Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 45

Parking at 4650 N Marmora Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4600–4699 N Marmora Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,678 parking tickets written across 132 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?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 45, 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 4650 N Marmora Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Higgins Ave alone took 132 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,638 tickets

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

5600 W Higgins Ave — 132 tickets, 9 min walk NE
5900 W Eastwood Ave — 131 tickets, 1 min walk SW
5700 W Higgins Ave — 121 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Permit zones113 tickets

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

6200 W Giddings St — 57 tickets, 9 min walk W
4600 N Melvina Ave — 56 tickets, 8 min walk W

City sticker checks54 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

5600 W Grover St — 54 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Plate checks4,979 tickets

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

6000 W Lawrence Ave — 152 tickets, 5 min walk NW
4900 N Mason Ave — 146 tickets, 9 min walk N
4300 N Austin Ave — 142 tickets, 8 min walk S

Posted restrictions55 tickets

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

5900 W Lawrence Ave — 55 tickets, 4 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.