Chicago street cleaning · Ward 49
Ward 49 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 49 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 49 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 49 drivers get roughly 36,600 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 49 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 49
The City splits Ward 49 into 11 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Howard to Juneway, Lake Michigan to HaskinsSection 1 · 12 cleaning days
- Touhy to Howard, Ridge to WesternSection 2 · 12 cleaning days
- Touhy to Howard, Damen to RidgeSection 3 · 12 cleaning days
- Touhy to Howard, Clark to DamenSection 4 · 12 cleaning days
- Touhy to Howard, Greenview to ClarkSection 5 · 12 cleaning days
- Morse to Touhy, Clark to RidgeSection 7 · 12 cleaning days
- Albion to Morse, Clark to RidgeSection 8 · 14 cleaning days
- Pratt to Touhy, Greenview to ClarkSection 9 · 14 cleaning days
- Arthur to Pratt, Glenwood to ClarkSection 11 · 12 cleaning days
- Arthur to Pratt, Lake Michigan to GlenwoodSection 12 · 12 cleaning days
- Devon to Arthur, Sheridan to ClarkSection 13 · 12 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.