Princeton, TX Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Princeton, Texas — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Princeton
$5,864 total per unit across 3 fee categories.
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$3,501
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$2,263
- Parks & recreation$100
At $5,864, Princeton is below the Texas tracked median of $16,912 — relatively affordable to build in.
Full fee schedule — single-family
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee (per vehicle-mile rate; per-DU amount NOT confirmable) — RATE CONFIRMED in Appendix A Sec. 1 ('$946.00 per vehicle mile (based on ITE trip generation)'). However this is a per-VEHICLE-MILE collection rate, NOT a per-dwelling-unit dollar amount. The per-single-family-home charge = $946.00 x (vehicle-miles/DU from the Land Use Equivalency Table). That table lives in the 2016 roadway impact fee ordinance (source index 2), which I independently confirmed is a SCANNED IMAGE PDF (no embedded fonts, ~19 chars extractable text) - the SF vehicle-mile factor cannot be reliably extracted. NORMALIZATION FIX: set excludeFromTotal=true (cannot place a per-vehicle-mile figure into a per-dwelling-unit total without the conversion factor) and downgraded confidence from high to medium (rate confirmed; per-DU dollar unconfirmed). Texas LGC Ch. 395 roadway impact fee. alternative · not added to total | per trip | $946 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025Medium |
Parks & recreation Park Improvements Fee — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Park improvements fee (existing filed final plat) $100.00 per residential/multifamily unit'). This is a parkland/park-improvements dedication-in-lieu fee per residential/multifamily unit under the subdivision/parks ordinance - NOT a Texas Ch. 395 impact fee (TX does not authorize park impact fees), but it IS a per-DU development mitigation fee a builder pays, so retained. For newly filed final plats the fee is 'As per Princeton Ordinance No. 2008-12-09' and a separate 'Park Development Fee' is 'As per Princeton Ordinance No. 2019-04-08' (dollar amounts not stated in the schedule). | per dwelling unit | $100 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Impact Fee — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED via Municode API (productId 13782, code updated 2026-05-15). Appears in Appendix A Sec. 1 fee list ('$3,026.00 per service unit') AND is restated a second time elsewhere in Appendix A as 'Water Impact Fee $3,026.00'. Sec. 1 amendment history ends at 'Ord. No. 2025-09-22, § 2(Exh. A), 9-22-2025', confirming this is the most recently amended/governing figure. One service unit = a 5/8"x3/4" or 3/4" residential meter = one single-family detached home. An older 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (last amended Ord. 2020-01-27-02) lists $2,023.00 for the base meter; superseded. A new Impact Fee Study / Water-Wastewater Master Plan was in progress as of Oct 2025 (may revise in future). | per dwelling unit | $3,026 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Impact Fee (older Exhibit A table, base residential meter) — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (base meter row ¾″—⅝″, equivalency 1.00, water $2,023.00). This table was last amended by Ord. 2020-01-27-02 and is SUPERSEDED by the current Sec. 1 figure of $3,026.00. Correctly excludeFromTotal=true (mutually exclusive with the current governing figure). NOTE: researcher's quote transcribed the meter as '¾″—⅜″' but the actual source reads '¾″—⅝″'; the dollar amounts ($2,023/$1,251) match the source exactly. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $2,023 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Jan 27, 2020Mediumdated 2020 |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Impact Fee — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A Sec. 1 fee list ('$1,963.00 per service unit'). Per service unit (one service unit = one single-family home on base 5/8"x3/4"-3/4" meter). Sec. 1 last amended Ord. 2025-09-22 (governing). An older Exhibit A table (Ord. 2020-01-27-02) lists $1,251.00; superseded. CAUTION: the FY2025 Water/Sewer RATE schedule (source index 1) contains a '$1,963.50' figure that is an UNRELATED 6-inch meter monthly base charge, not the impact fee; do not conflate. | per dwelling unit | $1,963 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Impact Fee (older Exhibit A table, base residential meter) — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (base meter row, wastewater $1,251.00). Last amended Ord. 2020-01-27-02; SUPERSEDED by the current Sec. 1 figure of $1,963.00. Correctly excludeFromTotal=true. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $1,251 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Jan 27, 2020Mediumdated 2020 |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Tap Installation (3/4" or 1") — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Water tap installation ¾″ or 1″ $300.00, plus cost of materials and labor'). Physical connection (tap) fee for residential 3/4"-1" service; actual paid amount exceeds $300 due to '+ materials and labor'. Separate from the water impact fee. | per meter | $300 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Tap Installation (4") — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Wastewater tap installation 4″ $300.00, plus cost of materials and labor'). Physical sewer connection (tap) fee for residential 4" service; '+ materials and labor' on top. Separate from the wastewater impact fee. | per meter | $300 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Meter Installation (5/8"x3/4", 3/4", city-installed) — INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED in Appendix A ('Water meter installation ⅝″ × ¾″, ¾″ (city installed) $175.00'). City-installed residential water meter fee for base 5/8"x3/4" or 3/4" meter (the 1" city-installed meter is $200.00). Additional to the water tap installation and water impact fee. | per meter | $175 | City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) Sep 22, 2025High |
Coverage & caveats
PRINCETON, TX (Collin County) - residential developer fees, INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED on 2026-06-17 against the City's codified Appendix A Fee Schedule, fetched via the Municode REST API (api.municode.com/CodesContent, ClientID 3976, productId 13782, code last updated 2026-05-15) because the public Municode HTML page returns 403/CAPTCHA to direct fetch. Sec. 1 amendment history confirmed ending at 'Ord. No. 2025-09-22, § 2(Exh. A), 9-22-2025'. CURRENT ADOPTED IMPACT FEES (Texas LGC Ch. 395 permits only water, wastewater, roadway, drainage): - Water impact fee: $3,026.00 per service unit (1 SU = 1 single-family home on base 5/8\"x3/4\"/3/4\" meter). HIGH - confirmed twice in the document. - Wastewater impact fee: $1,963.00 per service unit. HIGH. - Roadway impact fee: $946.00 per VEHICLE-MILE (ITE trip-generation basis). Rate confirmed; per-dwelling-unit dollar NOT confirmable - the Land Use Equivalency conversion lives in the 2016 roadway ordinance (source index 2), independently verified to be a scanned image PDF (no fonts, ~19 chars text). Retained on its per-vehicle-mile basis but marked excludeFromTotal=true and downgraded to MEDIUM. DUPLICATE-TABLE NORMALIZATION: Appendix A contains BOTH (a) the current Sec. 1 fee list (water $3,026 / wastewater $1,963) and (b) an older 'Exhibit A - Service Unit Equivalents' table (Ord. 2020-01-27-02: water $2,023 / wastewater $1,251 for the base ¾″—⅝″ meter). Both confirmed verbatim; the Sec. 1 figures govern; the older Exhibit A rows kept with excludeFromTotal=true for transparency (correct). OTHER CONFIRMED DEVELOPER FEES (all in Appendix A): Park improvements fee $100.00/unit (parkland dedication-in-lieu, not Ch.395, but a real per-DU mitigation fee - kept); Water tap installation 3/4\"/1\" $300 + materials/labor; Wastewater tap installation 4\" $300 + materials/labor; Water meter installation 5/8\"x3/4\" $175 (city installed, 1\" = $200). NO DRAINAGE IMPACT FEE: The schedule lists Storm Sewer at $6.16 per linear foot under 'Development construction observation' (a pro-rata/construction-observation cost), NOT a per-dwelling drainage impact fee - confirmed, so no drainage row. NOT PERMITTED IN TEXAS (confirmed absent): school, police, fire, library, open space, affordable housing, general/capital impact fees. SOURCE-QUALITY CORRECTIONS: Source index 1 (FY2025 Water/Sewer Rate Schedule PDF) was re-fetched and is a UTILITY RATE schedule (monthly base + volume charges) containing NO impact fees; it does not back any fee row (all rows cite source 0, correct). A '$1,963.50' value in that rate PDF is an unrelated 6\" meter base charge - not the $1,963 wastewater impact fee. Source index 2 (roadway ordinance) re-fetched and confirmed to be a non-OCR-able scanned image. Population 38,613 retained as the researcher's cited Jan-2025 Texas estimate; note 2025 news estimates run higher (~43,500); not tied to any fee row. VERIFY: confirmed 10 of 11 rows; dropped 1 (Residential Building Permit Fee $400 - it is a building-permit/plan-review/processing fee, not an impact/connection/mitigation fee, per drop criteria; the $400 figure itself was confirmed in Appendix A but the row category is excluded by policy). excludeFromTotal corrections: Roadway impact fee changed to excludeFromTotal=true (per-vehicle-mile rate, no confirmed per-DU dollar) and confidence high->medium; older Exhibit A water/wastewater rows and multifamily park row already correctly excludeFromTotal=true (left unchanged). Representative single-family per-DU total of included rows = $3,026 + $1,963 + $100 + $300 + $300 + $175 = $5,864, with no double-counting (impact fees and physical connection/tap/meter fees are distinct charges).
Primary single-family impact fees in Princeton, TX (codified Appendix A, Ord. 2025-09-22, verified via Municode API 2026-06-17): Water impact fee $3,026.00/service unit + Wastewater impact fee $1,963.00/service unit = $4,989.00 combined per single-family home. Roadway impact fee is published as $946.00 per vehicle-mile (ITE basis) - the per-dwelling-unit dollar amount is NOT confirmable (conversion table is in a scanned 2016 ordinance), so it is excluded from the per-DU total. Physical connection costs: water tap $300 + materials/labor, sewer tap $300 + materials/labor, water meter install $175 (city-installed base meter). Plus a $100/unit park improvements (parkland dedication-in-lieu) fee. The $400 residential building permit fee was dropped as a permit/processing fee (not an impact fee). Indicative builder per-DU total of confirmed impact + connection + park fees: ~$5,864.
Sources
4 official sources · 7 high-confidence figures.
- 1Code of Ordinances, Appendix A - Fee Schedule, Sec. 1 (Fees)City of Princeton, TX (Municode Library) · fee schedule · effective Sep 22, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 2Exhibit A - Water and Wastewater Rate Schedule, Effective October 1, 2024 (utility RATE schedule, not impact fees)City of Princeton, TX · fee schedule · effective Oct 1, 2024 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 3Ordinance Adopting Roadway Impact Fees (Land Use Assumptions, CIP, Land Use Equivalency Table) - effective 11/14/2016 (scanned image PDF)City of Princeton, TX · ordinance · effective Nov 14, 2016 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 4City Council Highlights | October 14, 2025 (Water/Wastewater Master Plan & Impact Fee Study update)City of Princeton, TX · municipal webpage · effective Oct 14, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
Princeton impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Princeton, TX for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Princeton are about $5,864 per unit — roughly $100 in impact/development fees plus $5,764 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Princeton 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 Princeton'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 Princeton on 2026-06-17.