Chicago parking by block · Avondale · Ward 35

Parking at 3450 W Melrose St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3400–3499 W Melrose St. Everything here is from City records — 24,652 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 103
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
6
3201 W Belmont (6 min walk) · 3202 N Kedzie Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 35, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed

Streets to watch near 3450 W Melrose St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3100 N Ridgeway Ave alone took 389 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,137 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones8,322 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,288 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,315 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks4,464 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3201 W Belmont — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 3202 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 3141 N Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 3809 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W
  • 3810 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk W
  • 3241 W Addison St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NE

Get warned before it happens

Everything on this page is a deadline or a line on a map. Autopilot America watches both for you — it knows where you parked, and it tells you before the ticket exists.

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Street cleaning on this blockFree
A text the night before every cleaning day here — the next is Wednesday, October 28. Free, no account needed →
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Parking restrictions where you leave the car
The app spots where you parked and checks it: temporary no-parking, permit zones, snow routes, meter time limits. This block is permit zone 103, so a guest on the wrong side of that line is a $75 ticket.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 6 within a short walk of here.
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Your city sticker and plates, on time
Both are deadlines, not driving mistakes. We remind you before each one lapses, with a direct link to renew, so the $200 sticker ticket doesn't catch you out.
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Late fees, handled
A Chicago ticket doubles 25 days after it’s issued. We pay the ones you owe before that clock runs out — and if a ticket doubles on our watch during your paid year, you get the year back.
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The tickets you still get, contested
By mail, where 59% of contested tickets are dismissed, with the City’s own evidence pulled under FOIA.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $10/month or $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 35, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.