Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 16

Parking at 5950 S Washtenaw Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 5900–5999 S Washtenaw Ave. Everything here is from City records — 23,118 parking tickets written across 139 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?

Zone 730

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 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 Washtenaw Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6100 S Sacramento Ave alone took 504 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning10,272 tickets

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

6100 S Sacramento Ave — 504 tickets, 9 min walk SW
2900 W 59th St — 343 tickets, 7 min walk W
5900 S Sacramento Ave — 280 tickets, 8 min walk W

Permit zones2,329 tickets

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

6200 S Mozart St — 421 tickets, 8 min walk SW
6300 S Fairfield Ave — 280 tickets, 10 min walk S
5600 S Mozart St — 245 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Plate checks7,047 tickets

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

6200 S Artesian Ave — 483 tickets, 10 min walk SE
3000 W 60th St — 302 tickets, 8 min walk W
5900 S Rockwell St — 251 tickets, 3 min walk E

Posted restrictions959 tickets

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

5800 S California Ave — 205 tickets, 3 min walk NW
6200 S Washtenaw Ave — 164 tickets, 8 min walk S
6100 S California Ave — 142 tickets, 5 min walk SW

Metered blocks2,362 tickets

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

2800 W 63rd St — 593 tickets, 10 min walk SW
2500 W 63rd St — 518 tickets, 10 min walk SE
6200 S Rockwell St — 325 tickets, 8 min walk S

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 730 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 16, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.