Chicago parking by block · Near South Side · Ward 3

Parking at 50 W 15th St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 0–99 W 15th St. Everything here is from City records — 97,023 parking tickets written across 94 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, October 2

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 1674

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

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 3, section 1. 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 50 W 15th St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning844 tickets

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

1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 7 min walk N

Permit zones17,833 tickets

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

1900 S Wentworth Ave — 4,241 tickets, 9 min walk S
1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 7 min walk NE
100 E 18th St — 1,346 tickets, 9 min walk SE

Plate checks4,878 tickets

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

1500 S Wabash Ave — 1,716 tickets, 4 min walk SE
1400 S State St — 1,110 tickets, 2 min walk E
1500 S State St — 764 tickets, 3 min walk SE

Posted restrictions7,388 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 10 min walk N
0 E 14th St — 1,032 tickets, 4 min walk NE
2000 S Clark — 1,024 tickets, 10 min walk S

Metered blocks65,621 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 6 min walk E
1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 6 min walk NE
1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Other enforcement177 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 9 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 1674 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
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 3, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.