Pasadena, CA Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

120 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance No. 7431 on July 29, 2024, defines five curb-paint colors and what each permits. A red curb means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as the state Vehicle Code allows, though a transit bus may stop in a red zone signed as a bus zone. daily unless posted otherwise, except to load or unload, and even then passenger loading is capped at 3 minutes and commercial material loading at 20 minutes. except Sunday, but the code carves out longer white-zone restrictions in front of hotels (all times), theaters and auditoriums (all times the venue is open), curb mail-drop boxes (all times, limited to the act of depositing mail) and posted valet zones (all hours the businesses behind the zone are open).

except Sundays, unless a sign states otherwise. Blue is reserved exclusively for vehicles displaying a valid disabled-person or disabled-veteran placard or special plate issued under the California Vehicle Code. 120(B) makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park adjacent to a legible curb marking in violation of these rules once the city manager or a delegate has placed the sign or marking, and subsection (C) provides that where both a sign and a curb marking are present, the posted sign controls over the painted curb's default meaning.