Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 1150 S Menard Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1100–1199 S Menard Ave. Everything here is from City records — 3,073 parking tickets written across 20 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 2489

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1150 S Menard Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1100 S Mayfield Ave alone took 166 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning532 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1100 S Mayfield Ave — 166 tickets, 3 min walk W
5900 W Arthington St — 160 tickets, 6 min walk NW
5800 W Fillmore St — 133 tickets, 2 min walk NW

Permit zones733 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

5900 W Fillmore St — 179 tickets, 5 min walk W
1000 S Mayfield Ave — 175 tickets, 4 min walk NW
1000 S Monitor — 148 tickets, 3 min walk NW

City sticker checks229 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

1100 S Monitor Ave — 135 tickets, 1 min walk W
900 S Menard — 94 tickets, 5 min walk N

Plate checks574 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1000 S Mason Ave — 299 tickets, 5 min walk NW
5800 W Arthington St — 179 tickets, 5 min walk NW
5800 W Railroad Ave — 51 tickets, 6 min walk N

Posted restrictions97 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1100 S Austin Blvd — 97 tickets, 5 min walk W

Other enforcement833 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

1100 S Mason — 833 tickets, 4 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 2489 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 29, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.