Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 44

Parking at 950 W School St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 900–999 W School St. Everything here is from City records — 202,485 parking tickets written across 138 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 23
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?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 44, section 6. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
17
Fri
Apr
20
Mon
May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jun
26
Fri
Jun
29
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Jul
29
Wed
Aug
27
Thu
Aug
28
Fri
Sep
23
Wed
Sep
24
Thu
Oct
30
Fri
Nov
2
Mon

Streets to watch near 950 W School St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 500 W Roscoe St alone took 840 tickets in three years, a 9 min walk away.

Street cleaning9,226 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones35,144 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks4,380 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions47,053 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
Metered blocks106,670 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

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.
  • 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 44, section 6. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.