‘No Parking’ signs in your neighbourhood? Calgary 2025 Spring Clean-up to begin

Have you seen the signs in your neighbourhood asking you to move your vehicle?

That’s because the City of Calgary begins its week-long Spring Clean-Up on Monday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is expected to last until the end of June.

A good way to know it’s happening in your neighbourhood is all the “No Parking” signs on the roads before the start, letting residents know not to park during the cleaning.

Calgarians can also type their address into the search bar on the city site to see when it starts in their area. The city also adds that if the information on the site is different than the street signs, then the sign prevails.

Chris Hewitt, the manager of mobility maintenance with the city, says residents can also contact 3-1-1 or sign up for email and text notifications to note when the sweep will happen in their neighbourhood.

He also adds that any black, green and blue carts should be placed on your lawn or a grassy boulevard if it happens to be collection day during a sweep.

Some Calgarians say street cleaning arrives too late

However, areas like Panorama Hills are among the last on the list, and some residents aren’t thrilled about that.

After CityNews spoke with individuals in the neighbourhood, some saying they’ll do it themselves while others wait for the city, Hewitt says some inevitably come first and others last. But there’s a system behind the scheduling.

“We break the city into thirds and … each year, we will rotate where someone is, so if it happens that a community was … towards the end of our program one year, they’re likely to be towards the beginning or the middle the next year,” he told CityNews.

“We keep it equitable that way by rotating through our communities.”

If you’re not satisfied with the street cleaning on your block, the city says you can take photos and report it to 3-1-1, and crews will redo the job.

While the City didn’t provide a cost, they did confirm it adds to the overall time.

Fines and possibly towing for non-compliance

The city says nine street sweeping crews will cover over 17,000 kilometres of roadway in the next 8 to 10 weeks, but any vehicles still on the road will receive a ticket.

It will arrive by mail, and the vehicle will be towed if a small three-foot-high sign is along the roadway. Those signs will be placed 24 hours before the start of sweeping.

The city says any towed vehicles will either be moved nearby and receive a ticket or move to an impound lot where the owner will have to pay for the ticket, tow, and impound fee.

The ticket fines vary depending on how quickly it’s paid, being $80 within 10 days, $90 before 30 days, and $120 afterwards. The city says camera-equipped cars are helping enforce temporary sweeping bans.

However, Calgary Parking says its patrols coordinate with Mobility Maintenance, and verifies that community signage is accurate and visible ahead of time.