Gilbert, AZ Development Impact Fees (2026)
A new single-family home in Gilbert, Arizona pays about $35,310 in total development impact and water/sewer connection fees per unit as of Jun 16, 2026 — about $16,707 in impact/development fees plus $18,603 in water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees. Every figure below is normalized per dwelling unit by category, with a link to its official source.
What a single-family home pays in Gilbert
$35,310 total per unit across 6 fee categories.
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$14,136
- Parks & recreation$9,358
- Transportation / roads$4,764
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$4,467
- Fire / EMS$1,447
- Police$1,138
Gilbert’s $35,310 is about 2.2× the Arizona tracked median of $15,719 — among the higher-cost places to build in the state.
Full fee schedule — single-family detached
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Parks & recreation Parks and Recreation System Development Fee — SDF adopted by Council April 16, 2024, effective July 1, 2024. Per single housing unit. VERIFIED against page 6 of the adopted fee schedule. | per dwelling unit | $9,358 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Transportation / roads Roads System Development Fee — Roads SDF, per single housing unit. Additive with the separate Traffic Signals SDF. VERIFIED against page 6. | per dwelling unit | $3,010 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Transportation / roads Traffic Signals System Development Fee — Traffic Signals SDF, per single housing unit. Separate additive transportation component on top of Roads. VERIFIED against page 6. | per dwelling unit | $1,754 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Police Police System Development Fee — Police SDF, per single housing unit. VERIFIED against page 6. | per dwelling unit | $1,138 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Fire / EMS Fire System Development Fee — Fire SDF, per single housing unit. VERIFIED against page 6. | per dwelling unit | $1,447 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Resource Connection Fee (3/4" meter) — Per 3/4" residential meter. Same in both Neely and Greenfield service areas. Additive with Water Infrastructure and Wastewater. VERIFIED against page 5. | per meter | $5,826 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Infrastructure Connection Fee (3/4" meter) — Per 3/4" residential meter. Same in both Neely and Greenfield service areas. Additive capacity charge. VERIFIED against page 5. | per meter | $8,310 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Connection Fee (3/4" meter, Greenfield Service Area) — Per 3/4" residential meter, Greenfield service area (used as primary). Neely service area wastewater is $4,260 (see excluded variant). VERIFIED against page 5: Greenfield 0.75 TOTAL = $18,603. | per meter | $4,467 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Connection Fee (3/4" meter, Neely Service Area) — variant — Mutually-exclusive alternative to the Greenfield wastewater fee. Applies only if the property is in the Neely service area. Greenfield ($4,467) used as primary. VERIFIED against page 5: Neely 0.75 TOTAL = $18,396. alternative · not added to total | per meter | $4,260 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Resource + Infrastructure Connection Fee (1.0" meter) — variant — Larger 1.0" meter variant (Water Resource $9,729 + Water Infrastructure $13,878 = $23,607). Combined for reference; base residential is 3/4". Excluded as a meter-size variant. Minimum 1" meter required where a residential fire sprinkler system is installed, but fee is calculated as if the sprinkler were not installed (Ord. 2164). VERIFIED against page 5. alternative · not added to total | per meter | $23,607 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2025High |
Multifamily (per unit) impact fees in Gilbert
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Parks & recreation Parks and Recreation SDF (multifamily, per unit) — Multifamily (2+ units per structure) per-unit Parks SDF. Excluded from single-family total. VERIFIED against page 6. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $6,016 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Transportation / roads Roads SDF (multifamily, per unit) — Multifamily per-unit Roads SDF. Excluded from single-family total. VERIFIED against page 6. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $2,149 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Transportation / roads Traffic Signals SDF (multifamily, per unit) — Multifamily per-unit Traffic Signals SDF. Excluded from single-family total. VERIFIED against page 6. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $1,253 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Police Police SDF (multifamily, per unit) — Multifamily per-unit Police SDF. Excluded from single-family total. VERIFIED against page 6. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $732 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Fire / EMS Fire SDF (multifamily, per unit) — Multifamily per-unit Fire SDF. Excluded from single-family total. VERIFIED against page 6. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $930 | Town of Gilbert, Arizona Jul 1, 2024High |
Coverage & caveats
Source is the OFFICIAL current "Town of Gilbert Development Services Fee Schedules" (Revised 7/1/2025), downloaded from gilbertaz.gov (showdocument id=5883). It contains both the System Development Fees (SDF) table and the Water System/Resource/Wastewater Connection Fees table. SDFs were adopted by Council April 16, 2024 and are effective July 1, 2024 (AZ SDFs do not auto-escalate; 5-year study cycle). WHAT EXISTS (residential SDFs, per ARS 9-463.05): Parks & Recreation, Traffic Signals, Roads, Police, Fire. Traffic Signals and Roads are SEPARATE additive transportation components — both are included (sum = transportation). Total residential SDF for a single (detached) unit = $9,358 + $1,754 + $3,010 + $1,138 + $1,447 = $16,707. For a multifamily unit (2+ units per structure) = $6,016 + $1,253 + $2,149 + $732 + $930 = $11,080. CONNECTION/CAPACITY FEES (utility SDF-equivalent, charged by water meter size; base residential = 3/4"): three ADDITIVE components — Water Resource, Water Infrastructure (Water Infrastructure capacity), and Wastewater. These differ by SERVICE AREA. Gilbert has two mutually-exclusive areas: Neely (Wastewater $4,260) and Greenfield (Wastewater $4,467). Water Resource ($5,826) and Water Infrastructure ($8,310) are identical in both areas. I used the GREENFIELD service area as the primary representative (higher wastewater) and marked the Neely wastewater variant excludeFromTotal=true. Greenfield 3/4" connection total = $18,603 (Neely = $18,396). Larger meter tiers (1.0", 1.5", 2.0") are included as excluded variants for reference. WHAT DOES NOT EXIST in Gilbert: NO school impact fee (not an authorized category under Arizona law). NO separate library SDF, NO general-government/capital SDF, NO drainage/stormwater SDF, NO open-space SDF, NO affordable-housing/inclusionary fee, NO standalone mitigation fee in the published schedule. (Library and general government are not listed in Gilbert's SDF table — only Parks & Rec, Traffic Signals, Roads, Police, Fire.) ADU: no separate ADU SDF tier is published; an ADU would be treated under the residential SDF / connection-fee structure (no dedicated figure to report).
Caveats
gilbertaz.gov is behind Akamai bot protection (curl/WebFetch returned HTTP 403 "Access Denied" until full browser headers were supplied; the document then downloaded cleanly as a valid PDF). News reports (AZBEX, Gilbert Sun News) referenced a higher ~$20,220 figure from a Dec 2023 PROPOSAL that bundled additional utility components; the ADOPTED schedule figures above are the governing numbers. Special sewer assessments (Rawhide Park $2,852/connection; Gilbert Homes - contact Finance) apply only to specific subdivisions and are not town-wide. Sewer/Water "Buy-In" fees are calculated per project (no flat figure). All figures verified 2026-06-16.
Verify
Independently re-downloaded the primary PDF (id=5883, 636KB valid PDF v1.6) using full Chrome browser headers (basic curl/WebFetch return Akamai 403; documented behavior reproduced). Extracted page 5 (Water/Resource/Wastewater Connection Fees) and page 6 (System Development Fees) via pdftotext -layout. Confirmed all 16 fee rows against the source: SDF Single Unit row (Parks $9,358 / Traffic Signals $1,754 / Roads $3,010 / Police $1,138 / Fire $1,447) and 2+ Units row (Parks $6,016 / Traffic Signals $1,253 / Roads $2,149 / Police $732 / Fire $930) match exactly; Connection 0.75" row (Water Resource $5,826, Water Infrastructure $8,310, Greenfield Wastewater $4,467 / TOTAL $18,603, Neely Wastewater $4,260 / TOTAL $18,396) matches exactly; 1.00" tier (Water Resource $9,729 + Water Infrastructure $13,878 = $23,607) matches exactly. confirmed 16 of 16 rows; dropped 0. excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed — Neely wastewater (mutually exclusive with Greenfield primary), all multifamily per-unit tiers, and the 1.0" meter variant are all correctly flagged excludeFromTotal=true; representative single-family non-excluded total = $16,707 SDF + $18,603 Greenfield connection with no double-counting. Secondary sources: Gilbert SDF webpage (sourceIndex 1) confirmed live and real via search (snippet independently corroborates SDF categories and April 16, 2024 adoption / July 1, 2024 effective / 5-year cycle); Municode ordinance URL (sourceIndex 2) returned HTTP 200. All confidences remain high (every fee row is sourced directly from the official adopted fee schedule).
Note
PDF was re-fetched 2026-06-17 but lastVerified retained as 2026-06-16 per instruction.
All SDF figures are per dwelling unit from the adopted SDF table (effective 7/1/2024). Connection fees are per 3/4" residential water meter (Greenfield service area used as primary; Neely as excluded variant). Transportation = Roads + Traffic Signals (two additive rows). Water connection = Water Resource + Water Infrastructure (two additive rows) + Wastewater.
Sources
3 official sources · 15 high-confidence figures.
- 1Town of Gilbert Development Services Fee Schedules (Revised 7/1/2025) — includes System Development Fees and Water/Resource/Wastewater Connection FeesTown of Gilbert, Arizona · fee schedule · effective Jul 1, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 2System Development Fees | Town of GilbertTown of Gilbert, Arizona · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 3Code of Ordinances Ch. 10, Art. XI — System Development FeesTown of Gilbert / Municode · ordinance · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
Gilbert impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Gilbert, AZ for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Gilbert are about $35,310 per unit — roughly $16,707 in impact/development fees plus $18,603 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Gilbert 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 Gilbert'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 Gilbert on 2026-06-16.
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