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Pool permits in Temecula

Three permit offices cover the places on this site. The rule that applies is the one for the parcel, not the one for the nearest city.

Published October 3, 2026. Reviewed against public sources listed below.

Temecula

The City of Temecula requires a permit for pools, spas, and hot tubs. A licensed pool builder should pull it. This site does not pull permits.

The city also publishes monthly Building Permits Issued reports. Our parse of those reports, reviewed October 3, 2026, counted residential swimming pool permits as follows:

  • 2024: 95
  • 2025: 92
  • January through August 2026: 48
  • The 12 months from September 2025 through August 2026: 77

2026 by month: January 2, February 4, March 4, April 6, May 5, June 7, July 10, August 10. September 2026 was not posted yet.

The counts include spas, remodels, and expansions, so new pools are fewer. Most records do not name a builder (they say Online). This is our parse of the monthly files, not a total the city published, and it was not checked line by line. January and February 2026 were the slow months in that partial year (2 and 4). July and August were 10 each.

Murrieta

Murrieta is a separate city. Building and Safety bulletin IB-131 exempts only prefabricated pools under 24 inches deep, up to 5,000 gallons, installed entirely above ground. An inground pool does not fit that exemption.

Permits go through Murrieta Building and Safety and the city's CSS portal. More is on the Murrieta page. Murrieta permit totals were not pulled, so none are listed here.

French Valley and Riverside County

French Valley is unincorporated. Permits go through Riverside County TLMA Building and Safety, not through Temecula or Murrieta.

County barrier letter 284-004, revised December 2025, requires a primary barrier at least 60 inches high, does not allow mesh fencing as the primary barrier, and requires ASTM F2208 listed alarms where alarms are the secondary feature. More is on the French Valley page. County permit totals were not pulled.

Before work starts

  • Confirm which office covers your address.
  • Look up the builder on the CSLB license check, and read how to check a pool builder.
  • Ask for the permit number and whose name is on it.
  • Keep the approved papers with the house records.

Other cities, including Menifee, Wildomar, and Lake Elsinore, are not covered here. This site does not have a sourced permit fact for them.

The permit step, in general

Confirm the city or county office for your address, then Builder submits plans and pulls the permit, then City or county inspects the work, then Permit closed Confirm the cityor county officefor your address Builder submitsplans and pullsthe permit City or countyinspects thework Permit closed
The same general sequence applies in Temecula, Murrieta, and French Valley, through the office named above for each.

Sources

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