Orange County, FL Development Impact Fees (2026)

What a single-family home pays in Orange County

$32,751 total per unit across 7 fee categories.

Orange County’s $32,751 is close to the Florida tracked median of $32,270.

Full fee schedule — single-family

Full fee schedule — multifamily

Coverage & caveats

Orange County, FL (unincorporated county) levies FIVE impact fees on new residential development, all collected by the County's Impact Fee Administration at building permit: (1) Transportation, (2) Fire/Rescue, (3) Law Enforcement, (4) Parks & Recreation, and (5) School (the school fee is for Orange County Public Schools, collected by the County). All five figures are taken from the official Orange County Impact Fee Brochure with verbatim quotes and corroborated by the county's "Impact Fees At A Glance" web page. EFFECTIVE DATES (current rates as of 2026-06-16): Fire, Law Enforcement, and Parks rates effective 5/1/2026; Transportation effective 1/1/2026; School effective 10/1/2022 (most recent adopted school schedule). TIERING CAVEATS: (a) Transportation is tiered BOTH by single-family square footage (4 tiers) AND by benefit zone (Urban / Suburban / Rural). I used the ~2,000-2,500 sf "2,001-3,500 sf" Urban tier as the primary single-family row ($11,617.27); the other size tiers are included as excludeFromTotal rows, and Suburban/Rural variants are noted (Suburban and Rural are materially higher). Confirm the project's actual benefit zone. (b) School is tiered by heated/cooled living area; primary row is the 2,000-2,499 sf tier ($9,513), with other tiers marked excludeFromTotal. UTILITY CONNECTION (CAPACITY) CHARGES: Orange County Utilities (OCU) charges a one-time Water Capital Charge of $2,790 per ERC and a Wastewater Capital Charge of $5,270 per ERU. One ERC for a single-family home corresponds to the 5/8" x 3/4" meter ("Applies to most single-family homes"). These apply ONLY within the OCU service area; properties served by other utilities (e.g., City of Orlando / Orlando Utilities Commission, or other municipal systems) pay those providers' separate charges. There is currently NO capital charge for reclaimed water connections. A representative ~2,000-2,499 sf single-family detached home in the OCU service area, Urban transportation zone, totals approximately $32,751: transportation $11,617.27 + fire $462 + law enforcement $665 + parks $2,434 + school $9,513 + water capital $2,790 + wastewater capital $5,270. CATEGORIES THAT DO NOT EXIST / WERE NOT FOUND for Orange County, FL: No standalone "drainage/stormwater" impact fee, no general/capital facilities impact fee, no standalone library impact fee on residential (library appears only as a non-residential transportation land-use category, not a separate residential impact fee), no open-space impact fee, no affordable-housing linkage/inclusionary fee, and no mitigation fee found in the county impact-fee program. Florida does not impose a state-level development impact fee; impact fees here are entirely county-administered. NOTE: incorporated cities within Orange County (e.g., City of Orlando under Municode Chapter 56) have their own separate impact-fee schedules not covered here — this record is for unincorporated Orange County / the countywide program. VERIFY: confirmed 18 of 18 rows; dropped 0. Re-fetched the Impact Fee Brochure PDF (sourceIndex 0) via curl+pdftotext and confirmed every impact-fee amount AND verbatim sourceQuote: Fire SFD $446->$462 and MF $288->$298; Law Enforcement SFD $644->$665 and MF $227->$234 (Mobile Home $313); Parks SFD $2,338->$2,434 and MF $1,553->$1,617; School 2,000-2,499sf $9,148->$9,513, <2,000sf $8,806->$8,829, 2,500-2,999sf $10,747->$11,402, MF Non High Rise $6,335->$6,751; Transportation SFD 2,001-3,500sf Urban $11,617.27 (Sub $14,298.98 / Rural $16,339.40), 1,201-2,000sf $9,393.94, 1,200sf-or-less $7,344.39, >3,500sf $12,162.53, MF Low-Rise $6,786.56 (Mid $5,023.90 / High $4,092.28) — all matched exactly. Utility capital charges re-fetched from UtilitiesPermittingFees page (sourceIndex 2): water $2,790/ERC and wastewater $5,270/ERU sentences present verbatim, and the no-reclaimed-charge statement confirmed; OCU rate PDF (sourceIndex 3) confirms the 5/8"x3/4" meter "Applies to most single-family homes." Impact Fees At A Glance page (sourceIndex 1) independently corroborates the five primary residential figures. excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed — flags were already correct (non-representative transportation size tiers 1,200sf/1,201-2,000sf/>3,500sf and non-representative school tiers <2,000sf/2,500-2,999sf are excluded; the multifamily rows are a separate land use, not mutually-exclusive variants of the SFD primary, so they are correctly NOT excluded). Representative SFD total of ~$32,751.27 recomputed and confirmed sane with no double-counting. All confidences left at high; every surviving row is sourced to a current official county schedule with a verbatim quote.

All impact-fee dollar figures and quotes are from the official Orange County Impact Fee Brochure (sourceIndex 0), corroborated by the "Impact Fees At A Glance" page (sourceIndex 1). Brochure shows both Previous and Current rates; "Current Rate" is reported here as the active amount. Notes column legend from the brochure: Fire "* Per 1,000 Sq. Ft. Living Area"; Law Enforcement "** Per 1,000 Sq. Ft. Gross"; School "*** Square footage shall include the heated/cooled living area." Per the brochure: "The total impact fee for a project is the sum of the School, Law Enforcement, Fire, Parks and Transportation impact fees, as well as the water and sewer capital charges." Utility capital charges (sourceIndex 2) are confirmed current as of the page; OCU monthly rate schedule (sourceIndex 3) confirms the 5/8"x3/4" meter is the single-family residential basis. Confidence high across the board: all figures independently re-verified against current official county schedules with verbatim quotes (verification pass 2026-06-16/17).

Sources

4 official sources · 17 high-confidence figures.

Orange County impact fees — FAQ

How much are development impact fees in Orange County, FL for a single-family home?

As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Orange County are about $32,751 per unit — roughly $24,691 in impact/development fees plus $8,060 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 Orange County, FL?

Total development fees for a multifamily unit in Orange County are about $15,687 per unit as of 2026-06-16.

Are impact fees in Orange County 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 Orange County'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 Orange County on 2026-06-16.