Chicago parking by block · Archer Heights · Ward 14

Parking at 5050 S Tripp Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5000–5099 S Tripp Ave. Everything here is from City records — 20,007 parking tickets written across 118 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 29
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 70
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
5
4989 S Archer Ave (6 min walk) · 5030 S Pulaski Rd (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 2. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
3
Fri
Apr
6
Mon
May
26
Tue
May
27
Wed
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
29
Thu
Oct
30
Fri

Streets to watch near 5050 S Tripp Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4900 S Tripp Ave alone took 234 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning819 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,229 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks249 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks8,111 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions3,013 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks217 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 4989 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 6 min walk E
  • 5030 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 6 min walk E
  • 4996 S Archer Ave — red-light camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 4929 S Pulaski Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
  • 4925 S Archer Ave — speed camera, 10 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 70 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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 14, section 2. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.