Chicago street cleaning · Ward 38
Ward 38 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 38 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 38 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 38 drivers get roughly 12,156 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 38 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 38
The City splits Ward 38 into 27 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Irving Park to Berteau, Pioneer to CumberlandSection 26A · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park to Cullom, Central to LaramieSection 2 · 10 cleaning days
- Irving Park to Berteau, Austin to CentralSection 5 · 10 cleaning days
- Berteau to Montrose, Austin to CentralSection 6 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park to Grace, Narragansett to AustinSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Sayre to HarlemSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- School Street to Addison, Harlem to OrioleSection 17 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Harlem to OketoSection 18 · 8 cleaning days
- Belmont to Addison, Ozanam to PacificSection 21 · 8 cleaning days
- Montrose to Lawrence, Cumberland to East River RoadSection 26B · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park to Berteau, Laramie to LavergneSection 1 · 10 cleaning days
- Addison to Grace, Austin to CentralSection 3 · 10 cleaning days
- Grace to Irving Park, Austin to CentralSection 4 · 10 cleaning days
- Montrose to Eastwood, Austin to CentralSection 7 · 8 cleaning days
- Montrose to Giddings, Narragansett to AustinSection 8 · 8 cleaning days
- Montrose to Irving Park, Narragansett to AustinSection 9 · 8 cleaning days
- Grace to Addison, Narragansett to AustinSection 11 · 8 cleaning days
- Belmont to Addison, Oak Park to NarragansettSection 12 · 8 cleaning days
- Belmont to Addison, Oak Park to SayreSection 13 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Oak Park to SayreSection 14 · 8 cleaning days
- School Street to Addison, Sayre to HarlemSection 16 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Oketo to PacificSection 19 · 8 cleaning days
- Belmont to Addison, Oriole to OzanamSection 20 · 8 cleaning days
- Belmont to Addison, Pacific to PioneerSection 22 · 8 cleaning days
- Belmont to Addison, Pioneer to CumberlandSection 23 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Pacific to PioneerSection 24 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Pioneer to CumberlandSection 25 · 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.