Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 27

Parking at 250 S Western Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 S Western Ave. Everything here is from City records — 18,747 parking tickets written across 138 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?
4
342 S Western Ave (2 min walk) · 2360 W Van Buren St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 5. 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
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Nov
2
Mon
Nov
3
Tue

Streets to watch near 250 S Western Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 700 S Western Ave alone took 324 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,684 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,141 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks76 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks12,835 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions446 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement63 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 342 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk S
  • 2360 W Van Buren St — red-light camera, 3 min walk S
  • 13 S Western Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk N
  • 2382 W Madison St — red-light camera, 5 min walk N

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 4 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 27, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.