Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 22

Parking at 3850 W 30th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3800–3899 W 30th St. Everything here is from City records — 44,522 parking tickets written across 127 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

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 22, section 6. 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 W 30th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2600 S Ridgeway Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,847 tickets

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

2600 S Ridgeway Ave — 390 tickets, 6 min walk N
2500 S Avers Ave — 305 tickets, 9 min walk N
2700 S St Louis Ave — 298 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Permit zones1,305 tickets

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

3000 S Central Park Ave — 304 tickets, 6 min walk E
3000 S Harding Ave — 294 tickets, 3 min walk W
3000 S Drake Ave — 286 tickets, 7 min walk E

Plate checks2,751 tickets

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

2800 S Harding Ave — 296 tickets, 3 min walk W
2700 S Kedvale Ave — 267 tickets, 9 min walk NW
2700 S Karlov Ave — 265 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Posted restrictions2,417 tickets

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

2600 S Central Park Ave — 321 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3000 S Kedvale Ave — 259 tickets, 8 min walk W
3400 W 28th St — 218 tickets, 9 min walk E

Metered blocks27,941 tickets

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

3600 W 26th St — 3,752 tickets, 9 min walk NE
3500 W 26th St — 3,700 tickets, 10 min walk NE
4000 W 26th St — 3,513 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Other enforcement110 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

3500 W 31st St — 59 tickets, 7 min walk E
3100 S Central Park — 51 tickets, 8 min walk SE

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 22, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.