Chicago parking by block · Hermosa · Ward 31

Parking at 4550 W Belmont Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Belmont Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,397 parking tickets written across 129 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
4620 W Belmont Ave (2 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.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
3
Wed
Jun
4
Thu
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
16
Wed
Sep
17
Thu
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 4550 W Belmont Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3300 N Cicero Ave alone took 346 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,649 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones9,131 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks3,132 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,480 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,379 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement331 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4620 W Belmont Ave — speed camera, 2 min walk W

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 1 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.