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

41, lets residents of a designated preferential parking district obtain a permit exempting their vehicle from the district's posted parking restrictions. 025, a vehicle holding a valid physical or virtual preferential parking permit for a street inside the district may park during hours when parking is otherwise prohibited to non-permitted vehicles, or may park beyond the posted time limit that applies to vehicles without a permit. The permit is a privilege, not a property right: the same section states that a preferential parking permit neither guarantees nor reserves any particular on-street space, and a permitted vehicle must still obey every other parking rule in the code.

030 only after finding either that unrestricted parking by 'nonlocal' vehicles, those not owned by a resident, merchant or guest, substantially interferes with residential street parking, causes unreasonable noise, traffic hazards or pollution, or otherwise harms the residential environment, or that hourly time limits are needed to block parking intrusion from nearby institutional or commercial uses. 050. 44.