Chicago street cleaning · Ward 47
Ward 47 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 47 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 47 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 47 drivers get roughly 38,082 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 47 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 47
The City splits Ward 47 into 20 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Montrose to Leland, Chicago River to Western AveSection 1 · 10 cleaning days
- Montrose to Lawrence, Western to LeavittSection 2 · 8 cleaning days
- Montrose to Lawrence, Leavitt to DamenSection 3 · 8 cleaning days
- Montrose to Lawrence, Damen to RavenswoodSection 4 · 8 cleaning days
- Montrose to Sunnyside, Clark to RavenswoodSection 5 · 8 cleaning days
- Lawrence to Foster Ave, Ashland to BroadwaySection 6 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park Road to Wilson, Ashland to Southport AveSection 7 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park Road to Sunnyside, Ashland to RavenswoodSection 8 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park Road to Montrose, Ravenswood to DamenSection 9 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park Road to Montrose, Damen to LeavittSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park Road to Montrose, Leavitt to Western AveSection 11 · 8 cleaning days
- Irving Park Road to Montrose, Western to Chicago RiverSection 12 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Western to LeavittSection 13 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Leavitt to DamenSection 14 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Damen to RavenswoodSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- Addison to Irving Park, Ravenswood to AshlandSection 16 · 8 cleaning days
- Roscoe to Grace, Ashland to JanssenSection 17 · 8 cleaning days
- Roscoe to Addison, Ashland to SeeleySection 18 · 8 cleaning days
- Barry to Irving Park, Western to Chicago RiverSection 19 · 8 cleaning days
- Lawrence to Winnemac, Western to RavenswoodSection 20 · 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.