Chicago parking by block · Loop · Ward 4

Parking at 950 S Michigan Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 S Michigan Ave. Everything here is from City records — 141,259 parking tickets written across 123 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Wednesday, September 16

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

629 S State St (6 min walk) · 630 S State St (7 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 4, section 14. 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 950 S Michigan Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1200 S State St alone took 844 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,003 tickets

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

1200 S State St — 844 tickets, 6 min walk SW
1000 S Wells St — 159 tickets, 10 min walk W

Permit zones9,810 tickets

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

1300 S Michigan Ave — 2,351 tickets, 7 min walk S
800 S Financial Pl — 1,285 tickets, 9 min walk W
800 S Wells St — 1,269 tickets, 10 min walk W

Plate checks2,178 tickets

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

1300 S State St — 733 tickets, 8 min walk SW
400 S Plymouth Ct — 585 tickets, 10 min walk NW
1100 S Wells St — 525 tickets, 10 min walk W

Posted restrictions14,970 tickets

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

500 S Clark St — 2,757 tickets, 10 min walk NW
1100 S Wabash Ave — 2,432 tickets, 3 min walk SW
500 S State St — 1,502 tickets, 8 min walk NW

Metered blocks112,559 tickets

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

1400 S Michigan Ave — 8,623 tickets, 10 min walk S
1300 S Wabash Ave — 7,106 tickets, 7 min walk S
1400 S Wabash Ave — 6,181 tickets, 10 min walk S

Other enforcement246 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

0 E Roosevelt Rd — 177 tickets, 4 min walk S
600 S Michigan — 69 tickets, 5 min walk N

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

629 S State St — speed camera, 6 min walk NW
630 S State St — speed camera, 7 min walk NW

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 2 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 4, section 14. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.