Parking at 8250 S Dorchester Ave
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Parking at this address

8250 S Dorchester Ave

Ward 8, cleaning section 7 · 7,176 parking tickets were written across 88 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Wednesday, November 4
Then Thursday, November 5. 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?
1
1215 E 83RD ST (3 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8400 S Blackstone Ave alone took 81 tickets in three years, a 5 min walk away.

Street cleaning493 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 8400 S Blackstone Ave — 81, 5 min walk SE
  • 8200 S Dorchester Ave — 79, 1 min walk NE
  • 8000 S Dante Ave — 78, 6 min walk N
  • 8200 S Harper Ave — 70, 4 min walk E
  • 8500 S Dante Ave — 56, 7 min walk S
Permit zones1,689 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 8200 S Ellis Ave — 1,397, 10 min walk W
  • 1600 E 84th St — 170, 8 min walk E
  • 8100 S Dobson Ave — 80, 9 min walk W
  • 8300 S Blackstone Ave — 42, 3 min walk SE
City sticker checks58 tickets
They check stickers on this block. Keep your city sticker current.
  • 8100 S Harper Ave — 58, 5 min walk NE
Plate checks4,424 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 8300 S Ellis Ave — 261, 10 min walk W
  • 1700 E 84th St — 211, 10 min walk E
  • 1500 E 85th St — 181, 8 min walk SE
  • 1600 E 85th Pl — 172, 10 min walk SE
  • 8200 S Kenwood Ave — 154, 1 min walk NW
Posted restrictions78 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 1000 E 83rd St — 78, 9 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 8, section 7. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr17Fri
Apr20Mon
Jun24Wed
Jun25Thu
Aug28Fri
Aug31Mon
Nov4Wed
Nov5Thu

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Wednesday, November 4.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
1 within a short walk. The app warns you out loud before you reach one.
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City sticker & plates
A missed sticker is $200 and it’s a deadline, not a driving mistake. We buy them on time, every year.
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The tickets you still get
Contested by mail — 59% of mailed contests are dismissed — and paid before the fine doubles.
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What it costs
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.