Chicago street cleaning · Ward 29
Ward 29 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 29 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 29 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 29 drivers get roughly 23,630 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 29 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 29
The City splits Ward 29 into 14 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Madison 0 N/S to Roosevelt, Central to AustinSection 1 · 12 cleaning days
- Westend to Jackson, Laramie to CentralSection 2 · 12 cleaning days
- Jackson to Roosevelet, Cicero to CentralSection 3 · 12 cleaning days
- Corcoran to Madison 0 N/S, Central to AustinSection 4 · 12 cleaning days
- Chicago to Lake, Central to AustinSection 5 · 12 cleaning days
- Division to Chicago, Central to AustinSection 6 · 12 cleaning days
- North to Division, Central to AustinSection 7 · 12 cleaning days
- Dickens to North, Central to AustinSection 8 · 12 cleaning days
- Dickens to North, Austin to NarragansettSection 9 · 12 cleaning days
- Armitage to North, Narragansett to OakparkSection 10 · 12 cleaning days
- Armitage to North, Oak Park to HarlemSection 11 · 12 cleaning days
- Wrightwood to Armitage, Oak Park to HarlemSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- School to Wrightwood, Sayre to HarlemSection 13 · 10 cleaning days
- School to Wellington, Harlem to OrioleSection 14 · 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.