Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 50

Parking at 6850 N California Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6800–6899 N California Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,534 parking tickets written across 127 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 50, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 6850 N California Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6500 N Francisco Ave alone took 283 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,801 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

6500 N Francisco Ave — 283 tickets, 9 min walk S
6600 N Campbell Ave — 243 tickets, 9 min walk SE
2800 W Arthur Ave — 229 tickets, 10 min walk S

Permit zones1,105 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

6500 N Talman Ave — 512 tickets, 9 min walk SE
6500 N Washtenaw Ave — 259 tickets, 8 min walk S
6500 N Rockwell St — 173 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Plate checks2,836 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

2500 W Fitch Ave — 371 tickets, 9 min walk NE
7100 N Rockwell St — 308 tickets, 9 min walk NE
2400 W North Shore Ave — 226 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Posted restrictions568 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

2700 W Arthur Ave — 286 tickets, 10 min walk S
2600 W Arthur Ave — 282 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks396 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

2800 W Touhy Ave — 146 tickets, 8 min walk N
2700 W Touhy Ave — 141 tickets, 8 min walk N
2400 W Lunt Ave — 109 tickets, 10 min walk E

Other enforcement83 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

6900 N Kedzie Ave — 83 tickets, 10 min walk W

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
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 50, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.