Chicago parking by block · South Chicago · Ward 10

Parking at 8950 S Baltimore Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 8900–8999 S Baltimore Ave. Everything here is from City records — 11,554 parking tickets written across 85 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?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 10, section 13. 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 8950 S Baltimore Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8700 S Burley Ave alone took 480 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning2,112 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

8700 S Burley Ave — 480 tickets, 6 min walk NE
8800 S Burley Ave — 278 tickets, 4 min walk NE
8900 S Brandon Ave — 150 tickets, 2 min walk NE

Permit zones720 tickets

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

9200 S Brandon Ave — 311 tickets, 7 min walk S
9000 S Brandon Ave — 177 tickets, 3 min walk SE
9200 S Baltimore Ave — 100 tickets, 7 min walk S

Plate checks2,578 tickets

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

9000 S Escanaba Ave — 232 tickets, 6 min walk W
8700 S Escanaba Ave — 222 tickets, 8 min walk NW
8700 S Exchange Ave — 220 tickets, 7 min walk NW

Metered blocks5,658 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

8900 S Commercial Ave — 1,849 tickets, 3 min walk W
9100 S Commercial Ave — 811 tickets, 5 min walk SW
8700 S Commercial Ave — 746 tickets, 6 min walk NW

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 10, section 13. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.