Off the signed side by 8 AM.
Signs go up 24 hours before the sweeper shows up. Move your car to the opposite side of the street, or into a driveway, before 8 AM on the posted date. The sweeper runs 8 AM to 4 PM.
Spring cleaning hits Signal Hill in late April. Here's how to avoid the $80 ticket, move your car on the right day, and keep the neighbourhood looking like a neighbourhood.
One map, one address lookup, one source of truth. Enter your address, it'll tell you the day your street is swept. Routes shift by a day or two based on weather, so check the morning of.
Zoom the map to Signal Hill to see your street. Hosted by the City of Calgary.
Signs go up 24 hours before the sweeper shows up. Move your car to the opposite side of the street, or into a driveway, before 8 AM on the posted date. The sweeper runs 8 AM to 4 PM.
Sweep day ≠ cart day for most weeks. If your trash carts are out on the curb, the sweeper skips that stretch. Roll them back up the driveway the night before.
Raking leaves, grass clippings, or branches into the gutter is illegal dumping, and it overwhelms the sweeper. Bag the leaves or roll them into your green cart. The sweeper clears winter sand, not yard waste.
Calgary Parking enforces sweep-day "no parking" zones. $80 minimum. Your car may be towed one block over, you'll get it back, but the City may skip your street, meaning no sweep till next spring.
Streets skipped, leaves left behind, broken curbs, damaged signs, all go to 311. Calgary takes service requests seriously and routes them to the right crew.
Vacation, older neighbour, someone new on the street, a text or a knock on the door prevents a ticket. It's the kind of small thing that keeps a block friendly.
Street sweeping isn't glamourous, but it's one of those quiet services that makes a place feel cared for. Winter sand gone, gutters clear, leaves cleaned up before the rain washes them into the storm drain. One morning of moving the car, eleven months of clean streets.