Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5250 W Waveland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5200–5299 W Waveland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 17,441 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
5205 W Irving Park Rd (8 min walk) · 5148 Irving Park Rd (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri

Streets to watch near 5250 W Waveland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3600 N Lamon Ave alone took 254 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,604 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,843 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks195 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks4,384 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,595 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks599 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
  • 5148 Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 8 min walk N
  • 3602 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
  • 5619 W Addison St — red-light camera, 9 min walk W
  • 5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 10 min walk NW

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 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 30, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.