Chicago parking by block · Chicago Lawn · Ward 18

Parking at 7250 S Bell Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 7200–7299 S Bell Ave. Everything here is from City records — 8,327 parking tickets written across 105 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 18, section 3. 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 7250 S Bell Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6900 S Artesian Ave alone took 182 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,182 tickets

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

6900 S Artesian Ave — 182 tickets, 9 min walk NW
7000 S Artesian Ave — 154 tickets, 7 min walk NW
2400 W 72nd St — 141 tickets, 6 min walk W

Permit zones130 tickets

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

7000 S Bell Ave — 67 tickets, 4 min walk N
7300 S Hoyne Ave — 63 tickets, 5 min walk SE

City sticker checks265 tickets

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

2200 W 69th St — 79 tickets, 9 min walk N
7200 S Winchester Ave — 69 tickets, 7 min walk E
7000 S Winchester Ave — 62 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Plate checks5,871 tickets

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

7100 S Rockwell St — 288 tickets, 9 min walk W
7000 S Maplewood Ave — 238 tickets, 9 min walk NW
7300 S Maplewood Ave — 229 tickets, 8 min walk W

Posted restrictions149 tickets

Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.

1800 W 74th St — 96 tickets, 10 min walk E
7300 S Western Ave — 53 tickets, 5 min walk SW

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 18, section 3. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.