Chicago parking by block · Dunning · Ward 38

Parking at 3550 N Natoma Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 N Natoma Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,075 parking tickets written across 103 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 6
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1246
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
6935 W Addison St (8 min walk) · 6514 W Belmont Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 38, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed

Streets to watch near 3550 N Natoma Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Nagle Ave alone took 128 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,976 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones291 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks124 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks1,421 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions201 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement107 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6935 W Addison Stspeed camera, 8 min walk W
  • 6514 W Belmont Avespeed camera, 9 min walk S

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1246 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 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 38, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.