Chicago parking by block · West Town · Ward 27

Parking at 1250 W Augusta Blvd

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1200–1299 W Augusta Blvd. Everything here is from City records — 33,210 parking tickets written across 121 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
1444 W Division St (9 min walk) · 1455 W Division St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 9. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 1250 W Augusta Blvd

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1500 W Walton St alone took 411 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning895 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones10,086 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks9,032 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,110 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks10,968 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement791 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1444 W Division St — speed camera, 9 min walk NW
  • 1455 W Division St — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
  • 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 27, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.