Chicago parking by block · Near North Side · Ward 2

Parking at 250 E Illinois St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 E Illinois St. Everything here is from City records — 406,928 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, November 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
498 N Columbus Dr (1 min walk) · 489 N Columbus Dr (2 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 2, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Aug
20
Thu
Aug
21
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 250 E Illinois St

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 400 E North Water St alone took 396 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Permit zones396 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,565 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions87,809 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks312,029 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement3,905 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 498 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 1 min walk E
  • 489 N Columbus Dr — red-light camera, 2 min walk E
  • 450 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 2 min walk SE
  • 449 N Columbus Dr — speed camera, 2 min walk SE
  • 324 E Illinois St — speed camera, 2 min walk E
  • 142 E Ontario St — red-light camera, 4 min walk NW

Get warned before it happens

Everything on this page is a deadline or a line on a map. Autopilot America watches both for you — it knows where you parked, and it tells you before the ticket exists.

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Street cleaning on this blockFree
A text the night before every cleaning day here — the next is Monday, November 2. Free, no account needed →
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Parking restrictions where you leave the car
The app spots where you parked and checks it: temporary no-parking, permit zones, snow routes, meter time limits. This block isn’t a permit zone, but several nearby are.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 6 within a short walk of here.
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Your city sticker and plates, on time
Both are deadlines, not driving mistakes. We remind you before each one lapses, with a direct link to renew, so the $200 sticker ticket doesn't catch you out.
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Late fees, handled
A Chicago ticket doubles 25 days after it’s issued. We pay the ones you owe before that clock runs out — and if a ticket doubles on our watch during your paid year, you get the year back.
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The tickets you still get, contested
By mail, where 59% of contested tickets are dismissed, with the City’s own evidence pulled under FOIA.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $10/month or $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 2, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.