesting for the board itself. This subsection allows the board to install EV charging infrastructure on common elements — shared parking areas, garages, visitor lots — without putting it to a full membership vote. The legislature specifically carved this out from the normal "material alteration" rule that would otherwise require a vote. The logic is straightforward: EV charging is considered a utility improvement, not a fundamental change to the character of the property.

Think of it like when your board decided to upgrade the lobby Wi-Fi. You didn't hold a community-wide referendum — you made an operational decision that improved the property for everyone. Subsection (9) treats EV charging infrastructure the same way.

Why Subsection (9) Is the Smarter Play

Most boards defaulting to the reactive approach — waiting for owner requests under (8) and handling them one at a time — are creating more work, not less. Each individual request triggers its own review, its own electrical assessment, its own insurance question. And the result is a patchwork of different hardware, different contractors, and different liability footprints across your garage.

Subsection (9) lets the board flip the script. Instead of reacting to individual requests, you proactively build out a community charging system on common elements that you control from day one. You choose the hardware. You choose the installer. You set the usage policy. You decide how billing works. And you do all of this without waiting for a membership vote to clear.

That's not an end-run around owner rights — it's exactly what the statute authorizes. The legislature understood that EV charging infrastructure, like any utility upgrade, works better when it's done at the property level with consistent standards rather than in a dozen incompatible one-off installs.

The Managed Model: Let Someone Else Carry the Operational Weight

Even with legal authority to act, most condo boards don't have a facilities team standing by to manage a charging network. That's the practical barrier. You can authorize the project, but who's handling equipment maintenance at 11 PM when a charger goes down? Who's managing the billing system? Who's on the hook when something needs to be replaced in three years?

Florida Chargers' program was built specifically for boards in this position. Florida Chargers owns the hardware, handles the installation, and takes full responsibility for ongoing operations and maintenance. The property invests in the professional installation, and financing is available for qualified properties with no money down. Once the system is running, the property earns 50% of net charging profit in Years 1–5 and 30% from Year 6 onward.

The board gets a professionally managed system — no vendor staff, no in-house expertise required. Residents get reliable, high-quality charging as a community amenity. And the property generates revenue from infrastructure that's already on-site.

One Charger, Every Car

If you've heard one objection in board meetings about EV charging, it's probably this: "Not everyone drives a Tesla."

It's a fair concern, and it used to be a real technical complication. It's not anymore.

Florida Chargers installs Tesla Universal Wall Connectors — 48-amp units capable of delivering 11.5 kilowatts of power. They use the NACS connector and include an integrated J1772 adapter. That means they charge every major EV on the road today: Tesla, Ford, Rivian, GM vehicles, BMW, Hyundai, Kia, and every other brand using either connector standard. One hardware spec, one installation, universal compatibility.

The "non-Tesla residents" objection doesn't hold up. Every EV owner in your community benefits from the same system.

Ready to See What This Looks Like for Your Property?

Florida Chargers is a veteran-owned, Tesla Certified commercial EV installer serving condominium communities across Florida. If you want to understand what a managed charging deployment looks like for your specific property, reach out for a no-pressure site assessment.

Call 321-467-2099 or visit flchargers.com.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Consult a licensed Florida attorney for guidance specific to your association.