Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 40

Parking at 2150 W Morse Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 2100–2199 W Morse Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,355 parking tickets written across 111 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
7131 N Western Ave (9 min walk) · 7204 N Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 2150 W Morse Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6900 N Ravenswood Ave alone took 885 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,816 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones927 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,891 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions806 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks1,695 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 7131 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
  • 7204 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
  • 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 40, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.