Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 31

Parking at 3250 N Leclaire Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3200–3299 N Leclaire Ave. Everything here is from City records — 29,496 parking tickets written across 137 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 31, section 6. 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 3250 N Leclaire Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 N Laramie Ave alone took 427 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning11,189 tickets

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

2900 N Laramie Ave — 427 tickets, 8 min walk S
3000 N Laramie Ave — 426 tickets, 7 min walk S
3300 N Cicero Ave — 346 tickets, 8 min walk E

Permit zones8,859 tickets

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

4900 W Henderson St — 562 tickets, 4 min walk NE
4800 W Roscoe St — 437 tickets, 8 min walk NE
4800 W Henderson St — 400 tickets, 6 min walk E

Plate checks2,509 tickets

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

3500 N Lavergne Ave — 277 tickets, 8 min walk N
5300 W Roscoe St — 227 tickets, 7 min walk NW
4800 W Cornelia Ave — 224 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,747 tickets

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

3300 N Lamon Ave — 465 tickets, 6 min walk NE
3000 N Lockwood Ave — 330 tickets, 7 min walk SW
5000 W School St — 263 tickets, 2 min walk E

Metered blocks3,861 tickets

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

3000 N Cicero Ave — 822 tickets, 9 min walk SE
5200 W Belmont Ave — 781 tickets, 4 min walk SW
3200 N Cicero Ave — 444 tickets, 8 min walk E

Other enforcement331 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Cicero — 331 tickets, 9 min walk NE

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 31, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.