Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 32

Parking at 3050 N Ashland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3000–3099 N Ashland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 52,196 parking tickets written across 134 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 30

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 383

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

Cameras nearby?

3111 N Ashland Ave (2 min walk) · 3130 N Ashland Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 32, section 9. 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 3050 N Ashland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1300 W Melrose St alone took 366 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,159 tickets

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

1300 W Melrose St — 366 tickets, 8 min walk NE
3100 N Lakewood Ave — 319 tickets, 8 min walk E
3000 N Lakewood Ave — 293 tickets, 8 min walk E

Permit zones950 tickets

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

1500 W Melrose St — 383 tickets, 6 min walk N
1400 W Henderson St — 333 tickets, 9 min walk NE
1200 W Fletcher St — 234 tickets, 10 min walk E

Plate checks6,538 tickets

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

1400 W Melrose St — 387 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1400 W Fletcher St — 375 tickets, 5 min walk NE
1200 W Barry Ave — 306 tickets, 9 min walk E

Posted restrictions993 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1700 W Belmont Ave — 266 tickets, 6 min walk NW
1400 W Diversey Pkwy — 191 tickets, 6 min walk SE
1500 W Diversey Pkwy — 185 tickets, 6 min walk S

Metered blocks37,388 tickets

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

1300 W Belmont Ave — 3,060 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2900 N Lincoln Ave — 3,020 tickets, 6 min walk E
3300 N Lincoln Ave — 2,797 tickets, 9 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3111 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 2 min walk N
3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 3 min walk N

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.

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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 32, section 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.