Pasadena residents and visitors who need to park their vehicles temporarily overnight on residential streets can conveniently avoid receiving parking tickets by  purchasing a Temporary Overnight Parking Exemption Online (TOPEO) with a Visa or MasterCard and printing out receipts for their vehicles.

For more than 50 years, parking has been prohibited on Pasadena city streets from 2 to 6 a.m., making it easier to clean streets, spot abandoned vehicles and deter crime.

The city no longer accepts phone requests for temporary overnight parking exemptions.  Residents who need long-term parking permits should visit the city’s Business Services Section at 280 Ramona St. or call (626) 744-4166.

TOPEO can dispense temporary exemptions for $3 per night per vehicle, for up to 10 consecutive nights.  A $1 convenience fee per transaction will be charged. Computerized receipts must be displayed clearly inside vehicles so parking enforcement officers can see them.  The exemptions are valid only from 2 to 6 a.m. on residential streets and are not valid during daytime hours.  Complete instructions are listed on  the city’s website at www.cityofpasadena.net (clicking on Parking Permits).

Residents and visitors who don’t have access to computers may visit a Temporary Overnight Parking Exemption kiosk (TOPEK), which accepts coins, $1 bills, $5 bills, $10 bills, most major credit cards and bank debit cards that display Visa or MasterCard logos.

Kiosks are located at five outdoor locations in Pasadena :

* Pasadena Police Department, 207 N. Garfield Ave.

* Fire Station #32, 2424 E. Villa St.

* Fire Station #33, 515 N. Lake Ave.

* Fire Station #34,1360 E. Del Mar Blvd.

* Fire Station #36, 1140 N. Fair Oaks Ave.

Please do not park in or block fire station driveways.

For more information regarding the new TOPEO system and other parking programs call (800) 317-7177.