The City of Mission Viejo sweeps your public residential streets free of charge every two weeks to keep debris from entering the storm drain and polluting our creeks, beaches, and ocean. 

More than 1,800 tons of leaves, trash, dirt, oil and grease were swept up by the City's street sweeping company in 2010. 

If the streets cannot be swept, debris and muck can quickly get trapped underneath parked cars and lodge along the curb, where the debris can harbor bacteria and pollutants. Excess water from irrigating our lawns and rainfall can carry the debris down the street, entering the local storm drain or local creeks. 

Operation Clean Street is a City program that strives to encourage residents to not park on their residential streets during street sweeping days, so that all the debris that collects underneath parked cars and along the curb can be swept up before being carried down the storm drain and out into the ocean.

To request a free calendar of street sweeping days, contact us at
949-470-3064, email publicservices@cityofmissionviejo.org or
make a service request for street sweeping. 

Remember to park your car off the street during street sweeping days. By moving your car, the street sweepers will be able to sweep the entire pavement, from curb to curb, and collect all the pockets of debris, oil and grease that collect underneath the cars. 

View a list of Frequently Asked Questions about street sweeping in your neighborhood. 

Use a broom and dustpan to clean the sidewalk or driveway in front of your home, and dispose of the debris in a garbage can. If you use a hose, the water will carry the debris down the street and into the storm drain where it is carried out to local creeks and then the beaches and ocean.

Use a doggie litter bag to pick up after your dog during neighborhood walks. Animal waste can breed bacteria that is harmful to living things in our creeks and oceans. They also cause illnesses to people who swim in the waters. Help us bag the waste before it is carried down into the storm drain and out onto our beaches and ocean.

Please help us by moving parked cars from the street on street sweeping days, so that the street sweeper can sweep up the leaves, dirt and other debris that collect on the street underneath the cars. Remember, the street sweeper is a large vehicle. When it maneuvers away from the curb to avoid a parked vehicle, it can take two car lengths before the street sweeper can reach the curb again. If several cars are parked along a block, the street sweeper may not be able to sweep the entire block.

Please help us by disposing your leaves and yard debris and tree branches (green waste) as part of your regular trash pick-up, and try to avoid sweeping the green waste into the street. Large piles of branches or debris can cause damage to the vacuum operation of the street sweeper, and the street sweeper will avoid debris on the street.

Please remember to pick up your trash cans from the street after trash pick-up day, which typically is the day before street sweeping day.

Try not to irrigate your lawns on street sweeping days. A dry curb and pavement allows for a better pick-up of dirt and debris by the street sweeper.