Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 16

Parking at 5950 S Fairfield Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 S Fairfield Ave. Everything here is from City records — 26,939 parking tickets written across 149 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, September 18

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 16, section 10. 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 5950 S Fairfield Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 S Sacramento Ave alone took 504 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning12,527 tickets

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

6100 S Sacramento Ave — 504 tickets, 8 min walk SW
6200 S Sacramento Ave — 497 tickets, 10 min walk SW
3000 W 59th St — 389 tickets, 9 min walk W

Permit zones2,753 tickets

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

6200 S Mozart St — 421 tickets, 8 min walk S
6300 S Mozart St — 282 tickets, 10 min walk S
6300 S Fairfield Ave — 280 tickets, 10 min walk S

Plate checks6,824 tickets

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

3100 W 60th St — 313 tickets, 10 min walk W
3000 W 60th St — 302 tickets, 7 min walk W
5900 S Rockwell St — 251 tickets, 4 min walk E

Posted restrictions1,907 tickets

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

6300 S California Ave — 499 tickets, 10 min walk S
6100 S Whipple St — 449 tickets, 9 min walk SW
5800 S California Ave — 205 tickets, 3 min walk NW

Metered blocks2,792 tickets

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

2900 W 63rd St — 772 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2800 W 63rd St — 593 tickets, 9 min walk S
6200 S Rockwell St — 325 tickets, 8 min walk SE

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 16, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.