Chicago parking by block · West Elsdon · Ward 13

Parking at 5550 S Karlov Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 S Karlov Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,149 parking tickets written across 117 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, November 6
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 382
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
5450 S Pulaski Rd (3 min walk) · 3946 W 55th St (3 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 13, section 23. 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 5550 S Karlov Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5400 S Kenneth Ave alone took 153 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,285 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones2,876 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks318 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks5,851 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions1,363 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 5450 S Pulaski Rd — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 3946 W 55th St — red-light camera, 3 min walk NE
  • 5428 S Pulaski S Rd — speed camera, 4 min walk NE
  • 5433 S Pulaski Ave — speed camera, 4 min walk NE

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 Friday, November 6. 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 is permit zone 382, so a guest on the wrong side of that line is a $75 ticket.
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Cameras you’re about to drive past
It says them out loud before you reach one — there are 4 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 13, section 23. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.