The City of Evanston has just over 17,000 primary site addresses. This data does not include sub-units such as apartments, condominiums, or suites.

The City of Evanston designates some streets around schools as temporary one-ways at certain times to facilitate safer pick-ups and drop-offs.

Annexations by the City of Evanston through the years.

The City of Evanston maintains 76 of its own parks spread over 273 acres. This parks layer also includes 10 Ridgeville Park District parks, 2 Lighthouse Park District Parks, 1 Cook County Forest Preserve (Perkins Woods) and the portion of the Canal Shores Golf Course within the City of Evanston as well as 2 parks just over the city's western boundary which we jointly operate with the Village of Skokie.

The Zoning Code is located in Title 6 of the Municipal City Code. The Zoning Code promotes the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, general welfare, objectives and policies of the comprehensive general plan. As adopted and amended by the Evanston City Council, the Zoning Code establishes and regulates buildings and building setbacks along streets, alleys, property lines, use of lot areas, parking and loading, and the areas of open space between and among surrounding buildings.

The City of Evanston has approximately 147 miles of street centerlines within its borders. These centerlines are coded with address ranges for use in geocoding and also includes honorary street names, speed limits, and ownership data. McCormick Blvd, while in Skokie, is included with this data as it serves as an important N-S thoroughfare.

The City of Evanston has just under 120 intersections controlled by traffic signals.

The Zoning Code is located in Title 6 of the Municipal City Code. The Zoning Code promotes the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, general welfare, objectives and policies of the comprehensive general plan. As adopted and amended by the Evanston City Council, the Zoning Code establishes and regulates buildings and building setbacks along streets, alleys, property lines, use of lot areas, parking and loading, and the areas of open space between and among surrounding buildings.

This layer shows bodies of water in and around the City of Evanston. The chief among these is Lake Michigan to the east with 4.25 miles of shoreline. The data also includes 3 miles of the North Shore Channel, the 14.2 acre Northwestern Lagoon, and various other ponds.

Traffic circles are a traffic calming device employed by the City of Evanston along with speed humps.