Chicago parking by block · South Chicago · Ward 7

Parking at 8350 S Merrill Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8300–8399 S Merrill Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,099 parking tickets written across 114 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?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
2
8134 S Yates Blvd (8 min walk) · 2109 E 87th St (9 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 7, section 12. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
1
Fri
May
4
Mon
Jul
7
Tue
Jul
8
Wed
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Nov
10
Tue
Nov
12
Thu

Streets to watch near 8350 S Merrill Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Crandon Ave alone took 103 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning765 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones537 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,605 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions142 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks157 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement160 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 8134 S Yates Blvd — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
  • 2109 E 87th St — speed camera, 9 min walk S

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 2 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 7, section 12. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.