City of Temecula, CA COMMERCIAL/OFFICE/INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS

§ 17.08.010 Purpose and intent.

The following zoning districts are intended to provide regulations for the safe, efficient and creative design of the commercial, office and industrial areas within the city. The zoning districts are intended to be consistent with the land use designations that are described in the land use element of the Temecula general plan. In certain situations several zoning districts are established to implement the goals and objectives of the general plan.

The commercial/office/industrial zoning districts are intended to permit the range of industrial or commercial uses in areas where uses are consistent with the general plan. It is further intended to accomplish the following:

Provide for appropriate commercial areas to provide the city with a sound retail and industrial base with employment opportunities for the community.

To ensure compatibility of retail commercial and office uses with adjacent land uses and to minimize traffic congestion and overloading of the city's utility systems.

To encourage and assure that new commercial and industrial development will be planned in a comprehensive manner with high standards of architecture, landscape and site design.

(Ord. 95-16 § 2)

§ 17.08.020 Description of commercial/office/ industrial districts.

The purpose and intent of the zoning districts are described as follows:

Neighborhood Commercial (NC). The neighborhood commercial designation includes smaller-scale business activities which generally provide retail or convenience services for the local residents in the surrounding neighborhood. Typical uses include traditional small food markets (floor area less than twenty-five thousand square feet), drug stores, clothing stores, sporting goods, offices, hardware stores, child care and community facilities.

Community Commercial (CC). The community commercial designation includes retail, professional office and service-oriented business activities which serve the entire community. Community commercial areas typically include some neighborhood commercial uses as well as larger retail uses including department stores, theaters, restaurants, professional offices, specialty retail stores and shopping centers.

Highway/Tourist Commercial (HT). The highway commercial designation is intended to provide for those uses that are located adjacent to major transportation routes or within convenient access from freeway interchanges. Highway commercial development should be located near major arterials, and developed as clusters of commercial development rather than permitted to extend along the major streets. Typical uses may include tourist accommodations and lodging facilities, automobile service stations, restaurants, convenience shopping, and food stores, and gift shops.

Service Commercial (SC). The service commercial designation is intended to provide for intensive commercial uses and selected light manufacturing uses that typically require extensive floor area. Typical uses include home improvement stores, discount retail stores, furniture stores, auto dealerships and auto service and repair. Warehousing and light manufacturing may be permitted as supporting uses for a business that is consistent with the service commercial designation.

Professional Office (PO). The professional office designation includes primarily single-tenant or multitenant offices and may include supporting uses. The office developments are intended to include lowrise offices situated in a landscaped garden arrangement and may include mid-rise structures at appropriate locations. Typical uses include legal, design, engineering or medical offices, corporate and governmental offices, and community facilities. Limited supporting convenience retail and personal service (such as dry cleaners, barbers, shoe repair shop) commercial may be permitted to serve the needs of the on-site employees. A maximum of fifteen percent of the total square footage of the floor area shall be devoted to retail or personal service uses. Residential uses may be allowed on those PO properties that are subject to the affordable housing overlay.

Business Park District (BP). It is the intent of the business park zoning designation to develop well designed business and employment centers that include attractive and distinctive architectural design, innovative site planning, and substantial landscaping and visual quality. Typical uses may include administrative offices, research and development laboratories, custom-made product manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging, and fabrication of goods, such as jewelry, furniture, art objects, clothing, on-site wholesale of goods produced, and labor intensive manufacturing, assembly, and repair processes which do not involve frequent truck traffic. Retail uses are not permitted in this zoning district, except as supporting a principal business park use (limited to fifteen percent of the square footage of the development).

Light Industrial District (LI). It is the intent of the light industrial zoning designation to promote the development of attractive comprehensively planned industrial uses that will help to provide the city with a sound and diverse industrial base. This district allows for a wide variety of industrial uses, including manufacturing, compounding of materials, processing, assembling, packaging, treatment or fabrication of materials, and products which require frequent truck activity or the transfer of heavy or bulky items. Wholesaling, storage and warehousing within enclosed building, storage and wholesale to retailers from the premises of finished goods and food products are also allowed. Also included in this zoning district are the following uses: warehousing, freight handling, shipping, truck services and terminals, storage and wholesaling from the premises of unrefined raw or semirefined products requiring further processing or manufacturing. Storage of raw or finished materials may occur outside providing there is adequate screening from adjoining land use areas. Standards are provided to protect adjoining uses from excessive noise, odor, smoke toxic materials, and other potentially objectionable impacts.

Special Use Overlay Zone No. 1. It is the intent of the special use overlay zone No. 1 to designate areas that adult businesses may be considered provided that they meet the provisions of Chapter 5.09 of the Temecula Municipal Code. This area is generally away from residential uses and other sensitive uses and is primarily located within the commercial districts.

(Ord. 95-16 § 2; Ord. 96-19 § 2(EE); Ord. 97-17 § 2(D); Ord. 98-18 § 5; Ord. 98-19 § 5; Ord. 18-09 § 6)

§ 17.08.030 Use regulations.

The land uses list in the following Table 17.08.030 shall be permitted in one or more of the commercial zoning districts as indicated in the columns corresponding to each commercial district. Where indicated with a letter "P," the use shall be a permitted use. Where indicated with a "-," the use is prohibited within the zone. A letter "C" indicates the use shall be conditionally permitted subject to the approval of a conditional use permit.

Table 17.08.030
Schedule of Permitted Uses Commercial/Office/Industrial Districts
Description of Use	NC	CC	HT	SC	PO	BP	LI
A
Adult businesses—subject to Chapter 5.09 of the Temecula Municipal Code	-	C	C	C	-	-	-
Aerobics/dance/gymnastics/jazzercise/martial arts/yoga and Pilate studios (greater than 5,000 sq. ft.)	-	P	P	P	-	C	-
Aerobics/dance/gymnastics/jazzercise/martial arts/yoga and Pilate studios (less than 5,000 sq. ft.)	C	P	P	P	C	C	-
Airports	-	-	-	-	-	C	C
Alcoholism or drug treatment facilities	-	C	C	C	C	-	-
Alcoholic beverage manufacturing¹	-	-	-	C	-	P	P
Alcoholic beverage manufacturing with entertainment^1,11	-	-	-	C^1,11	-	C^1,11	C^1,11
Alcoholic beverage sales	See Section 17.10.020, Supplemental development standards.
Ambulance services	-	-	P	P	-	P	P
Animal hospital	-	P	P	P	-	P	P
Animal keeping	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Animals—large (cattle, horses and mules)⁹	P	P¹⁰	P	P	P¹⁰	P	P
Animals—small (burros, goats, pigs, ponies and sheep)⁹	P	P¹⁰	P	P	P¹⁰	P	P
Animal shelter⁹	-	C	C	C	-	C	C
Antique restoration	-	C	C	C	-	C	P
Antique sales	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Apiaries or beekeeping⁹	P	P¹⁰	P	P	P¹⁰	P	P
Apparel and accessory shops	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Appliance sales and repairs (household and small appliances)	P	P	-	P	-	C	C
Arcades (pinball and video games)¹	-	C	C	C	-	-	-
Art supply stores	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Auction houses	-	-	C	P	-	C	C
Auditoriums and conference facilities	-	C	C	C	C	C	C
Automobile oil change/lube services with no major repairs	-	C	P	P	-	-	P
Automobile painting and body shop	-	-	-	C	-	-	P
Automotive parts—sales	P	P	P	P	-	-	P
Automobile rental	-	C	C	P	-	-	P
Automobile repair services	-	C	C	P	-	-	P
Automobile sales (wholesale or autobroker only) with no outdoor/storage of vehicles	-	C	C	P	-	C	C
Automobile sales with only indoor display/storage of vehicles	-	C	C	P	-	C	C
Automobile sales with outdoor display/storage of vehicles¹	-	-	-	C	-	-	C
Automobile salvage yards/impound yards	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Automobile service stations with or without an automated car wash¹	-	P	P	P	C	C	P
Automotive service stations selling beer and/or wine—with or without an automated car wash¹	-	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹
B
Bakery goods distribution	-	-	-	P	-	P	P
Bakery retail	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Bakery wholesale	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Banks and financial institutions¹	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Barber and beauty shops	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bed and breakfast¹	-	C	P	-	-	C	-
Beer and wine market¹	C	C	C	C	-	-	-
Bicycle (sales, rentals, services)	P	P	P	P	-	-	P
Billiard parlor/pool hall^1,11	-	C^1,11	C^1,11	C^1,11	-	-	-
Binding of books and similar publications	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Blood bank	-	P	P	P	P	P	P
Blueprint and duplicating and copy services	-	P	P	P	P	P	P
Bookstores	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Bowling alley¹	-	P	P	P	-	-	-
Building material sales (with exterior storage/sales areas greater than 50% of total sales area)	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Building material sales (with exterior storage/sales areas less than 50% of total sales area)	-	C	C	P	-	-	P
Butcher shop	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
C
Cabinet shop	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Cabinet shops under 20,000 sq. ft.—no outdoor storage	-	-	-	P	-	P	P
Camera shop (sales/minor repairs)	P	P	-	P	-	-	-
Candy/confectionery sales	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Car wash, full service¹	-	C	C	C	-	-	C
Carpet and rug cleaning	-	-	-	P	-	C	P
Catering services	P	P	-	P	-	P	P
Clothing sales	P	P	-	P	-	-	-
Coins, purchase and sales	P	P	-	P	-	-	-
Cold storage facilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Communications and microwave installations²	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Communications equipment sales	-	C	-	C	-	P	P
Community care facilities	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Computer sales and service	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Congregate care housing for the elderly^1, ⁴	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Construction equipment sales, service or rental	-	-	-	C	-	-	P
Contractor's equipment, sales, service or rental	-	-	-	C	-	-	P
Convenience market¹	C	C	C	C	C	-	-
Costume rentals	-	P	-	P	-	-	-
Crematoriums	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Cutlery	-	P	P	P	-	-	-
D
Data processing equipment and systems	C	C	-	P	P	P	P
Day care centers	C	P	P	C	P	C	-
Delicatessen	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Discount/department store	-	P	-	P	-	-	-
Distribution facility	-	-	-	C	-	C	P
Drug store/pharmacy	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Dry cleaners	P	P	P	P	P	P	C
Dry cleaning plant	-	C	C	C	-	-	P
E
Educational institution	C	C	-	C	C	C	-
Efficiency unit housing	-	C	-	-	C	-	-
Emergency shelters	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Energy storage facility	-	-	-	-	-	C	C
Equipment sales and rentals (no outdoor storage)	-	P	P	P	-	C	P
Equipment sales and rentals (outdoor storage)	-	-	-	C	-	-	P
F
Feed and grain sales	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Fire and police stations	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Floor covering sales	-	P	P	P	-	-	-
Florist shop	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Food processing	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Fortunetelling, or similar activity	P	P	P	P	P	P	-
Freight terminals	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Fuel storage and distribution	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Funeral parlors, mortuary	-	P	P	P	-	-	C
Furniture sales	-	P	-	P	-	-	-
Furniture transfer and storage	-	-	-	C	-	P	P
G
Garden supplies and equipment sales and service	-	C	P	P	-	-	C
Gas distribution, meter and control station	-	-	-	-	-	C	C
General merchandise/retail store less than 10,000 sq. ft.	C	P	P	P	-	-	-
Glass and mirrors, retail sales	-	P	P	P	-	-	-
Governmental offices	C	P	P	P	P	P	P
Grocery store, retail¹	-	P	P	P	C	-	-
Grocery store, wholesale¹	-	-	-	P	-	C	P
Guns and firearm sales	-	P	-	P	-	-	-
H
Hardware stores	P	P	-	P	-	-	-
Health and exercise clubs (greater than 5,000 sq. ft.)	-	P	P	P	-	P	-
Health and exercise clubs (less than 5,000 sq. ft.)	C	P	P	P	C	P	-
Health care facility	P	P	P	-	P	P	P
Health food store	P	P	P	P	C	-	-
Heliports¹	-	-	-	-	-	C	C
Hobby supply shop	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Home and business maintenance service	-	-	-	P	-	P	P
Hospitals	-	C	C	C	C	C	C
Hotels/motels	-	C	P	-	C	C	-
I
Ice cream parlor	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Impound yard	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Interior decorating service	P	P	P	P	P	P	-
J
Junk or salvage yard	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
K
Kennels (Commercial Kennels) and Commercial Cattery, and Dog/Cat Training Center⁹	-	C	-	C	-	C	C
L
Laboratories, film, medical, research or testing centers	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Laundromat	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
Laundry service (commercial)	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Libraries, museums and galleries (private)	-	C	C	C	C	C	C
Liquefied petroleum, sales and distribution	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Liquor stores¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithographic service	-	-	-	P	-	P	P
Locksmith	P	P	P	P	-	-	P
Low barrier navigation center¹³	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
M
Machine shop	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Machinery storage yard	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Mail order businesses	P	P	-	P	P	P	P
Manufacturing of products similar to, but not limited to, the following:
Custom-made product, processing, assembling, packaging, and fabrication of goods within enclosed building (no outside storage), such as jewelry, furniture, art objects, clothing, labor intensive manufacturing, assembling, and repair processes which do not involve frequent truck traffic.	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Compounding of materials, processing, assembling, packaging, treatment or fabrication of materials and products which require frequent truck activity or the transfer of heavy or bulky items. Wholesaling, storage, and warehousing within enclosed building, freight handling, shipping, truck services and terminals, storage and wholesaling from the premises of unrefined, raw or semirefined products requiring further processing or manufacturing, and outside storage.	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Uses under 20,000 sq. ft. with no outside storage	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Commercial marijuana activity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marijuana cultivation⁷	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Massage	P	P	P	P	P	P	-
Medical equipment sales/rental	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Medical marijuana dispensary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Membership clubs, organizations, lodges	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Mini-storage or mini-warehouse facilities¹	-	C	-	P	-	C	P
Mobilehome sales and service	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Motion picture studio	-	-	-	P	-	P	P
Motorcycle sales and service¹	-	-	-	P	-	-	C
Movie theaters	-	C	C	-	-	-	-
Musical and recording studio	-	C	C	C	-	P	P
N
Noncommercial cattery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Noncommercial kennel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nurseries (retail)	-	C	C	P	-	-	P
Nursing homes/convalescent homes	C	C	C	C	C	-	-
O
Office equipment/supplies, sales/services	C	P	P	P	C	P	P
Offices, administrative, corporate headquarters and professional services including, but not limited to, business law, medical, dental, veterinarian, chiropractic, architectural, engineering, real estate, finance and insurance	P	P	P	P	P	P^{5, 6}	P^{5, 6}
P
Paint and wallpaper stores	-	P	P	P	-	-	-
Parcel delivery services	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Parking lots and parking structures	-	C	C	C	C	P	P
Pawnshop	-	P	P	P	-	-	-
Personal service shops	P	P	P	P	P	P	-
Pest control services	-	C	-	C	-	P	P
Pet grooming/pet shop	P	P	P	P	-	P	P
Photographic studio	P	P	P	P	P	P	-
Plumbing supply yard (enclosed or unenclosed)	-	-	-	C	-	-	P
Postal distribution	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Postal services	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Poultry⁹	P	P¹⁰	P	P	P¹⁰	P	P
Printing and publishing (newspapers, periodicals, books, etc.)	-	C	-	P	C	P	P
Private heliport¹	-	-	-	-	C	C	C
Private heliport for hospital¹	-	C	C	C	C	C	C
Private utility facilities (regulated by the Public Utilities Commission)	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Q (Reserved)
R
Radio and broadcasting studios, offices	-	P	P	P	P	P	P
Radio/television transmitter	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Recreational vehicle parks	-	-	C	-	-	-	-
Recreational vehicle sales and rentals	-	-	C	C	-	-	C
Recreational vehicle, trailer, and boat storage within an enclosed building	-	-	-	C	-	P	P
Recreational vehicle, trailer and boat storage-exterior yard	-	-	-	C	-	-	P
Recycling collection facilities	-	P	-	-	-	C	P
Recycling processing facilities	-	-	-	-	-	C	P
Religious institution, without a day care or educational institution	P	P	P	C	P	C	C
Religious institution, with an educational institution	C	C	C	C	C	C	-
Religious institution, with a day care center	C	C	C	C	C	C	-
Residential (one dwelling unit on the same parcel as a commercial or industrial use for use of the proprietor of the business)	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Residential, multiple-family housing	-	C¹²	-	-	P^8,12	-	-
Restaurant, drive-in/fast food	-	C	C	C	-	-	-
Restaurant (bona fide public eating establishment) without alcohol	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Restaurant (bona fide public eating establishment) with beer & wine sales¹	P¹	P¹	P¹	P¹	P¹	P¹	P¹
Restaurant (bona fide public eating establishment) with beer, wine & distilled spirits¹	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹	C¹
Restaurant (bona fide public eating establishment) with entertainment (not including dancing)^1,11	-	P^1,11	P^1,11	P^1,11	-	P^1,11	P^1,11
Restaurant (bona fide public eating establishment) with entertainment and/or dancing^1,11	-	P^1,11	P^1,11	P^1,11	-	-	-
Retail support use to a noncommercial business (limited to the sale of products manufactured or assembled on site and occupying less than 15% of the floor area of the business)	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Rooming and boarding houses	-	C	-	C	-	-	-
S
Scale, public	-	P	P	P	P	P	C
Schools, trade or vocational	-	P	P	P	P	P	C
Scientific research and development offices and laboratories	-	-	-	-	C	P	P
Senior citizen housing (see also congregate care)^1, ⁴	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Solid waste disposal facility	-	-	-	-	-	-	C
Specialty market¹	C	P	P	P	C	-	-
Sports and recreational facility	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Supportive housing¹⁴	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Swap meet, entirely inside a permanent building¹	-	-	-	C	-	C	C
Swap meet, outdoor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swimming pool supplies/equipment sales	-	P	-	P	-	-	P
T
Tailor shop	P	P	-	-	P	-	-
Taxi or limousine service	-	P	P	P	-	-	C
Tile sales	-	P	-	P	-	-	-
Tobacco shop¹³	-	P¹³	P¹³	P¹³	-	-	-
Tool and die casting	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Transfer, moving and storage	-	-	-	-	-	C	P
Transitional housing¹⁵	P	P	P	P	P	-	-
Transportation terminals and stations	-	-	C	-	-	C	P
Truck sales/rentals/service¹	-	-	-	C	-	-	C
TV/VCR repair	P	P	P	P	-	-	-
U
Upholstery shop	-	-	-	C	-	P	P
V
Vending machine sales and service	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
W
Warehousing/distribution	-	-	-	-	-	C	P
Watch repair	P	P	P	-	-	P	-
Wedding chapels	-	P	P	-	-	-	-
Welding shop	-	-	-	-	-	-	P
Welding supply and service (enclosed)	-	-	-	P	-	-	P
Wine tasting shop, with or without product sale for off-site consumption (Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Type 02 only	C	P	P	P	-	-	-
Wine tasting shop, with or without product sale for off-site consumption (Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control License Types other than Type 02)	C	C	C	C	-	-	-
Y (Reserved)
Z (Reserved)

Notes:
1.	Subject to the supplemental development standards contained in Chapter 17.10 of this code.
2.	Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.40 of the Temecula Municipal Code.
3.	See Chapter 5.22 of the Temecula Municipal Code.
4.	Senior housing residential projects in the CC, SC, HT and PO zones shall use the residential performance and development standards for the high density residential zone. Senior housing residential projects in the NC zone shall use the residential performance and development standards for the medium density residential zone and the applicable supplemental development standards in Chapter 17.10. Congregate care facilities shall use the residential performance standards.
5.	New office buildings in the BP and LI zones are subject to performance standards contained in Section 17.08.070(E).
6.	Supplemental Design Review. Office buildings that are less than 50,000 square feet may be approved, conditionally approved, or denied by the city council.
7.	Marijuana cultivation (as defined in Chapter 8.52) for medical, nonmedical or other purposes, are prohibited uses everywhere in the city including all zoning districts, specific plan areas, overlay zones and planned development zones and shall be prohibited uses, except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.52.040, 8.52.050, and 8.52.060 of the Temecula Municipal Code.
8.	Residential, multiple-family housing shall be allowed in the PO zone only if the affordable housing overlay (AHO) applies to the property and the proposed development complies with all requirements of Chapter 17.21.
9.	Subject to the supplemental development standards contained in Chapter 6.04 of this code.
10.	These uses are prohibited within any multifamily residential use within these zones.
11.	Subject to Chapter 9.10 (Entertainment License) and Chapter 9.11 (Regulation of Private Security Operators).
12.	Any housing development project that, pursuant to state law, requires ministerial approval or where the housing development project is subject to discretionary review, but a specific plan or a planned development overlay zoning district (PDO) does not otherwise set forth objective design standards applicable to the project shall comply with the Temecula Objective Design Standards for Multifamily and Mixed-Use Developments.
13.	Subject to the requirements contained in Section 5.24.120 of this code.
13.	A low barrier navigation center is permitted by right if the project meets the criteria set forth in Government Code Section 65662.
14.	Supportive housing shall comply with Section 17.06.110.
15.	Transitional housing shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type. To determine whether the type of transitional housing proposed is a permitted or conditionally permitted use, see the different residential types in the chart above.

(Ord. 95-16 § 2; Ord. 00-04 § 6; Ord. 00-05 § 6; Ord. 02-11 §§ 3(F), 4(V)—(W); Ord. 08-11 § 6; Ord. 17-02 § 5; Ord. 18-09 § 9; Ord. 22-01 § 13; Ord. 23-07, 9/12/2023; Ord. 23-11, 11/28/2023; Ord. 2023-13, 12/12/2023)

§ 17.08.040 Development standards.

The development standards listed below are the minimum standards for development with the respective zoning districts. It is intended that these standards will be met in addition to the commercial/office/industrial performance standards of Section 17.08.070. Considerations for approval of development plans and for awarding floor area ratio bonuses will be based upon both the development standards and the degree of conformance with the performance standards. In the event of a conflict between the development standards and the performance standards, the director of planning shall determine which requirement best implements the intent of the development code. Separate development standards have been established for developments on a single lot and for those commercial shopping centers or industrial planned developments which include multiple structures on one or more lots.

The following Table 17.08.040A provides the development standards for the commercial/office and industrial districts for developments within planned shopping centers or industrial/business parks.

Table 17.08.040A Development Standards—Commercial/Office/Industrial Districts for Developments within Planned Shopping Centers or Industrial/Business Parks
Development Standards	NC	CC	HT	SC	PO	BP	LI
Minimum gross area of site	5 acres	10 acres	10 acres	10 acres	5 acres	10 acres	10 acres
Target floor area ratio²	0.25	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.40	0.40
Maximum floor area ratio with intensity bonus as per Section 17.08.050	0.40	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0
Front yard adjacent to a street:
Arterial street	25 ft.	20 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.
Collector	20 ft.	15 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.
Local	15 ft.	10 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.
Yard adjacent to residentially zoned property	25 ft.	25 ft.	30 ft.	30 ft.	25 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.
Interior side yard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rear yard	15 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.
Accessory structure—Side/rear setback	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.
Minimum building separation:
One story:	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.
Two stories:	15 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.
Three stories or more		20 ft.	20 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.
Maximum height	35 ft.	50 ft.	75 ft.	50 ft.	75 ft.	50 ft.	40 ft.
Maximum percent of lot coverage	25%	30%	30%	30%	50%	40%	40%
Minimum required landscaped open space¹	25%	20%	20%	20%	25%	25%	20%
Fence, wall or hedge screening outdoor storage—Minimum height		6 ft.		6 ft.	Not allowed	6 ft.	6 ft.
Fence, wall or hedge screening outdoor storage—Maximum height	6 ft.	8 ft.	8 ft.	12 ft.	Not allowed	12 ft.	12 ft.
Accessory structure—Maximum height	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.

Notes:
1.	Minimum required landscaped open area does not include necessary planting within the right-of-way.
2.	All projects proposing an increase in FAR beyond the target FAR are required to comply with the criteria described in Section 17.08.050(A).

The following Table 17.08.040B provides the development standards for the commercial/office and industrial districts for a development on a separate lot.

Table 17.08.040B Development Standards—Commercial/Office/Industrial Districts for a Development on a Separate Lot
Development Standards	NC	CC	HT	SC	PO	BP	LI
Minimum net lot area (sq. ft.)	30,000 sq. ft.	30,000 sq. ft.	20,000 sq. ft.	40,000 sq. ft.	40,000 sq. ft.	40,000 sq. ft.	40,000 sq. ft.
Target floor area ratio²	0.25	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.40	0.40
Maximum floor area ratio with intensity bonus as per Section 17.08.050	0.40	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0
Minimum width at required front setback area	50 ft.	50 ft.	80 ft.	100 ft.	80 ft.	100 ft.	100 ft.
Minimum depth	100 ft.	100 ft.	100 ft.	120 ft.	120 ft.	120 ft.	120 ft.
Minimum frontage on a street	30 ft.	30 ft.	50 ft.	80 ft.	60 ft.	80 ft.	80 ft.
Yard area adjacent to a street:
Arterial street	25 ft.	15 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.
Collector	25 ft.	10 ft.	25 ft.	25 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.	20 ft.
Local	15 ft.	10 ft.	15 ft.	15 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.
Interior side yard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rear yard	15 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.	10 ft.
Accessory structure—side/rear setback	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.	5 ft.
Yard areas adjacent to residentially zoned property	25 ft.	25 ft.	30 ft.	30 ft.	25 ft.	30 ft.	40 ft.
Maximum height	35 ft.	50 ft.	75 ft.	50 ft.	75 ft.	50 ft.	50 ft.
Maximum percent of lot coverage	25%	30%	30%	30%	50%	40%	40%
Minimum required landscaped open space¹	25%	20%	20%	20%	25%	25%	20%
Fence, wall or hedge—maximum height	6 ft.	6 ft.	6 ft.	6 ft.	6 ft.	6 ft.	6 ft.
Accessory structure—maximum height	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.	12 ft.
Fence, wall or hedge screening outdoor storage—minimum height		6 ft.		6 ft.	Not allowed	6 ft.	6 ft.
Fence, wall or hedge screening outdoor storage—maximum height	6 ft.	8 ft.	8 ft.	12 ft.	Not allowed	12 ft.	12 ft.

Notes:
1.	Minimum required landscaped open area does not include necessary planting within the right-of-way.
2.	All projects proposing an increase in FAR beyond the target FAR are required to comply with the criteria described in Section 17.08.050(A).

(Ord. 95-16 § 2; Ord. 96-19 §§ 2(EE) and (FF) and 3(B) and (C); Ord. 01-14 § 1; Ord. 06-06 §§ 3, 6(H); Ord. 07-15 § 4; Ord. 2023-13, 12/12/2023)

§ 17.08.050 Special use regulations and standards.

Commercial/Office/Industrial Incentives—Increases in the Floor Area Ratio. As part of the process of reviewing and approving an application for a development plan or conditional use permit, the approval authority may consider an increase in the maximum allowable intensity as indicated in Table 17.08.040A. The amount of the increased intensity shall not exceed the maximum of the density range or floor area ratio stated for the specific land use designation. The requested increase may not be approved if the city's traffic engineer determines that the increased intensity would create an unmitigatable impact upon traffic circulation or would overburden any utilities serving the area. To be eligible for an increase in the floor area ratio, the applicant must meet the following:

A traffic impact analysis shall be prepared for the project as determined by the city's traffic engineer.

All projects, (with the exception of "full service hotels," for which separate justification requirements are provided below in subsection (A)(3) shall provide for FAR increase justifications from Table 17.08.050A as follows:

Projects proposing an FAR increase of 0.01 to 0.10 shall incorporate two justifications from Category I, one justification from Category III, and one justification from Category IV of Table 17.08.050A.

Projects proposing an FAR increase of 0.11 to 0.20 shall incorporate two justifications from Category I, one justification from Category II, one justification from Category III, and one justification from Category IV of Table 17.08.050A.

Projects proposing an FAR increase of 0.21 to 0.30 shall incorporate two justifications from Category I, two justifications from Category II, two justifications from Category III, and two justifications from Category IV of Table 17.08.050A.

Projects proposing an FAR increase of 0.31 or more shall incorporate two justifications from Category I, three justifications from Category II, three justifications from Category III, and three justifications from Category IV of Table 17.08.050A.

Full service hotel projects, must provide FAR increase justifications from Table 17.08.050A as follows:

Full service hotel projects proposing an FAR increase above the target FAR allowed for the zone shall incorporate one justification from Category I, one justification from Category II, one justification from Category III and one justification from Category IV, of Table 17.08.050A.

Table 17.08.050A Justifications for an FAR Increase
Category I Community Benefit	Category II Conservation	Category III Amenities	Category IV Landscape and Art
Uses which generate significant sales tax, or uses that generate transient occupancy tax	Utilize LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) eligible recycled building materials (such as exterior siding, roofing materials, and carpet – 20% minimum recycle content)	Provide bicycle lockers or lockable indoor storage, changing rooms, and showers	Provide trees at 40% 36″ box, 40% 24″ box, and 20% 15-gallon sizes with all street and parking lot tree sizes at a minimum 24-inch box size at the time of planting
The project generates a significant number of higher paying jobs (higher paying jobs are considered skilled and professional jobs that provide incomes of at least one-half the median household income for the city of Temecula)	Utilize LEED eligible energy efficient materials and design to include: roofing, insulation, exterior siding, shading from awnings and deep recessed windows, automated sensors and controls for lighting, heating, and air conditioning, waterless urinals, low-flow toilets and faucets, and aerators and timers on faucets	Provide a location for an on-site daycare facility or provide a location for a daycare provider	Increase landscaped open space area (increase must be equal to or greater than 2% of the site area for each 0.05 increase in FAR)
Provide enhanced public facilities that are needed by the city beyond required mitigation impact measures. Examples include: the provision of community meeting centers, enhanced transportation improvements, police or fire stations, and public recreation facilities	Provide for on-site renewable energy (minimum of 10% of the facilities energy needs)	Provide parking designated as a park and ride facility	Increase landscaped setback (at least two feet additional for each 0.05 increase in FAR)
	Utilize "green roof" technology	Provide a landscaped courtyard open to a public street (minimum area equal to 10% of the ground floor area)	Provide an on-site public art feature of equal or greater value than required by the city's public art ordinance and in compliance with the city's public art ordinance
	Provide water quality mitigation in excess of minimum NPDES requirements
	Provide all air conditioning equipment at a SEER rating that exceeds the minimum California Building Code requirement

Trash Collection Areas. Trash collection areas shall be located within a screened enclosure. The enclosure should not be visible from a public street or from any adjacent residential area. Trash collection shall include separate facilities for the recycling of paper, bottles, plastic and aluminum. Additional design requirements are provided in the performance standards of this chapter.

Outside Storage and Service Areas.

Outside storage should be confined to the rear of the principal structure(s), rear two-thirds of the lot, whichever is more restrictive. All storage areas shall be located on appropriate paving and be screened from public view from any adjoining properties and from the public rights-of-way by appropriately designed walls, fencing and landscaping.

Storage on Vacant Lots. When permitted by the zoning district regulations or by a development permit outside storage on a vacant lot shall be screened from public view from any adjoining properties and from the public right-of-way by appropriately designed, walls, fencing and landscaping.

Lighting. All lighting fixtures, including spotlights, electrical reflectors and other means of illumination for signs, structures, landscaping, parking, loading, unloading and similar areas, shall be focused, directed and arranged to prevent glare or direct illumination on streets or adjoining property.

Mechanical Equipment. Mechanical equipment used in the manufacturing process may be required to be enclosed in a building and roof-mounted accessory equipment may be required to be screened from view.

Retail Sales. Retail sales and services that are incidental to permitted use are subject to the following conditions:

The operations are contained within the main structure which houses the primary use.

The retail sale area occupies no more than fifteen percent of the total building square footage.

No retail sales or display of merchandise shall occur outside the structures.

Temporary Office Modules.

A master plan for development of permanent buildings shall be submitted in conjunction with such request.

The design of the office modules shall have a permanence, as much as practicable. This shall include such things as screening temporary foundations, screening utility equipment, and using overhangs, walkways and stepped roofs to mitigate the temporary appearance.

The approval of temporary office modules shall require necessary street improvements, grading, drainage facilities and landscaping.

Flag Poles. A maximum height of seventy-five feet.

Stairs. All staircases and stairwells shall be located entirely within and incorporated into the design of the building.

Security Bars. All security bars shall be entirely located within the building and shall not be visible from the exterior of the building and the public right-of-way. Security bars shall include any device physically installed for the security of a building whether placed on a door or window. All security bars shall be compliant with the adopted edition of the California Building and Fire Code.

(Ord. 95-16 § 2; Ord. 96-19 §§ 2(GG)—(II); Ord. 97-17 §§ 3(c) and 10; Ord. 98-17 § 2; Ord. 99-24 § 5(C), (F); Ord. 02-11 § 4(A)—(D)(F)—(J); Ord. 07-15 § 5; Ord. 08-13 § 4; Ord. 23-03 § 20; Ord. 2023-13, 12/12/2023)

§ 17.08.060 Landscape requirements and standards.

Development plans for projects within commercial, office, business park, and industrial zoning districts shall include landscape and irrigation plans. All landscape areas shall be consistent with the city's adopted Water Efficient Landscape Design Ordinance as established in Chapter 17.32 of the Temecula Municipal Code.

(Ord. 08-07 § 8)

§ 17.08.070 Commercial/office/industrial performance standards.

Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for uniform performance standards and criteria for the design of commercial buildings within the city in accordance with the recognition that the quality and compatibility of building design directly impacts the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the community. Moreover, quality and compatible building design promotes and preserves the stability of the city through orderly growth and enhancement of a quality business environment. These purposes are further achieved through the following:

The enhancement of the physical character of the community and quality of life through sound planning and coordinated development.

The balancing of aesthetic design qualities with functional development.

The preservation and enhancement of the physical character, integrity and quality of commercial/office/industrial areas.

The enhancement and protection of property values and the adherence to the goals and policies of the general plan.

The stimulation of improvements and maintenance of surrounding properties, thereby preventing and reversing the effects of urban blight.

General Performance Standards. Developments in the commercial/office/industrial districts should be designed to provide variety and visual interest while still creating a unified overall image. Performance standards to achieve this image include, but are not limited to, the following:

Use creative entry treatments with such features as canopies, awnings, cornices or atriums.

Use a variety of complementary colors and avoid the use of just one color and dark colors.

Use various window shapes and sizes.

Vary the building shapes by using curved or angled walls.

Separate buildings or accessory structures should be designed as an integral part of the primary building by using complementary materials, common architectural elements, and special landscape design techniques.

Use a consistent design theme throughout the project. Employ complementary or consistent details, shapes, materials and colors. In addition, consistent signage should be provided with complementary colors, lettering, placement and materials.

The bulk of the building should be divided to reduce the apparent scale and provide visual interest. Box-like designs should be avoided. This can be accomplished through the following:

Use variations in the building footprints and facades. Such variations should be proportional to the overall bulk of the buildings with variations being greater for large buildings.

Use a variety of shapes and forms including architectural projections such as roof overhangs, box windows, stairways, balconies, and cantilevers that create shadows on the buildings.

Use contrasting vertical and horizontal elements that help to break the visual mass of the façade into smaller areas.

Divide the bulk of the roof into smaller areas to reduce the apparent scale of the building and provide visual interest. The roof can be designed with varying heights and slopes to contrast with a flat roof.

Where the character or scale is identifiable, new development should be designed to maintain that character and to be compatible with that scale. In areas where the character is not identifiable, new development should be designed to be complementary or consistent with desirable characteristics of the surrounding area in a way that contributes to the establishment of a positive character and scale for the area through the use of similar or complementary materials, colors, or building forms and design details.

Development should be designed to minimize detrimental impacts on surrounding properties, including, but not limited to, visual, noise, air quality and other environmental impacts. Strategies for minimizing the impacts include protecting residential areas adjacent to commercial development through screening of circulation areas, loading areas and trash collection points or other areas that could potentially be disruptive to the residential character of the adjacent area.

Commercial Development Performance Standards.

Circulation.

Limit egress and ingress to commercial areas to common entrance points. Orient most of the vehicular access from side streets rather than directly from major arterial.

Separate vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems should be provided if possible. Pedestrian linkages between uses in the commercial areas should be provided. In shopping centers, provide separate pedestrian walkways from parking areas to the major commercial tenants. Whenever possible, parking lots should be designed to separate vehicular circulation routes from parking aisles.

Architectural Design.

Large buildings should be designed in such a manner to avoid excessive mass and bulk. This can be accomplished by dividing the building form, varying the height of the roof structure and by creating offsets in the exterior walls.

The lower floors of commercial structures should not have blank walls. Windows, trellises, wall articulation, and entrances can provide relief along expansive wall surfaces.

Upper portions of multistory commercial structures can be stepped-back to reduce the bulk and mass of the buildings and to preserve pedestrian scale.

Long unarticulated walls should be avoided. Wall planes should not extend in a continuous direction for greater than fifty feet without an offset or enhanced architecture articulation.

Site Planning and Design.

Pedestrian amenities in commercial developments should be provided to enhance the opportunities for pedestrian circulation and social activities. Strategies to achieve this high degree of pedestrian orientation and activity include, but are not limited to, the following:

Orient the design of the buildings to the scale of pedestrian. First floor uses should be primarily retail commercial, restaurants, or public use areas. Windows and door entrances should be located on the ground floor to encourage pedestrian activity. Large expanses of uninterrupted wall surfaces should not be permitted.

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Provide covered or enclosed walkways between the buildings on the site.

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Provide pedestrian plazas and sidewalks of sufficient width adjacent to buildings along with amenities such as special lighting, interesting paving materials, landscaping benches and other street furniture.

Whenever possible, new structures should be clustered. This creates plazas or pedestrian malls instead of rows of commercial or "Strip commercial." Separate structures can be linked with arcades, trellis or clearly defined walkway.

Minimize conflicts between pedestrian and vehicular traffic as much as possible by orienting pedestrian circulation areas parallel with the flow of traffic through the parking areas.

Loading facilities shall not be located in front of structures without screening. These facilities are most appropriately located at the rear of the structures where screening can be minimal or not needed.

Open space areas should be concentrated or clustered into larger more meaningful spaces at areas of significant activity, rather than dispersed into small areas of low impact or on the periphery of the site.

Compatibility. When a commercial structure is located adjacent to a residential neighborhood, additional setbacks from the residentially zoned area shall be required. Multistory buildings may be stepped back to preserve the scale of the adjacent low rise structures.

Industrial Development Performance Standards.

Circulation.

The circulation plan for an industrial development should clearly differentiate circulation plans for employees, visitors, truck traffic, loading areas and pedestrian circulation.

Facilities should be provided, when appropriate, for access to bus routes, bus stops.

Bicycle parking areas should be provided for employees.

Walkways and paths should be provided opportunities for walking or jogging for employees.

Architectural Design.

Long unarticulated walls should be avoided. Wall planes should not extend in a continuous direction for greater than fifty feet without an offset.

Outstanding building and roof forms, and distinctive windows patterns.

Blank wall elevations should be avoided on street frontages.

Highly reflective surfaces are discouraged especially at the ground level.

Wall materials should be selected that are resilient to damage from machinery.

If rolling shutter doors are required, the doors should be mounted on the inside of the building to create an uncluttered appearance from the exterior.

Site Planning and Design.

Placement of structures which creates opportunities for plazas, courts or gardens, lunch areas for employees with amenities such as outdoor seating and garden areas.

Design features which contribute to the design character of a project may include: ceremonial entrance drives, enhanced visitor parking areas, highlighted visitor entrance areas, decorative pedestrian plazas and walkways, focal landscape treatments, site sculptures, employee recreational facilities (exercise courses, jogging paths).

In order to provide security, lighting should be provided at a minimum illumination of one footcandle across parking areas and two footcandles at entrances. Lighting fixtures should be shielded to confine the spread of light to adjoining properties. The design of the lighting fixtures should be compatible with the architecture of the building.

Loading areas should generally not be located in the front of the building where it is difficult to adequately screen the loading areas from public view. These areas are most appropriately located in the rear or side of the property so that the loading docks and doors are not directly in the public view.

When walls or fences are necessary in the frontage of the property to conceal storage and mechanical equipment areas, walls should be architecturally treated on both sides and should be designed to complement and blend with the architectural design of the building.

Long expanses of fencing or walls should be avoided unless offsets are provided, height variations, and combinations of materials are used to avoid monotony. Landscaping along the fences and at specific pockets should be provided.

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Screening for outdoor storage should be a minimum of eight feet and a maximum of twelve feet high depending on the height of the material being screened. Exterior storage should be in the portions of the site least visible from public view.

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Chain link fencing with wood or metal slatting between the links is acceptable for areas that are not visible from the street.

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When screening is required, a combination of screening techniques may be used, including solid masonry walls, landscaped berms and landscaping.

Mechanical or other utility equipment shall be screened whether it is located on the roof, side of building or on the ground. The method of screening shall be architecturally integrated in terms of materials, color and form. Roof top equipment should be integrated into the design of the building.

Compatibility. Where industrial uses are adjacent to non-industrial uses, appropriate buffering techniques such as increased setbacks, screening, berms and landscaping must be provided to mitigate any negative effects of industrial operations.

Additional Performance Standards for Office Buildings in the Business Park (BP) and Light Industrial (LI) Zones. In order to encourage desirable characteristics of these zones, multiple free standing office buildings must be designed to be compatible with the surrounding scale. Performance standards to achieve this include, but are not limited to, the following:

Larger single and multi-tenant office buildings are preferred;

If multiple freestanding office buildings on a single site are proposed, they should be clustered around a courtyard or common area sufficient to retain a pedestrian scale and to prevent long "barrack-like" rows of buildings;

The site should be designed with features that reinforce the visual and spatial relationship of each building and courtyard area, such as the use of decorative paving, landscaping and pedestrian amenities that complement the architectural design of the buildings;

The landscaping and pedestrian scaled elements of the courtyard and building entrance areas, such as awnings or trellises, should be integrated into the elevation and the passageways should be safely lit.

(Ord. 95-16 § 2; Ord. 96-19 § 2(KK); Ord. 01-14 § 1; Ord. 04-10 § 3)

§ 17.08.080 Environmental standards.

Development projects and buildings should be designed to minimize detrimental impacts on surrounding properties, including, but not limited to, visual, noise, air quality and other environmental impacts. Strategies for minimizing the impacts include protecting residential areas adjacent to industrial development through screening of circulation areas, loading areas and trash collection points or other areas that could potentially be disruptive to the residential character of the adjacent area.

Noise. Any existing or proposed uses which generate sounds that are or may be considered a nuisance or hazard to any adjacent property due to the intermittence, beat, frequency, or shrillness of the sounds, shall have the source of the noise muffled or otherwise controlled so that the noise is subdued to acceptable levels. Construction work is exempt from this requirement during the period a valid building permit is in force.

Particulate Matter. Any existing or proposed use shall not discharge excessive particulate matter into the atmosphere for a period that exceeds three minutes in any one hour. The following standards establish maximum acceptable levels:

Smoke. The density reading designated as Number 1 on the United States Bureau of Mines Ringelmann Chart is the maximum acceptable level.

Dust, Dirt and Ash. Any level which can or may cause damage to the health of any individual, animal, or plant or physical soiling or discoloration of the surfaces of any structure or material which is located outside the property lines of the lot or parcel from which the particulate matter is emanating.

Odors, Toxics and Noxious Matter. Any existing or proposed use which produces odors, toxic gases or noxious matter in such quantities as can or may be readily detectable at any point outside the property lines of the premises and when such emissions are or may become a public nuisance or hazard, the use shall be modified to prevent such releases.

Vibration. Any existing or proposed use which generates vibrations that can or may be considered a nuisance or hazard on any adjacent property shall be cushioned or isolated to prevent generation of such vibrations.

Glare. Any existing or proposed use that constitutes or may be considered a nuisance or hazard on any adjacent property due to emittance of excessive light or glare from mechanical or chemical processes or from reflective materials used or stored on the site shall be shielded or otherwise modified to prevent such emissions.

Heat, Radiation and Electromagnetic Disturbances. Any existing or proposed use that can or may generate excessive heat, electrical disturbances or radioactive emissions that can or may be considered hazardous or a nuisance shall be shielded, contained or otherwise modified to prevent such generations, disturbances or emissions.

(Ord. 95-16 § 2)