Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 46

Parking at 650 W Waveland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 600–699 W Waveland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 115,534 parking tickets written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 383
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 46, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
21
Tue
Apr
22
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jun
17
Wed
Jun
18
Thu
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Oct
13
Tue
Oct
14
Wed
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 650 W Waveland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Fremont St alone took 1,046 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning16,798 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,148 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,537 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions35,509 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks51,455 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 46, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.