Hutto, TX Development Impact Fees (2026)

What a single-family home pays in Hutto

$23,752 total per unit across 4 fee categories.

Hutto’s $23,752 is about 1.4× the Texas tracked median of $16,912 — among the higher-cost places to build in the state.

Full fee schedule — single-family

Coverage & caveats

WHAT EXISTS (Texas Local Government Code Ch. 395 limits impact fees to WATER, WASTEWATER, ROADWAY, and DRAINAGE only): Hutto charges WATER and WASTEWATER impact fees and a ROADWAY/Transportation (Traffic) impact fee. Current rates apply to plats approved AFTER February 3, 2025 (a major increase adopted early 2025; roadway updated via Ordinance O-2024-068). REPRESENTATIVE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED (1 service unit / 1.0 LUE; ~2,000-2,500 sq ft home is not size-tiered here - Hutto assesses residential water/wastewater per LUE and roadway per ITE-210 dwelling unit, neither tiered by home size): - Water impact fee: $6,808 / service unit - Wastewater (residential) impact fee: $7,600 / service unit - Transportation/Traffic impact fee: 4.31 veh-mi x $1,298/veh-mi = $5,594.38 / dwelling unit - Water connection (tap) fee, 5/8\"/3/4\" meter: $600 - Wastewater connection fee (up to 8\", city-installed): $850 - Parkland dedication fee-in-lieu (residential): $2,300 / dwelling unit (subdivision exaction, NOT a Ch.395 impact fee, but additive) Representative one-time residential total (impact fees + connection + parkland fee-in-lieu): 6808 + 7600 + 5594.38 + 600 + 850 + 2300 = $23,752.38 per single-family home. No double-counting (impact fees and connection/tap fees are distinct charges; parkland is a separate exaction). CONFIRMED PER-DWELLING-UNIT BASIS: The City's Living Unit Equivalent (LUE) Table line 29 sets 'Residence, Single Family or Townhouse = 1.0 LUE = 1 Unit', so the per-service-unit water/wastewater impact fees equal the per-dwelling-unit fees. The Transportation Impact Fee Worksheet (TIF tab, row 17) lists Single-Family Detached Housing (ITE 210) at 4.31 vehicle-miles per Dwelling Unit; multiplied by the $1,298/veh-mi residential rate stated verbatim in the fee schedule. These figures are identical across the FY2026 fee schedule (Last Updated 4/14/2026), the FY2025 schedule (Last Updated 11/21/2024), and the official impact-fee calculation worksheet (TIF/WIF/WWIF tabs), and are corroborated by news coverage of the early-2025 increase. WHAT DOES NOT EXIST (and is not legally allowed as impact fees in Texas): NO school impact fee, NO park impact fee, NO police impact fee, NO fire impact fee, NO library impact fee, NO open-space impact fee, NO affordable-housing/mitigation fee, NO general/capital impact fee. Ch.395 forbids all of these. Hutto ISD cannot levy school impact fees. (A subdivision-ordinance PARKLAND fee-in-lieu of $2,300/residential unit DOES exist - captured above - but it is an exaction, not a Ch.395 impact fee.) DRAINAGE: Hutto has a ONE-TIME Stormwater Management Fee assessed per GROSS ACRE (Single Family $800/acre, Multi-family $1,600/acre, Commercial/Industrial $2,400/acre) - captured but excludeFromTotal (acre basis, not per-DU). There is also a SEPARATE RECURRING MONTHLY drainage utility charge of $4.00 (A5.005) - not a one-time development fee. OTHER CHARGES NOTED BUT NOT PER-UNIT (excluded): (1) Service Extension Request (SER) review fees, tiered by project size in LUEs - Water SER Tier 1 (0-149 LUEs) $1,600 up to Tier 4 (900-1,499 LUEs) $5,320; Wastewater SER Tier 1 $2,340 up to Tier 4 $9,690 - administrative service-extension review fees, not per-unit capacity charges. (2) Water/Wastewater LUE Reservation = $70 per LUE per YEAR each (recurring capacity-reservation charge). (3) Water meter deposits and account/service charges are utility-billing fees, not development fees. (4) New Residential Building Permit Fee $1,600 is a permit fee, not an impact/connection/mitigation fee (excluded from scope). SEPARATE DISTRICTS: Hutto operates its own municipal water and wastewater utility (no separate water/sewer district levies a duplicate impact fee on a Hutto city builder). Some accounts are served by Manville WSC (noted in A5.003 disconnect-fee passthrough), but the City's own impact/connection fees apply to development within the City. No separate highway-district or school-district impact fee applies (school impact fees illegal in TX). CAVEATS: SFD water/wastewater/roadway/connection/parkland figures are HIGH confidence (exact verbatim quotes or direct worksheet computations from official City sources). Multifamily per-unit water/wastewater (0.8 LUE/unit) are MEDIUM confidence because multifamily utility impact fees are commonly assessed per master/domestic meter rather than strictly per unit. The wastewater non-residential rate ($12,670) and all multifamily/non-SFD rows are excludeFromTotal so they do not contaminate the single-family representative total. VERIFY: confirmed 12 of 12 rows; dropped 0. All amounts independently re-fetched and confirmed: (a) 2026 Fee Schedule PDF (sourceIndex 0) confirms verbatim A5.004 impact fees ($6,808 water / $7,600 residential wastewater / $12,670 non-residential wastewater / $1,298 per-veh-mi residential traffic), A5.002 connection fees ($600 water 5/8\"-3/4\", $850 wastewater up to 8\"), Stormwater Management Fee Single Family $800/gross acre, and Parkland Fee-in-Lieu Residential $2,300/DU; (b) Impact Fee Worksheet xlsx (sourceIndex 1) TIF tab row 17 confirms SFD ITE 210 = 4.31 veh-mi x 1298 = $5,594.38 and row 19 confirms MF Low-Rise ITE 220 = 2.34 veh-mi x 1298 = $3,037.32, WIF tab confirms water 6808, WWIF tab confirms wastewater 7600 (Res); (c) LUE Table PDF (sourceIndex 2) line 29 confirms SFD = 1.0 LUE = 1 Unit and line 28 confirms apartment/condo = 1.0 LUE per 1.25 Units (0.8 LUE/unit), validating MF computed amounts $5,446.40 (water) and $6,080 (wastewater); (d) 2025 Fee Schedule (sourceIndex 4) and CitizenPortal/Community Impact news (sourceIndex 5) corroborate identical $6,808/$7,600/$12,670/$1,298 figures. excludeFromTotal corrections: NONE - all flags were already correct (excluded: stormwater [acre basis], 3 multifamily rows [non-SFD land use], non-residential wastewater [reference]; included: 2 SFD utility impact fees, SFD transportation, 2 SFD connection fees, SFD parkland fee-in-lieu). Representative per-DU total $23,752.38 verified sane with no double-counting. Minor note: the non-residential wastewater reference row carries unitBasis=per_dwelling_unit although it is technically per service unit, but it is excluded so it does not affect the per-DU total.

Current rates apply to plats approved AFTER February 3, 2025. SFD = 1.0 LUE = 1 service unit (per City LUE Table line 29), so per-service-unit water ($6,808) and residential wastewater ($7,600) impact fees equal the per-dwelling-unit amounts. Traffic impact fee is collected per vehicle-mile ($1,298/veh-mi residential) x ITE-210 single-family rate of 4.31 veh-mi/unit = $5,594.38/home (verified from the City's official TIF worksheet row 17). Connection (tap) fees ($600 water 5/8\"-3/4\" meter, $850 wastewater up to 8\") are additive on top of impact fees. A $2,300/unit residential parkland fee-in-lieu (subdivision exaction, not a Ch.395 impact fee) also applies. Stormwater Management Fee is $800/gross acre for single family (acre basis, excluded from per-DU total). No school/park/police/fire/library/open-space/affordable-housing impact fees exist (forbidden under TX Ch.395). VERIFIED 2026-06-17: all 12 rows independently confirmed against the City of Hutto FY2026 Fee Schedule (Appendix A, Last Updated 4/14/2026), the official Impact Fee Worksheet xlsx (TIF/WIF/WWIF tabs, after 2/3/25), and the LUE Table; corroborated by the FY2025 schedule and news coverage. 0 rows dropped; no excludeFromTotal corrections needed.

Sources

6 official sources · 9 high-confidence figures.

Hutto impact fees — FAQ

How much are development impact fees in Hutto, TX for a single-family home?

As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Hutto are about $23,752 per unit — roughly $7,894 in impact/development fees plus $15,858 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.

Are impact fees in Hutto 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 Hutto'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 Hutto on 2026-06-17.