Chicago street cleaning · Ward 40
Ward 40 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 40 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 40 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 40 drivers get roughly 24,490 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 40 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 40
The City splits Ward 40 into 19 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Lunt to Pratt, Bell to RockwellSection 1 · 8 cleaning days
- Lunt to Devon, Ridge to BellSection 2 · 8 cleaning days
- Albion to Peterson, Clark to RavenswoodSection 3 · 8 cleaning days
- Peterson to Bryn Mawr, Clark to RavenswoodSection 4 · 8 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Foster, Clark to RavenswoodSection 5 · 8 cleaning days
- Devon to Peterson, Ravenswood to LeavittSection 6 · 8 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Foster, Ravenswood to DamenSection 7 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Argyle, Clark to DamenSection 8 · 10 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Foster, Damen to WesternSection 9 · 10 cleaning days
- Foster to Ainsle, Damen to WesternSection 10 · 10 cleaning days
- Granville to Peterson, Leavitt to FairfieldSection 11 · 10 cleaning days
- Peterson to Ardmore, Western to RichmondSection 12 · 8 cleaning days
- Ardmore to Bryn Mawr, Washtenaw to Chicago RiverSection 13 · 8 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Balmoral, Western to CaliforniaSection 14 · 8 cleaning days
- Balmoral to Foster, Western to CaliforniaSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- Foster to Argyle, Western to CaliforniaSection 16 · 8 cleaning days
- Argyle to Leland, Western to WashtenawSection 17 · 8 cleaning days
- Foster to Leland, Washtenaw to Chicago RiverSection 18 · 8 cleaning days
- Lawrence to Montrose, Chicago River to SacramentoSection 19 · 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.