Temecula, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition
- Permit fees
- set by city council resolution, not code tables
- Gas pipe pressure test
- 30 min at 60 p.s.i. for 2 in.+ or 20 ft+ runs
- Welded gas pipe test
- 24-hour graph test at 60 p.s.i.
- Seismic gas shutoff valves
- licensed install, 30-year warranty required
- Enforcement
- Chapter 1.20 penalties, daily separate offense
Summary
Temecula runs plumbing work off the 2025 California Plumbing Code, adopted at Municipal Code Section 15.04.010(F) and amended locally at Section 15.04.060. Permit fees follow the city council's own fee resolution rather than the code's tables, gas piping over two inches gets a witnessed pressure test, and violations carry the penalties in Chapter 1.20.
106.3 Penalties. Violations of this Code are subject to the prohibitions set forth in Section 15.02.060 and the penalties set forth in Chapter 1.20, of this Municipal Code. Section 104.5 is deleted in its entirety and superseded by Sections 15.02.010 through 15.02.050 of this Municipal Code, expressly incorporated herein by reference. All references in the California Plumbing Code to fees, fee schedules, or fee tables shall mean the fee schedule as established by resolution of the City Council in accordance with Section 15.02.010 herein. 1213.3.1 Test Pressure. Testing of gas piping two (2) inches or greater or exceeding twenty (20) feet in length shall require a thirty (30) minute test witnessed by the jurisdiction. Such test shall be sixty (60) p.s.i.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4862229; v11 updated 2026-04-14).
Full Breakdown
010(F) adopts the California Plumbing Code, 2025 Edition, including Appendices A, B, D, H, part of Appendix I and J. 050, so every plumbing permit and plan-check fee in Temecula is set by city council resolution rather than the state model code table. or shorter than 15 minutes. Seismic gas shutoff valves, when installed, must go in by a state-licensed contractor of the correct classification (or a gas utility with its own permit), be mounted rigidly to the building exterior, carry a 30-year warranty, and be approved by the Building and Safety Department; once installed they must be maintained for the life of the structure.
Cleanouts placed under concrete or asphalt must stay accessible through yard boxes or a brass cap flush with the paving where subject to vehicle traffic. The full Health Care Facilities and Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems chapter of the state code, Chapter 13, is adopted in its entirety for Temecula projects.
Violations & Fines
Plumbing code violations trigger the same enforcement path as the rest of Title 15: Section 106.3 ties them to the prohibitions in Section 15.02.060 and the penalties in Chapter 1.20, and Section 15.04.070 treats each day of continuing violation as a separate offense. The city can also seek civil abatement, including an injunction, under Section 15.04.080 independent of any criminal citation.
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