Parking at 9650 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 9600–9699 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Everything here is from City records — 4,622 parking tickets written across 68 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
Zone 470
A visitor without a day pass is a $75 ticket.
Cameras nearby?
2
57 E 95th St (8 min walk) · 62 E 95th St (9 min walk)
Streets to watch near 9650 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9700 S Forest Ave alone took 71 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning188 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 9700 S Forest Ave — 71 tickets, 4 min walk SW
- 9300 S Indiana Ave — 65 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 9700 S Indiana Ave — 52 tickets, 6 min walk SW
Permit zones1,926 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 9600 S Forest Ave — 316 tickets, 3 min walk W
- 9600 S Calumet Ave — 297 tickets, 1 min walk W
- 9700 S Calumet Ave — 190 tickets, 3 min walk SW
City sticker checks75 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
- 9500 S Michigan Ave — 75 tickets, 7 min walk W
Plate checks1,873 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 9500 S Forest Ave — 129 tickets, 3 min walk NW
- 9300 S Prairie Ave — 123 tickets, 9 min walk NW
- 9300 S Forest Ave — 121 tickets, 8 min walk N
Cameras within a 10-minute walk
- 57 E 95th St — speed camera, 8 min walk NW
- 62 E 95th St — speed camera, 9 min walk NW
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Zone 470 rules, so a guest doesn’t collect a $75 ticket.
- 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.
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 , section . Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.