Chicago parking by block · Near West Side · Ward 34

Parking at 550 S Racine Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 500–599 S Racine Ave. Everything here is from City records — 75,180 parking tickets written across 140 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, November 10
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
812 S Racine Ave (5 min walk) · 1341 W Jackson Blvd (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, 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
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jun
1
Mon
Jun
2
Tue
Jun
24
Wed
Jun
25
Thu
Jul
17
Fri
Jul
20
Mon
Aug
10
Mon
Aug
11
Tue
Sep
1
Tue
Sep
2
Wed
Sep
24
Thu
Sep
25
Fri
Oct
19
Mon
Oct
20
Tue
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 550 S Racine Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1100 W Taylor St alone took 1,000 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,523 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones28,117 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks8,410 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions2,948 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks28,428 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement347 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 812 S Racine Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk S
  • 1341 W Jackson Blvd — speed camera, 6 min walk NW

Get warned before it happens

Everything on this page is a deadline or a line on a map. Autopilot America watches both for you — it knows where you parked, and it tells you before the ticket exists.

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Street cleaning on this blockFree
A text the night before every cleaning day here — the next is Tuesday, November 10. Free, no account needed →
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Parking restrictions where you leave the car
The app spots where you parked and checks it: temporary no-parking, permit zones, snow routes, meter time limits. This block isn’t a permit zone, but several nearby are.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 2 within a short walk of here.
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Your city sticker and plates, on time
Both are deadlines, not driving mistakes. We remind you before each one lapses, with a direct link to renew, so the $200 sticker ticket doesn't catch you out.
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Late fees, handled
A Chicago ticket doubles 25 days after it’s issued. We pay the ones you owe before that clock runs out — and if a ticket doubles on our watch during your paid year, you get the year back.
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The tickets you still get, contested
By mail, where 59% of contested tickets are dismissed, with the City’s own evidence pulled under FOIA.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $10/month or $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 34, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.