Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 34

Parking at 250 S Clinton St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 S Clinton St. Everything here is from City records — 142,724 parking tickets written across 166 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?
4
216 S Jefferson St (2 min walk) · 147 S Desplaines St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Aug
24
Mon
Aug
25
Tue
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 250 S Clinton St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 900 W Van Buren St alone took 596 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,088 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,413 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,116 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions13,876 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks116,223 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,515 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 216 S Jefferson St — speed camera, 2 min walk W
  • 147 S Desplaines St — speed camera, 3 min walk W
  • 3 S Halsted St — red-light camera, 7 min walk NW
  • 14 N Halsted St — red-light camera, 8 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 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 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.