Parking at 50 E Balbo Ave
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50 E Balbo Ave

Ward 4, cleaning section 15 · 153,403 parking tickets were written across 136 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 18
Then Monday, September 21 · Monday, November 2 · Tuesday, November 3. 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?
6
629 S State St (2 min walk) · 630 S State St (2 min walk) · 385 Michigan Ave (6 min walk) +3 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,003 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 1200 S State St — 844, 9 min walk S
  • 1000 S Wells St — 159, 10 min walk SW
Permit zones6,825 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285, 8 min walk W
  • 800 S Wells St — 1,269, 9 min walk W
  • 700 S Wells St — 1,034, 8 min walk W
  • 600 S Wells St — 892, 8 min walk W
  • 600 S Financial Pl — 487, 7 min walk W
Plate checks1,399 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 400 S Plymouth Ct — 585, 5 min walk NW
  • 400 S La Salle St — 251, 8 min walk NW
  • 300 S State St — 211, 6 min walk N
  • 400 S State St — 90, 5 min walk NW
  • 100 W Roosevelt Rd — 81, 10 min walk SW
Posted restrictions25,963 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 0 E Adams St — 3,471, 9 min walk N
  • 500 S Clark St — 2,757, 6 min walk NW
  • 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432, 7 min walk S
  • 100 S Michigan — 2,024, 10 min walk N
  • 500 S State St — 1,502, 3 min walk NW
Metered blocks116,606 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 100 S Wabash Ave — 6,176, 10 min walk N
  • 0 E 9th St — 6,004, 4 min walk S
  • 0 E 11th St — 5,892, 5 min walk S
  • 200 S Wabash Ave — 5,054, 8 min walk N
  • 1200 S Wabash Ave — 5,016, 9 min walk S

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 15. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May11Mon
May12Tue
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Aug6Thu
Aug7Fri
Sep18Fri
Sep21Mon
Nov2Mon
Nov3Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Friday, September 18.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
6 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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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.