Parking at 5550 W Devon Ave
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5500–5599 W Devon Ave. Everything here is from City records — 1,658 parking tickets written across 25 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
6616 N Central Ave (8 min walk)
Streets to watch near 5550 W Devon Ave
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 6400 N Algonquin Ave alone took 44 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.
Permit zones44 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 6400 N Algonquin Ave — 44 tickets, 2 min walk NE
Plate checks65 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 6300 N Spokane Ave — 65 tickets, 7 min walk E
Metered blocks1,333 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 5300 W Devon Ave — 706 tickets, 6 min walk E
- 5400 W Devon Ave — 268 tickets, 3 min walk E
- 6400 N Kinzua Ave — 172 tickets, 3 min walk NE
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 6616 N Central Ave — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
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 1 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.