Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 14

Parking at 3550 W 63rd Pl

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3500–3599 W 63rd Pl. Everything here is from City records — 19,778 parking tickets written across 99 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, October 21
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1972
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
6313 S Kedzie Ave (9 min walk) · 3154 W 63rd St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 14, section 17. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jul
9
Thu
Jul
10
Fri
Aug
28
Fri
Aug
31
Mon
Oct
21
Wed
Oct
22
Thu

Streets to watch near 3550 W 63rd Pl

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3400 W 66th St alone took 185 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,680 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones654 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
City sticker checks144 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
Plate checks9,603 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions922 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks6,467 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 6313 S Kedzie Ave — red-light camera, 9 min walk E
  • 3154 W 63rd St — red-light camera, 9 min walk E

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1972 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 14, section 17. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.