Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 3050 N Western

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3000–3099 N Western. Everything here is from City records — 14,774 parking tickets written across 110 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 16
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 346
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
2344 W Diversey Ave (6 min walk) · 2743 N Western Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 19. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
21
Tue
Jul
22
Wed
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 3050 N Western

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 N Clybourn Ave alone took 419 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,311 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,380 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,677 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,760 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks314 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement50 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 2344 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk S
  • 2743 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk S

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 346 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 47, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.