Chicago parking by block · Forest Glen · Ward 39
Parking at 5850 N Lacey
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 N Lacey. Everything here is from City records — 316 parking tickets written across 25 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, October 19
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
5
6020 N Cicero Ave (7 min walk) · 4750 W Peterson Ave (7 min walk)
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 39, section 16. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May
13
Wed
May
14
Thu
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6020 N Cicero Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
- 4750 W Peterson Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
- 6125 N Cicero Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
- 4707 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E
- 4674 W Peterson Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk E
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.
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 16. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.