Chicago street cleaning · Ward 20
Ward 20 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 20 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 20 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 20 drivers get roughly 25,505 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 20 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 20
The City splits Ward 20 into 17 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Loomis to Wolcott, 47th Street to 51st StreetSection 1 · 8 cleaning days
- Halsted to Loomis, 47th Street to 51st StreetSection 2 · 8 cleaning days
- Racine to Bishop, 51st Street to 55th StreetSection 3 · 10 cleaning days
- Halsted to Racine, 49th Place to 53rd StreetSection 4 · 8 cleaning days
- Halsted to Wallace, 49th Street to 53rd StreetSection 5 · 8 cleaning days
- Wallace to Federal, 51st Street to 55th StreetSection 7 · 8 cleaning days
- wallace to State Street, 55th Street to 59th StreetSection 8 · 8 cleaning days
- Halsted to Wells, 59th Street to 65th StreetSection 9 · 8 cleaning days
- State Streeet to Yale, 59th Street to 66th StreetSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- King Drive to State Street, 55th Street to 59th StreetSection 11 · 10 cleaning days
- State Streeet to King Drive, 59th Street to 66th StreetSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- Washington Park Court to Cottage Grove, 49th Street to 51st StreetSection 13 · 10 cleaning days
- Cottage Grove to Ingleside, 50th Street to 60th StreetSection 14 · 10 cleaning days
- kIng Drive to Cottage Grove, 63rd Street to 67th StreetSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- King Drive to Cottage Grove, 60th Street to 63rd StreetSection 16 · 8 cleaning days
- Cottage Grove to Woodlawn, 60th Street to 63rd StreetSection 17 · 8 cleaning days
- Cottage Grove to Woodlawn, 63rd Street to 67th StreetSection 18 · 8 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.