Chicago parking by block · Dunning · Ward 30

Parking at 3450 N Meade Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Meade Ave. Everything here is from City records — 10,804 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3577 N Austin Ave (5 min walk) · 6001 W Addison St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 11. 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 3450 N Meade Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 N Narragansett Ave alone took 151 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,546 tickets

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

3200 N Narragansett Ave — 151 tickets, 9 min walk SW
6100 W Eddy St — 145 tickets, 3 min walk N
3500 N Nagle Ave — 128 tickets, 9 min walk W

Permit zones1,194 tickets

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

5700 W Eddy St — 170 tickets, 9 min walk E
6000 W Nelson St — 156 tickets, 10 min walk S
5800 W Melrose St — 152 tickets, 8 min walk SE

City sticker checks157 tickets

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

6200 W Newport Ave — 64 tickets, 4 min walk W
3500 N Mobile Ave — 50 tickets, 6 min walk NW
6000 W Warwick Ave — 43 tickets, 8 min walk N

Plate checks3,144 tickets

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

6300 W Melrose St — 196 tickets, 8 min walk SW
3500 N Narragansett Ave — 146 tickets, 8 min walk W
3100 N Monitor Ave — 141 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Posted restrictions875 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5900 W Addison St — 309 tickets, 6 min walk NE
6000 W Addison Street — 188 tickets, 5 min walk N
6100 W Addison St — 144 tickets, 5 min walk N

Metered blocks344 tickets

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

6000 W Belmont Ave — 344 tickets, 6 min walk S

Other enforcement107 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Mobile Ave — 107 tickets, 5 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3577 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NE
6001 W Addison St — red-light camera, 5 min walk NE
3665 N Austin Ave — speed camera, 7 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 3 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 30, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.