Street Sweeping

Street sweeping (and parking enforcement in sweeping zones) is cancelled on the following holidays:

January 16 - Monday, Martin Luther-King Day
February 20 - Monday, President's Day  
March 31 - Friday, Cesar Chavez Day 
May 29 - Monday, Memorial Day   
June 19 - Monday, Juneteenth
July 4 - Tuesday, Independence Day 
September 4 - Monday, Labor Day  
November 10 - Friday, Veterans Day
November 23-24 - Thursday & Friday, Thanksgiving Day and day after
December 25 - Monday, Christmas Day
January 1 - Monday, New Year's Day 2024 

Please note: Sweeping will resume on the next regularly scheduled day and time. There will be no schedule shift to the next day or make-up days.

Rain and holidays are the two main reasons why street sweeping (sweeping) may be cancelled. Parking enforcement in the sweeping, no-parking zones are also cancelled.

An announcement of sweeping cancelations is made on the Street Sweeping Hotline (805-897-1903). Parking enforcement during the times posted in sweeping zones is also cancelled for the rest of that day.

Sweeping will resume on the next regularly scheduled day and time. There is no automatic schedule shift to the next day.

Rain:
Street sweeping is usually cancelled when runoff fills the gutters. Steady rain, not just showers, is needed to warrant cancellation. Please do not assume that any rain results in automatic cancellation; check the Hotline before you park!

Holidays:
Please view the Holiday Sweeping Cancellations Calendar above. A message will be placed on the Street Sweeping hotline announcing the scheduled holiday sweeping cancelation and reminding callers that parking enforcement in sweeping zones will be cancelled on those days.

•  To assist in efficient sweeping, please remove all vehicles and obstructions such as trash cans and leaf piles from the street in front of your house during your scheduled sweeping time.  
• If your street or block is not in a regular sweeping program, it is probably because the street is too narrow or too steep for the street sweeper truck; nevertheless, if debris is a problem, please contact the Streets office or the Street Sweeping Hotline to request a special clean up.
• Residential neighborhoods are swept during the daytime, and the commercial and arterial routes and downtown business areas are swept at night. 
• Regular street sweeping occurs on about 80% of Santa Barbara’s 254 miles of paved streets within the Santa Barbara city limits. 
• Sweeping frequency is tied to accumulation of debris, density of population, and usage, and is scheduled from as often as four times per week to twice a month. 
• The street sweepers annually remove approximately 1,850 tons of debris, trash, and other harmful constituents that would have otherwise ended up in the storm drains, creeks, and eventually in the ocean.