Chicago parking by block · Armour Square · Ward 11

Parking at 250 W Richland

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W Richland. Everything here is from City records — 156,157 parking tickets written across 98 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 11, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 250 W Richland

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 S Jefferson St alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning772 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

1700 S Jefferson St — 298 tickets, 10 min walk W
500 W Cullerton St — 177 tickets, 9 min walk W
1900 S Jefferson St — 127 tickets, 10 min walk W

Permit zones10,534 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 2 min walk S
200 W Alexander St — 1,698 tickets, 8 min walk S
100 E 18th St — 1,346 tickets, 10 min walk E

Plate checks6,475 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 8 min walk NE
1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions3,392 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 4 min walk SE
200 W Cullerton St — 734 tickets, 3 min walk S
0 W 23rd St — 533 tickets, 9 min walk S

Metered blocks134,654 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

2100 S Archer Ave — 36,921 tickets, 5 min walk S
2100 S China Pl — 11,759 tickets, 5 min walk SW
2100 S Princeton Ave — 5,664 tickets, 6 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 11, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.