Chicago parking by block · Armour Square · Ward 3

Parking at 250 W De Saible

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W De Saible. Everything here is from City records — 10,978 parking tickets written across 75 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
3536 S Wallace St (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, 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
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 250 W De Saible

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Wallace St alone took 183 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning695 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,223 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,383 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions181 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks4,087 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3536 S Wallace St — speed camera, 10 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 1 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 3, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.