Chicago parking by block · Portage Park · Ward 30

Parking at 5850 W Melrose St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5800–5899 W Melrose St. Everything here is from City records — 23,745 parking tickets written across 141 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?
Zone 984
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
3206 N Central Ave (6 min walk) · 5550 W Belmont Ave (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 10. 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
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Sep
3
Thu
Sep
4
Fri
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue

Streets to watch near 5850 W Melrose St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 W Wellington Ave alone took 223 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,149 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones3,678 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,269 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,186 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks10,202 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 3206 N Central Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 5550 W Belmont Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk E
  • 3577 N Austin Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk NW
  • 6001 W Addison St — red-light camera, 10 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 984 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.