Chicago parking by block · West Lawn · Ward 23

Parking at 4050 W 70th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 4000–4099 W 70th St. Everything here is from City records — 6,017 parking tickets written across 85 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 15
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 23, section 21. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
28
Thu
May
29
Fri
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Oct
15
Thu
Oct
16
Fri

Streets to watch near 4050 W 70th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3900 W 70th Pl alone took 208 tickets in three years, a 2 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,438 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones657 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,197 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions177 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

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 23, section 21. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.