Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 50

Parking at 3150 W Hood Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3100–3199 W Hood Ave. Everything here is from City records — 14,370 parking tickets written across 106 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
3137 W Peterson Ave (4 min walk) · 2801 W Peterson Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 50, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
11
Thu
Jun
12
Fri
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed

Streets to watch near 3150 W Hood Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 W Rosemont Ave alone took 392 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning5,517 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones515 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,092 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,462 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
Metered blocks5,019 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement176 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3137 W Peterson Avespeed camera, 4 min walk S
  • 2801 W Peterson Avered-light camera, 10 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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 50, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.