Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 6

Parking at 8750 S Michigan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8700–8799 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 5,123 parking tickets written across 74 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Friday, October 23
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 129
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
5
8646 S Lafayette Ave (5 min walk) · 31 W 87th St (5 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 18. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
19
Tue
May
20
Wed
Aug
6
Thu
Aug
7
Fri
Oct
23
Fri
Oct
26
Mon

Streets to watch near 8750 S Michigan Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8500 S Prairie Ave alone took 98 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning178 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones984 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks2,829 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions407 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Other enforcement236 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 8646 S Lafayette Ave — red-light camera, 5 min walk NW
  • 31 W 87th St — red-light camera, 5 min walk W
  • 8550 S Lafayette Ave — speed camera, 7 min walk NW
  • 8590 S Martin Luther King Dr — speed camera, 8 min walk NE
  • 49 W 85th St — speed camera, 9 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 129 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 5 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 18. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.