Kyle, TX Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Kyle, Texas — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Kyle
$20,470 total per unit across 2 fee categories.
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$11,308
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$9,162
Kyle’s $20,470 is about 1.2× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Drainage / stormwater 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. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $5 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Oct 1, 2025High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) 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. | per dwelling unit | $10,908 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Aug 27, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) 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. | per dwelling unit | $8,762 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Aug 27, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) 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. | per meter | $400 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Oct 1, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) 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. | per meter | $400 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Oct 1, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) 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. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $6,169 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Dec 5, 2023High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) 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. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $6,345 | City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) Dec 5, 2023High |
Coverage & caveats
Kyle is a fast-growing city in Hays County in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro. Texas Local Government Code Ch. 395 limits municipal impact fees to WATER, WASTEWATER, ROADWAY, and DRAINAGE only, and Texas law prohibits school, park, police, fire, library, open-space, and affordable-housing IMPACT fees entirely. WHAT EXISTS AND IS CAPTURED: Kyle assesses WATER and WASTEWATER impact fees per Living Unit Equivalent (LUE). Current rates (plats approved 8-27-2025 to present, set by Ordinance No. 1380 adopted 8-19-2025, published in the adopted FY2025-2026 fee schedule): WATER $10,908/LUE and WASTEWATER $8,762/LUE. A standard single-family detached home = 1 LUE = $19,670 in one-time utility impact fees. Physical water/sewer TAP fees are an additional at-cost connection charge of $400 + cost each inside city ($550 + cost outside city). WHAT DOES NOT EXIST HERE: (1) NO ROADWAY / TRANSPORTATION impact fee — appears nowhere in the adopted fee schedule. (2) NO one-time DRAINAGE impact fee — storm drainage is a recurring $5.00/month single-family utility charge (Code 50-511), not a development fee. (3) NO SCHOOL, PARK, POLICE/FIRE, LIBRARY, OPEN-SPACE or AFFORDABLE-HOUSING impact fee — none are legally allowed in Texas (the 'Parks' line items in the fee schedule are facility-rental rates, not development fees). SEPARATE DISTRICTS: A residential builder in the City of Kyle pays the City's own water and wastewater impact fees (the City operates its own utility). Hays CISD and other school districts cannot levy school impact fees in Texas. Some master-planned areas may sit in MUDs/PIDs with their own assessments, but those are project-specific and not a citywide fee captured here. VERIFY: confirmed 8 of 8 rows; dropped 0. Independent re-verification: the adopted FY2025-2026 fee schedule PDF (cityofkyle.gov, version 'Council Approved FY 2025-26 Budget, As of Date 09/17/2025') was re-downloaded and fully machine-read via pdftotext. All eight figures confirmed VERBATIM in the PDF: water current $10,908/LUE and water prior $6,169 (Schedule of Water Impact Fees Per LUE, Code 50-259); wastewater current $8,762/LUE and wastewater prior $6,345 (Schedule of Sewer Impact Fees Per LUE); water tap $400.00 + Cost / sewer tap $400.00 + Cost Inside City (Code 50-20(a)); storm drainage $5.00/mo Single-Family Residential (Code 50-511). Ordinance No. 1380 (adopted 8-19-2025) and the $10,908/$8,762 per-LUE figures were independently corroborated by a Community Impact article and the City's public-notice references. excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed — the two historical impact-fee tiers ($6,169 / $6,345) and the recurring monthly storm-drainage charge ($5.00/mo) were all already correctly flagged excludeFromTotal=true; the four current one-time charges (water/sewer impact + water/sewer tap) are correctly included. Representative current SFD one-time total = $19,670 impact + $800 tap base = sane, no double-counting; outside-city tap variants ($550) correctly omitted as mutually-exclusive location variants. Caveat: the LUE Determination Table is a rasterized image in the PDF and could not be machine-extracted, but the per-LUE dollar amounts (the operative figures) were confirmed exactly; eCode360 ordinance pages remain behind a Cloudflare bot-challenge but the operative adopted fee-schedule PDF is the authoritative source and was fully accessible.
Current single-family detached one-time UTILITY IMPACT fees = Water $10,908/LUE + Wastewater $8,762/LUE = $19,670 per home (1 home = 1 LUE = a 5/8\"x3/4\" meter, per the fee schedule's LUE Determination Table). These are the rates for plats approved 8-27-2025 to present (Ordinance No. 1380, adopted 8-19-2025), as published in the City's adopted FY2025-2026 fee schedule (as-of 09-17-2025, effective 10-1-2025). Older per-LUE amounts in the schedule apply only to earlier plat-date ranges or to net LUE increases on prior-assessed land and are not what a new home pays today. Separately, physical water and sewer TAP fees are $400 + actual cost each inside city (at-cost connection charges, additive to the impact fees). Storm drainage is a recurring $5.00/month utility charge, not a one-time fee. Kyle levies NO roadway/transportation impact fee and NO park/school/police/fire/library impact fees.
Sources
4 official sources · 7 high-confidence figures.
- 1City of Kyle, Texas - Schedule of Rates, Fines, Fees, and Charges, Approved Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget (updated 09-17-2025)City of Kyle, TX (official adopted fee schedule) · fee schedule · effective Oct 1, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 2City of Kyle, TX Code of Ordinances - Water and Wastewater Impact Fees (Ch. 50)City of Kyle, TX / General Code eCode360 · ordinance · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 3City of Kyle adopts water, wastewater feesCommunity Impact · news article · effective Dec 5, 2023 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 4Water and Wastewater RatesCity of Kyle, TX · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
Kyle impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Kyle, TX for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Kyle are about $20,470 per unit — roughly $0 in impact/development fees plus $20,470 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Kyle 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 Kyle'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 Kyle on 2026-06-17.