Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8350 S Vernon Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8300–8399 S Vernon Ave. Everything here is from City records — 12,971 parking tickets written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (6 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 13. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
5
Tue
May
6
Wed
Jul
23
Thu
Jul
24
Fri
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri

Streets to watch near 8350 S Vernon Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8000 S Eberhart Ave alone took 298 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,418 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Plate checks7,816 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions48 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks2,967 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement82 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 6 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 1 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 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.