Chicago parking by block · Norwood Park · Ward 41

Parking at 5150 N Mont Clare Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5100–5199 N Mont Clare Ave. Everything here is from City records — 2,740 parking tickets written across 91 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
6824 W Foster Ave (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 41, section 22. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue

Streets to watch near 5150 N Mont Clare Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7100 W Strong St alone took 48 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning48 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones775 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks256 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions86 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks116 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement149 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6824 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk E

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 1 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 41, section 22. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.