Chicago parking by block · West Lawn · Ward 13

Parking at 6250 S Kolmar Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6200–6299 S Kolmar Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,436 parking tickets written across 112 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, November 10

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Zone 848

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 13, section 24. 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 6250 S Kolmar Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6200 S Knox Ave alone took 134 tickets in three years, a 3 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,041 tickets

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

6200 S Knox Ave — 134 tickets, 3 min walk W
6200 S Kolin Ave — 133 tickets, 5 min walk E
6300 S Kildare Ave — 126 tickets, 6 min walk E

Permit zones5,556 tickets

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

4500 W 59th St — 975 tickets, 9 min walk N
5900 S Kolmar Ave — 426 tickets, 8 min walk N
6100 S Kolmar Ave — 342 tickets, 3 min walk N

City sticker checks66 tickets

They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.

6000 S Kolin Ave — 66 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Plate checks3,650 tickets

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

6100 S Kildare Ave — 218 tickets, 7 min walk NE
6200 S Tripp Ave — 201 tickets, 8 min walk E
6300 S Kilpatrick Ave — 177 tickets, 4 min walk SW

Posted restrictions451 tickets

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

4200 W 63rd St — 136 tickets, 8 min walk E
4300 W 63rd St — 116 tickets, 6 min walk E
4200 W 62nd St — 89 tickets, 7 min walk E

Metered blocks132 tickets

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

4400 W 59th St — 132 tickets, 10 min walk N

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Zone 848 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 13, section 24. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.