Parking at 1150 S Columbus Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1100–1199 S Columbus Dr. Everything here is from City records — 111,891 parking tickets written across 81 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 1150 S Columbus Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning844 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 8 min walk W
Permit zones7,429 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 6 min walk SW
- 1400 S Indiana Ave — 1,097 tickets, 8 min walk S
- 1300 S Indiana Ave — 736 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Plate checks838 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1300 S State St — 733 tickets, 9 min walk SW
- 1200 S Lake Shore Dr — 59 tickets, 3 min walk S
- 100 E Roosevelt — 46 tickets, 3 min walk SW
Posted restrictions14,440 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 600 E Solidarity — 3,930 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 500 E Solidarity — 3,345 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 6 min walk W
Metered blocks87,738 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 700 E Solidarity Dr — 9,326 tickets, 8 min walk E
- 1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 8 min walk SW
- 1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 7 min walk SW
Other enforcement246 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 5 min walk W
- 600 S Michigan — 69 tickets, 8 min walk NW
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.