Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 40

Parking at 6650 N Seeley Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6600–6699 N Seeley Ave. Everything here is from City records — 43,962 parking tickets written across 102 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1276
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
6523 N Western Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 40, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
11
Mon
May
12
Tue
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 6650 N Seeley Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1700 W Morse Ave alone took 536 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,935 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,212 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,778 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions7,182 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks22,635 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement124 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6523 N Western Avespeed camera, 9 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1276 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 40, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.