Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 44

Parking at 550 W Belmont Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 W Belmont Ave. Everything here is from City records — 165,095 parking tickets written across 107 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 1
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 383
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
373 W Belmont Ave (5 min walk) · 3210 N Lake Shore Dr (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 44, section 10. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
2
Thu
Apr
3
Fri
May
1
Fri
May
7
Thu
Jun
4
Thu
Jun
5
Fri
Jul
2
Thu
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
1
Thu
Oct
2
Fri
Nov
5
Thu
Nov
6
Fri

Streets to watch near 550 W Belmont Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3500 N Pine Grove Ave alone took 878 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,184 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,056 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,955 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions29,711 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks115,108 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 373 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk E
  • 3210 N Lake Shore Dr — red-light camera, 5 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 44, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.