Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 3650 N Leclaire Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 N Leclaire Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,963 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 8

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3608 N Cicero Ave (8 min walk) · 3541 N Cicero Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 7. 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 3650 N Leclaire Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Cicero Ave alone took 337 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,355 tickets

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

3500 N Cicero Ave — 337 tickets, 8 min walk SE
3600 N Lamon Ave — 254 tickets, 5 min walk E
5100 W Roscoe St — 242 tickets, 7 min walk S

Permit zones4,676 tickets

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

4900 W Henderson St — 562 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4800 W Dakin St — 507 tickets, 9 min walk NE
4800 W Roscoe St — 437 tickets, 10 min walk SE

City sticker checks195 tickets

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

5200 W Waveland Ave — 87 tickets, 4 min walk W
3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 7 min walk NW
3700 N Lavergne Ave — 50 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Plate checks5,045 tickets

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

4800 W Patterson Ave — 367 tickets, 7 min walk E
4700 W Patterson Ave — 286 tickets, 8 min walk E
3500 N Lavergne Ave — 277 tickets, 3 min walk SE

Posted restrictions2,450 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

3300 N Lamon Ave — 465 tickets, 9 min walk SE
4800 W Addison St — 431 tickets, 7 min walk E
5000 W School St — 263 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks744 tickets

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

4900 W Irving Park Rd — 693 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3800 N Cicero Ave — 51 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Other enforcement331 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3400 N Cicero — 331 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3608 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
3541 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 8 min walk E
5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk N
5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 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 30, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.