Elgin, IL Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

088, adopted by Ordinance No. G53-23 on December 20, 2023, any newly constructed single-family home for which an initial building permit is applied for and issued on or after January 1, 2024, and any multi-unit residential building for which an initial building permit is applied for and issued on or after April 1, 2024, must provide EV-capable parking stalls if the project has parking spaces as defined by the state Electric Vehicle Charging Act, 765 ILCS 1085. That state law sets the technical wiring/conduit standard; Elgin's ordinance is what triggers the local building-permit obligation to comply with it.

070 exceeds 25 spaces, or where an existing parking facility already has more than 25 spaces, as long as the freed-up spaces are replaced with an equal number of Level 2 or direct current fast charger (DCFC) electric vehicle charging stations. The code gives a worked example: a 100-space lot can drop to 95 standard spaces if 5 of the remaining 95 are equipped with Level 2 or DCFC chargers. 45, so it does not stack with other parking reductions unless the development administrator approves it.

Because the mandate is tied to building-permit issuance dates rather than existing structures, homes and residential buildings permitted before the 2024 thresholds are not required to retrofit EV-capable stalls under this section.