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Parking Reform Map

Where parking mandates do and don't exist in Chicago

Big outcomes include:

  • Eliminates the requirement to get an “administrative adjustment” for properties in CTA transit-served locations (the purple area on the map below)
  • The option to provide less parking, including being able to provide no parking, is extended to RS and RT zoning districts for the first time (where the majority of detached houses and 2-to-6 flats get built)

Read the full summary.

The ordinance, SO2025-0015577, will go into effect during the September 25, 2025, City Council meeting. Learn more about our parking reform efforts in Chicago and in Illinois.

Map made by Michael McLean (source code).