Chicago parking by block · Belmont Cragin · Ward 31

Parking at 4650 W Montana St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4600–4699 W Montana St. Everything here is from City records — 28,221 parking tickets written across 133 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?

Zone 408

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

Cameras nearby?

4750 W Fullerton Ave (3 min walk) · 2408 N Cicero Ave (4 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 4650 W Montana St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4400 W Fullerton Ave alone took 413 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,665 tickets

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

4400 W Fullerton Ave — 413 tickets, 5 min walk E
4400 W Wrightwood Ave — 396 tickets, 7 min walk NE
2400 N Kilbourn Ave — 353 tickets, 4 min walk E

Permit zones8,107 tickets

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

2300 N Kenneth Ave — 554 tickets, 6 min walk SE
2400 N Kildare Ave — 480 tickets, 9 min walk E
2300 N Kilbourn Ave — 477 tickets, 5 min walk SE

Plate checks4,503 tickets

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

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

Posted restrictions2,026 tickets

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

2300 N Lavergne Ave — 317 tickets, 9 min walk W
4400 W Palmer St — 316 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2400 N Kostner Ave — 261 tickets, 6 min walk E

Metered blocks4,742 tickets

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

4300 W Fullerton Ave — 2,159 tickets, 7 min walk E
4200 W Fullerton Ave — 1,123 tickets, 10 min walk E
2400 N Lowell Ave — 520 tickets, 8 min walk E

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

4750 W Fullerton Ave — red-light camera, 3 min walk W
2408 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk W
4843 W Fullerton Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk W
2785 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
4776 W Diversey Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk N

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 408 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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.