Chicago parking by block · Armour Square · Ward 3

Parking at 3850 S Wells

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 S Wells. Everything here is from City records — 7,080 parking tickets written across 73 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, October 15

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

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 5. 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 3850 S Wells

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4000 S Michigan Ave alone took 145 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning733 tickets

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

4000 S Michigan Ave — 145 tickets, 10 min walk E
3800 S Wabash Ave — 132 tickets, 8 min walk E
500 W 37th St — 108 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Permit zones1,462 tickets

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

3500 S Dearborn St — 402 tickets, 10 min walk NE
0 W 36th St — 380 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3500 S Federal St — 233 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks3,862 tickets

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

300 W 42nd Pl — 333 tickets, 8 min walk S
3800 S Princeton Ave — 322 tickets, 2 min walk NW
3700 S Princeton Ave — 302 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Posted restrictions102 tickets

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

3700 S State — 102 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Metered blocks479 tickets

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

3600 S State St — 479 tickets, 9 min walk NE

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 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.