Chicago street cleaning · Ward 5
Ward 5 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 5 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 5 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 5 drivers get roughly 48,632 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 5 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 5
The City splits Ward 5 into 17 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Kimbark to Cottage Grove, 75th St to 71st StSection 1 · 10 cleaning days
- Woodlawn to Stony Island Ave, 71st St to 67th StSection 2 · 10 cleaning days
- Stony Island Ave to Cregier Ave, 71st St to 67th StSection 3 · 10 cleaning days
- Cregier Ave to Jeffery Blvd, 71st Street to 67th StSection 4 · 8 cleaning days
- Jeffery Blvd to Clyde Ave, 71st Street to 67th StreetSection 5 · 10 cleaning days
- Merrill Ave to South Shore Dr, 71st Street to 67th StreetSection 6 · 14 cleaning days
- Bennett Ave to Yates Blvd, 71st Street to 73rd StreetSection 7 · 8 cleaning days
- Dorchester Ave to Stony Island Ave, 67th Street to 60th StreetSection 8 · 8 cleaning days
- Cottage Grove to Ellis Ave, 61st Street to 55th StreetSection 9 · 8 cleaning days
- Ellis Ave to Kimbark Ave, 61st Street to 55th StreetSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- Kimbark Ave to Blackstone Ave, 61st Street to 55th StreetSection 11 · 10 cleaning days
- Blackstone Ave to Shore Dr., 59th Street to 55th StreetSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- 55th Street to Hyde Park Blvd, Ingleside Ave to University AveSection 13 · 8 cleaning days
- 55th Street to Hyde Park Blvd, University Ave to Ridgewood CtSection 14 · 8 cleaning days
- 55th Street to 53rd Street, Ridgewood Ct to Lake Park AveSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- Lake Park Ave to Shore Dr., 55th Street to 53rd StreetSection 16 · 8 cleaning days
- Lake Park Ave to Chicago Beach Dr, 53rd Street to 47th StreetSection 17 · 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.