Cash for your junk car in Flossmoor

Flossmoor is about 6 road miles from us. The usual route is south on Crawford Avenue (Pulaski Road) for two miles, east on 175th Street, then south on Governors Highway into the village. Most addresses are around 12 minutes away.

The village of Flossmoor

The village has about 9,700 residents (2020 Census) on 3.7 square miles in Rich and Bloom townships. It was incorporated in 1924 and borders Homewood, Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills, Olympia Fields and Chicago Heights. Flossmoor’s mail uses 60422, which the postal service also accepts as Homewood.

No interstate or numbered highway runs through Flossmoor. Instead, a tow truck uses Governors Highway, Dixie Highway, Kedzie Avenue, Vollmer Road, Flossmoor Road, Western Avenue and Crawford Avenue, plus Harwood Avenue and Holbrook Road.

Flossmoor reference points

• The Flossmoor Metra Electric station at Flossmoor Road and Sterling Avenue. The 1906 Illinois Central depot next to it is now a restaurant and brewery.
• Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Kedzie Avenue, and Parker Junior High on School Street.
• Golf: Flossmoor Country Club on Western Avenue (host of the 1920 PGA Championship), Idlewild Country Club on Dixie Highway and Coyote Run on Kedzie.
• Parks run by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District, such as Flossmoor Park, Leavitt Avenue Park and Irons Oak Park.
• Flossmoor Commons for shopping.
• Neighborhood names you’ll hear include Flossmoor Highlands, Sunny Crest and Ballantrae.

Housing and where cars sit

Flossmoor is a village of houses: about 82% of homes are single-family detached and about 95% are owner-occupied. There are some larger buildings too (about 12% of units are in buildings with five or more units). Most junk cars here are in a driveway or a garage, often a second car that stopped being worth fixing.

Flossmoor’s parking rules are strict, so keep the car off the street:

• 3 to 6 a.m. ban on every street, every day (§ 270-5-7), except doctors on emergency calls.
• Five-hour daytime limit on residential streets on weekdays, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. (§ 270-5-3).
• Snow: once 2 inches have fallen, no parking on any street until it’s plowed (§ 270-5-2). The snow emergency routes (Central Drive, Flossmoor Road between Governors and Dixie, Hawthorne Lane, Leavitt Avenue, Park Drive and Sterling Avenue) are posted as tow-away zones.
• No parking on unimproved surfaces, sidewalks or parkways, so a car on the grass is a violation too (§ 270-5-9, § 270-5-2).
• Alleys are for loading only, with 10 feet kept clear.
• Embassy Row and Imperial Court are permit-only streets.

The Flossmoor parking article has the full text.

Flossmoor’s inoperable vehicle rule

Flossmoor’s Chapter 270, Article 9 makes inoperable vehicles or parts in public view, on public or private property, a nuisance (§ 270-9-1). “Inoperable” means the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed or altered for at least 7 days so the car can’t move under its own power (§ 270-9-6). Two details stand out:

• A tarp doesn’t count. Covering the car doesn’t take it out of public view (§ 270-9-2).
• Seven days after notice. The owner must remove it when police give notice, and police may remove it 7 days after the notice, at the cost of the vehicle owner or the property owner (§§ 270-9-3, 270-9-4).

Vehicles kept inside a building and operable historic vehicles over 25 years old are exempt (§ 270-9-7). The Article 9 text is online. A car left on a public street is handled under Article 8, which treats a car that can’t be driven, or one unmoved for 24 hours and apparently abandoned, as abandoned.

Compare Flossmoor’s rule with its neighbors in our guide to inoperable car notices in the south suburbs.

Close to Flossmoor

We pick up in Homewood to the east, Hazel Crest to the north and Country Club Hills to the northwest. A car hurt by a storm or fire? See flood and fire damaged cars. Otherwise, free junk car removal explains the pickup.