Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5450 W Waveland Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5400–5499 W Waveland Ave. Everything here is from City records — 15,829 parking tickets written across 144 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 13

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

3602 N Central Ave (5 min walk) · 5619 W Addison St (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 8. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 5450 W Waveland Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W Roscoe St alone took 232 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,868 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

5200 W Roscoe St — 232 tickets, 9 min walk SE
3300 N Lockwood Ave — 230 tickets, 9 min walk S
5100 W Newport Ave — 208 tickets, 10 min walk SE

Permit zones2,788 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

5200 W Henderson St — 331 tickets, 10 min walk SE
5600 W Eddy St — 278 tickets, 7 min walk SW
5300 W Dakin St — 247 tickets, 7 min walk N

City sticker checks145 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

5200 W Waveland Ave — 87 tickets, 4 min walk E
3900 N Laramie Ave — 58 tickets, 8 min walk NE

Plate checks3,703 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

5300 W Roscoe St — 227 tickets, 8 min walk S
3500 N Long Ave — 212 tickets, 5 min walk S
5300 W Newport Ave — 211 tickets, 7 min walk S

Posted restrictions1,428 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

5700 W Addison St — 277 tickets, 8 min walk W
5500 W Addison St — 227 tickets, 5 min walk SW
5000 W Addison St — 164 tickets, 10 min walk E

Metered blocks599 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

5300 W Irving Park Rd — 599 tickets, 8 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

3602 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk SW
5619 W Addison St — red-light camera, 6 min walk SW
5454 W Irving Park — speed camera, 8 min walk N
5601 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
5205 W Irving Park Rd — red-light camera, 9 min walk NE
4010 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 9 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 6 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 8. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.