Parking at 250 W Chicago Ave
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Parking at this address

250 W Chicago Ave

Ward 27, cleaning section 10 · 349,506 parking tickets were written across 163 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
Then Monday, September 21 · Monday, October 19 · Tuesday, October 20 · Tuesday, November 17. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
5
105 W Chicago Ave (4 min walk) · 98 W Chicago Ave (5 min walk) · 901 N Clark St (5 min walk) +2 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 100 W Oak St alone took 563 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning563 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 100 W Oak St — 563, 6 min walk NE
Permit zones6,583 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 500 W Erie St — 2,797, 7 min walk SW
  • 800 N La Salle St — 819, 4 min walk NE
  • 500 W Huron St — 725, 7 min walk SW
  • 100 W Wendell — 575, 7 min walk N
  • 500 W Superior St — 403, 8 min walk W
Plate checks6,870 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 800 N Hudson Ave — 1,087, 5 min walk NW
  • 900 N Hudson Ave — 715, 6 min walk NW
  • 200 W Hill St — 609, 7 min walk N
  • 700 N Larrabee St — 544, 8 min walk W
  • 1000 N Orleans St — 469, 6 min walk N
Posted restrictions20,953 tickets
Loading zone enforcement. Not a spot to leave a private car.
  • 100 W Illinois St — 8,805, 9 min walk S
  • 600 N Wells St — 6,549, 6 min walk S
  • 200 W Ontario — 2,159, 5 min walk S
  • 500 N La Salle St — 873, 7 min walk SE
  • 300 W Locust — 671, 3 min walk N
Metered blocks311,212 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 0 W Illinois St — 10,317, 10 min walk SE
  • 0 W Grand Ave — 9,929, 9 min walk SE
  • 0 W Erie St — 9,384, 8 min walk SE
  • 300 W Hubbard St — 9,123, 10 min walk S
  • 0 W Ohio St — 8,620, 9 min walk SE

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 10. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
May26Tue
May27Wed
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Jul23Thu
Jul24Fri
Aug20Thu
Aug21Fri
Sep18Fri
Sep21Mon
Oct19Mon
Oct20Tue
Nov17Tue
Nov18Wed

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 18.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
5 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.