Leander, TX Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Leander, Texas — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Leander
$16,912 total per unit across 4 fee categories.
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$9,702
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$3,051
- Transportation / roads$2,483
- Parks & recreation$1,677
Leander’s $16,912 is close to the Texas tracked median of $16,912.
Full fee schedule — single-family
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee (collected, residential 50% of max; Service Area D representative) — REPRESENTATIVE value (Service Area D). VERIFIED: the study's sample calculation (Example 1) confirms SF detached = 4.04 veh-mi/DU x Service Area D $1,229 = $4,965.16 maximum assessable. Max fee per service unit by area VERIFIED from Table 8: A $2,179, B $842, C $929, D $1,229, E $287. The 50% residential collection rate (10% nonresidential) is NOT in the fee-study PDF; it is corroborated by a web search and the citizenportal council-workshop coverage (source 4 was HTTP 403 on direct fetch, confirmed via search-engine snippet). Shown amount = 50% of SA D max ($4,965.16 x 0.50 = $2,482.58). Collected by area at 50%: A $4,401.58, B $1,700.84, C $1,876.58, D $2,482.58, E $579.74. Confidence MEDIUM: collection rate from a secondary source and the city was actively considering raising it (to phase out the separate Roadway Adequacy Payment) as of mid-2025. Verify exact service area + current collection rate at building permit. | per dwelling unit | $2,483 | City of Leander, TX (prepared by Kimley-Horn) Dec 1, 2023Medium |
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee MAXIMUM assessable (Service Area D) — VERIFIED exactly against the study sample calculation (Example 1, Service Area D): 'Impact Fee = 1 * 4.04 * $1,229 ... Maximum Assessable Impact Fee = $4,965.16.' This is the MAXIMUM assessable (not what is collected); actual residential collection is 50% of this (see collected row). excludeFromTotal=true is correct to avoid double-counting with the collected roadway row. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $4,965 | City of Leander, TX (prepared by Kimley-Horn) Dec 1, 2023High |
Parks & recreation Fee-in-Lieu of Parkland (Williamson County) — VERIFIED exactly against the downloaded Concept Plan Submittal Packet PDF (text extracted via pdftotext): 'Parkland is calculated as 7.5 acres per each 100 dwelling units. A payment of fee in lieu of parkland is an option at a rate of $1,676.60 for Williamson County or $2,355.13 for Travis County.' NOT a Chapter 395 impact fee - this is a parkland dedication / fee-in-lieu requirement under the city's subdivision/parks authority for residential developments (developer may dedicate 7.5 ac/100 DU OR pay this per-unit fee). Leander is primarily in Williamson County, so $1,676.60/DU is the applicable primary rate. Park improvements (up to 50%) may also be required separately. | per dwelling unit | $1,677 | City of Leander, TX Oct 9, 2025High |
Parks & recreation Fee-in-Lieu of Parkland (Travis County portion) — VERIFIED exactly against the Concept Plan Submittal Packet PDF. Mutually exclusive county variant; applies only to the Travis County ETJ portion of Leander's jurisdiction. Williamson County rate ($1,676.60) used as primary since Leander is primarily in Williamson County. excludeFromTotal=true is correct. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $2,355 | City of Leander, TX Oct 9, 2025High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Impact (Capital Recovery) Fee — VERIFIED directly against Municode Sec. 13.07.009 (browser-rendered): '(2) Water: $8,762.00.' Adopted by Ord. No. 23-044-00, sec. 4 (eff. 8/17/2023). Per LUE (living unit equivalent); one single-family detached residence of average size = 1.0 LUE, so $8,762 per home. The code expressly states the impact fee 'shall be charged in addition to all other fees... including... building permit fees and tap fees,' so this is additive to the water tap fee. | per dwelling unit | $8,762 | City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) Aug 17, 2023High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Impact (Capital Recovery) Fee — VERIFIED directly against Municode Sec. 13.07.009 (browser-rendered): '(1) Wastewater: $2,301.00.' Per LUE; SF detached = 1.0 LUE = $2,301 per home. Combined code water+wastewater = $11,063 per LUE (note: a July 2023 Community Impact news article reported the combined figure as $11,064.73/LUE; the code itself lists exactly $8,762 + $2,301, so $11,063 is used). Adopted Ord. No. 23-044-00 (eff. 8/17/2023). | per dwelling unit | $2,301 | City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) Aug 17, 2023High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Tap Fee (full install, 3/4-inch meter) — VERIFIED directly against Municode Appendix A, Sec. A7.007 (browser-rendered): water tap where the city installs service lines and sets the meter (typical new construction) is 5/8 inch $840.00, 3/4 inch $940.00. Additive to the water impact fee. Excludes backflow device cost; street cut adds $1,000 for a two-lane roadway + $500 per additional lane. (Where lines already exist and the city only inspects + sets a meter, the lower 3/4-inch fee is $415 - a different scenario, not used here.) | per meter | $940 | City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) —High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Tap Fee (full install, 5/8-inch meter) — VERIFIED against Municode Sec. A7.007: 5/8 inch $840.00. Mutually exclusive meter-size variant of the water tap fee; the 3/4-inch ($940) row is used as the primary residential meter. excludeFromTotal=true is correct to avoid double-counting. alternative · not added to total | per meter | $840 | City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) —High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Tap Fee (full install by city) — VERIFIED directly against Municode Appendix A, Sec. A7.007 wastewater tap schedule (browser-rendered): 'Where service lines must be installed set by the city, the tap fee shall be $750.00.' Flat fee. Street cut adds $850 for a two-lane roadway + $425 per additional lane. Additive to the wastewater impact fee. (Where lines already exist and the city only inspects, the fee is $100 - a different scenario.) Note: researcher's original quote prefixed 'Wastewater tap schedule ...'; corrected to the verbatim code sentence. | per meter | $750 | City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) —High |
Coverage & caveats
RESIDENTIAL development fees for a builder in Leander (Williamson County), TX, independently re-verified 2026-06-17 against official City of Leander code and adopted studies. Municode pages (sources 0 and 1) were HTTP 403 to plain fetch but were successfully rendered and read via a headless browser, giving direct confirmation of the code text. PDFs (sources 2 and 3) were downloaded and parsed with pdftotext. Source 4 (citizenportal) was 403; its collection-rate claim was corroborated via search-engine snippet. WHAT EXISTS (per-single-family-detached home, primary figures, all confirmed): - Water impact (capital recovery) fee $8,762.00/LUE and Wastewater impact fee $2,301.00/LUE = $11,063 combined per home. Confirmed verbatim from Municode Sec. 13.07.009 (Ord. 23-044-00, eff. 8/17/2023). (A 2023 news article cited the combined figure as $11,064.73/LUE; the code itself lists exactly $8,762 + $2,301.) - Roadway (transportation) impact fee under TX LGC Ch. 395 / Art. 12.08: SF detached = 4.04 veh-mi/DU; max fee per service unit by Service Area (A $2,179, B $842, C $929, D $1,229, E $287) confirmed from study Table 8; sample calc confirms SA D max = $4,965.16. City collects 50% of the assessed maximum for residential (10% nonresidential) per council direction (secondary-source corroborated). Representative SF detached collected (SA D) = $2,482.58. Service-area-dependent and collection rate was under active review (RAP phase-out), so confirm at building permit. MEDIUM confidence. - Water tap fee (full install) 3/4-inch $940 / 5/8-inch $840; Wastewater tap fee $750 (Municode Appendix A, Sec. A7.007). Additive to the impact fees; street-cut surcharges and backflow-device costs may add more. - Parkland fee-in-lieu (NOT a Ch. 395 impact fee): $1,676.60/DU in Williamson County (or dedicate 7.5 ac/100 DU); $2,355.13/DU in the Travis County portion. Confirmed verbatim from the Concept Plan Submittal Packet. WHAT DOES NOT EXIST HERE (TX LGC Ch. 395 limits impact fees to water, wastewater, roadway, drainage only): NO school, police, fire, public-safety, library, general/capital, open-space, affordable-housing, or mitigation impact fee. NO park IMPACT fee (the parkland fee-in-lieu is a dedication-in-lieu requirement). NO separate adopted DRAINAGE impact fee (the city has a monthly stormwater utility charge, not a one-time builder impact fee). NO separate water/sewer district fee for the city proper (City of Leander is the utility provider). CAVEATS: (1) Roadway impact fee is the largest uncertainty - depends on which of 5 service areas the parcel is in AND the prevailing collection rate (under active council review 2024-2025). SA D used as representative because the city's own sample calculation uses it. (2) Water deposits and monthly utility/reserve charges (e.g., $4.00/LUE/month water reserve) are recurring/refundable and excluded. (3) A project-specific Roadway Adequacy Payment (RAP) may also apply but is not a flat per-unit fee, so not itemized. VERIFY: confirmed 10 of 11 rows; dropped 1 (Roadway Impact Fee collected - Multifamily Low-Rise, amount $1,345.76: its sourceQuote 'Multifamily Housing (Low-Rise) 220 Dwelling Unit ... Vehicle-Miles per Development Unit 2.19' does NOT appear in the fee-study PDF; the 2.19 value appears only as the generic 'Residential, Multifamily' TDF in Table 5, and there is NO multifamily sample calculation in the study, so the quote is misattributed/fabricated - dropped per quote-absent rule; it was already excludeFromTotal and a non-SF land use). excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed - all flags were already correct (Roadway MAX assessable $4,965.16 = true; Water tap 5/8" $840 = true; Parkland Travis $2,355.13 = true; all primary in-total rows = false). Representative SF-detached in-total sum = $16,912.18; no double-counting confirmed.
Per-single-family-detached-home one-time fees (primary, Service Area D representative for roadway): Water impact $8,762 + Wastewater impact $2,301 + Roadway impact (collected, 50%) $2,482.58 + Water tap (3/4") $940 + Wastewater tap $750 + Parkland fee-in-lieu (Williamson Co.) $1,676.60 = approx. $16,912.18 per home, before street-cut surcharges, backflow devices, building-permit fees, and any project-specific Roadway Adequacy Payment. Roadway impact fee is service-area-dependent (SF detached collected ranges $579.74 in SA E to $4,401.58 in SA A) and subject to a residential collection rate (50% of max) the city was actively reviewing in 2024-2025.
Sources
6 official sources · 8 high-confidence figures.
- 1Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13 Utilities, Article 13.07 Water and Wastewater Impact Fees (Sec. 13.07.009 Amount)City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) · ordinance · effective Aug 17, 2023 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 2Code of Ordinances, Appendix A Fee Schedule (Sec. A7.007 Water and Wastewater Tap Fees)City of Leander, TX (Municode Library) · fee schedule · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 32023 Roadway Impact Fee Study Update Final Report (Table 8 Maximum Assessable Fee Per Service Unit; Table 9 LUVMET; Sample Calculations)City of Leander, TX (prepared by Kimley-Horn) · fee study · effective Dec 1, 2023 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 4Concept Plan Submittal Packet (Parkland dedication / fee-in-lieu of parkland)City of Leander, TX · government report · effective Oct 9, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 5Leander council reviews options to replace roadway adequacy payments with higher roadway impact fees (collection rate: residential 50% of assessed maximum, nonresidential 10%)Citizen Portal (City Council workshop coverage, June 2025) · government report · effective Jun 17, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 6Water and wastewater impact fees increase in Leander (combined $11,064.73 per LUE)Community Impact · news article · effective Jul 26, 2023 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
Leander impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Leander, TX for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Leander are about $16,912 per unit — roughly $4,159 in impact/development fees plus $12,753 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Leander 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 Leander'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 Leander on 2026-06-17.