Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 45

Parking at 4550 N Laporte Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 N Laporte Ave. Everything here is from City records — 10,803 parking tickets written across 126 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
6
4949 W Lawrence Ave (5 min walk) · 5040 W Montrose Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri

Streets to watch near 4550 N Laporte Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4600 W Lawrence Ave alone took 221 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,161 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones1,150 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,743 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,063 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks1,728 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4949 W Lawrence Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk N
  • 5040 W Montrose Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 4361 N Milwaukee Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
  • 4775 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk NE
  • 4810 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 4909 N Cicero Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk NE

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 6 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 45, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.