Street Cleaning Services

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Street Cleaning Schedule

Street cleaning is done by neighborhood according to the yearly schedules below. To determine your neighborhood, click here. You can also visit the Community GIS, enter your address into the search bar, and your next scheduled street cleaning date will appear under "Street Cleaning Schedule" on the right.

Each neighborhood is cleaned once every two weeks, except on holidays. Cleaning starts at 7:30 a.m. and ends when the route is complete. This may last until 3:30 p.m. in larger neighborhoods. Commercial and industrial streets are swept between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. prior to rush hour.

Additionally, street sweepers do not clean streets that:

Are private,
Do not have a curb and gutter, or
Are within San Mateo County's unincorporated areas.

Street Sweeping Calendars - Residential, Enforced, and Commercial

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2025

Residential Route Maps

Be Prepared For Cleaning!

To ensure quick and quality street cleaning, please make sure the curb in front of your property is clear. This includes moving the following out of the sweeper's path:

Cars, trucks, or other vehicles.
Large trash items such as tree branches or appliances.
Large piles of leaves or debris. Please do not pile leaves, dispose of debris properly.

Moving your vehicle is mandatory along certain segments of Douglas Avenue and Broadway, Beech, Marshall, and Maple Streets. No parking from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. is enforced on cleaning days at those locations. See diagram 1 and diagram 2 for the specific locations.

Leaf Season & Yard Waste

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As autumn and heavy leaf fall season approaches, the City would like to ask residents: please do not sweep, pile, or blow leaves, grass clippings and other yard debris in the street, sidewalk, or storm drain. Also, note that under the City’s Municipal Code, property owners are responsible for maintaining the sidewalk bordering their property, which includes clearing any leaves.

Why?

Keeping these areas clear has many benefits for the community and environment:

City streets will be as clean as possible. Street sweepers are not designed to collect excess leaf debris and can become clogged by large leaf piles.
Debris that enter the curb inlet or storm drain can clog the system and cause flooding.
Organic waste in the storm water system can also contaminate local water bodies, like the San Francisco Bay, creating potentially toxic algae blooms and harming fish and wildlife habitats.

How Can I Help?
Residents can use the organic yard waste on their property and bordering sidewalk in several environmentally friendly ways:

Place leaves and yard debris in compost, not garbage bins. Organic waste in landfills takes up space and can release methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.
Mulch and spread yard waste over your lawn or in a plant. Leaves and yard trimmings act as a natural fertilizer, suppress weeds, preserve soil moisture, and provide a habitat for essential wildlife.

FAQ

If you have any questions about street cleaning in your neighborhood, call Public Works at (650) 780-7464 or email streetcleaning@redwoodcity.org. You can also view the Street Cleaning FAQ's below.

Expand/Contract Questions and Answers

After reviewing the information provided about the street cleaning schedule, what should I do if I still cannot determine my street cleaning week and day?
Call the Public Works Division at 650-780-7464 or email: streetcleaning@redwoodcity.org and we will gladly provide you with the information. Please be prepared to provide us with your street address.
Does the City enforce “No Parking” for street cleaning?
Yes. The City currently enforces no parking for street cleaning on select areas of Marshall Street and Douglas Avenue. Areas with enforced parking for street cleaning are marked with "No Parking" signs. Please remember to move parked cars on the day and time indicated.
I live on a private or unimproved street, so city staff does not clean the street in front of my house. Why am I receiving information about the City’s Residential Street Cleaning Program?
All Redwood City residents, whether their residence is on a public, private or unimproved street are being informed about the program because nearly every resident or visitor to Redwood City uses the public roadways maintained by city staff. Redwood City wants all of its residents to be aware of the efforts made to keep our streets clean.
What are “unimproved” streets and why are these streets not included in the Street Cleaning Program?
Unimproved streets are ones that were not built to City design standards. These streets do not have curb and gutter or storm drainage facilities. The street sweeping equipment is designed to use the curb and gutter to trap debris in its brushes and vacuum system.
What should I do if I do not see my address listed?
There are three circumstances that would exclude your street from the Street Cleaning Program: (1) your street is a private street, (2) your street is an unimproved street or (3) your street is in an unincorporated part of San Mateo County. If these situations do not apply to your street, call the Public Works Division at 650-780-7464 or email: streetcleaning@redwoodcity.org and we will gladly provide you with the information. Please be prepared to provide us with your street address.
Why are private streets excluded from the Street Cleaning Program?
Privately owned streets are managed and maintained by private parties or individuals, i.e. homeowner associations or private property owners. These streets typically are not built to Redwood City’s design standards and are intended for the exclusive use of the private property owners that maintain them. Publicly funded services are not provided on these streets.
Why would the street sweeper operator clean one side of my street but not the other side of the street on the same day?
Some streets are “border” streets; that means they are the boundary that separates one street cleaning district from another. The street cleaning districts are designed to include a practical number of curb miles that will allow the sweeper operator to complete an entire district in one day. More than likely your street is a border street separating your cleaning district from another. This may offer residents living on border streets the opportunity to forge agreements among themselves to move cars to the unscheduled side of the street (in front of your across-the-street neighbor, for example) until after the street sweeper passes.

Street Cleaning Schedule

Be Prepared For Cleaning!

FAQ

After reviewing the information provided about the street cleaning schedule, what should I do if I still cannot determine my street cleaning week and day?

Does the City enforce “No Parking” for street cleaning?

I live on a private or unimproved street, so city staff does not clean the street in front of my house. Why am I receiving information about the City’s Residential Street Cleaning Program?

What are “unimproved” streets and why are these streets not included in the Street Cleaning Program?

What should I do if I do not see my address listed?

Why are private streets excluded from the Street Cleaning Program?

Why would the street sweeper operator clean one side of my street but not the other side of the street on the same day?