Chicago parking by block · Hermosa · Ward 31

Parking at 4450 W Wellington Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4400–4499 W Wellington Ave. Everything here is from City records — 21,330 parking tickets written across 121 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4424 W Diversey Ave (5 min walk) · 4620 W Belmont Ave (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 8. 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 4450 W Wellington Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 W Wrightwood Ave alone took 396 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,919 tickets

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

4400 W Wrightwood Ave — 396 tickets, 9 min walk S
4500 W George St — 336 tickets, 4 min walk SW
4100 W Barry Ave — 310 tickets, 7 min walk E

Permit zones6,137 tickets

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

4100 W Melrose St — 499 tickets, 10 min walk NE
3000 N Keating Ave — 407 tickets, 8 min walk W
4100 W Fletcher St — 363 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Plate checks3,976 tickets

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

2800 N Kolmar Ave — 415 tickets, 4 min walk SW
2700 N Kilbourn Ave — 363 tickets, 8 min walk S
4100 W Nelson St — 343 tickets, 7 min walk E

Posted restrictions2,144 tickets

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

4000 W Barry Ave — 400 tickets, 10 min walk E
4500 W Wellington Ave — 340 tickets, 3 min walk W
4000 W Nelson St — 338 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks1,870 tickets

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

3000 N Cicero Ave — 822 tickets, 10 min walk W
4400 W Diversey Ave — 432 tickets, 5 min walk S
3100 N Keating Ave — 348 tickets, 9 min walk NW

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4424 W Diversey Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk S
4620 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 8 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 31, section 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.