Property Tax Assessments

The City of Temecula and Temecula Community Services District (TCSD) is committed to providing its residents with high quality parks and recreation facilities and services that the community can be proud of.
 
The residents of Temecula have committed to assisting the City in funding these facilities and services.

What type of assessments does the City of Temecula levy on your property tax bill?
Parks and Lighting Special Tax
Rates and Charges:
  • Service Level B Residential Street Lights
  • Service Level C Perimeter/Slope Landscape Maintenance
  • Service Level D Trash and Recycling Services
  • Service Level R Dirt Road Maintenance
PARKS AND LIGHTING SPECIAL TAX
The City of Temecula’s residents passed Measure C in March of 1997 and authorized the Temecula Community Services District (TCSD) to assess and collect the Parks and Lighting Special Tax. All property owners pay this tax.

The revenue generated by the Special Tax funds the following:
Staffing and maintenance of all parks and recreational facilities.
Energy costs and maintenance of arterial street lighting and traffic signals.
All costs associated with landscaped medians within the arterial roadways.

When this tax was passed, the rate was established at $74.44 per Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU). The Temecula City Council has made a commitment to residents to reduce this rate when possible. For Fiscal Year 2006-2007, this rate has been set at $63.44 per EDU.

For Each Developed Residential
Property

For 
 Developed Multi-Family
Property

For 
Developed
Commercial
Property

For
Undeveloped
Residential
Property

For
Undeveloped
Commercial
Property

$63.44 per parcel

.75 EDU per unit

6 EDU per acre

2 EDU per acre

4 EDU per acre



The following example is provided to demonstrate how the Parks and Lighting Special Tax amount is calculated for developed commercial or undeveloped properties:

Example: Parcel Information – a ten (10) acre undeveloped parcel with a land use designation of commercial.

10 Acres X 4 EDU = 40 EDU x $63.44 = $2,537.60 total special tax rate