Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 34

Parking at 250 S Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 S Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 51,060 parking tickets written across 129 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
5 S Ashland Ave (5 min walk) · 1546 W Madison St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 250 S Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 700 S Loomis St alone took 737 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,468 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones19,441 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,858 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions5,823 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks13,797 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,279 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5 S Ashland Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
  • 1546 W Madison St — red-light camera, 5 min walk N
  • 1341 W Jackson Blvd — speed camera, 6 min walk E
  • 115 N Ogden Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk N

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 4 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 34, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.