Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 44

Parking at 3650 N Seminary Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 N Seminary Ave. Everything here is from City records — 187,082 parking tickets written across 139 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
1142 W Irving Park Rd (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 44, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
20
Mon
Jul
21
Tue
Aug
17
Mon
Aug
18
Tue
Sep
21
Mon
Sep
22
Tue
Oct
22
Thu
Oct
23
Fri

Streets to watch near 3650 N Seminary Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Fremont St alone took 1,046 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning14,820 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones38,768 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,113 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions43,306 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks87,045 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1142 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 10 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 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 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.