McKinney, TX vs Princeton, TX: Development Impact Fees Compared (2026)

Roadway Impact Fee (per dwelling unit, actual fee collected - representative active service area) — VERIFIED against Roadway Schedule 1B. Roadway impact fee varies by 13 service areas (A-M). For final plats 12/1/20-Present, ACTUAL FEE CHARGED per SFD unit is $0 in Areas A/F/M and capped at $4,484 in fully-active areas (C, D, E, G, I, K, L); other active-area collected values: Area B $811, Area H $1,660, Area J $1,682. Maximum assessable per SFD unit is higher (e.g. Area D $16,674) but city collects only up to $4,484. $4,484 used as representative active-area collected fee — all confirmed.

Park Development Fee (per dwelling unit, single-family, current Discount Schedule) — VERIFIED in Ord. No. 2023-10-066 Table 3-2: Single-Family Discount Schedule $1,400/unit for 2024 & 2025 and 2026 and beyond. NOT a Ch.395 impact fee — a subdivision/UDC park development fee (Article 3, Sec. 309, adopted through HB 3699), permissible in TX. Un-discounted 'Required' rate is $1,993/unit. Paid at plat recordation for single-family/duplex. Up to 50% credit available for private park amenities. SEPARATE parkland dedication (1 acre per 37 units outside floodplain) or fair-market-value fee-in-lieu also required (variable, not a fixed dollar amount).

Roadway Impact Fee - Maximum Assessable (SFD, highest service area, current) — VERIFIED: Roadway Schedule 1B Service Area 'D', 12/1/20-Present column shows Maximum Assessable Fee Per Development Unit $16,674 for Single Family Detached Housing. Maximum assessable (not collected). The city collects only up to $4,484. Correctly excluded from total; shown for reference.

Water Impact Fee (per 3/4" meter, current Table E) — VERIFIED: Schedule 2 Table E shows 3/4 Multijet WATER $1,754 for plats on/after 12/1/2020. Actual water impact fee charged for a standard residential 3/4-inch meter. Priced by meter size; 3/4" is the base residential meter and primary row. Same per-meter fee applies to a single-family home or an ADU/multifamily unit on its own 3/4" meter.

Wastewater Impact Fee (per 3/4" meter, current Table E) — VERIFIED: Schedule 2 Table E shows 3/4 Multijet WASTEWATER $1,643 for plats on/after 12/1/2020. Actual wastewater impact fee charged for a standard residential 3/4-inch meter.

Water Meter Set Fee (3/4" meter, in-city) — VERIFIED: Water Meter Fees schedule, Appendix A Sec. 110-139, shows '(1) 3/4-inch meter set $510.00'. Labor/material charge to set a standard residential 3/4-inch water meter inside city limits. Additive to the water impact fee. Outside-city-limits 3/4" meter set is $1,020 (excluded variant).

Water Tap Fee (1-inch tap only) — VERIFIED: Water Meter Fees schedule, Appendix A Sec. 110-139, shows '(1) 1-inch water tap only $1,450.00'. Additive connection charge for labor/materials. 1-inch tap only is the base residential option; variants with pavement repair ($1,950) and bore+pavement ($2,775) excluded.

Sewer Tap Fee (4-inch tap only) — VERIFIED: Water Meter Fees schedule, Appendix A Sec. 110-228, shows '(1) 4-inch sewer tap only $1,630.00'. Additive labor/material connection charge. 4-inch tap only is the base residential option; variants with pavement repair ($1,980) and bore+pavement ($3,600) excluded.

Water Impact Fee - Maximum Assessable (3/4" meter, current Table E) — VERIFIED: Schedule 1 Table E shows 3/4 Multijet WATER Maximum Fee $1,754.00. Maximum assessable water impact fee for 3/4" meter. Equal to the actual charged amount ($1,754) for water. Correctly excluded from total to avoid double-counting with the actual-charged water row.

Wastewater Impact Fee - Maximum Assessable (3/4" meter, current Table E) — VERIFIED: Schedule 1 Table E shows 3/4 Multijet WASTEWATER Maximum Fee $2,899.00. Maximum ASSESSABLE wastewater impact fee for 3/4" meter ($2,899) is higher than the ACTUAL charged amount ($1,643). Correctly excluded from total; the actual charged $1,643 is the primary wastewater row.

Roadway Impact Fee (per vehicle-mile rate; per-DU amount NOT confirmable) — RATE CONFIRMED in Appendix A Sec. 1 ('$946.00 per vehicle mile (based on ITE trip generation)'). However this is a per-VEHICLE-MILE collection rate, NOT a per-dwelling-unit dollar amount. The per-single-family-home charge = $946.00 x (vehicle-miles/DU from the Land Use Equivalency Table). That table lives in the 2016 roadway impact fee ordinance (source index 2), which I independently confirmed is a SCANNED IMAGE PDF (no embedded fonts, ~19 chars extractable text) - the SF vehicle-mile factor cannot be reliably extracted. NORMALIZATION FIX: set excludeFromTotal=true (cannot place a per-vehicle-mile figure into a per-dwelling-unit total without the conversion factor) and downgraded confidence from high to medium (rate confirmed; per-DU dollar unconfirmed). Texas LGC Ch. 395 roadway impact fee.

Park Improvements Fee — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Park improvements fee (existing filed final plat) $100.00 per residential/multifamily unit'). This is a parkland/park-improvements dedication-in-lieu fee per residential/multifamily unit under the subdivision/parks ordinance - NOT a Texas Ch. 395 impact fee (TX does not authorize park impact fees), but it IS a per-DU development mitigation fee a builder pays, so retained. For newly filed final plats the fee is 'As per Princeton Ordinance No. 2008-12-09' and a separate 'Park Development Fee' is 'As per Princeton Ordinance No. 2019-04-08' (dollar amounts not stated in the schedule).

Water Impact Fee — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED via Municode API (productId 13782, code updated 2026-05-15). Appears in Appendix A Sec. 1 fee list ('$3,026.00 per service unit') AND is restated a second time elsewhere in Appendix A as 'Water Impact Fee $3,026.00'. Sec. 1 amendment history ends at 'Ord. No. 2025-09-22, § 2(Exh. A), 9-22-2025', confirming this is the most recently amended/governing figure. One service unit = a 5/8"x3/4" or 3/4" residential meter = one single-family detached home. An older 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (last amended Ord. 2020-01-27-02) lists $2,023.00 for the base meter; superseded. A new Impact Fee Study / Water-Wastewater Master Plan was in progress as of Oct 2025 (may revise in future).

Water Impact Fee (older Exhibit A table, base residential meter) — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (base meter row ¾″—⅝″, equivalency 1.00, water $2,023.00). This table was last amended by Ord. 2020-01-27-02 and is SUPERSEDED by the current Sec. 1 figure of $3,026.00. Correctly excludeFromTotal=true (mutually exclusive with the current governing figure). NOTE: researcher's quote transcribed the meter as '¾″—⅜″' but the actual source reads '¾″—⅝″'; the dollar amounts ($2,023/$1,251) match the source exactly.

Wastewater Impact Fee — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A Sec. 1 fee list ('$1,963.00 per service unit'). Per service unit (one service unit = one single-family home on base 5/8"x3/4"-3/4" meter). Sec. 1 last amended Ord. 2025-09-22 (governing). An older Exhibit A table (Ord. 2020-01-27-02) lists $1,251.00; superseded. CAUTION: the FY2025 Water/Sewer RATE schedule (source index 1) contains a '$1,963.50' figure that is an UNRELATED 6-inch meter monthly base charge, not the impact fee; do not conflate.

Wastewater Impact Fee (older Exhibit A table, base residential meter) — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (base meter row, wastewater $1,251.00). Last amended Ord. 2020-01-27-02; SUPERSEDED by the current Sec. 1 figure of $1,963.00. Correctly excludeFromTotal=true.

Water Tap Installation (3/4" or 1") — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Water tap installation ¾″ or 1″ $300.00, plus cost of materials and labor'). Physical connection (tap) fee for residential 3/4"-1" service; actual paid amount exceeds $300 due to '+ materials and labor'. Separate from the water impact fee.

Wastewater Tap Installation (4") — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Wastewater tap installation 4″ $300.00, plus cost of materials and labor'). Physical sewer connection (tap) fee for residential 4" service; '+ materials and labor' on top. Separate from the wastewater impact fee.

Water Meter Installation (5/8"x3/4", 3/4", city-installed) — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Water meter installation ⅝″ × ¾″, ¾″ (city installed) $175.00'). City-installed residential water meter fee for base 5/8"x3/4" or 3/4" meter (the 1" city-installed meter is $200.00). Additional to the water tap installation and water impact fee.