Chandler, AZ Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Chandler, Arizona — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Chandler
$19,069 total per unit across 7 fee categories.
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$5,989
- Parks & recreation$5,242
- Transportation / roads$3,792
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$3,554
- Fire / EMS$308
- General government / capital$110
- Police$74
Chandler’s $19,069 is close to the Arizona tracked median of $17,781.
Full fee schedule — single-family
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Fire / EMS Fire System Development Fee | per dwelling unit | $308 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Police Police System Development Fee | per dwelling unit | $74 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Transportation / roads Arterial Street System Development Fee — Per footnote 1, assessed ONLY in a defined sub-area (south of Frye Rd east of McClintock Rd, etc.) — NOT citywide. $0 outside that boundary. Not collected from school districts/charter schools. | per dwelling unit | $3,792 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Parks & recreation Parks System Development Fee — Southeast Service Area — Primary parks row. Parks priced by three mutually-exclusive service areas (footnote 4). SE = east of Price Rd and south of Loop 202, where most new SF development occurs. NW=$0, NE=$129 (see excluded variants). | per dwelling unit | $5,242 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Parks & recreation Parks System Development Fee — Northeast Service Area — Mutually-exclusive variant: NE service area = east of Price Rd and north of Loop 202. Excluded to avoid double-counting parks fee. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $129 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
General government / capital Public Building System Development Fee — General/capital facilities (public buildings) SDF. | per dwelling unit | $110 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water System Development Charge — Additive (separate from wastewater and reclaimed). The 3/4" disc meter equivalent is $3,690; per-dwelling-unit figure is the authoritative SF charge. | per dwelling unit | $2,460 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater System Development Charge — Additive charge on top of water SDC. 3/4" disc meter equivalent is $8,984. | per dwelling unit | $5,989 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Reclaimed Water System Development Charge — Separate ADDITIVE reclaimed/recycled water SDC charged on top of potable water and wastewater. Not charged for water-only (landscape) connections. 3/4" meter equivalent is $1,641. | per dwelling unit | $1,094 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water SDC — 3/4" disc meter (reference) — Generic base 3/4" meter equivalent; excluded to avoid double-counting with the per-dwelling-unit SF water charge ($2,460). alternative · not added to total | per meter | $3,690 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater SDC — 3/4" disc meter (reference) — Generic base 3/4" meter equivalent; excluded to avoid double-counting with per-DU SF wastewater charge ($5,989). alternative · not added to total | per meter | $8,984 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Reclaimed Water SDC — 3/4" disc meter (reference) — Generic base 3/4" meter equivalent; excluded to avoid double-counting with per-DU SF reclaimed charge ($1,094). alternative · not added to total | per meter | $1,641 | City of Chandler, Management Services Department Jul 1, 2024High |
Coverage & caveats
All fees are City of Chandler "System Development Fees" (SDFs) levied under A.R.S. 9-463.05, taken from the official FY 2024-25 System Development Fee Report (Management Services Memo No. 26-013, filed with the City Clerk August 28, 2025), Attachment 1: "City of Chandler System Development Fees Effective 7/1/24 – 6/30/25." AZ SDFs do NOT auto-escalate; they are set on a 5-year study cycle. Chandler's current rates took effect 7/1/24 following the adopted 2022-2032 Land Use Assumptions and Infrastructure Improvements Plan, so the 7/1/24–6/30/25 schedule remains the current adopted schedule for 2025-26. The City Clerk's "Notice of Approved/Modified Fees" page (checked 2026-06-16) shows no new or modified SDFs proposed, confirming the schedule is unchanged. CATEGORIES THAT EXIST (single-family detached, per dwelling unit): Water SDC $2,460; Wastewater SDC $5,989; Reclaimed Water SDC $1,094 (these three utility charges are ADDITIVE — wastewater and reclaimed are separate from water); Fire $308; Police $74; Public Building / general-capital $110; Arterial Streets (transportation) $3,792; Parks (varies by service area). KEY CAVEATS / MUTUALLY-EXCLUSIVE VARIANTS: - PARKS: priced by three mutually-exclusive service areas. Northwest = $0/unit, Northeast = $129/unit, Southeast = $5,242/unit (footnote 4: NW = west of Price Rd; NE = east of Price Rd and north of Loop 202; SE = east of Price Rd and south of Loop 202). Most new SF residential development is in the SE area, so SE ($5,242) is used as the primary parks row; NW and NE are included as excludeFromTotal variants. - ARTERIAL STREETS: per footnote 1, this $3,792/unit transportation fee is assessed ONLY in a defined sub-area (south of Frye Rd east of McClintock, etc.). It is NOT citywide. Included as the primary transportation row but noted; for development outside that boundary it is $0. - UTILITY SDCs: the schedule lists both a "per dwelling unit" residential figure and meter-size figures. The residential per-dwelling-unit amount is the charge for a standard single-family home; the 3/4" disc meter figures are the generic (non-residential / by-meter) equivalents and are included as excludeFromTotal reference rows to avoid double counting. The published per-DU figure is authoritative for SF homes. - For meters 10" and larger: SDF = (1" fee) x (Safe Max Operating Capacity GPM / 20 GPM). - No reclaimed-water or wastewater fees for water-only (landscape) connections (footnote 3). CATEGORIES THAT DO NOT EXIST IN CHANDLER: - SCHOOL impact fees: NOT permitted in Arizona — school impact fees are not an authorized SDF category. Moreover, per footnote 2 (A.R.S. 9-500.18), Chandler's non-utility SDFs and arterial street fees may NOT even be assessed ON school districts/charter schools. - LIBRARY fee: exists as a line item but is currently set to $0.00 for all land uses. - No standalone DRAINAGE/stormwater, OPEN SPACE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, or general mitigation impact fee was found in the SDF schedule. - Multifamily per-unit figures are published and included as excludeFromTotal reference rows (Water $822, Wastewater $2,539, Reclaimed $464, Fire $259, Police $62, Arterial $2,059, Parks SE $4,424, Public Building $79). - No separately published ADU SDF tier was found; ADUs are not broken out. - Fees are NOT tiered by home square footage — a single per-dwelling-unit figure applies regardless of home size. VERIFY: Independently re-fetched the primary fee schedule PDF (sourceIndex 0) and extracted Attachment 1 via pdftotext -layout; every line item and footnote (1-5) was read directly from the source. Re-fetched both City Clerk webpages (sources 1 and 2): the SDF page exists and links to the FY 2024-25 report and the July 1, 2024 fee tables; the Notice-of-Modified-Fees page exists and states "There are currently no proposed new or modified fee changes," confirming the 7/1/24–6/30/25 schedule is still current. Source 3 (2022-2032 LUA/IIP) is referenced as the study basis but no fee amount depends on it. Confirmed 22 of 22 rows against the PDF (all amounts exact to the cent: Water SF $2,460, Wastewater SF $5,989, Reclaimed SF $1,094, Fire SF $308, Police SF $74, Arterial SF $3,792, Parks SE SF $5,242, Parks NE SF $129, Parks NW SF $0, Public Building SF $110, Library SF $0, Water/Wastewater/Reclaimed 3/4" disc $3,690/$8,984/$1,641, and the 8 multifamily rows $822/$2,539/$464/$259/$62/$2,059/$4,424/$79). Dropped 0 rows. excludeFromTotal corrections: none — all flags were already correct (NW/NE parks variants, 3/4" meter reference rows, $0 library line, and all multifamily rows correctly excluded; the three additive utility SDCs plus fire/police/public-building/SE-parks/arterial correctly included). Representative SF per-dwelling-unit total of included rows = $19,069, which is sane and free of double counting. All confidence levels retained at "high" — they are direct exact matches to the official adopted fee schedule.
Primary single-family-detached total reflects the additive utility SDCs (water + wastewater + reclaimed water) plus fire, police, public building, the SE-area parks fee, and the arterial street fee (= $19,069). Meter-size utility rows and the multifamily rows are marked excludeFromTotal to prevent double counting. Arterial street and parks fees are geography-dependent (see coverageNotes).
Sources
4 official sources · 22 high-confidence figures.
- 1City of Chandler FY 2024-25 System Development Fee Report (MS Memo No. 26-013) — Attachment 1: System Development Fees Effective 7/1/24 – 6/30/25City of Chandler, Management Services Department · fee schedule · effective Jul 1, 2024 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 2System Development Fees | City of ChandlerCity of Chandler, City Clerk's Office · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 3Notice of Approved/Proposed New or Modified Fees | City of ChandlerCity of Chandler, City Clerk's Office · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 4City of Chandler 2022-2032 Land Use Assumptions and Infrastructure Improvements Plan (Jan 2024)City of Chandler, Management Services Department · fee study · effective Jul 1, 2024 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
Chandler impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Chandler, AZ for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Chandler are about $19,069 per unit — roughly $9,526 in impact/development fees plus $9,543 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Chandler the same as building permit fees?
- No. Impact fees (and water/sewer connection fees) fund off-site capital — roads, parks, schools, utilities — and are charged per new dwelling unit. Building permit and plan-review fees are separate and are not included here.
- How often do Chandler's impact fees change?
- Most jurisdictions adopt fees by ordinance and escalate them annually (often by a construction cost index), with occasional mid-year updates. Always confirm the current adopted schedule with the jurisdiction. ImpactFeeAtlas last verified Chandler on 2026-06-16.