Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 1250 N Waller Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 N Waller Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,396 parking tickets written across 132 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 28

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, section 7. 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 1250 N Waller Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5500 W North Ave alone took 343 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,979 tickets

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

5500 W North Ave — 343 tickets, 10 min walk NE
5300 W Potomac — 294 tickets, 8 min walk E
1400 N Linder Ave — 251 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Permit zones2,434 tickets

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

1000 N Parkside Ave — 401 tickets, 5 min walk S
5500 W Potomac — 297 tickets, 3 min walk E
1100 N Parkside Ave — 293 tickets, 2 min walk SE

City sticker checks91 tickets

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

1500 N Central Ave — 91 tickets, 8 min walk N

Plate checks5,040 tickets

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

5300 W Crystal — 289 tickets, 9 min walk E
1300 N Lorel — 258 tickets, 9 min walk E
5500 W Hirsch St — 227 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Posted restrictions415 tickets

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

1600 N Central Ave — 224 tickets, 10 min walk N
5900 W Augusta Blvd — 126 tickets, 8 min walk SW
5600 W Augusta Blvd — 65 tickets, 7 min walk S

Other enforcement111 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

5700 W North Ave — 62 tickets, 9 min walk N
5600 W Division — 49 tickets, 2 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.