Riverside, CA Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Riverside, California — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Riverside
$36,209 total per unit across 4 fee categories. Fees charged per square foot assume a 2,500 sq ft home.
- Transportation / roads$14,642
- Schools$12,925
- Mitigation$4,358
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$4,284
Riverside’s $36,209 is close to the California tracked median of $36,209.
Full fee schedule — single-family
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee — City of Riverside Transportation Impact Fee (RMC 16.64.040 / Res. No. 20735). Applies to each one- or two-family dwelling unit. VERIFIED in Public Works Development Fees handout (Rev. 06/20/2025) via jina reader proxy. | per dwelling unit | $525 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Transportation / roads Traffic and Railroad Signal Mitigation Fee — City of Riverside Traffic and Railroad Signal Mitigation Fee (RMC 16.64.030 / Res. No. 20735). Separate and additive to the Transportation Impact Fee. VERIFIED in Public Works handout. | per dwelling unit | $190 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Transportation / roads TUMF (Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee) - WRCOG regional — Regional TUMF administered by Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG), collected by the City at building permit (RMC 16.68.040). TIERED by single-family home size: <=1,800 sf $12,380; 1,801-2,300 sf $13,927 (representative tier used as primary); 2,301-2,700 sf $15,476; >2,700 sf $19,344. Effective April 1, 2025. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 3473) and on the WRCOG TUMF page. | per dwelling unit | $13,927 | City of Riverside Finance Department Apr 1, 2025High |
Transportation / roads TUMF - SFR <=1,800 sf tier — Alternate TUMF tier for SF homes 1,800 sf or less. Excluded to avoid double counting with the representative 1,801-2,300 sf tier. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 3471). alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $12,380 | City of Riverside Finance Department Apr 1, 2025High |
Transportation / roads TUMF - SFR 2,301-2,700 sf tier — Alternate TUMF tier for SF homes 2,301-2,700 sf. Excluded to avoid double counting with the representative tier. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 3475). alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $15,476 | City of Riverside Finance Department Apr 1, 2025High |
Transportation / roads TUMF - SFR >2,700 sf tier — Alternate TUMF tier for SF homes greater than 2,700 sf. Excluded to avoid double counting with the representative tier. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 3477). alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $19,344 | City of Riverside Finance Department Apr 1, 2025High |
Schools School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Riverside Unified School District — Statutory CA school facilities fee levied by Riverside Unified School District (the primary district covering most of the City; Alvord USD covers the western part of the City). $5.17 per assessable sq ft for new residential (commercial/industrial $0.84/sf). For a representative 2,200 sf single-family home this equals ~$11,374. Residential additions under 500 sf are exempt. Builder pays the district directly before the City issues a building permit (RMC 16.05.030). Only Level 1 is currently levied. VERIFIED on the RUSD developer-fees page. | per sq ft | $5.17 | Riverside Unified School District —High |
Mitigation MSHCP Local Development Mitigation Fee (LDMF) - Western Riverside County RCA — Habitat mitigation fee under the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), set by the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) and collected by the City. TIERED by residential density: up to 8 DU/acre $4,358/unit (typical single-family detached, used as primary); 8-14 DU/acre $1,817/unit; >14 DU/acre $803/unit. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 739). | per dwelling unit | $4,358 | City of Riverside Finance Department Jul 1, 2025High |
Mitigation Stephens' Kangaroo Rat Habitat Preservation Fee — Habitat mitigation fee (RMC 16.40.040 / Res. No. 20735). $500 per gross acre (prorated for smaller parcels). Note (b): for new development where all lots are single-family use and greater than 1/2 gross acre, the fee is $250 per unit/lot. Priced per acre, not directly per dwelling unit, so excludeFromTotal=true set during verification (researcher notes intended exclusion but omitted the flag). VERIFIED in Public Works handout (line 116). alternative · not added to total | per acre | $500 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Drainage / stormwater Southwest Area Drainage Plan Fee — Drainage fee applicable ONLY within the geographically defined Southwest Area Drainage Plan boundary (RMC 18.48.020), and only to maps. Priced per acre. Excluded from the citywide per-unit total because it is a geographically limited, area-specific fee. A separate citywide Storm Drain Fee also applies (formula: $186 base + $28 per 100 sf of roof area over 750 sf), which cannot be expressed as a single per-unit figure. VERIFIED in Public Works handout (line 24). alternative · not added to total | per acre | $4,147 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025Medium |
Transportation / roads Overlook Parkway Development Fee — Area-specific transportation fee (RMC 16.48.030) applicable ONLY to dwelling units within the Overlook Parkway Development Fee area (Overlook Parkway Crossing at Alessandro Arroyo). Excluded from citywide per-unit total because it is geographically limited. VERIFIED in Public Works handout (line 182). alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $635 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025Medium |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sewer Capacity Fee (Connection Fee) — City of Riverside sewer capacity/connection fee (RMC 14.08.120 / Res. No. 22684), payable at building permit. A separate Sewer Fee (Unit of Benefit) of $105.00 per linear foot of front footage (RMC 14.08.100) also applies but cannot be expressed per unit. Onsite Permit to Connect (residential) is an additional $42.60. VERIFIED in Public Works handout (line 26). | per dwelling unit | $4,284 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Full fee schedule — multifamily
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee — City Transportation Impact Fee for each multiple-family dwelling unit (RMC 16.64.040). VERIFIED in Public Works handout. | per dwelling unit | $420 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Transportation / roads Traffic and Railroad Signal Mitigation Fee — City Traffic and Railroad Signal Mitigation Fee for multiple-family dwelling unit (RMC 16.64.030). VERIFIED in Public Works handout. | per dwelling unit | $125 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Transportation / roads TUMF (Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee) - WRCOG regional — Regional TUMF (WRCOG) for multi-family residential per unit, effective April 1, 2025. Collected by the City at building permit. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 3465) and on the WRCOG TUMF page. | per dwelling unit | $7,816 | City of Riverside Finance Department Apr 1, 2025High |
Mitigation MSHCP LDMF - 8 to 14 DU/acre tier — MSHCP LDMF residential tier for 8-14 dwelling units per acre (medium-density / townhome). Representative multifamily MSHCP row. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 741). | per dwelling unit | $1,817 | City of Riverside Finance Department Jul 1, 2025High |
Mitigation MSHCP LDMF - more than 14 DU/acre tier — MSHCP LDMF residential tier for higher-density (>14 DU/acre) multifamily. Excluded from total to avoid double counting with the 8-14 DU/acre multifamily row. VERIFIED in FY2025-26 Finance fee schedule (line 743). alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $803 | City of Riverside Finance Department Jul 1, 2025High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sewer Capacity Fee (Connection Fee) — City sewer capacity/connection fee for multi-family (2 or more units) per unit (RMC 14.08.120). VERIFIED in Public Works handout (line 26). | per dwelling unit | $3,869 | City of Riverside Public Works Department Jun 20, 2025High |
Coverage & caveats
Source: City of Riverside Public Works "Development Fees" handout (Rev. 06/20/2025) and the adopted FY 2025-26 Schedule of Fees and Charges (effective July 1, 2025), plus separate-district schedules. The riversideca.gov site is hard-blocked by Cloudflare/Akamai to direct curl/WebFetch (returns 403/"Attention Required"); both City PDFs were retrieved via the r.jina.ai reader proxy, which rendered the official documents verbatim (Public Works 7 pages, Finance 77 pages). The RUSD developer-fees page and the WRCOG TUMF page were fetched directly and confirmed. FOUND (citywide residential, per unit unless noted): Transportation Impact Fee (SF $525 / MF $420); Traffic & Railroad Signal Mitigation Fee (SF $190 / MF $125); regional TUMF via WRCOG (SF tiered $12,380-$19,344, representative $13,927 / MF $7,816, eff. 4/1/2025); Sewer Capacity/Connection Fee (SF $4,284 / MF $3,869) plus a per-front-foot Sewer Fee ($105/lf) and $42.60 onsite Permit-to-Connect; MSHCP Local Development Mitigation Fee via Western Riverside County RCA (SF up to 8 DU/ac $4,358 / 8-14 DU/ac $1,817 / >14 DU/ac $803); Stephens' Kangaroo Rat habitat fee ($500/acre or $250/unit for large SF lots); Storm Drain Fee (formula-based, not a flat per-unit figure); area-specific Southwest Area Drainage Plan ($4,147/acre) and Overlook Parkway Development Fee ($635/unit) — both excluded from the per-unit total as geographically limited. SCHOOLS: Riverside Unified School District levies the statutory Level 1 school facilities fee of $5.17/assessable sq ft for new residential (current rate per the district's own developer-fees page; ~$11,374 for a 2,200 sf home; residential additions <500 sf exempt; commercial/industrial $0.84/sf). The western part of the City is served instead by Alvord Unified School District. Only Level 1 is currently levied. WATER CONNECTION/CAPACITY: NOT published as a flat fee. The City's Public Utilities (RPU) water department quotes water fees/bonds case-by-case ("Contact Public Utilities, Water, 951-826-5285"); no per-meter or per-unit water capacity charge is published, so no water_connection figure is reported. PARK DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES: The City levies park fees (Regional/Reserve, Local, etc.) under RMC 16.06/16.44, but they are NOT published as flat per-unit dollar amounts (computed via a park financial-strategy methodology per project), so no parks fee amount is reported. Representative SF detached per-unit total (non-excluded flat fees): $525 + $190 + $13,927 (TUMF rep tier) + $4,284 + $4,358 (MSHCP up to 8 DU/ac) = $23,284, plus the RUSD school fee at $5.17/sf and formula-based storm-drain/per-front-foot sewer fees. No double-counting in the surviving rows. VERIFY: confirmed 18 of 18 rows; dropped 0. All amounts and source quotes were matched verbatim against the cited sources (Public Works handout lines 24/26/104/106/116/182; Finance schedule lines 739/741/743/3465/3471/3473/3475/3477; RUSD page; WRCOG page). excludeFromTotal corrections: added excludeFromTotal=true to the Stephens' Kangaroo Rat Habitat Preservation Fee row — it is priced per_acre and the researcher's own notes stated it should be excluded from the per-unit total but the flag had been omitted. All other excludeFromTotal flags (TUMF non-representative SF tiers, MSHCP >14 DU/ac tier, Southwest Area Drainage Plan, Overlook Parkway) were already correct and were re-confirmed. Confidence levels left as researcher set them: the two geographically limited area fees (Southwest Area Drainage Plan, Overlook Parkway) remain "medium" because they are conditionally applicable, and all directly-quoted dollar figures remain "high" since every quote was found verbatim in the official source. Note: the TUMF rows are cited to sourceIndex 1 (Finance schedule), where the exact dollar figures appear; the Public Works handout itself only links to the WRCOG site for TUMF, so the WRCOG page (sourceIndex 3) was used as an independent confirmation of those same figures. lastVerified=2026-06-16.</coverageNotes> <parameter name="feeNotes">Representative single-family detached scenario (~2,200 sq ft home, typical lot up to 8 DU/acre, within RUSD): Transportation Impact Fee $525 + Traffic/Railroad Signal Mitigation $190 + TUMF $13,927 + Sewer Capacity $4,284 + MSHCP LDMF $4,358 = $23,284 in flat per-unit City/regional impact fees, PLUS the RUSD school fee of $5.17/sf (~$11,374 for 2,200 sf), PLUS formula-based storm drain and per-front-foot sewer fees, PLUS any RPU water connection charges quoted separately, PLUS the Stephens' Kangaroo Rat fee ($500/acre or $250/unit for large lots). The TUMF single-family rate is tiered by home size; the $13,927 (1,801-2,300 sf) tier is used as the primary representative figure. The MSHCP LDMF is tiered by residential density. Excluded-from-total rows are alternate size/density tiers, the per-acre Stephens' Kangaroo Rat fee, or geographically limited area fees (Southwest Area Drainage Plan, Overlook Parkway). Water connection/capacity and park development impact fees are real builder costs but are not published as flat per-unit figures (quoted case-by-case / formula-based), so they are described in notes rather than assigned a dollar amount. All figures independently re-verified 2026-06-16 against the City Public Works handout, the FY2025-26 Finance schedule, the RUSD developer-fees page, and the WRCOG TUMF page.
Sources
4 official sources · 16 high-confidence figures.
- 1City of Riverside Public Works Department - Development Fees (Rev. 06/20/2025)City of Riverside Public Works Department · fee schedule · effective Jun 20, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 2City of Riverside Schedule of Fees and Charges, Fiscal Year 2025-2026City of Riverside Finance Department · fee schedule · effective Jul 1, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 3Developer Fees - Riverside Unified School District (Level 1 Fees)Riverside Unified School District · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 4Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) - Fee Schedule Effective April 1, 2025Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) · fee schedule · effective Apr 1, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
Riverside impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Riverside, CA for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Riverside are about $36,209 per unit — roughly $31,925 in impact/development fees plus $4,284 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 Riverside, CA?
- Total development fees for a multifamily unit in Riverside are about $14,047 per unit as of 2026-06-16.
- Are impact fees in Riverside 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 Riverside'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 Riverside on 2026-06-16.