Permit Parking Exemptions
San Diego Municipal Code § 86.2011
in effect§86.2011 Permit Parking Exemptions
(a) Vehicles with a valid electronic permit, or on which a valid parking permit is displayed, shall be permitted to stand or be parked in the residential permit parking area for which the permit has been issued without being limited by time restrictions or area prohibitions established pursuant to this Division.
(b) Vehicles with a valid electronic permit, or displaying a valid parking permit must abide by all other paid or time limited parking requirements unrelated to that permit and all parking restrictions or prohibitions established under authority other than this Division.
(c) All motor vehicles other than vehicles specified in Municipal Code section 81.06 and vehicles where the operator or the passenger being transported by the vehicle is physically disabled and the vehicle displays a license issued under the provisions of section 9105 or section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code, parked within a residential permit parking area shall be subject to the time restrictions or area prohibitions in this Division as well as the penalties provided for herein.
(d) The holder of a residential parking permit is not guaranteed or reserved an on–street parking space within the designated residential permit parking area.
(Amended 8–24–1981 by O–15574 N.S.)
(Amended 6-18-2025 by O-21971 N.S.; effective 7-18-2025.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter08/Ch08Art06Division20.pdf#page=9Fetched: 10/28/2026