Chicago street cleaning · Ward 1
Ward 1 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 1 runs April through November. In 2024, the City scheduled cleaning on 164 days across the ward. Leave your car on the block during the posted hours on a cleaning day and it's a $60 ticket — $120 if you don't catch it in time.
Ward 1 has scheduled cleaning days in April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. There's no street cleaning in winter, but the overnight snow ban can still apply — Autopilot alerts you for both.
Find your exact cleaning days
Cleaning dates depend on your specific block, and the City sets new dates every season — so a ward-wide season isn't enough to keep you safe. Look up your street and get a free text the night before cleaning on your block, so you can move your car and never get the ticket.
Ward 1 drivers get roughly 74,995 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 1 ticket data →
Got a street-cleaning ticket?
A street-cleaning ticket can be contested by mail — the signs must be posted and the sweeper actually scheduled that day. Here's the full cost and how to fight it →
Exact dates by section in Ward 1
The City splits Ward 1 into 15 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Chicago to Kinzie, Racine to AshlandSection 1 · 12 cleaning days
- Chicago to Kinzie, Ashland to WoodSection 2 · 12 cleaning days
- Division to Chicago, Noble to AshlandSection 3 · 12 cleaning days
- Division to Chicago, Ashland to HonoreSection 4 · 12 cleaning days
- North Ave to Division, Noble to AshlandSection 5 · 12 cleaning days
- North Ave to Division, Ashland to DamenSection 6 · 12 cleaning days
- North Ave to Division, Ashland to HoyneSection 7 · 10 cleaning days
- North Ave to Augusta, Leavitt to HonoreSection 8 · 10 cleaning days
- North Ave to Augusta, Leavitt to RockwellSection 9 · 10 cleaning days
- Armitage to North, Western to CaliforniaSection 10 · 10 cleaning days
- Fullerton to Armitage, Western to RockwellSection 11 · 10 cleaning days
- Fullerton to Armitage, Rockwell to CaliforniaSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- Fullerton to Armitage, California to KedzieSection 13 · 10 cleaning days
- Logan to Fullerton, Western to MilwaukeeSection 14 · 10 cleaning days
- Diversey to Logan, Western to AlbanySection 15 · 10 cleaning days
Other wards
Schedule figures from the City of Chicago street-sweeping schedule (FOIA F143238, 2024). Exact cleaning dates vary by block and change each season — always follow the posted signs on your street.