Parking at 10250 S Cottage Grove
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 10200–10299 S Cottage Grove. Everything here is from City records — 3,993 parking tickets written across 59 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 10250 S Cottage Grove
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 10400 S Corliss Ave alone took 82 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.
Street cleaning82 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 10400 S Corliss Ave — 82 tickets, 6 min walk SE
Permit zones765 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 10400 S Maryland Ave — 663 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 700 E 103rd Pl — 102 tickets, 3 min walk S
City sticker checks207 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 900 E 104th St — 153 tickets, 7 min walk SE
- 10200 S St Lawrence Ave — 54 tickets, 3 min walk SW
Plate checks2,394 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 10500 S Corliss Ave — 155 tickets, 10 min walk S
- 700 E 105th St — 154 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 10300 S Calumet Ave — 113 tickets, 10 min walk W
Posted restrictions53 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 10200 S Cottage Grove — 53 tickets, 1 min walk N
Other enforcement57 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 500 E 103rd St — 57 tickets, 3 min walk SW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.