Chicago parking by block · Irving Park · Ward 30

Parking at 4050 W Waveland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 W Waveland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 19,816 parking tickets written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
3
3601 N Milwaukee Ave (7 min walk) · 3960 W Irving Park Rd (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 3. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
7
Tue
Apr
8
Wed
May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 4050 W Waveland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 N Keeler Ave alone took 226 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,834 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones5,618 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,812 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,067 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks2,970 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3601 N Milwaukee Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk W
  • 3960 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
  • 4010 N Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk N

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 3 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 30, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.