Kyle, TX vs San Marcos, TX: Development Impact Fees Compared (2026)

Storm Drainage & Flood Risk Mitigation Utility Fee - Single-Family (RECURRING MONTHLY, not one-time) — VERIFIED VERBATIM (Code Section 50-511, Storm Drainage Charge (Monthly)). This is a RECURRING MONTHLY utility charge on the utility bill ($5.00/month per single-family home), NOT a one-time drainage impact/development fee. Kyle has NO one-time drainage impact fee. Reference row only; correctly excluded from the one-time development-fee total.

Water Impact Fee - per LUE (single-family = 5/8"x3/4" meter = 1 LUE) — VERIFIED VERBATIM in the adopted FY2025-2026 fee schedule PDF (Code Section 50-259, Engineering, Schedule of Water Impact Fees Per LUE). CURRENT water impact fee, applicable to plats approved 8-27-2025 to present (set by Ordinance No. 1380, adopted 8-19-2025). Assessed per Living Unit Equivalent (LUE); one detached home = 1 LUE = $10,908. The $10,908/LUE figure and Ordinance 1380 (adopted 8-19-2025) are independently corroborated by Community Impact and the City's public-notice/eCode360 references. Older fees apply only to earlier plat-date ranges or net LUE increases on prior-assessed land. Note: the LUE Determination Table is a rendered image in the PDF and was not machine-extractable, but 5/8"x3/4" meter = 1.0 LUE is the standard single-family residential service unit.

Wastewater (Sewer) Impact Fee - per LUE (single-family = 1 LUE) — VERIFIED VERBATIM in the adopted FY2025-2026 fee schedule PDF (Code Section 50-259, Engineering, Schedule of Sewer Impact Fees Per LUE). CURRENT wastewater impact fee for plats approved 8-27-2025 to present (Ordinance No. 1380, adopted 8-19-2025). Per LUE; 1 single-family home = 1 LUE = $8,762. Independently corroborated by secondary sources. Combined current water + wastewater impact fee per single-family home = $10,908 + $8,762 = $19,670. Prior tier (12-5-2023 to 8-26-2025) was $6,345; historical only.

Water Tap Fee - Inside City (single tap) — VERIFIED VERBATIM (Code Section 50-20(a), Public Works, Water and Sewer System Tap Fees). Physical water tap/connection fee = $400.00 + Cost (actual install cost) inside city limits; $550.00 + Cost outside city. This is an at-cost connection fee SEPARATE from and additional to the water impact fee. The '+ Cost' means the cash figure varies by installation; $400 is the fixed base. Outside-city variant ($550) correctly excluded as a mutually-exclusive location variant. The variable '+ Cost' portion is not captured in the cash figure.

Sewer Tap Fee - Inside City (single tap) — VERIFIED VERBATIM (Code Section 50-20(a), Public Works). Physical sewer tap/connection fee = $400.00 + Cost inside city; $550.00 + Cost outside city. At-cost connection fee, separate from and additional to the wastewater impact fee. Fixed base of $400 captured; variable '+ Cost' not captured. Outside-city variant correctly excluded as a location variant.

Water Impact Fee - per LUE (prior tier, plats 12-5-2023 to 8-26-2025) — HISTORICAL — VERIFIED VERBATIM. Prior water impact fee tier; applies only to tracts platted 12-5-2023 to 8-26-2025 or to net LUE increases on prior-assessed land. NOT what a new single-family home platted today pays. Reference row only; correctly excluded from the representative current SFD total.

Wastewater Impact Fee - per LUE (prior tier, plats 12-5-2023 to 8-26-2025) — HISTORICAL — VERIFIED VERBATIM. Prior wastewater impact fee tier (plats 12-5-2023 to 8-26-2025 / net LUE increases on prior-assessed land). Historical reference only; not paid by a new SFD today. Correctly excluded from the representative current SFD total.

Parkland Development Fee — From the Development Fee Schedule effective 10/1/2025 (Resolution 2025-185R); confirmed verbatim 'Parkland Development Fee $444/ unit'. NOTE: This is a parkland dedication/development charge under the city's subdivision authority, NOT a Ch. 395 park impact fee (park impact fees are not permitted in Texas). Applies per residential unit.

Parkland Fee-in-Lieu — Fee-in-lieu of land dedication, per the 10/1/2025 Development Fee Schedule (Resolution 2025-185R); confirmed verbatim 'Parkland Fee-in-Lieu $317/ unit'. Alternative/additional to the $444 Parkland Development Fee depending on whether land is dedicated; excluded from total to avoid double-counting parkland charges.

Detention (Drainage) Fee-in-Lieu — Fee-in-lieu of building on-site stormwater detention, per the 10/1/2025 Development Fee Schedule (Resolution 2025-185R); confirmed verbatim '$10.00 / square foot or a City approved Engineer's Estimate of cost to construct'. Per square foot of required detention, not per dwelling unit; only applies when a developer opts out of constructing detention. Excluded from per-unit total (project/site-specific). San Marcos has NO drainage impact fee; stormwater is otherwise a monthly utility fee.

Water Quality Fee-in-Lieu — Fee-in-lieu of on-site water quality controls, per the 10/1/2025 Development Fee Schedule (Resolution 2025-185R); confirmed verbatim 'Water Quality Fee-in-Lieu $0.37 / square foot'. Per square foot of impervious cover, site-specific; excluded from per-unit total.

Water Impact Fee — Per Ordinance 2018-09 Schedule 1 (confirmed verbatim in re-fetched PDF: WATER UTILITY '1 to 10 / 1.0 / Impact Fee after 4/30/2018 = 3,801.00'; corroborated by Table 8 and the 2018-update footnote 'Water $3,801/LUE'). 1.0 LUE = one single-family residential connection on a 5/8"-3/4" meter (calculated peak water flow 0-10 gpm). Adopted amount equals the 2018 study maximum (Option A). Still the only impact fee ordinance referenced on the city's official Impact Fees page as of 2026-06-17. Levied under City Code Ch. 86 Art. 5 Div. 4.

Wastewater Impact Fee — Per Ordinance 2018-09 Schedule 1 (confirmed verbatim: WASTEWATER UTILITY '1 to 10 / 1.0 / Impact Fee after 4/30/2018 = 2,684.00'; corroborated by Table 8 and the footnote 'Wastewater $2,684/LUE'). 1.0 LUE = single-family residential connection (5/8"-3/4" meter). Combined with water impact fee, a typical SFD home pays $6,485 total. Levied under City Code Ch. 86 Art. 5 Div. 4.

New Residential Water Service Connection Fee — Connection/meter-set fee for new residential service (Utility Rates effective 10/1/2025, City Code 86.198); confirmed verbatim 'New Service - Residential = Meter Cost + $ 145.00' with 'Service fees established by City Code 86.198'. The $145 is the fixed connection component, plus the actual meter hardware cost (varies). This is separate from and in addition to the water/wastewater impact fees above.