Chicago parking by block · Hermosa · Ward 31

Parking at 4550 W Montana St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4500–4599 W Montana St. Everything here is from City records — 28,655 parking tickets written across 128 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

4750 W Fullerton Ave (6 min walk) · 2408 N Cicero Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 9. 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 4550 W Montana St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 W Fullerton Ave alone took 413 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,029 tickets

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

4400 W Fullerton Ave — 413 tickets, 2 min walk SE
4400 W Wrightwood Ave — 396 tickets, 5 min walk NE
2400 N Kilbourn Ave — 353 tickets, 2 min walk E

Permit zones9,231 tickets

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

2100 N Kildare Ave — 609 tickets, 10 min walk SE
2300 N Kenneth Ave — 554 tickets, 4 min walk SE
2400 N Tripp Ave — 508 tickets, 8 min walk E

Plate checks4,614 tickets

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

4800 W Wrightwood Ave — 374 tickets, 8 min walk NW
2700 N Kilbourn Ave — 363 tickets, 7 min walk N
4300 W Belden Ave — 310 tickets, 6 min walk SE

Posted restrictions1,854 tickets

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

4400 W Palmer St — 316 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4400 W Dickens Ave — 283 tickets, 9 min walk S
2400 N Kostner Ave — 261 tickets, 4 min walk E

Metered blocks4,786 tickets

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

4300 W Fullerton Ave — 2,159 tickets, 5 min walk E
4200 W Fullerton Ave — 1,123 tickets, 7 min walk E
2400 N Lowell Ave — 520 tickets, 5 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4750 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk W
2408 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk W
4843 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk W
4424 W Diversey Ave — speed camera, 9 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 4 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 9. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.