Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 8

Parking at 8350 S Cottage Grove

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8300–8399 S Cottage Grove. Everything here is from City records — 23,361 parking tickets written across 108 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Friday, November 13

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 8, 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 8350 S Cottage Grove

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Drexel Ave alone took 553 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,171 tickets

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

8100 S Drexel Ave — 553 tickets, 5 min walk NE
8000 S Drexel Ave — 486 tickets, 7 min walk N
8000 S Maryland Ave — 392 tickets, 7 min walk N

Permit zones2,980 tickets

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

8200 S Ellis Ave — 1,397 tickets, 5 min walk E
7900 S Evans Ave — 726 tickets, 10 min walk N
8600 S Maryland Ave — 299 tickets, 9 min walk S

Plate checks14,371 tickets

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

8100 S Ingleside Ave — 685 tickets, 6 min walk NE
7900 S Drexel Ave — 624 tickets, 10 min walk N
8200 S Ingleside Ave — 589 tickets, 4 min walk NE

Posted restrictions78 tickets

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

1000 E 83rd St — 78 tickets, 6 min walk E

Metered blocks3,354 tickets

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

8200 S Cottage Grove Ave — 1,695 tickets, 2 min walk N
8100 S Cottage Grove Ave — 603 tickets, 4 min walk N
700 E 82nd St — 555 tickets, 4 min walk NW

Other enforcement82 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

8400 S Cottage Grove — 82 tickets, 2 min walk S

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 8, section 10. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.