Parking at 3550 W Columbus
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Parking at this address

3550 W Columbus

Ward 18, cleaning section 9 · 6,719 parking tickets were written across 96 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
Then Friday, October 16. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3200 W 84th Pl alone took 186 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,199 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 3200 W 84th Pl — 186, 10 min walk SE
  • 3800 W 83rd St — 169, 8 min walk SW
  • 3200 W 83rd St — 146, 9 min walk SE
  • 3600 W 82nd Pl — 122, 2 min walk W
  • 3500 W 84th Pl — 114, 6 min walk S
Permit zones542 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 3500 W 83rd Pl — 319, 2 min walk S
  • 7900 S Christiana Ave — 119, 8 min walk NE
  • 3800 W 80th St — 104, 9 min walk NW
City sticker checks155 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 8000 S Sawyer Ave — 105, 9 min walk NE
  • 8200 S Christiana Ave — 50, 6 min walk E
Plate checks3,940 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 3800 W 84th Pl — 271, 9 min walk SW
  • 3600 W 84th St — 234, 5 min walk S
  • 3600 W 81st St — 190, 3 min walk NW
  • 3500 W 78th St — 182, 9 min walk N
  • 3700 W 83rd Pl — 168, 6 min walk SW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 18, section 9. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Aug12Wed
Aug13Thu
Oct15Thu
Oct16Fri

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 15.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
None nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.