Parking at 8550 S Cottage Grove
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Parking at this address

8550 S Cottage Grove

Ward 6, cleaning section 14 · 14,624 parking tickets were written across 89 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Tuesday, October 13
Then Wednesday, October 14. 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
8590 S Martin Luther King Dr (10 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 8300 S St Lawrence Ave alone took 150 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.

Street cleaning285 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 8300 S St Lawrence Ave — 150, 8 min walk NW
  • 8200 S St Lawrence Ave — 68, 9 min walk NW
  • 500 E 86th St — 67, 5 min walk W
Permit zones1,970 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 8200 S Ellis Ave — 1,397, 10 min walk NE
  • 8600 S Maryland Ave — 299, 3 min walk SE
  • 8600 S Drexel Ave — 274, 4 min walk SE
Plate checks9,269 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 8200 S Ingleside Ave — 589, 9 min walk NE
  • 8200 S Maryland Ave — 573, 8 min walk N
  • 8200 S Drexel Ave — 568, 9 min walk N
  • 8200 S Langley Ave — 330, 8 min walk N
  • 8300 S Ingleside Ave — 320, 7 min walk NE
Posted restrictions229 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
  • 700 E 87th Pl — 151, 4 min walk S
  • 1000 E 83rd St — 78, 10 min walk NE
Metered blocks2,364 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 8200 S Cottage Grove Ave — 1,695, 8 min walk N
  • 700 E 82nd St — 555, 10 min walk N
  • 700 E 83rd St — 114, 7 min walk N

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 6, section 14. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May7Thu
May8Fri
Jul27Mon
Jul28Tue
Oct13Tue
Oct14Wed

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, October 13.
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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.