Mesa, AZ Development Impact Fees (2026)

Mesa imposes two distinct growth charges on new residential development plus a solid-waste startup fee. (1) DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE (Mesa City Code Title 5, Ch. 17; A.R.S. 9-463.05): As of the current code (Table 1, last amended by Ord. 5932 eff. 2/24/2025) the ONLY remaining impact-fee category is "Public Safety" (police+fire combined): $402/dwelling single-residence detached & manufactured-home-on-platted-lot, $388/dwelling single-residence attached & multi-residence, $84/pad manufactured-home/RV, $159/room hotel, $0.318/sq ft non-residential. Mesa's former Water, Wastewater, Parks, Library, Fire (standalone), and Stormwater Drainage impact fees were SB1525 "continuation" fees pledged to pre-2012 debt and are no longer in the current Table 1 (only the "Public Safety" column survives). (2) WATER & WASTEWATER CAPACITY FEE (Mesa City Code 8-10-13, adopted by Ord. 5970 on 12/1/2025, effective 30 days later ~12/31/2025, A.R.S. 9-511/9-511.01): charged by water meter size on building permits filed on/after the effective date. Base residential 3/4" meter = $7,719 water + $1,809 wastewater = $9,528 total.

Phase-in

for 3/4" and 1" meters, fees are 50% for complete permit applications filed through 6/30/2026, then 100% from 7/1/2026 (all other meter sizes pay 100% immediately). The full (100%) amount is used for primary totals. Because Arizona requires fire sprinklers in new homes, the typical NEW single-family meter is often 1" (water $12,864 + wastewater $3,015 = $15,880), included as an excluded variant. (3) SOLID WASTE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FEE (Mesa City Code 5-13-2; Citywide Schedule of Fees & Charges): $311/dwelling single-residence (attached & detached), $62/dwelling multi-family (2+ units/bldg, excl. apartments of 5+ units), $62 manufactured home/RV. NO SCHOOL IMPACT FEE EXISTS (Arizona does not authorize municipal school impact fees). Single service area citywide.

Verify

confirmed 8 of 8 rows; dropped 0. All four sources independently re-fetched. Source 1 (Ord. 5970): primary PDF downloaded and read; Table 1 confirms 3/4"=$7,719/$1,809/$9,528 and 1"=$12,864/$3,015/$15,880, plus 50% phase-in through 6/30/2026 and effective 30 days after 12/1/2025 adoption (HIGH). Source 0 (Municode Ch.17 Table 1): WebFetch deep-link returned 403, so content retrieved via Municode public API (clientID 3280, productId 15749, code last updated 2026-05-01) — Table 1 confirms Public Safety is the ONLY remaining impact-fee category column and exact amounts $402/$402/$388/$388, amendment chain ending Ord. 5932 2-24-25 (HIGH). Source 2 (Citywide Schedule): mesaaz.gov blocks direct/curl fetch (Akamai Access Denied 403), retrieved via Wayback Machine snapshot — confirms Solid Waste Residential Development Fee Single-Residence (attached & detached) $311.00, Multi-Family (2+ units/bldg) $62.00 excluding apartments of 5+, Manufactured Home/RV $62.00 (HIGH on amount).

Caveat

the only archived/accessible citywide-schedule version carries the footer "Updated July 2024," not "July 2025" as the researcher labeled it; the $311/$62 amounts are confirmed but the effective/update date should be read as July 2024 (the live July-2025 PDF is access-blocked and could not be independently re-fetched). Source 3 (Mesa Tribune/Yahoo): confirmed live, corroborates capacity-fee amounts and 50% phase-in. excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed — the two 1" meter variants (water $12,864, wastewater $3,015) were already correctly flagged excludeFromTotal=true; the representative 3/4" capacity rows and the $402 public-safety + $311 solid-waste rows are correctly included. Representative all-in new detached SFR at 3/4" meter (full rates) = $402 + $7,719 + $1,809 + $311 = $10,241; no double-counting. CORRECTION applied: the single-family-detached public-safety row carried category "police"; changed to "public_safety" to match the actual Table 1 column ("Public Safety", police+fire combined) and the multifamily row.