Where is senior housing or assisted living allowed in Temecula?

Find your lot's zone on the city zoning map, then read its row. Every status below was read from the Temecula Municipal Code use tables (read October 2026). Base zones only. General information, not legal advice — check with the city before you apply.

Temecula's code calls this use “Congregate care housing for the elderly”. Each row links to the use table it comes from. A zone marked “see note” has a condition in the code, for example upper floors only or a larger lot.

HR, RR, VL, L-1, HR-SM, BP, LI.

• Other rows of this use: S3 "Senior citizen housing (see also congregate care) 1, 4" = same cells as congregate care (NC-PO P, BP -, LI -). S2 "Residential care facilities for the elderly (six or fewer)" is P in all 9 residential zones; "(seven or more)" is C in all 9. S5 "Residential care facility for the elderly 2" C and "Residential-senior housing 2" C. Congregate care is not the same as assisted living; the code has no row named "assisted living".
• State law: A licensed care home for six or fewer residents is a residential use under state law (Health and Safety Code § 1566.3) and is allowed wherever homes are.
• Not covered here: Specific plan districts (SP-, Chapter 17.16): no use tables in the text; Planned development overlays PDO-1 to PDO-10 and others have their own tables, treated as overlays (base:false); Residential zones: S2 table has HR, RR, VL, L-1, L-2, LM, M, H, HR-SM; zone names are not stated in the packet except PI; Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO) referred to by notes 8 (S3) and 4 (S5), Chapter 17.21, not in the packet. Overlay zones and specific plans can also change the answer.

• Single-family home
• Duplex
• Residential care home (7 or more)
• Child care center
• Horses and stables
• Kennel