San Bernardino, CA Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

180 lets the Mayor and City Council designate specific streets, by resolution, as preferential parking zones, exempting vehicles displaying the permit from that street's time limits or restrictions, except at loading zones or where parking is completely prohibited under all circumstances. The Director of Facilities Management/Parking Control issues the residential permits, capped at four per dwelling, to residents whose homes sit adjacent to a designated street inside a time-limit parking zone; no fee is charged for issuance or reissuance. A permit is valid only for the block where the residence sits, or, for a corner lot, the two contiguous blocks, and only for the period stated on the permit.

A separate carpool track exists under the same section: city employees who sign a car-pooling contract get permits validated every June and December, but those are valid only on the fourth level of the City Hall parking structure and designated spaces at the City Yards, the Central Police Station and the Norman Feldheym Central Library, not on residential streets. For every permit issued, whether residential or carpool, the Director of Facilities Management must keep a record of the permittee's name, address, vehicle license plate number, state driver's license number, issuance date and expiration date. The section was added by Ord. MC-738 in 1990 and last amended by Ord. MC-1131 in 2002.