Parking at 550 S Paulina
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Parking at this address

550 S Paulina

Ward 27, cleaning section 5 · 92,785 parking tickets were written across 131 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 2
Then Monday, October 5 · 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?
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: 800 S Loomis St alone took 762 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,838 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 800 S Loomis St — 762, 9 min walk SE
  • 700 S Loomis St — 737, 8 min walk E
  • 900 S Loomis St — 608, 10 min walk SE
  • 600 S Loomis St — 325, 8 min walk E
  • 1400 W Van Buren St — 197, 7 min walk NE
Permit zones14,241 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 1500 W Monroe St — 1,816, 9 min walk NE
  • 1600 W Adams St — 1,253, 7 min walk N
  • 1400 W Fillmore St — 1,215, 10 min walk SE
  • 1500 W Adams St — 1,107, 8 min walk NE
  • 1400 W Flournoy St — 909, 7 min walk E
Plate checks4,360 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 1300 W Van Buren St — 511, 10 min walk E
  • 100 S Laflin St — 509, 9 min walk NE
  • 100 S Wood St — 369, 8 min walk N
  • 1600 W Monroe St — 361, 9 min walk N
  • 2000 W Harrison St — 288, 9 min walk W
Posted restrictions15,094 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1100 S Wood — 3,284, 9 min walk S
  • 1800 W Taylor — 1,768, 7 min walk SW
  • 800 S Paulina — 1,342, 4 min walk S
  • 1600 W Congress Pkwy — 1,236, 2 min walk NE
  • 900 S Wood — 1,150, 6 min walk S
Metered blocks52,439 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1900 W Ogden Ave — 7,468, 7 min walk W
  • 1400 W Taylor St — 7,150, 10 min walk SE
  • 1000 S Hermitage Ave — 4,393, 7 min walk S
  • 1500 W Taylor St — 3,691, 8 min walk SE
  • 1700 W Taylor St — 3,596, 7 min walk S

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 27, section 5. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr13Mon
Apr14Tue
May11Mon
May12Tue
Jun9Tue
Jun10Wed
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Aug6Thu
Aug7Fri
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Oct2Fri
Oct5Mon
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, October 2.
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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.