Inglewood, CA Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Inglewood Municipal Code §§ 3-75, 3-76
- Petition threshold
- 10 households or businesses to trigger a study
- Approval threshold
- 75% of returned questionnaires within 30 days
- Review body
- Public Works Director and Parking and Traffic Commission
- Final approval
- City Council ordinance
Summary
Inglewood creates residential Permit Parking Districts under Municipal Code §§ 3-75 and 3-76 to protect neighborhoods near major venues like SoFi Stadium and the Kia Forum from event traffic and commuter parking. A district requires a ten-household petition and a 75 percent approval rate on a mailed questionnaire before the City Council can adopt it by ordinance.
To protect the public health, welfare, security and peace of persons residing or conducting business in the vicinity of certain major entertainment, commercial or industrial facilities whose employees and/or patrons can cause traffic congestion, introduce transient persons and/or adversely reduce the availability of public street parking in the adjacent neighborhood, there exists the need to limit parking on the street(s) fronting their homes and local businesses to the residents and local business persons who would otherwise lack adequate parking accommodations... The petition must bear the signatures of adults from a minimum of ten different households and/or businesses as evidence of a neighborhood desire to establish a district. ... If a minimum of seventy-five percent of the questionnaires returned to the Public Works Director, within a minimum period of thirty calendar days, support the establishment of the district, an ordinance establishing the Permit Parking District shall be submitted to the City Council for consideration and adoption.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4954608; v8 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
Section 3-75 authorizes the City to establish Permit Parking Districts to protect residents and businesses near "major entertainment, commercial or industrial facilities" whose employees, patrons, or event traffic reduce available on-street parking or add congestion. A district limits on-street parking during specified days and times to residents and business owners who display a permit, but the Code bars creating a district purely for residents' convenience absent documented evidence of a severe parking shortage or traffic congestion tied to a neighboring facility.
Section 3-76 sets three paths to establish a district. Residents or businesses can petition, with signatures from at least ten different households or businesses, triggering a Public Works Director study and a public hearing before the Parking and Traffic Commission. If the Commission finds a district warranted, the Director mails a questionnaire to every address in the proposed boundary, and if at least 75 percent of the questionnaires returned within a minimum 30-day window support the district, an ordinance goes to the City Council. Alternatively, City staff can recommend a district directly to the Council, or the Council can direct staff to study one on its own initiative. Districts are enforced through the Automated License Plate Reader System or physical permits under § 3-78, and amending or ending an existing district follows the same procedures under § 3-76.1.
Violations & Fines
Parking without a displayed permit in an active Permit Parking District violates § 3-80 and is a citable civil infraction under the § 3-81.2 penalty schedule; the City may also tow the vehicle once required notice signs are posted, at the registered owner's expense for impoundment and storage. A parking permit obtained through false or fraudulent information, or one that is sold, altered, or transferred without City authorization, can be revoked along with any other permits held by that person.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do residents start a Permit Parking District in Inglewood?
What vote is needed to actually create the district?
Can the City create a district just because residents want fewer outside cars parking there?
Sources & Official References
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