Chicago parking by block · Douglas · Ward 4

Parking at 3150 S Lsd 31st

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3100–3199 S Lsd 31st. Everything here is from City records — 17,227 parking tickets written across 39 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 11

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 4, section 12. 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 3150 S Lsd 31st

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 600 E 35th St alone took 254 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning389 tickets

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

600 E 35th St — 254 tickets, 9 min walk S
3000 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr — 135 tickets, 10 min walk W

Permit zones3,752 tickets

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

3100 S Rhodes Ave — 1,164 tickets, 6 min walk W
500 E 32nd St — 635 tickets, 5 min walk SW
400 E 31st Street — 605 tickets, 8 min walk W

City sticker checks506 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

3000 S Lake Shore Drive — 222 tickets, 2 min walk NW
2700 S Lake Shore Drive — 101 tickets, 9 min walk N
2800 S Lake Shore Drive — 92 tickets, 7 min walk N

Plate checks4,193 tickets

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

2900 S Vernon Ave — 1,403 tickets, 10 min walk NW
500 E 33rd Pl — 601 tickets, 8 min walk SW
400 E 33rd St — 541 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Posted restrictions1,570 tickets

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

3100 S Lake Shore Dr — 728 tickets, 1 min walk SW
3000 S Fort Dearborn — 494 tickets, 2 min walk N
2800 S Fort Dearborn — 198 tickets, 8 min walk N

Metered blocks6,680 tickets

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

2900 S Fort Dearborn — 5,416 tickets, 4 min walk N
600 E 31st St — 1,264 tickets, 2 min walk NW

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 4, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.