Chicago parking by block · Chatham · Ward 8

Parking at 8850 S Dauphin Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8800–8899 S Dauphin Ave. Everything here is from City records — 7,416 parking tickets written across 75 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Tuesday, September 22

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 15. 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 8850 S Dauphin Ave

permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 8600 S Maryland Ave alone took 299 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Permit zones954 tickets

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

8600 S Maryland Ave — 299 tickets, 4 min walk NW
8600 S Drexel Ave — 274 tickets, 4 min walk N
1100 E 90th St — 122 tickets, 7 min walk SE

Plate checks5,822 tickets

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

800 E 89th St — 297 tickets, 3 min walk SW
700 E 88th St — 273 tickets, 4 min walk W
600 E 89th St — 253 tickets, 7 min walk W

Posted restrictions151 tickets

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

700 E 87th Pl — 151 tickets, 5 min walk W

Other enforcement127 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

9100 S Cottage Grove — 74 tickets, 10 min walk S
8900 S Cottage Grove — 53 tickets, 6 min walk SW

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 15. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.