Chicago parking by block · West Ridge · Ward 50

Parking at 7150 N Bell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7100–7199 N Bell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,127 parking tickets written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
7131 N Western Ave (4 min walk) · 7204 N Western Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 50, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
30
Tue
Jul
1
Wed
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
18
Fri
Sep
21
Mon
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 7150 N Bell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6900 N Wolcott Ave alone took 390 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,187 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones146 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,569 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions5,672 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks927 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement432 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 7131 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 4 min walk W
  • 7204 N Western Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk W

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 2 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 50, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.