Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3250 S Millard Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3200–3299 S Millard Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,888 parking tickets written across 71 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 22, section 1. 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 S Millard Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2800 S St Louis Ave alone took 218 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,463 tickets

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

2800 S St Louis Ave — 218 tickets, 8 min walk NE
2800 S Trumbull Ave — 213 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3000 S Avers Ave — 211 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Permit zones1,420 tickets

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

3000 S Central Park Ave — 304 tickets, 5 min walk N
3000 S Harding Ave — 294 tickets, 9 min walk NW
3000 S Drake Ave — 286 tickets, 5 min walk NE

Plate checks1,295 tickets

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

2700 S Drake Ave — 251 tickets, 10 min walk N
2700 S Millard Ave — 204 tickets, 9 min walk N
2800 S Drake Ave — 181 tickets, 8 min walk N

Posted restrictions1,444 tickets

Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.

2800 S Homan Ave — 227 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3400 W 28th St — 218 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3400 W 30th St — 212 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Other enforcement110 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3500 W 31st St — 59 tickets, 4 min walk NE
3100 S Central Park — 51 tickets, 1 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 22, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.