Prosper, TX Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Prosper, Texas — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Prosper
$23,769 total per unit across 4 fee categories.
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$8,421
- Transportation / roads$7,879
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$5,969
- Parks & recreation$1,500
Prosper’s $23,769 is about 1.8× the Texas tracked median of $12,871 — 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 - Single-Family Detached (Service Area 2, East of BNSF) — From official 2025 Impact Fee Calculator RW_Lookup table; collected at 50% of maximum assessable ($1,397/veh-mi). SA 2 = East of BNSF railroad, chosen as primary (most Collin County / east-side residential growth). 1 dwelling unit basis per the study's single-family benchmark. | per dwelling unit | $7,879 | Town of Prosper, TX (official .xlsx, worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) Aug 26, 2025High |
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee - Single-Family Detached (Service Area 1, West of BNSF) — Mutually-exclusive variant: SA 1 = West of BNSF railroad. Collected at 50% of max ($1,347/veh-mi). Excluded from total; SA 2 (East) used as primary. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $7,597 | Town of Prosper, TX (official .xlsx, worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) Aug 26, 2025High |
Parks & recreation Park Improvement Fee - Single-Family — NOT a Ch. 395 impact fee (those are illegal for parks in TX) — this is a Subdivision-Ordinance park IMPROVEMENT exaction, legally distinct and additive. Required in addition to park land dedication/fee-in-lieu. | per dwelling unit | $1,500 | Town of Prosper, TX —High |
Parks & recreation Park Land Dedication - Fee in Lieu — Fee-in-lieu of park land dedication (Subdivision Ord. §6.20). Dedication requirement = 1 acre per 35 units OR 5% of tract, whichever greater. Acreage-based (5% of land at $30,000/acre); cannot be normalized per dwelling unit without a density assumption, so excluded from per-DU total. NOT a Ch. 395 impact fee. alternative · not added to total | per acre | $30,000 | Town of Prosper, TX Sep 16, 2025High |
Drainage / stormwater Municipal Drainage Utility Fee - Single-Family (RECURRING MONTHLY, not one-time) — This is a MONTHLY drainage utility charge on the utility bill, NOT a one-time development/impact fee. Tier 1 (<10,000 sq ft lot) $4.00/mo; Tier 2 (>=10,000 sq ft lot) $6.15/mo. Prosper has no one-time drainage impact fee. Excluded from one-time development-fee total. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $4 | Town of Prosper, TX Sep 16, 2025High |
General government / capital Residential Building Permit Fee (per sq ft) + Application Fee — Building permit/inspection fee, not a development impact fee. $1.00/sq ft of gross area (e.g. ~2,200 sq ft home ≈ $2,200) plus a $300 nonrefundable application fee. Excluded from impact-fee total. alternative · not added to total | per sq ft | $1 | Town of Prosper, TX Sep 16, 2025High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Impact Fee - per 1" Displacement Meter (standard single-family) — 1" displacement meter is the standard residential service unit (1 meter per new home; confirmed by fee study's Single Family Benchmarking slide). 50% of max allowable; max w/credit was $11,938 pre-collection-rate. Prior fee was $3,821. | per meter | $5,969 | Town of Prosper, TX (official .xlsx, worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) Aug 26, 2025High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Wastewater Impact Fee - per 1" Displacement Meter (standard single-family) — 1" displacement meter = standard residential service unit (1 per home). 50% of max allowable; max w/credit was $16,843 pre-collection-rate. Prior fee was $2,822. Combined water+wastewater max allowable per service unit = $14,390 (was $6,643 in 2017). | per meter | $8,421 | Town of Prosper, TX (official .xlsx, worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) Aug 26, 2025High |
Full fee schedule — multifamily
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Transportation / roads Roadway Impact Fee - Multifamily Low-Rise (1-3 Floors, Service Area 2) — Per multifamily dwelling unit, SA 2 (East). SA 1 (West) = $4,122. Multifamily water/wastewater impact fees are assessed per domestic water meter (master-meter basis), not captured per-unit here. | per dwelling unit | $4,275 | Town of Prosper, TX (official .xlsx, worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) Aug 26, 2025High |
Parks & recreation Park Improvement Fee - Multifamily — Multifamily variant of the park improvement fee; excluded from the single-family primary total. alternative · not added to total | per dwelling unit | $2,000 | Town of Prosper, TX —High |
Coverage & caveats
Prosper is a fast-growing town straddling Collin and Denton Counties (HQ/most residential development is in Collin County). Texas Local Government Code Ch. 395 limits impact fees to WATER, WASTEWATER, ROADWAY, and DRAINAGE only. Prosper therefore has NO school, park, police, fire, library, open-space, or affordable-housing IMPACT fees — those do not exist here and are not legally allowed as impact fees in TX. WHAT EXISTS AND IS CAPTURED: (1) Water, wastewater and roadway impact fees, adopted at the MAXIMUM allowable rate via Ordinance 2025-47 (council approved 8/26/2025, ordinance adopted 9/16/2025; first major update since 2017). The Town's official 2025 Impact Fee Calculator spreadsheet (worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) gives exact collected amounts. Roadway fees are split by service area: SA 1 = WEST of the BNSF railroad, SA 2 = EAST of the BNSF railroad. Roadway is collected at 50% of the maximum assessable rate for ALL land uses (the calculator's RW_Lookup shows "% of Max = 0.5"). The standard residential service unit for water/wastewater is a 1" displacement meter (confirmed by both the fee study "Single Family Benchmarking" slide and the calculator), and the new-home fee is one 1" meter per dwelling. PRIMARY single-family detached (1" meter, SA 2 East — chosen as primary because most Prosper residential growth is in Collin County / east-of-BNSF): roadway $7,879 + water $5,969 + wastewater $8,421 = $22,269. (SA 1 West total would be $21,987.) Multifamily low-rise per unit (SA 2): roadway $4,275 + water/wastewater per the master-meter 1" base would apply per unit-equivalent. (2) Drainage is NOT a one-time impact fee in Prosper — it is a recurring MONTHLY municipal drainage utility charge ($4.00/$6.15 per single-family lot by parcel size), so it is excluded from one-time development-fee totals (included as an excludeFromTotal row for reference). (3) PARK fees: Not impact fees, but real subdivision-ordinance exactions a residential builder must pay. Park Improvement Fee = $1,500/single-family lot, $2,000/multifamily unit (fixed, captured). Park land DEDICATION = 1 acre per 35 units OR 5% of tract (whichever greater); fee-in-lieu = $30,000/acre for up to 5% of land (acreage-based, captured as per_acre, excluded from per-DU total since it can't be normalized per unit without a density assumption). (4) Residential building permit fee = $1.00/sq ft of gross area + $300 nonrefundable application fee (a representative ~2,200 sq ft home ≈ $2,200 + $300). Captured for completeness (excludeFromTotal, since it is a permit/inspection fee not a development impact fee). SEPARATE DISTRICTS: The Town buys wholesale treated water from North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) and wastewater treatment from NTMWD/Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD). These wholesale/regional costs are embedded in the Town's water & wastewater impact fees; there is NO separate district connection/impact fee billed directly to a residential builder. Prosper ISD cannot levy school impact fees (not allowed in TX). NO SEPARATE FIXED WATER/SEWER 'TAP' OR 'CONNECTION' DOLLAR FEE is published in the master fee schedule beyond the impact fees plus actual meter/tap installation cost (handled at-cost, not a flat published fee); a $65 residential service-initiation/account fee exists but is a utility-billing fee, not a development fee. CAVEATS: ecode360 (hosted municipal code) and some .gov PDFs are behind Cloudflare/Akamai and returned 403/challenge pages; all figures here come from the Town's own downloadable 2025 Impact Fee Calculator (.xlsx), the adopted Ordinance 2025-47 PDF, the Aug 12 2025 impact-fee-study public-hearing presentation, and the Town Development Manual — all hosted on prospertx.gov.
Roadway impact fees vary by service area (SA1 West of BNSF / SA2 East of BNSF) and are collected at 50% of max for all uses. Water/wastewater impact fees are per 1" displacement meter = the standard residential service unit (1 meter per single-family home). All impact fees set at maximum allowable per CIAC recommendation, effective for plats approved after 8/26/2025.
Sources
6 official sources · 11 high-confidence figures.
- 12025 Impact Fee Calculation Worksheet (for Plats Approved After August 26, 2025)Town of Prosper, TX (official .xlsx, worksheet last updated 03-27-2026) · fee schedule · effective Aug 26, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 2Ordinance No. 2025-47 (amended Appendix A Fee Schedule: Building Permit, Development Fees, Impact Fees, Drainage Utility, Park fees)Town of Prosper, TX · ordinance · effective Sep 16, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 3Roadway, Water & Wastewater Impact Fee Update - Public Hearing presentation (Aug 12, 2025, Freese & Nichols)Town of Prosper, TX / Freese and Nichols · fee study · effective Aug 12, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 4Town of Prosper Development Manual (fee table: Park Dedication/Fee, Park Improvement Fee, plat/engineering fees)Town of Prosper, TX · government report · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 5Prosper council OKs increasing new development impact feesCommunity Impact · news article · effective Aug 26, 2025 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 6Impact Fee Calculator pageTown of Prosper, TX · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
Prosper impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Prosper, TX for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Prosper are about $23,769 per unit — roughly $9,379 in impact/development fees plus $14,390 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- What are the impact fees per multifamily unit in Prosper, TX?
- Total development fees for a multifamily unit in Prosper are about $4,275 per unit as of 2026-06-16.
- Are impact fees in Prosper 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 Prosper'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 Prosper on 2026-06-16.