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Planning commission recommends adoption of updated water-efficient landscape ordinance

6438663 · October 2, 2025
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Summary

Commission recommended the city council adopt ordinance LR25-0099 to update Temecula Municipal Code chapter 17.23 with technical revisions, plant-list changes and irrigation rules; the commission moved the recommendation by voice vote.

The Temecula Planning Commission on Oct. 1 recommended that the City Council adopt ordinance LR25-0099, an update to the city's water-efficient landscape ordinance (chapter 17.23 of the Temecula Municipal Code) that codifies current design practice and technical standards.

Katie, a planning staff member, said the update is intended to "codif[y] existing subjective design standards and some current best practices," and described proposed changes that include updated definitions, referencing a more current reference evapotranspiration (ETO) value for Temecula, use of specific plan plant lists when applicable, separation of plants with different…

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