Chicago parking by block · Austin · Ward 29

Parking at 5950 W Division

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 W Division. Everything here is from City records — 7,805 parking tickets written across 75 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 19
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 29, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
14
Fri
Aug
17
Mon
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
5
Thu

Streets to watch near 5950 W Division

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 N Menard Ave alone took 241 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,900 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,247 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,106 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions262 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Other enforcement49 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 19 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • 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 29, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.