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City Services by Address

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What will you find here?

This dashboard is a one-stop shop to see City services and service area designations as they apply to you or any specific Chicago address. Users can input an address, and the dashboard retrieves valuable information related to that location, including community area, zoning information, and other City services.

Some questions that data from this dashboard can answer include:

  • In which police beat is this address located?
  • Is this address located in a Chicago Historic District?
  • In what zoning district is this address located?

Key Terminology (Expand/collapse each for details.)

Geographic Areas

  • Ward: Chicago has 50 wards. Each ward is a political district and the voters in each ward are represented by an elected Alderperson. Ward boundaries change, through a process called redistricting, following the ten-year census so that wards represent an approximately equal number of people.
  • Community Area: Chicago has 77 community areas. Community area boundaries do not change over time (as political boundaries do), so information about the City can be consistently collected and analyzed over long periods of time, despite redistricting.

Public Safety

  • CPD Area: Chicago has five police Areas that aid the department in the allocation of resources and personnel across the City.
  • Chicago Police Department (CPD) District: Chicago has 22 police districts, which are geographic subdivisions overseen by a Commander.
  • CPD Beat: A beat is a smaller neighborhood area that a CPD member is assigned to patrol.
  • Chicago Fire Department (CFD) District: Chicago has five CFD districts, which are geographic subdivisions overseen by a Commander.
  • CFD Battalion: Chicago is divided into 24 battalions, which are smaller neighborhood areas served by a firehouse.

City Services

  • Recycling Vendor: Chicago’s six recycling zones are split between two service providers: DSS and Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), a contracted waste management company.
  • Current Month Street Sweeping: This will show the dates for the current month when street sweeping will occur for this address, if applicable.
  • Street Sweeping Ward/Section: Street sweeping for debris and litter is broken into maps and schedules by Ward.

General

  • Voting Ward/Precinct: Voting wards and precincts are designated by residential address. Election ballots may be different by ward and/or precinct. The data is displayed as a combination of ward (first two characters) and precinct within that ward (last three characters).
  • Zoning: Chicago is divided into zoning districts that reflect neighborhood priorities. Each zoning district has different regulations.
  • TIF Districts: Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a tool used to fund infrastructure projects through taxes on real estate values. Areas supported by TIFs are called TIF Districts.
  • Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) Zone: This requires residential developments with 10 or more units to provide a portion of the units as affordable housing.
  • Industrial Corridor: Chicago’s 26 designated Industrial Corridors contain land that’s zoned for manufacturing.
  • Special Service area: Special Service Areas are local tax districts that fund expanded services and programs through a localized property tax levy.
  • Invest S/W Community: Invest South/West was a community development initiative, no longer active, intended to provide resources to select communities on the South and West Sides of the City.
  • Chicago Neighborhoods Now Area: Chicago Neighborhoods Now was an initiative, no longer active, to create vibrant neighborhoods in 16 planning areas across Chicago.
  • Historic District: Chicago has over 50 landmark districts that have been identified for historic preservation.

Data Sources

The data for this dashboard comes from multiple sources. These sources include the Chicago Data Portal, internal City of Chicago databases, and a list of valid Chicago mailing addresses. OIG follows a rigorous protocol to validate and clean data before presenting it in our information portal. OIG has made its best efforts to determine that the data presented is accurate, however please check the specific City service website before making any decisions based on the data presented in this dashboard.