Chicago parking by block · Roseland · Ward 9

Parking at 250 E 96th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 E 96th. Everything here is from City records — 6,048 parking tickets written across 85 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1266

A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.

Cameras nearby?

57 E 95th St (5 min walk) · 62 E 95th St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 9, section 5. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 250 E 96th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9700 S Forest Ave alone took 71 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning188 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

9700 S Forest Ave — 71 tickets, 4 min walk S
9300 S Indiana Ave — 65 tickets, 6 min walk N
9700 S Indiana Ave — 52 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Permit zones2,608 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

9500 S Lafayette Ave — 481 tickets, 8 min walk W
9600 S Forest Ave — 316 tickets, 2 min walk S
9600 S Calumet Ave — 297 tickets, 2 min walk SE

City sticker checks151 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

9200 S Prairie Ave — 76 tickets, 9 min walk N
9500 S Michigan Ave — 75 tickets, 4 min walk W

Plate checks2,255 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

9500 S Forest Ave — 129 tickets, 1 min walk NE
9300 S Prairie Ave — 123 tickets, 6 min walk N
9300 S Forest Ave — 121 tickets, 6 min walk N

Posted restrictions73 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

0 E 94th St — 73 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Other enforcement103 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 W 95th St — 103 tickets, 7 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

57 E 95th St — speed camera, 5 min walk NW
62 E 95th St — speed camera, 5 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1266 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 2 cameras nearby.
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.

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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 9, section 5. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.