When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
Then Friday, October 9. 9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone — but nearby blocks are, so a guest can still cross the line into one.
Cameras nearby?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8700 S Burley Ave alone took 480 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.
Street cleaning2,003 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 8700 S Burley Ave — 480, 4 min walk N
- 8800 S Burley Ave — 278, 1 min walk NE
- 8900 S Brandon Ave — 150, 1 min walk SW
- 9000 S Exchange Ave — 145, 8 min walk SW
- 8900 S Exchange Ave — 142, 7 min walk W
Permit zones726 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 9200 S Brandon Ave — 311, 9 min walk S
- 9000 S Brandon Ave — 177, 4 min walk S
- 9200 S Baltimore Ave — 100, 10 min walk S
- 8500 S Houston Ave — 72, 9 min walk NW
- 9100 S Brandon Ave — 66, 7 min walk S
Plate checks2,269 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 9000 S Escanaba Ave — 232, 9 min walk SW
- 8700 S Escanaba Ave — 222, 9 min walk NW
- 8700 S Exchange Ave — 220, 7 min walk NW
- 8900 S Muskegon Ave — 184, 10 min walk W
- 8800 S Houston Ave — 138, 4 min walk W
Metered blocks5,500 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 8900 S Commercial Ave — 1,849, 6 min walk W
- 9100 S Commercial Ave — 811, 8 min walk SW
- 8700 S Commercial Ave — 746, 6 min walk NW
- 9000 S Commercial Ave — 512, 7 min walk SW
- 3000 E 91st St — 467, 7 min walk SW
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 10, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
May5Tue
May6Wed
Jun26Fri
Jun29Mon
Aug18Tue
Aug19Wed
Oct8Thu
Oct9Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, October 8.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
–CamerasNone nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
✓City sticker & platesA missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
✓The tickets you still getContested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
✓What it costsThe average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.