Chicago parking by block · Lincoln Square · Ward 39

Parking at 5250 N California Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 N California Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,365 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
3034 W Foster Ave (6 min walk) · 5206 N Western Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 39, section 11. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
29
Wed
Apr
30
Thu
Jun
22
Mon
Jun
23
Tue
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon

Streets to watch near 5250 N California Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 2900 W Argyle St alone took 302 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning4,900 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones4,744 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,894 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,549 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks1,855 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement124 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3034 W Foster Ave — speed camera, 6 min walk W
  • 5206 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk E

Get warned before it happens

Everything on this page is a deadline or a line on a map. Autopilot America watches both for you — it knows where you parked, and it tells you before the ticket exists.

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Street cleaning on this blockFree
A text the night before every cleaning day here. Free, no account needed →
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Parking restrictions where you leave the car
The app spots where you parked and checks it: temporary no-parking, permit zones, snow routes, meter time limits. This block isn’t a permit zone, but several nearby are.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 2 within a short walk of here.
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Your city sticker and plates, on time
Both are deadlines, not driving mistakes. We remind you before each one lapses, with a direct link to renew, so the $200 sticker ticket doesn't catch you out.
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Late fees, handled
A Chicago ticket doubles 25 days after it’s issued. We pay the ones you owe before that clock runs out — and if a ticket doubles on our watch during your paid year, you get the year back.
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The tickets you still get, contested
By mail, where 59% of contested tickets are dismissed, with the City’s own evidence pulled under FOIA.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $10/month or $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 39, section 11. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.