Glendale, CA Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

030 sets up Glendale's two-tier permit parking system: preferential parking districts, created by the transportation and parking commission, and special preferential parking districts, created by the city council for areas with exceptional and unique circumstances. To start the process, residents must submit a petition signed by residents living in at least 75% of adjacent dwelling units, stating that a parking shortage exists and that current posted time limits are causing a hardship. The director of public works then studies the area and must find both that reasonably convenient parking is unavailable and that more than 25% of the vehicles parked there are not registered to residents of adjacent dwelling units before a district can be approved.

88. 030(G) makes it unlawful for any vehicle without a displayed valid permit to park there during the signed hours, though the permit does not exempt a vehicle from any other parking law. Residents may hold a permit for one calendar year, and the director may issue no more than two guest permits per resident, except in the South Brand Special Preferential Parking District where a permittee can hold up to three preferential permits plus one-time guest passes for special events. Two special districts already exist by name in the code: the Glendale Community College Special Preferential Parking District, split into four zones with a carve-out for Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School staff, and the South Brand Special Preferential Parking District, split into eight zones with its own 66% petition threshold and non-resident business permits. Selling, renting or duplicating a permit is unlawful, and the director can revoke any permit on five days' written notice for a violation.