Chicago parking by block · New City · Ward 15

Parking at 4650 S Hermitage Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4600–4699 S Hermitage Ave. Everything here is from City records — 47,665 parking tickets written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1401

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 15, section 2. 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 S Hermitage Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4700 S Damen Ave alone took 559 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,330 tickets

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

4700 S Damen Ave — 559 tickets, 7 min walk W
4800 S Wood St — 553 tickets, 5 min walk S
4700 S Wolcott Ave — 550 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Permit zones2,962 tickets

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

4400 S Honore St — 460 tickets, 6 min walk NW
4700 S Seeley Ave — 457 tickets, 8 min walk W
4600 S Honore St — 340 tickets, 3 min walk W

Plate checks4,119 tickets

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

4800 S Honore St — 389 tickets, 6 min walk SW
4800 S Justine St — 363 tickets, 7 min walk SE
4800 S Paulina St — 293 tickets, 5 min walk S

Posted restrictions4,647 tickets

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

4900 S Wood St — 557 tickets, 8 min walk S
4900 S Winchester Ave — 542 tickets, 9 min walk SW
4900 S Wolcott Ave — 538 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Metered blocks25,686 tickets

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

4700 S Ashland Ave — 3,570 tickets, 5 min walk SE
4800 S Ashland Ave — 2,523 tickets, 6 min walk SE
4700 S Paulina St — 2,412 tickets, 3 min walk SE

Other enforcement840 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

4800 S Damen Ave — 685 tickets, 8 min walk SW
1900 W 46th St — 155 tickets, 5 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1401 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 15, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.