Chicago parking by block · Douglas · Ward 3

Parking at 2650 S Michigan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2600–2699 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 33,932 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1129

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 4. 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 2650 S Michigan Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 S Indiana Ave alone took 588 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning3,460 tickets

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

2900 S Indiana Ave — 588 tickets, 6 min walk S
3000 S Indiana Ave — 542 tickets, 8 min walk S
2300 S Indiana — 350 tickets, 8 min walk N

Permit zones9,225 tickets

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

100 E 23rd St — 3,497 tickets, 10 min walk N
0 E 23rd St — 3,119 tickets, 10 min walk N
2300 S Wabash Ave — 881 tickets, 8 min walk N

Plate checks10,830 tickets

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

2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2900 S State St — 1,030 tickets, 6 min walk SW
2900 S Federal St — 1,029 tickets, 8 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,349 tickets

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

300 E 29th St — 342 tickets, 7 min walk SE
2900 S Wentworth Ave — 209 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2400 S Michigan — 151 tickets, 5 min walk N

Metered blocks8,633 tickets

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

2300 S Michigan Ave — 3,141 tickets, 8 min walk N
2400 S Wentworth Ave — 2,005 tickets, 10 min walk NW
2300 S State St — 1,773 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Other enforcement186 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

2800 S Wentworth Ave — 128 tickets, 9 min walk W
200 E 31st St — 58 tickets, 9 min walk SE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1129 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.