Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 16

Parking at 6450 S California Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 6400–6499 S California Ave. Everything here is from City records — 31,439 parking tickets written across 134 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, October 21

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 21. 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 6450 S California 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 cleaning10,224 tickets

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

6100 S Sacramento Ave — 504 tickets, 9 min walk NW
6200 S Sacramento Ave — 497 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2800 W 64th St — 348 tickets, 2 min walk NW

Permit zones3,561 tickets

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

6300 S Artesian Ave — 938 tickets, 9 min walk E
6200 S Whipple St — 473 tickets, 8 min walk NW
6200 S Mozart St — 421 tickets, 5 min walk N

City sticker checks193 tickets

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

3100 W 65th St — 109 tickets, 8 min walk W
6700 S Washtenaw Ave — 84 tickets, 8 min walk S

Plate checks6,649 tickets

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

2700 W 64th St — 350 tickets, 1 min walk NE
3100 W 64th St — 344 tickets, 8 min walk W
6300 S Maplewood Ave — 289 tickets, 7 min walk NE

Posted restrictions2,354 tickets

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

6500 S California Ave — 518 tickets, 3 min walk S
6300 S California Ave — 499 tickets, 3 min walk N
6100 S Whipple St — 449 tickets, 10 min walk NW

Metered blocks8,384 tickets

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

3000 W 63rd St — 1,172 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2400 W 63rd St — 1,108 tickets, 9 min walk NE
2900 W 63rd St — 772 tickets, 5 min walk NW

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 21. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.