Chicago street cleaning · Ward 7
Ward 7 street cleaning schedule
Street cleaning in Chicago's Ward 7 runs April through November. In 2024, the City scheduled cleaning on 163 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 7 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 7 drivers get roughly 20,418 parking tickets a year overall — street cleaning is one of the most common and most avoidable. See all Ward 7 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 7
The City splits Ward 7 into 22 cleaning sections, each with its own dates. Find the one bounded by your streets:
- Merrill to Euclid, 73rd Street to 75th StreetSection 1 · 8 cleaning days
- Bennett to Blackstone, 71st Street to 74th StreetSection 2 · 8 cleaning days
- Paxton to Yates, 72nd Street to 75th StreetSection 3 · 8 cleaning days
- Yates to Colfax, 71st Street to 74th StreetSection 4 · 8 cleaning days
- Paxton to Yates, 75th Street to 79th StreetSection 5 · 8 cleaning days
- Essex to Escanaba, 75th Street to 79th StreetSection 6 · 8 cleaning days
- Exchange to Lake Front, 71st Street to 75th StreetSection 7 · 8 cleaning days
- Exchange to Lake Front, 75th Street to 79th StreetSection 8 · 8 cleaning days
- Paxton to Colfax, 80th Street to 82nd StreetSection 9 · 8 cleaning days
- Saginaw 2635 E to Exchange, 80th Street to 82nd StreetSection 10 · 8 cleaning days
- Commercial to Buffalo, 79th Pl to 82nd StSection 11 · 8 cleaning days
- Yates to Kingston Ave, 84th St to 86th StSection 12 · 8 cleaning days
- Colfax to Manistee, 84th St to 86th StSection 13 · 8 cleaning days
- Muskegon to Jeffery, 83rd St to 89th StSection 14 · 8 cleaning days
- Phillips to Escanaba, 89th St to 94th StSection 15 · 8 cleaning days
- Paxton to Yates, 89th St to 93rd StSection 16 · 6 cleaning days
- Merrill to Chappel, 89th St to 93rd StSection 17 · 6 cleaning days
- Constance to Paxton, 95th St to 96th StSection 18 · 6 cleaning days
- Yates to Colfax, 96th Street to 97th PlSection 19 · 6 cleaning days
- Clyde to Torrence, 99th St to 102nd StSection 20 · 6 cleaning days
- Torrence to Oglesby 2400 E), 100th St to 101st StSection 21 · 6 cleaning days
- Torrence to Crandon, 102nd St to 105thSection 22 · 6 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.