Chicago parking by block · Loop · Ward 34

Parking at 850 S Wells St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 S Wells St. Everything here is from City records — 165,276 parking tickets written across 140 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, September 11
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 1673
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
4
630 S State St (7 min walk) · 629 S State St (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 34, section 1. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
1
Wed
Apr
2
Thu
Apr
23
Thu
Apr
24
Fri
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
9
Tue
Jun
10
Wed
Jul
2
Thu
Jul
6
Mon
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Aug
18
Tue
Aug
19
Wed
Sep
10
Thu
Sep
11
Fri
Oct
2
Fri
Oct
5
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
Oct
28
Wed
Nov
19
Thu
Nov
20
Fri

Streets to watch near 850 S Wells St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,003 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones7,021 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,660 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions17,257 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks137,139 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
Other enforcement686 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 630 S State St — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 629 S State St — speed camera, 7 min walk NE
  • 644 Roosevelt Rd — red-light camera, 7 min walk SW
  • 1215 S Canal St — red-light camera, 8 min walk SW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 1673 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 4 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 34, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.