Chicago parking by block · Douglas · Ward 3

Parking at 3650 S Indiana Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3600–3699 S Indiana Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,001 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 6. 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
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue

Streets to watch near 3650 S Indiana Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 S Indiana Ave alone took 617 tickets in three years, a 1 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,710 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,333 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks7,152 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions569 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks5,216 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement596 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • 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 3, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.