When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, September 30
Then Thursday, October 1 · Tuesday, October 27 · Wednesday, October 28. 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?
4
644 Roosevelt Rd (7 min walk) · 1215 S Canal St (7 min walk) · 216 S Jefferson St (10 min walk) +1 more
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 1000 S Wells St alone took 159 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Street cleaning159 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 1000 S Wells St — 159, 8 min walk SE
Permit zones8,466 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 800 S Financial Pl — 1,285, 7 min walk E
- 800 S Wells St — 1,269, 6 min walk E
- 400 S Clinton St — 1,123, 5 min walk N
- 700 S Wells St — 1,034, 6 min walk E
- 600 S Wells St — 892, 7 min walk E
Plate checks1,052 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 1100 S Wells St — 525, 8 min walk SE
- 400 S La Salle St — 251, 10 min walk NE
- 700 W Gladys Ave — 107, 9 min walk NW
- 1200 S Canal Street — 69, 8 min walk S
- 1100 S Delano Ct — 59, 10 min walk SE
Posted restrictions5,058 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 600 S Clinton St — 1,240, 3 min walk NW
- 100 W 9th St — 800, 9 min walk E
- 200 S Franklin St — 522, 10 min walk NE
- 900 S Wells St — 401, 7 min walk SE
- 200 W Van Buren St — 319, 8 min walk NE
Metered blocks85,776 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 1100 S Canal St — 17,618, 7 min walk S
- 500 W Roosevelt Road — 6,301, 7 min walk S
- 1200 S Clinton St — 4,938, 8 min walk S
- 600 W Roosevelt Rd — 4,361, 9 min walk SW
- 700 S Clark St — 4,134, 9 min walk E
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 28, section 1. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr1Wed
Apr2Thu
Apr27Mon
Apr28Tue
May21Thu
May22Fri
Jun17Wed
Jun18Thu
Jul15Wed
Jul16Thu
Aug10Mon
Aug11Tue
Sep3Thu
Sep4Fri
Sep30Wed
Oct1Thu
Oct27Tue
Oct28Wed
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, September 30.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
✓Cameras4 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
✓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.