Celina, TX Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Celina, Texas — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Celina
$36,743 total per unit across 5 fee categories.
- Transportation / roads$14,000
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$11,733
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$9,470
- Parks & recreation$1,500
- Public safety$40
Celina’s $36,743 is about 2.2× the Texas tracked median of $16,912 — among the higher-cost places to build in the state.
Full fee schedule — single-family
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee — Roadway impact fee per Texas LGC Ch. 395. VERIFIED 2026-06-17: Estimator Worksheet row 15 (Single-Family Detached Housing, 4.6 veh-mi, $3,043.48/veh-mi) and row 32 ROADWAY IMPACT FEE COST: 14000. The estimator's per-service-area collection-rate table (LUE Table 2025 Study, cells T5:U11) confirms $3,043.48/veh-mi is the UNIFORM adopted collection rate for Service Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5, so the 'SA1-5' grouping is correct; 4.60 x $3,043.48 = $14,000.008 (rounddown 14,000). Jan 2025 RIF Study (Kimley-Horn) confirms 4.60 veh-mi/SFD and lists the higher MAXIMUM assessable fee ($18,359 SA1 to $18,382 SA5; max per-veh-mi $3,048-$3,996); the city collects at the reduced $3,043.48 rate. The collection rate and $14,000 figure are NOT in the RIF study itself — they come from the adopted estimator. Applies to plats dated on/after 3/12/2025. | per dwelling unit | $14,000 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee (Service Area 6) — Mutually-exclusive service-area variant. VERIFIED 2026-06-17: Estimator LUE Table 2025 Study cell U10 confirms SA6 collection rate $1,934.78/veh-mi. 4.6 x $1,934.78 = $8,899.99 (rounds to ~$8,900). Correctly excluded; Service Areas 1-5 row ($14,000) is the representative primary. RIF max assessable for SA6 is $8,906/SF home. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $8,900 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee (Service Area 7) — Mutually-exclusive service-area variant. VERIFIED 2026-06-17: Estimator LUE Table 2025 Study cell U11 confirms SA7 collection rate $1,565.22/veh-mi. 4.6 x $1,565.22 = $7,200.01 (rounddown 7,200). Correctly excluded; Service Areas 1-5 row is the representative primary. RIF study max assessable for SA7 is $7,277/SF home. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $7,200 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Parks & recreation Park Improvement Fee (Single-Family) — Park improvement fee on new 1 & 2 family dwellings. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 verbatim in Master Fee Chart Nov 2025 residential building permit section (Park Improvement $1,500 per unit). NOTE: Texas LGC Ch. 395 does NOT authorize park impact fees; this is a parkland-dedication/development exaction levied under the city's subdivision/zoning authority, not a Ch. 395 impact fee. Builder pays it regardless. | per dwelling unit | $1,500 | City of Celina, Texas Nov 11, 2025High |
Public safety Outdoor Warning Device Fee (Single-Family) — Outdoor warning (storm-siren) device fee charged per new single-family dwelling at building permit. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 verbatim in Master Fee Chart Nov 2025 (Outdoor Warning Device $40 per unit (SF); $14/unit for multi-family). Permit-time exaction, not a Ch. 395 impact fee. | per dwelling unit | $40 | City of Celina, Texas Nov 11, 2025High |
General government / capital Civil/Site Development Permit Fee (Residential, per lot) — Site development (civil) permit fee billed per residential lot at the subdivision/civil stage, typically paid by the developer rather than per home permit. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 verbatim in Master Fee Chart Nov 2025 Site Development Fees (Civil Permit) section (Civil Permit Fee - Residential $601 (per lot)). Correctly excluded from the per-dwelling-unit impact-fee total to avoid mixing process fees with capacity fees. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $601 | City of Celina, Texas Nov 11, 2025High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Impact Fee — Water impact fee per Texas LGC Ch. 395, for the standard 1-inch residential meter (1.0 service unit). VERIFIED 2026-06-17: confirmed verbatim in the 2025 Impact Fee Estimator 'Water-Sewer 2025' tab (Single-Family, 1", Displacement, SUE 1, Water Impact Fee 6815) and main Worksheet row 38. Independently corroborated by July 2025 W&W Impact Fee Report (Freese & Nichols) Tables ES-2 and 4-4: Maximum Water Impact Fee per SU $13,631, 50% credit, Maximum Allowable Water Impact Fee = $6,815. Replaced the 2021 rate of $4,400 (1-inch). | per dwelling unit | $6,815 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Impact Fee (3/4" meter variant) — Mutually-exclusive meter-size variant. VERIFIED 2026-06-17: 'Water-Sewer 2025' tab shows Single-Family 3/4" Displacement SUE 0.625 Water Impact Fee 4259 (= 6815 x 0.625 = 4259.4). City standardized residential to 1-inch meters, so the 1-inch row is the representative primary; this 3/4-inch row is correctly excluded from the total. (Note: W&W report Table 4-1 displays 3/4" SUE as 0.6 rounded, but the operative adopted estimator uses 0.625.) alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $4,259 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater (Sewer) Impact Fee — Wastewater impact fee per Texas LGC Ch. 395, standard 1-inch residential meter (1.0 service unit). VERIFIED 2026-06-17: confirmed in the 2025 Impact Fee Estimator 'Water-Sewer 2025' tab (sewer column = 10233; row total 17048 = 6815 + 10233) and Worksheet row 38. Corroborated by W&W Impact Fee Report Tables ES-3 and 4-5: Maximum Wastewater Impact Fee per SU $20,467, 50% credit, Maximum Allowable Wastewater Impact Fee = $10,233. (The W&W report's narrative ES paragraph contains a typo '$10,496' but all controlling tables state $10,233.) Replaced the 2021 rate of $5,200 (1-inch). | per dwelling unit | $10,233 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater (Sewer) Impact Fee (3/4" meter variant) — Mutually-exclusive meter-size variant (0.625 SU). VERIFIED 2026-06-17: 'Water-Sewer 2025' tab shows 6395 (= 10233 x 0.625 = 6395.6). Correctly excluded; the 1-inch standard meter row is the representative primary. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $6,395 | City of Celina, Texas Mar 12, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Connection / Access (Tap) Fee - 1" — Water tap/connection ('access') fee for a 1-inch service (standard residential), separate from and additive to the water impact fee. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 verbatim in Master Fee Chart Nov 2025 (Water/Wastewater Connection Fees, Water: 1" Access $2,175). A separate boring fee of $1,200 may apply. This is the physical tap installation charge, not the Ch. 395 capacity/impact fee. | per meter | $2,175 | City of Celina, Texas Nov 11, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Meter Fee - 1" — Water meter fee for the 1-inch minimum residential meter. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 verbatim in Master Fee Chart Nov 2025 (Meter Fees: 1" $480 (minimum meter size); 3/4" $415 existing meters only). Additive to tap and impact fees. | per meter | $480 | City of Celina, Texas Nov 11, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sewer Connection (Tap) Fee - 4" — Sewer tap/connection fee for a standard residential 4-inch service lateral, separate from and additive to the wastewater impact fee. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 verbatim in Master Fee Chart Nov 2025 (Sewer: 4" Tap $1,500; Boring Fee $1,000). A separate sewer boring fee of $1,000 may apply. | per meter | $1,500 | City of Celina, Texas Nov 11, 2025High |
Coverage & caveats
Celina is a rapidly growing city in Collin County, TX (also extends into Denton County). FOUND (all per Texas LGC Ch. 395, current schedule effective for plats on/after 3/12/2025, from the city's official 2025 Impact Fee Estimator updated 2025-08-26, corroborated by the July 2025 Water & Wastewater Impact Fee Report and the Jan 2025 Roadway Impact Fee Study): WATER impact fee $6,815/dwelling unit and WASTEWATER impact fee $10,233/dwelling unit (standard 1-inch residential meter = 1.0 service unit; city standardized residential meters to 1-inch). ROADWAY impact fee for single-family detached = $14,000/unit in Service Areas 1-5 (representative; 4.60 veh-mi x adopted collection rate $3,043.48/veh-mi), $8,900 in SA6, $7,200 in SA7. The city collects roadway at a reduced rate vs. the maximum assessable ($18,359-$18,382/SF home in SA1-5 per the RIF study). TOTAL Ch. 395 impact fees for a single-family detached home in Service Areas 1-5 = $6,815 + $10,233 + $14,000 = $31,048 per unit. ADDITIVE non-impact charges a residential builder also pays: water 1-inch tap/access $2,175 + meter $480, sewer 4-inch tap $1,500 (plus possible boring fees $1,000-$1,200), park improvement $1,500/SF unit, outdoor-warning-device $40/SF unit, and a $601/lot residential civil permit fee (developer stage). DOES NOT EXIST: There are NO park, police, fire, school, library, drainage, open-space, affordable-housing, or general/capital IMPACT fees in Celina — Texas LGC Ch. 395 limits municipal impact fees to water, wastewater, roadway, and drainage only, and Celina has adopted water, wastewater, and roadway impact fees but NOT a separate drainage impact fee. The Park Improvement, Parkland Dedication, and Outdoor Warning Device charges are subdivision/zoning EXACTIONS, not Ch. 395 impact fees (noted per row). SCHOOL fees: Texas does NOT permit school impact fees. CAVEATS: (1) Figures are tied to plat date. (2) Water/sewer impact fees scale by meter size (SUE). (3) Roadway collection rate $3,043.48/veh-mi (SA1-5) is from the adopted estimator collection-rate table, NOT the RIF study (which lists only the higher max-assessable per-veh-mi rates that vary by SA). VERIFY (2026-06-17): confirmed 16 of 16 rows; dropped 0. INDEPENDENT RE-FETCH RESULTS — Water/sewer impact fees ($6,815 / $10,233 for 1", $4,259 / $6,395 for 3/4") confirmed verbatim in the 2025 Impact Fee Estimator 'Water-Sewer 2025' tab and main Worksheet (r38 total $17,048), AND independently corroborated by the July 2025 W&W Impact Fee Report Freese & Nichols Tables ES-2/ES-3 and 4-4/4-5 ($13,631 max water with 50% credit = $6,815; $20,467 max wastewater with 50% credit = $10,233). Note: the W&W report's executive-summary narrative paragraph contains a typo of '$10,496' for wastewater, but every controlling TABLE (ES-3, 4-5) states $10,233, which matches the adopted estimator — $10,233 confirmed. Roadway $14,000 (SA1-5) confirmed in Worksheet r15/r32 (4.60 veh-mi x $3,043.48) and the estimator's per-service-area collection-rate table (LUE Table 2025 Study, cells T5:U11) which shows $3,043.48 for SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4, AND SA5 (uniform, confirming the 'SA1-5' grouping), $1,934.78 for SA6, $1,565.22 for SA7. RIF Study (Kimley-Horn) confirms 4.60 veh-mi/SFD and 2.50 veh-mi/MF-low-rise and the max-assessable figures ($3,991/$3,363/$3,697/$3,048/$3,996/$1,936/$1,582 per veh-mi; $18,359/$15,470/$17,006/$14,021/$18,382/$8,906/$7,277 per SF home for SA1-7). Minor rounding notes (excluded variants only): SA6 SFD computes to $8,899.99 (researcher shows $8,900), MF-low-rise computes to $7,608.70 (researcher shows $7,609) — both rounded to nearest dollar/hundred, immaterial. Master Fee Chart (Nov 2025) PDF re-fetched and confirmed verbatim: water 1" Access $2,175, water meter 1" $480 (minimum meter size), sewer 4" Tap $1,500, Park Improvement $1,500/unit (SF residential permit section), Park Improvement Fee $1,000/unit (MF/commercial), Outdoor Warning Device $40/unit (SF), Civil Permit Fee - Residential $601 (per lot). excludeFromTotal corrections: NONE — all flags verified correct (3/4-inch meter variants, SA6/SA7 roadway variants, multifamily roadway, multifamily park fee, and the $601 developer-stage civil permit are all correctly excluded; the three Ch. 395 impact fees plus the additive tap/meter/park/warning per-unit residential charges are correctly NOT excluded). Source-host note: Census QuickFacts returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch; population is non-fee metadata and Celina's population estimates vary widely due to ~13-20% annual growth (2020 census 18,033; World Population Review 2026 estimate 72,848) — the 64,427 figure is retained as a plausible mid-range current estimate and affects no fee row.
Primary residential burden (single_family_detached, standard 1-inch meter, Service Areas 1-5, plat on/after 3/12/2025): Water impact $6,815 + Wastewater impact $10,233 + Roadway impact $14,000 = $31,048 in Ch. 395 impact fees per dwelling unit. On top of that (additive, non-impact): water tap $2,175 + water meter $480 + sewer tap $1,500 + park improvement $1,500 + outdoor warning device $40. Excluded rows (excludeFromTotal=true) are mutually-exclusive variants (3/4-inch meter, Service Areas 6/7, multifamily) or developer/process fees, to avoid double counting. All impact-fee figures independently re-verified 2026-06-17 by re-fetching and cross-checking the city's official 2025 Impact Fee Estimator (updated 2025-08-26; Water-Sewer 2025 tab + Worksheet + LUE 2025 Study collection-rate table T5:U11), the July 2025 W&W Impact Fee Report (Freese & Nichols Tables ES-2/ES-3/4-4/4-5), and the Jan 2025 Roadway Impact Fee Study (Kimley-Horn). Roadway collection rate $3,043.48/veh-mi (uniform across SA1-5, confirmed in the estimator's collection-rate table) is below the statutory maximum assessable rate ($3,048-$3,996/veh-mi across SA1-5 per the RIF study), reflecting the city's adopted collection policy.
Sources
6 official sources · 15 high-confidence figures.
- 1Impact Fees | City of Celina, TXCity of Celina, Texas · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 22025 Celina Impact Fee Estimator (Worksheet), updated 2025-08-26City of Celina, Texas · fee schedule · effective Mar 12, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 3Water & Wastewater Impact Fee Report (Freese and Nichols, July 2025)City of Celina, Texas / Freese and Nichols, Inc. · fee study · effective Jul 1, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 42024 Roadway Impact Fee Study (Kimley-Horn, January 2025)City of Celina, Texas / Kimley-Horn · fee study · effective Mar 12, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 5City of Celina Master Fee Chart, updated November 11, 2025City of Celina, Texas · fee schedule · effective Nov 11, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 6U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Celina city, TexasU.S. Census Bureau · government report · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
Celina impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Celina, TX for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Celina are about $36,743 per unit — roughly $15,540 in impact/development fees plus $21,203 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Celina 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 Celina'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 Celina on 2026-06-17.