Parking at 8450 S Merrill
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Parking at this address

8450 S Merrill

Ward 7, cleaning section 12 · 7,232 parking tickets were written across 114 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, November 10
Then Thursday, November 12. 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?
2
2109 E 87th St (7 min walk) · 8134 S Yates Blvd (9 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8100 S Crandon Ave alone took 103 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning685 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 8100 S Crandon Ave — 103, 7 min walk NE
  • 8500 S Oglesby Ave — 85, 7 min walk SE
  • 8400 S Oglesby Ave — 81, 6 min walk E
  • 8000 S Paxton Ave — 81, 9 min walk N
  • 8400 S Essex Ave — 74, 9 min walk E
Permit zones736 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 8200 S Chappel Ave — 217, 4 min walk NW
  • 8100 S Chappel Ave — 196, 7 min walk N
  • 8600 S Bennett Ave — 156, 9 min walk SW
  • 8400 S Phillips Ave — 76, 8 min walk E
  • 8600 S Chappel Ave — 48, 7 min walk S
Plate checks4,603 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 8500 S Bennett Ave — 324, 7 min walk SW
  • 8700 S Merrill Ave — 222, 8 min walk S
  • 1700 E 84th St — 211, 9 min walk W
  • 8700 S Paxton Ave — 202, 8 min walk S
  • 1700 E 85th St — 179, 9 min walk W
Posted restrictions142 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
  • 8600 S Jeffery Blvd — 142, 7 min walk SW
Metered blocks157 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 1900 E 87th St — 157, 8 min walk SW

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 7, section 12. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May1Fri
May4Mon
Jul7Tue
Jul8Wed
Sep8Tue
Sep9Wed
Nov10Tue
Nov12Thu

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Tuesday, November 10.
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Permit zone
Not needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
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Cameras
2 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.