Chicago parking by address · Lake View · Ward 44

Parking at 3450 N Southport Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 N Southport Ave. Everything here is from City records — 143,864 parking tickets written across 153 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?
Zone 383
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
3130 N Ashland Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 44, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
8
Mon
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
3
Mon
Aug
10
Mon
Sep
11
Fri
Sep
14
Mon
Oct
9
Fri
Oct
15
Thu
Nov
13
Fri
Nov
16
Mon

Streets to watch near 3450 N Southport Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 W Roscoe St alone took 758 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,038 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1000 W Roscoe St — 758 tickets, 8 min walk E
  • 1100 W Roscoe St — 454 tickets, 6 min walk E
  • 3500 N Janssen Ave — 448 tickets, 2 min walk NW
Permit zones33,666 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1100 W Addison St — 5,173 tickets, 7 min walk NE
  • 1100 W Eddy St — 3,224 tickets, 6 min walk E
  • 3500 N Seminary Ave — 1,546 tickets, 8 min walk E
Plate checks4,928 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 3300 N Kenmore Ave — 923 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 1400 W Melrose St — 387 tickets, 6 min walk S
  • 3300 N Lakewood Ave — 376 tickets, 4 min walk SE
Posted restrictions24,093 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 3500 N Clark St — 10,190 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 3400 N Clark St — 7,057 tickets, 9 min walk E
  • 3600 N Clark St — 2,111 tickets, 8 min walk NE
Metered blocks71,127 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 3500 N Southport Ave — 5,777 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 3400 N Southport Ave — 5,450 tickets, 1 min walk N
  • 3700 N Southport Ave — 4,203 tickets, 9 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3130 N Ashland Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 44, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.