Chicago street cleaning · Ward 26
Ward 26 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 26 runs April through November. In 2024, the City scheduled cleaning on 163 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 26 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 26 drivers get roughly 38,755 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 26 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 26
The City splits Ward 26 into 16 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Belden to Armitage, Cicero to LatrobeSection 1 · 10 cleaning days
- Belden to Armitage, Kostner to CiceroSection 2 · 10 cleaning days
- Dickens to Bloomingdale, Pulaski to KentonSection 3 · 10 cleaning days
- Bloomingdale to Lemoyne, Pulaski to KostnerSection 4 · 10 cleaning days
- Dickens to Bloomingdale, Central Park to PulaskiSection 5 · 10 cleaning days
- Bloomingdale to North Ave, Central Park to PulaskiSection 6 · 10 cleaning days
- Dickens to Bloomingdale, Kedzie to Central ParkSection 7 · 10 cleaning days
- Bloomingdale to North Ave, Kedzie to Central ParkSection 8 · 10 cleaning days
- Armitage to Bloomingdale, Mozart to KedzieSection 9 · 10 cleaning days
- Bloomingdale to North Ave, California to KedzieSection 10 · 10 cleaning days
- Bloomingdale to Hirsch, Rockwell to CaliforniaSection 11 · 10 cleaning days
- Hirsch to Division, Western to CaliforniaSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- Division to Walton, Washtenaw to SacamentoSection 13 · 10 cleaning days
- Hirsch to Augusta, Kedzie to Central ParkSection 14 · 10 cleaning days
- North Ave to Hirsch, Kedzie to Central ParkSection 15 · 10 cleaning days
- North Ave to Potomac, Central Park to PulaskiSection 16 · 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.