Zoning Rules to Accommodate Group Homes

The city is set to make changes to better accommodate disabled group homes.

The City Council voted Tuesday to establish a procedure to allow care facilities serving six or fewer persons to run in residential areas.

State Legislature declared the lack of housing -- including housing for peoples with disabilities -- is a critical issue that threatens economic, environmental and social quality of life in California.

In order to keep in line with federal housing laws, the Temecula Municipal Code needed to be amended, so the city added a new section to its zoning laws called "Reasonable Accommodations," according to the report. 

State and federal laws require residential care facilities housing six or fewer people be treated as a "permitted uses" in all residential districts to help disabled persons to have access to housing, the report states.

To read more about the proposed changes,.