Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 46

Parking at 950 W Grace St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 W Grace St. Everything here is from City records — 170,852 parking tickets written across 125 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?
Zone 383
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
1
1142 W Irving Park Rd (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 46, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 950 W Grace St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 3700 N Fremont St alone took 1,046 tickets in three years, a 1 min walk away.

Street cleaning16,840 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones34,768 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,273 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions50,794 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks64,072 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1142 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk NW

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • Zone 383 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 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 46, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.