Evanston, IL Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

2. 1, any new construction that provides parking must supply EVSE-Installed Spaces and lay groundwork for future charging through EV-Ready Spaces and EV-Capable Spaces; where a site has more than one parking facility, the percentages are calculated separately for each facility. 2 sets the baseline split: multifamily buildings must provide 10% EVSE-Installed, 20% EV-Ready, and 70% EV-Capable spaces, while commercial buildings must provide 10% EVSE-Installed and 40% EV-Capable spaces. Those minimums step up over time: the EV-Installed and EV-Ready shares for multifamily projects, and the EV-Installed and EV-Capable shares for commercial projects, increase by 10 percentage points every three years.

2 also fixes electrical specifics: the dedicated circuit serving an EV-Ready or EV-Capable space must have no other outlets, and the service panel must include an over-current protective device with enough capacity and space for the circuit, located close to the future EV parking spaces. 3 requires construction documents to identify the raceway termination point, proposed EVSE location, amperage, wiring schematics, and electrical load calculations, and requires each EV-Capable or EV-Ready space to carry a permanent, visible label at the service panel and at the circuit's termination point.

Because the requirement lives inside the adopted Building Code rather than a standalone ordinance, the City's Division of Building and Development Services, named the enforcement agency for the amended Building Code by Section 4-2-2, reviews EV charging compliance during the same plan review and inspection process as the rest of a new commercial or multifamily project.