Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8250 S Michigan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8200–8299 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 9,341 parking tickets written across 106 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, October 6

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

49 W 85th St (8 min walk) · 8550 S Lafayette Ave (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 12. 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 8250 S Michigan Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Calumet Ave alone took 135 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning849 tickets

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

8000 S Calumet Ave — 135 tickets, 7 min walk NE
400 E 81st St — 127 tickets, 10 min walk NE
7900 S Prairie Ave — 109 tickets, 9 min walk N

Permit zones2,277 tickets

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

7900 S Wabash Ave — 1,275 tickets, 9 min walk N
8000 S Perry Ave — 264 tickets, 8 min walk NW
8300 S Wabash Ave — 214 tickets, 2 min walk SW

Plate checks4,897 tickets

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

8100 S Vernon Ave — 420 tickets, 9 min walk E
8200 S Vernon Ave — 397 tickets, 8 min walk E
8000 S Vernon Ave — 343 tickets, 9 min walk NE

Posted restrictions502 tickets

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

7900 S State Street — 288 tickets, 8 min walk NW
0 W 80th St — 84 tickets, 9 min walk NW
8600 S State St — 82 tickets, 10 min walk S

Other enforcement113 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 E 79th Street — 61 tickets, 9 min walk N
100 W 83rd St — 52 tickets, 8 min walk W

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

49 W 85th St — speed camera, 8 min walk SW
8550 S Lafayette Ave — speed camera, 9 min walk SW
7913 S State St — red-light camera, 10 min walk N

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
A spoken warning before you reach any of the 3 cameras nearby.
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 6, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.