Chicago parking by block · Roseland · Ward 9

Parking at 250 W 98th

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 200–299 W 98th. Everything here is from City records — 5,058 parking tickets written across 97 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Monday, September 14

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 9, section 4. 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 W 98th

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9400 S Wentworth Ave alone took 80 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning639 tickets

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

9400 S Wentworth Ave — 80 tickets, 9 min walk N
10100 S Yale Ave — 80 tickets, 9 min walk S
10000 S Lafayette Ave — 71 tickets, 8 min walk SE

Permit zones1,284 tickets

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

9500 S Lafayette Ave — 481 tickets, 8 min walk NE
9500 S Wentworth Ave — 156 tickets, 7 min walk N
9500 S Perry Ave — 151 tickets, 7 min walk NE

City sticker checks63 tickets

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

9600 S Wallace St — 63 tickets, 10 min walk W

Plate checks2,124 tickets

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

9900 S Parnell Ave — 136 tickets, 9 min walk SW
9600 S Michigan Ave — 103 tickets, 10 min walk E
400 W 100th St — 95 tickets, 9 min walk SW

Other enforcement169 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 W 95th St — 103 tickets, 9 min walk NE
9600 S Wentworth Ave — 66 tickets, 4 min walk N

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.

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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 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.