Chicago parking by block · South Deering · Ward 7

Parking at 9550 S Colfax Ave

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9500–9599 S Colfax Ave. Everything here is from City records — 3,273 parking tickets written across 78 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 7, section 19. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May
21
Thu
May
22
Fri
Jul
27
Mon
Jul
28
Tue
Sep
28
Mon
Sep
29
Tue

Streets to watch near 9550 S Colfax Ave

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9300 S Essex Ave alone took 65 tickets in three years, a 6 min walk away.

Street cleaning463 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones479 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks1,462 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

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 7, section 19. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.