When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, September 24
Then Friday, September 25. 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?
None
No speed or red-light camera within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch nearby
street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 9700 S Forest Ave alone took 71 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.
Street cleaning237 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
- 9700 S Forest Ave — 71, 7 min walk NE
- 10000 S Lafayette Ave — 71, 5 min walk W
- 9700 S Indiana Ave — 52, 5 min walk N
- 9900 S Wentworth Ave — 43, 9 min walk W
Permit zones879 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 9600 S Forest Ave — 316, 9 min walk NE
- 9600 S Calumet Ave — 297, 10 min walk NE
- 9700 S Calumet Ave — 190, 8 min walk NE
- 9800 S Calumet Ave — 76, 6 min walk NE
Plate checks2,713 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 0 E 101st St — 134, 3 min walk S
- 10300 S Prairie Ave — 109, 9 min walk S
- 9700 S Prairie Ave — 109, 6 min walk NE
- 9600 S Michigan Ave — 103, 8 min walk N
- 10100 S Indiana Ave — 101, 5 min walk S
Other enforcement58 tickets
Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.
- 10300 S Michigan — 58, 9 min walk S
Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block
Ward 9, section 8. Restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60, and it doubles if it goes unpaid.
Apr21Tue
Apr22Wed
Jul9Thu
Jul10Fri
Sep24Thu
Sep25Fri
What makes this easy
✓Street cleaningA text the night before every cleaning day on this block — the next is Thursday, September 24.
–Permit zoneNot needed here, but we flag the zones that start nearby.
–CamerasNone nearby, but the app warns you anywhere in the city.
✓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.