Parking at 5550 W Melrose St
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Parking at this address

5550 W Melrose St

Ward 30, cleaning section 9 · 31,271 parking tickets were written across 146 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?
4
3206 N Central Ave (1 min walk) · 5550 W Belmont Ave (1 min walk) · 5619 W Addison St (9 min walk) +1 more

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 5200 W School St alone took 318 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning7,916 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 5200 W School St — 318, 9 min walk E
  • 5200 W Roscoe St — 232, 9 min walk NE
  • 3300 N Lockwood Ave — 230, 8 min walk E
  • 5300 W Barry Ave — 229, 7 min walk SE
  • 2900 N Long Ave — 224, 9 min walk SE
Permit zones8,038 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 5400 W Melrose St — 378, 3 min walk E
  • 5600 W George St — 377, 9 min walk S
  • 5400 W Barry Ave — 359, 5 min walk SE
  • 5500 W School St — 356, 1 min walk NE
  • 2900 N Linder Ave — 345, 8 min walk S
Plate checks2,453 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 5300 W Roscoe St — 227, 7 min walk NE
  • 3500 N Long Ave — 212, 8 min walk NE
  • 5300 W Newport Ave — 211, 8 min walk NE
  • 3000 N Parkside Ave — 188, 5 min walk S
  • 5400 W Cornelia Ave — 178, 7 min walk NE
Posted restrictions1,658 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 3000 N Lockwood Ave — 330, 9 min walk SE
  • 5700 W Addison St — 277, 9 min walk NW
  • 3300 N Laramie Ave — 244, 10 min walk E
  • 5500 W Addison St — 227, 9 min walk N
  • 3200 N Lockwood Ave — 202, 7 min walk E
Metered blocks11,034 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 5600 W Belmont Ave — 2,692, 3 min walk SW
  • 3100 N Central Ave — 2,498, 3 min walk S
  • 5500 W Belmont Ave — 1,608, 2 min walk S
  • 5200 W Belmont Ave — 781, 9 min walk E
  • 3100 N Luna Ave — 616, 3 min walk S

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 30, section 9. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr23Thu
Apr24Fri
Jun5Fri
Jun8Mon
Jul21Tue
Jul22Wed
Sep1Tue
Sep2Wed
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
4 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.