Berkeley Street Sweeping

Street Cleaning is suspended on the following days:
Wed, Dec 25 2024 for Christmas Day
Wed, Jan 1 2025 for New Year's Day
Mon, Jan 20 2025 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Mon, Feb 17 2025 for Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
Mon, May 26 2025 for Memorial Day

Residential Street sweeping (or street cleaning) is facilitated by the Department of Public Works in Berkeley. Residential streets are cleaned once a month, and the time of day varies by block.

Commercial streets are cleaned more often, and the easiest way to see whether your car is parked in a spot with upcoming street sweeping is by downloading the Spot Angels app, which attaches to your GPS location to serve you with information regarding parking costs and upcoming Berkeley street sweeping restrictions.

You can count on street cleaning occurring on the same day each month. So if you had to move your car on the first Tuesday of this month, rest assured it will always occur on the first Tuesday.

Street sweeping in Berkeley occurs at varying intervals throughout the day, depending on where in the city you are. Certain residential streets are cleaned in the morning, while others are swept later in the day. To see when street sweeping occurs near you, simply navigate to the Berkeley street sweeping map, type in the address you’d like to know the hours for and check the sidebar.

Nowhere in the city municipal code does it state that drivers are allowed to park on streets designated for street cleaning when the restriction is in effect, even after the cleaning itself has been completed. It is common practice for drivers to move their cars for the street sweeper and move them back after it has passed, but be wary.

A street sweeping ticket costs $49, and after 30 days will cost $79 if it has not been paid. On day 49, that fine goes up to $129. The transaction fee to pay your ticket online is $2.

Berkeley has had to scale back their street cleaning as a cost-saving measure, so if your street cleaning day falls on a holiday, it will resume on the next regularly scheduled day. In residential areas, street sweeping in Berkeley is suspended during city holidays and reduced service days below:

January 1 Tuesday New Year’s Day*
January 11 Friday Reduced Service Day
January 21 Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 8 Friday Reduced Service Day
February 12 Tuesday Lincoln’s Birthday
February 18 Monday Presidents’ Day*
March 8 Friday Reduced Service Day
April 12 Friday Reduced Service Day
May 10 Friday Reduced Service Day
May 20 Friday Malcolm X Day
May 27 Monday Memorial Day
June 14 Friday Reduced Service Day
July 4 Thursday Independence Day
September 2 Monday Labor Day
October 14 Monday Indigenous People’s Day
November 11 Monday Veterans Day
November 28 Thursday Thanksgiving Day
November 29 Friday Thanksgiving Holiday
December 25 Tuesday Christmas Day