Salt Lake City, UT Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Salt Lake City, Utah — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Salt Lake City
$8,248 total per unit across 6 fee categories.
- Parks & recreation$5,173
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$1,871
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$545
- Transportation / roads$429
- Fire / EMS$171
- Police$59
At $8,248, Salt Lake City is below the Utah tracked median of $16,521 — relatively affordable to build in.
Full fee schedule — single-family
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Fire / EMS Fire impact fee — Impact Fees table, Single Family Residential (per Unit) column. City Code 18.98.160. | per dwelling unit | $171 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Parks & recreation Parks & Public Lands impact fee — Single Family Residential (per Unit). Parks impact fee applies to residential only ($0 for office/industrial/commercial). | per dwelling unit | $5,173 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Police Police impact fee — Single Family Residential (per Unit). City Code 18.98.160. | per dwelling unit | $59 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Transportation / roads Transportation/roads impact fee — Single Family Residential (per Unit). City Code 18.98.090. | per dwelling unit | $429 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Drainage / stormwater Storm water / drainage impact fee — One-time drainage/storm-water impact fee: $374 per 1/4 acre, rounded up (§17.81.400). A typical single-family lot under 1/4 acre rounds up to one increment = $374. Same fee applies regardless of single-family vs multifamily; it is parcel/area-based, not strictly per unit. | per acre | $374 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water connection fee (single-family, 3/4-inch meter, City rate) — City Connection Fee for a residential single-family 3/4-inch meter (base residential meter), §17.16.040. County Connection Fee for the same is $1,952. Meter hardware & installation billed separately at actual cost (not included). | per meter | $1,871 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water connection fee (single-family, 3/4-inch, County rate) — alternate — County Connection Fee variant for the 3/4-inch SF meter; applies to SLC Public Utilities customers in unincorporated/county service area, not inside city limits. Excluded as mutually-exclusive alternate to the City rate. alternative · not added to total | per meter | $1,952 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water connection fee (single-family, 1-inch meter, City rate) — alternate tier — City Connection Fee for a 1-inch single-family meter; larger-meter alternate to the base 3/4-inch. County rate $3,494. alternative · not added to total | per meter | $3,297 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sanitary sewer connection fee (single dwelling) — Sanitary sewer connection fee on new development, residential single dwelling, §17.72.030. Includes condominiums and twin homes. | per dwelling unit | $545 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Full fee schedule — multifamily
Impact / development fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Fire / EMS Fire impact fee — Multi-Family (per Unit) column equals the single-family Fire fee ($171). | per dwelling unit | $171 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Parks & recreation Parks & Public Lands impact fee — Multi-Family (per Unit) Parks fee. | per dwelling unit | $3,078 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Police Police impact fee — Multi-Family (per Unit) Police fee equals single-family ($59). | per dwelling unit | $59 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Transportation / roads Transportation/roads impact fee — Multi-Family (per Unit) Transportation fee. | per dwelling unit | $242 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sanitary sewer connection fee (townhouse/apartment, per unit) — Multifamily (townhouse/apartment) sewer connection fee, per unit, §17.72.030. | per dwelling unit | $409 | Salt Lake City Corporation Jan 29, 2026High |
Coverage & caveats
All fees sourced from Salt Lake City's official, adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule (CFS), accessed via the City's live fee schedule tool at tools.slc.gov/feeschedule (document title FY2026_CFS_Clean), Amended 01/29/2026 by Ordinance 2026-02 — the current adopted schedule as of 2026-06-16. confidence=high throughout (current official adopted schedule, exact verbatim quotes). IMPACT FEES (one-time, per dwelling unit) — adopted under the Utah Impact Fees Act, City Code Ch. 18.98 / §17.81.400. Columns are Single Family Residential (per unit), Multi-Family (per unit), plus non-residential per 1,000 SF (not captured here, residential focus): - Fire: SF $171 / MF $171 (§18.98.160) - Park (Parks & Public Lands): SF $5,173 / MF $3,078 (§18.98.090) - Police: SF $59 / MF $59 (§18.98.160) - Transportation: SF $429 / MF $242 (§18.98.090) - Storm Water (Drainage) impact fee: $374 per 1/4 acre, rounded up (§17.81.400). A typical SF lot is under 1/4 acre so it rounds up to one increment = $374; included as the SF storm-water impact fee. WATER & SEWER are charged via the City Department of Public Utilities as one-time CONNECTION fees (the City's mechanism for system buy-in; the Sept 2025 Public Utilities impact-fee study feeds into these connection fees). SLC Public Utilities serves both inside-city ('City Connection Fee') and unincorporated/county areas ('County Connection Fee'); the CITY rate is primary for this jurisdiction and county variants are marked excludeFromTotal: - Water connection, residential single-family 3/4-inch meter: $1,871 City (§17.16.040). 1-inch SF ($3,297) and county-rate variants included as excludeFromTotal alternates. Meter hardware/installation billed separately at actual cost. A separate 'water resource fee' applies only to meters 4-inch and larger, so it does not add to a typical residential connection. - Sanitary sewer connection, residential single dwelling (incl. condominiums/twin homes): $545 per connection or unit (§17.72.030). Multifamily townhouse/apartment $409 per unit. Duplex $818 and triplex $1,226 are per-building tiers (excludeFromTotal). CATEGORIES THAT DO NOT EXIST HERE: No SCHOOL impact fee — school impact fees are not authorized under Utah law (the Utah Impact Fees Act does not permit them; schools are funded by property tax/bonds). No separate library, open-space, affordable-housing, or general/capital impact fee in the adopted schedule. No standalone water/sewer 'impact fee' line separate from the connection fees above. No mitigation fee for residential development beyond the storm-water drainage fee. ADU: No separate ADU impact-fee or connection-fee tier is published. The water rate schedule treats a 'Single residence with Accessory Dwelling Unit' like a duplex for volumetric (monthly) billing, but impact and connection fees for an ADU are not separately enumerated, so no ADU figure is reported (omitted rather than invented). CAVEATS: The official PDF host slcdocs.com/govt/cfs.pdf and the amlegal code library were unreachable/blocked via curl and WebFetch (timeout / HTTP 403); figures were instead read directly from the City's authoritative live fee-schedule application (tools.slc.gov/feeschedule), which renders the same adopted CFS and showed the most recent amendment (Ord. 2026-02, 01/29/2026) — newer than the Ord. 2025-34 PDF surfaced in search. Monthly utility service charges, parking, golf, airport, plan-review and inspection fees were reviewed and excluded as they are recurring/operational, not one-time development fees.
Impact fees per Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule, Impact Fees section (page 32), Amended 01/29/2026 by Ord. 2026-02. Water connection fees from CFS §17.16.040 (page 50). Sewer connection fees from CFS §17.72.030 (page 41). Storm water drainage fee from §17.81.400 (also listed in the impact-fee table). City connection rates used as primary; county rates and larger-meter/multi-building tiers marked excludeFromTotal.
Sources
4 official sources · 16 high-confidence figures.
- 1Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (FY2026_CFS_Clean), Amended 01/29/2026 by Ord. 2026-02 — live fee schedule applicationSalt Lake City Corporation · fee schedule · effective Jan 29, 2026 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 2Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule (PDF) — Amended by Ord. 2025-34 / 2026-02Salt Lake City Corporation · fee schedule · effective Jan 29, 2026 · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 3Impact Fee Facilities Plan and Analysis | Salt Lake City FinanceSalt Lake City Corporation, Department of Finance · municipal webpage · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
- 4Salt Lake City Code Chapter 18.98 Impact FeesAmerican Legal Publishing / Salt Lake City · ordinance · retrieved Jun 16, 2026
Salt Lake City impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Salt Lake City, UT for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-16, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Salt Lake City are about $8,248 per unit — roughly $5,832 in impact/development fees plus $2,416 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 Salt Lake City, UT?
- Total development fees for a multifamily unit in Salt Lake City are about $3,959 per unit as of 2026-06-16.
- Are impact fees in Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City'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 Salt Lake City on 2026-06-16.