Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 31

Parking at 5250 W Roscoe St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Roscoe St. Everything here is from City records — 27,321 parking tickets written across 141 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 14
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
5550 W Belmont Ave (9 min walk) · 3206 N Central Ave (10 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 31, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
27
Mon
Apr
28
Tue
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
14
Mon
Sep
15
Tue
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue

Streets to watch near 5250 W Roscoe St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3000 N Laramie Ave alone took 426 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,537 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,011 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks87 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks2,288 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,440 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks4,887 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5550 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk SW
  • 3206 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 10 min walk SW

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 2 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 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.