Chicago street cleaning · Ward 50
Ward 50 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 50 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 50 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 50 drivers get roughly 29,933 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 50 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 50
The City splits Ward 50 into 14 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Jarvis to Howard, Washtenaw to KedzieSection 1 · 12 cleaning days
- Touhy to Jarvis, Washtenaw to KedzieSection 2 · 12 cleaning days
- Touhy to Howard, Western to WashtenawSection 3 · 12 cleaning days
- Lunt to Birchwood, Ridge to WesternSection 4 · 12 cleaning days
- Lunt to Touhy, Western to KedzieSection 5 · 12 cleaning days
- Pratt to Lunt, Rockwell to KedzieSection 6 · 12 cleaning days
- Devon to Pratt, Francisco to KedzieSection 7 · 10 cleaning days
- Devon to Pratt, Talman to FranciscoSection 8 · 12 cleaning days
- Devon to Pratt, Western to TalmanSection 9 · 12 cleaning days
- Granville to Loyola, Ridge to WesternSection 10 · 12 cleaning days
- Peterson to Devon, Western to FranciscoSection 11 · 12 cleaning days
- Peterson to Devon, Francisco to KedzieSection 12 · 10 cleaning days
- Bryn Mawr to Peterson, California to VirginiaSection 13 · 10 cleaning days
- Peterson to Devon, Kedzie to RidgewaySection 14 · 10 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.