Chicago parking by block · North Center · Ward 47

Parking at 3650 N Seeley Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 N Seeley Ave. Everything here is from City records — 25,088 parking tickets written across 147 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
4
3563 N Western Ave (9 min walk) · 3521 N Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 3650 N Seeley Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Claremont Ave alone took 241 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,312 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones3,525 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,281 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions118 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks9,603 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3563 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
  • 3521 N Western Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W
  • 2415 W Addison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
  • 3534 N Western Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk W

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 47, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.