Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3250 W 31st Street

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3200–3299 W 31st Street. Everything here is from City records — 13,208 parking tickets written across 67 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
3084 S Kedzie Ave (2 min walk) · 3190 W 31st St (2 min 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.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Jul
31
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 3250 W 31st Street

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W 27th St alone took 360 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,835 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,934 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,229 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,324 tickets
Hydrants get ticketed here. Leave 15 feet.
Metered blocks3,528 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement110 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3084 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 2 min walk E
  • 3190 W 31st St — red-light camera, 2 min walk E
  • 2718 S Kedzie Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk N
  • 2609 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

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 4 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 22, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.