Parking at 550 W 96th
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Parking at this address

550 W 96th

Ward 9, cleaning section 3 · 6,428 parking tickets were written across 115 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
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?
3
9513 S Halsted St (6 min walk) · 9480 S Halsted St (7 min walk) · 9901 S Halsted St (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9400 S Harvard Ave alone took 241 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning781 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 9400 S Harvard Ave — 241, 7 min walk NE
  • 9700 S Lowe Ave — 104, 5 min walk SW
  • 9400 S Wentworth Ave — 80, 10 min walk E
  • 9400 S Lowe Ave — 70, 4 min walk NW
  • 200 W 94th St — 70, 10 min walk NE
Permit zones623 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 9300 S Normal Ave — 240, 6 min walk N
  • 9500 S Wentworth Ave — 156, 9 min walk E
  • 400 W 95th Pl — 93, 3 min walk NE
  • 9300 S Lowe Ave — 88, 6 min walk N
  • 9500 S Normal Ave — 46, 2 min walk NE
City sticker checks177 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 9300 S Emerald Ave — 66, 8 min walk NW
  • 9600 S Wallace St — 63, 2 min walk SW
  • 9500 S Parnell Ave — 48, 1 min walk N
Plate checks4,055 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 9900 S Wallace St — 169, 9 min walk S
  • 9400 S Union Ave — 146, 5 min walk NW
  • 9900 S Parnell Ave — 136, 9 min walk S
  • 9500 S Green St — 119, 7 min walk W
  • 9700 S Emerald Ave — 114, 6 min walk SW
Other enforcement66 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 9600 S Wentworth Ave — 66, 9 min walk E

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 9, section 3. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr7Tue
Apr8Wed
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Sep10Thu
Sep11Fri

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 11.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
3 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.