Elk Grove, CA Development Impact Fees (2026)

What a single-family home pays in Elk Grove

$70,887 total per unit across 7 fee categories.

Elk Grove’s $70,887 is about 2.0× the California tracked median of $36,209 — among the higher-cost places to build in the state.

Full fee schedule — single-family

Full fee schedule — multifamily

Coverage & caveats

Scope: residential development fees a builder pays in the City of Elk Grove (Sacramento County). Figures are for a representative ~2,000-2,700 sq ft single-family detached home and a multifamily unit, expressed per dwelling unit. PRIMARY TOTAL is built from the seven CITYWIDE/regional development impact fee programs that apply to ALL development anywhere in the city (Capital Facilities, Affordable Housing, Roadway, Active Transportation, Fire, Measure A, I-5 Subregional), PLUS the separately-levied school fee (EGUSD), water connection (EGWD), and sewer impact fees (SacSewer collection + Regional San treatment). SOURCES: All city DIFs are from the City's official "2026 Development Related Fees" booklet, Last Updated 1/1/2026 (retrieved via Internet Archive snapshot dated 2025-12-31 because elkgrove.gov is behind a Cloudflare "verify you are human" interactive challenge that I did not bypass; the archived file is the city's own current PDF). School fee is from the EGUSD Facilities & Planning page (live). Water fee from EGWD Development Services page (via archive; egwd.org returns 403 to automated access). Sewer fees from SacSewer's official residential-rates-and-fees page (via archive; sacsewer.com/regionalsan.com block all automated access via CloudFront geo-block). SIZE-TIERED FEES: Roadway and Active Transportation are tiered by home size. I used the 2,001-2,700 sq ft tier as the representative primary row and included other tiers with excludeFromTotal=true. Measure A is tiered too; used the "Large (>2,400 sq ft)" tier as primary (medium tier 1,601-2,400 also included, excluded). School fee is per-sq-ft; the per-DU dollar figure shown ($14,640) assumes a 2,000 sq ft home (rate x 2000) - adjust for actual square footage. MUTUALLY-EXCLUSIVE / EXCLUDED FROM TOTAL: The Fire fee has 5 geographic zones; Zone 1 (Elk Grove) used as primary, Zones 2-5 excluded. Water connection has 2 service areas and multiple meter sizes; Service Area 1 with a 1" meter (smallest published) is primary; Service Area 2 ($926, only a meter charge - infrastructure paid via other means) and larger meters excluded. Sewer collection (SacSewer) and treatment (Regional San) each have new-community vs infill variants; new-community/standard variant used as primary, infill excluded. PLAN-AREA park/drainage fees (Stonelake, East Franklin, Eastern Elk Grove, Laguna Ridge, LRSP Supplemental, SEPA Park/Trail, SEPA/LRSP Drainage) apply ONLY within their specific plan areas and are mutually exclusive by location - a given lot is in at most one. These are all marked excludeFromTotal=true; they are real and often very large (e.g., SEPA Park+Trail = $25,989/unit; LRSP Supplemental Park = $21,216/unit) and a builder in those areas WILL pay them in lieu of (not in addition to) a general citywide park fee. WHAT DOES NOT EXIST / CAVEATS: (1) Elk Grove has NO standalone citywide 'parks' impact fee for single-family outside the plan areas - parks are funded through the geographically-specific plan-area park programs (administered/passed through to Cosumnes CSD) and Quimby Act land dedication; outside a plan area, parkland is handled via Quimby dedication/in-lieu at subdivision, not a flat citywide per-unit fee. (2) NO citywide drainage impact fee - drainage is plan-area specific (SEPA/LRSP). (3) NO separate citywide police or general-government impact fee line item - police facilities are a COMPONENT of the Capital Facilities Fee (CFF), which also funds civic center, corporation yard, animal shelter, library, and transit; I broke these out as notes but report CFF as one general/capital row to avoid double counting. (4) NO library impact fee separate from CFF. (5) Mello-Roos/CFD special taxes exist in many Elk Grove areas (Zones 2-5 fire, Lakeside, Laguna West, EGUSD Mello-Roos) and partially fund facilities - these are OUT OF SCOPE per instructions and are NOT included. (6) School fee: EGUSD charges $7.32/sq ft residential (through 6/30/2026; drops to $7.23/sq ft on 7/1/2026), which exceeds the statewide Level 1 statutory max (~$5.17-$5.38/sq ft) - EGUSD justifies the higher amount via a School Facilities Needs Analysis (Level 2/3 mitigation), and it is a real, mandatory builder cost collected before permit issuance. (7) Sewer fees: a NEW SUBDIVISION (parcel recorded on/after 7/1/2003) pays the SacSewer collection fee per NET ACRE ($26,421/acre expansion) rather than per ESD; the $4,374/ESD primary row reflects a single home on a pre-2003 lot - both are documented. (8) All city DIFs auto-adjust each Jan 1 (most) or Jul 1 (Measure A, I-5) for construction-cost inflation. VERIFY: confirmed 36 of 37 rows; dropped 1 (Swainson's Hawk Mitigation Fee - researcher reported amount=0 as an unverified placeholder, but the source booklet actually states the fee is $17,396/acre acquisition+admin plus $444/acre monitoring = $17,840/acre; the row's sourceQuote ("5.10% increase") is from the booklet's table-of-contents inflation list, not the fee table, so the cited quote/amount could not be confirmed and the row was dropped per default. Note for future research: the real Swainson's Hawk fee is $17,840/acre, conditional on CEQA habitat determination, per-acre not per-DU, and projects >=40 acres must dedicate land instead of paying.). All other amounts re-derived from the cited sources and matched exactly (base+admin sums recomputed for every city DIF; sewer/water/school figures matched verbatim in archived/live pages). excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed - all mutually-exclusive variants (Fire Zones 2-5, Roadway/Active-Transp non-primary tiers, Measure A medium tier, all MF rows, school per-sqft row, Service Area 2 water, sewer infill/per-acre variants, all plan-area park/drainage fees) were already correctly flagged excludeFromTotal=true. Primary SFD citywide+school+utility total recomputed = $70,886.84 (CFF 5,678 + Affordable Housing 6,354 + Roadway 16,637.85 + Active Transp 2,681.48 + Fire 2,651.69 + Measure A 1,793.16 + I-5 4,192.66 + EGUSD school 14,640 + EGWD water 5,405 + SacSewer collection 4,374 + Regional San treatment 6,479), with no double counting (CFF police/library sub-components excluded; plan-area and utility variants excluded). Source index 1 (Municipal Code Ch. 16.96) confirmed as the Measure A enabling ordinance (title "Chapter 16.96 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES" / "MEASURE A") - it is a supporting citation, not the source of any dollar figure (all Measure A amounts cite the booklet, sourceIndex 0). Source index 3 (EGUSD 2024 Developer Fee Justification Study) is referenced but not the cited source for any surviving fee amount. Confidence levels retained as researcher set them; sewer/water rows remain "medium" given reliance on archived snapshots rather than live access.

Primary single-family-detached total of the citywide-applicable fees + school + utilities, for a ~2,000 sq ft home (school computed at 2,000 sq ft), single home on a pre-2003 lot in Service Area 1 / Fire Zone 1: Capital Facilities $5,678 + Affordable Housing $6,354 + Roadway $16,637.85 + Active Transportation $2,681.48 + Fire (Zone 1) $2,651.69 + Measure A $1,793.16 + I-5 Subregional $4,192.66 + EGUSD school $14,640 + EGWD water connection $5,405 + SacSewer collection $4,374 + Regional San treatment $6,479 = approximately $70,886.84 (independently re-verified). NOTE: a home inside a Specific Plan area (most new Elk Grove subdivisions, e.g., SEPA, Laguna Ridge) ALSO pays large plan-area park/drainage fees (excluded here to avoid mixing mutually-exclusive geographies) that can add $25,000-$60,000+/unit. New subdivisions pay sewer collection per-acre instead of per-ESD. Verify home square footage (drives Roadway, Active Transportation, Measure A, and school fee) and the specific plan area / service area / fire zone for an exact quote.

Sources

6 official sources · 31 high-confidence figures.

Elk Grove impact fees — FAQ

How much are development impact fees in Elk Grove, CA for a single-family home?

As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Elk Grove are about $70,887 per unit — roughly $54,629 in impact/development fees plus $16,258 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.

What are the impact fees per multifamily unit in Elk Grove, CA?

Total development fees for a multifamily unit in Elk Grove are about $9,793 per unit as of 2026-06-16.

Are impact fees in Elk Grove 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 Elk Grove'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 Elk Grove on 2026-06-16.