Chicago street cleaning · Ward 27
Ward 27 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 27 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 27 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 27 drivers get roughly 92,591 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 27 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 27
The City splits Ward 27 into 10 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Division to Governors Pkwy, Drake to AversSection 1 · 18 cleaning days
- Augusta to Governors Pkwy, Kedzie to DrakeSection 2 · 16 cleaning days
- Grand to Lake, Western to KedzieSection 3 · 16 cleaning days
- Lake to Harrison, Western to KedzieSection 4 · 16 cleaning days
- Washington to Roosevelt, Ashland to WesternSection 5 · 16 cleaning days
- Grand to Washington, Ogden to WesternSection 6 · 16 cleaning days
- Kinzie to Van Buren, Halsted to OgdenSection 7 · 16 cleaning days
- Division to Kinzie, Jefferson to OgdenSection 8 · 16 cleaning days
- North Ave to Erie, Halsted to ArmourSection 9 · 16 cleaning days
- North Ave to Chicago Ave, Clark to HalstedSection 10 · 16 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.