Chicago parking by block · Washington Park · Ward 20

Parking at 5550 S Payne Dr

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 S Payne Dr. Everything here is from City records — 23,613 parking tickets written across 69 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
536 E Morgan Dr (4 min walk) · 5330 S Cottage Grove Ave (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 20, section 14. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
7
Thu
May
8
Fri
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Aug
26
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu
Nov
17
Tue
Nov
18
Wed

Streets to watch near 5550 S Payne Dr

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5600 S Drexel Ave alone took 577 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,852 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Plate checks8,635 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions7,996 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks4,842 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement69 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 536 E Morgan Dr — speed camera, 4 min walk W
  • 5330 S Cottage Grove Ave — speed camera, 5 min walk N

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 20, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.