Chicago parking by block · Uptown · Ward 47

Parking at 4850 N Paulina St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4800–4899 N Paulina St. Everything here is from City records — 52,996 parking tickets written across 122 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 62
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
4804 N Ashland Ave (2 min walk) · 1601 W Lawrence Ave (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 47, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
13
Mon
Apr
14
Tue
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 4850 N Paulina St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4500 N Ashland Ave alone took 691 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning8,673 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,261 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,693 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions851 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks29,331 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement2,088 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4804 N Ashland Avered-light camera, 2 min walk SE
  • 1601 W Lawrence Avered-light camera, 3 min walk SE
  • 4716 N Ashlandspeed camera, 4 min walk SE
  • 5059 N Damen Avespeed camera, 10 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 62 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 47, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.