Parking at 2950 N Lake Shore Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2900–2999 N Lake Shore Dr. Everything here is from City records — 27,055 parking tickets written across 40 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 383
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
373 W Belmont Ave (9 min walk) · 3210 N Lake Shore Dr (9 min walk)
Streets to watch near 2950 N Lake Shore Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 400 W Wellington Ave alone took 578 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.
Street cleaning3,830 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 400 W Wellington Ave — 578 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 2600 N Stockton Dr — 530 tickets, 10 min walk SW
- 2500 N Stockton Dr — 511 tickets, 10 min walk SW
Plate checks4,655 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2900 N Lake Shore Dr — 1,181 tickets, 1 min walk N
- 400 W Briar Pl — 679 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 400 W Barry Ave — 552 tickets, 9 min walk W
Posted restrictions8,030 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
- 400 W Belmont Ave — 1,225 tickets, 10 min walk NW
- 2600 N Cannon Dr — 1,048 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 2900 N Pine Grove Ave — 837 tickets, 9 min walk W
Metered blocks10,470 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 100 W Diversey Pkwy — 6,001 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 2800 N Pine Grove Ave — 2,241 tickets, 9 min walk W
- 400 W Diversey Pkwy — 2,228 tickets, 10 min walk SW
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 373 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
- 3210 N Lake Shore Dr — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.