Parking at 950 W 78th St
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Parking at this address

950 W 78th St

Ward 17, cleaning section 13 · 14,039 parking tickets were written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Monday, September 28
Then Tuesday, September 29. 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
7854 S Halsted St (5 min walk) · 811 W 79th St (5 min walk)

Streets to watch nearby

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 7900 S Sangamon St alone took 227 tickets in three years, a 4 min walk away.

Street cleaning1,175 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
  • 7900 S Sangamon St — 227, 4 min walk S
  • 8000 S Carpenter St — 205, 7 min walk S
  • 7700 S May St — 179, 5 min walk W
  • 7700 S Carpenter St — 141, 2 min walk W
  • 7700 S Lowe Ave — 133, 8 min walk E
Permit zones1,041 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
  • 7800 S Aberdeen St — 323, 4 min walk SW
  • 7800 S Carpenter St — 245, 3 min walk SW
  • 7600 S Peoria St — 208, 4 min walk NE
  • 7700 S Ada St — 204, 9 min walk W
  • 7900 S Lowe Ave — 61, 9 min walk SE
Plate checks10,052 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
  • 7900 S Green St — 247, 5 min walk SE
  • 7800 S Morgan St — 239, 2 min walk S
  • 7700 S Morgan St — 235, 1 min walk NW
  • 7800 S Green St — 233, 4 min walk SE
  • 7600 S May St — 219, 6 min walk NW
Metered blocks159 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
  • 700 W 79th St — 159, 7 min walk SE
Other enforcement943 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
  • 7800 S Halsted St — 415, 5 min walk SE
  • 600 W 79th Street — 389, 8 min walk E
  • 8000 S Racine — 88, 9 min walk SW
  • 1300 W 79th Street — 51, 9 min walk W

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 17, section 13. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

May5Tue
May6Wed
Jul17Fri
Jul20Mon
Sep28Mon
Sep29Tue

What makes this easy

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Street cleaning
A text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Monday, September 28.
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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.