Everett, WA Development Impact Fees (2026)
Normalized development impact fees, water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees, and mitigation fees for Everett, Washington — per dwelling unit, by category, with links to every official source.
What a single-family home pays in Everett
$36,821 total per unit across 6 fee categories.
- Schools$12,556
- Water connection (tap / SDC)$9,393
- Transportation / roads$6,231
- Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$4,334
- Parks & recreation$3,401
- Drainage / stormwater$906
Everett’s $36,821 is about 1.9× the Washington tracked median of $19,206 — 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 Transportation Impact Fee (Single Family/Townhome) — Everett's transportation impact (mitigation) fee under EMC 19.51, effective 3/4/2026. Single-family detached and townhome are charged at the same $6,231/unit flat rate (not tiered by home size). A 25% reduction applies in Metro Everett Parking Area A. ADUs are exempt from transportation fees for a net increase of 1 unit. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against the official Impact Fees schedule PDF (exact line present). | per dwelling unit | $6,231 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Mar 4, 2026High |
Schools School Impact Fee - Everett School District (Single Family Detached) — School impact fee set by the school district's Capital Facilities Plan and COLLECTED BY THE CITY at building permit issuance, under EMC 19.52, shown on the 2026 schedule as effective 1/1/2025. Applicable district depends on which boundary the parcel falls in (Everett SD vs Mukilteo SD - mutually exclusive). Everett School District single-family detached = $12,556 (dominant district serving most of the city; used as primary). Per schedule footnote, school impact fees are NOT subject to the vested-rights doctrine and are assessed at the rate in effect at building-permit issuance, and rates are 'subject to change pending further clarification from the school districts.' ADUs are exempt ($0). VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF (row 'Everett $12,556 $0 $4,257 $4,257'). | per dwelling unit | $12,556 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2025High |
Parks & recreation Parks Impact Fee (Residential, 3+ bedrooms) — Parks impact fee under EMC 19.53.060 (shown effective 1/1/2025 on 2026 schedule), tiered by bedroom count (not floor area). A representative ~2,000-2,500 sf single-family home has 3+ bedrooms, so $3,401 is used as the single-family primary. Tiers: 1 Bedroom/Studio $1,133; 2 Bedrooms $2,268; 3+ Bedrooms $3,401. Parks fees are reduced 50% for adding 1-2 ADUs to a lot with existing principal dwelling(s). VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF. | per dwelling unit | $3,401 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2025High |
Drainage / stormwater Stormwater System Development Fee (Base, up to 2,500 sf impervious) — Stormwater (drainage) System Development Fee under EMC 14.08.135, effective 1/1/2026: base fee = $906 for 1 Impervious Surface Unit (ISU = up to 2,500 sf of impervious area), which covers a typical single-family lot. Additional impervious area over 2,500 sf is charged $0.3624/sf. This is a connection-type capacity charge (NOT a separate parks/transportation-style impact fee), and it is additive to the water/sewer SDFs. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF (Stormwater SDF table). | per dwelling unit | $906 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2026High |
Water & sewer connection fees
| Fee (local term) | Basis | Amount | Source · effective |
|---|---|---|---|
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water System Development Fee (3/4" meter / 1 ERU) — Water System Development Fee (capacity/connection charge) under EMC 14.08.135, effective 1/1/2026. The 3/4" meter is the standard residential size and equals 1 equivalent residential unit (ERU). Larger meters scale up (1" = $8,616; 2" = $27,500). Townhomes are charged 1 ERU each. Homes outside city limits pay a 25% surcharge. Multifamily apartment developments of 38+ units are charged 0.45 x the 3/4" total SDF per unit. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF (SDF table row, Water column). | per meter | $5,159 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2026High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sewer System Development Fee (3/4" meter / 1 ERU) — Sewer System Development Fee (capacity/connection charge) under EMC 14.08.135, effective 1/1/2026, 3/4" meter / 1 ERU = $4,274. Combined Water + Sewer SDF for a 3/4" meter = $9,433.00. Homes outside city limits pay a 25% surcharge. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF (SDF table row, Sewer column). | per meter | $4,274 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2026High |
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Meter & Service Installation (3/4" Complete Service) — Physical water meter & service installation charge under EMC 14.16.713 for a new 3/4" residential connection: Complete Service (tap + meter + service line) = $4,234. Meter Only = $682. This is ADDITIVE to (separate from) the Water SDF capacity charge above. A non-refundable $158 application fee also applies. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF (WATER FEES table, 3/4" Complete Service column). | per meter | $4,234 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2026High |
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sewer New Connection to Main — Sewer physical new-connection-to-main permit fee = $60.00 plus $10.00 per building connection to the side sewer (EMC 14.08.140). This is the small physical/permit connection charge, separate from and additive to the much larger Sewer System Development Fee above. VERIFIED 2026-06-17 against PDF (SEWER FEES section). | per dwelling unit | $60 | City of Everett, WA Permit Services Jan 1, 2026High |
Coverage & caveats
FOUND (all from City of Everett official schedules, high confidence): (1) TRANSPORTATION impact (mitigation) fee, EMC 19.51, effective 3/4/2026: Single Family/Townhome $6,231/unit (flat, not size-tiered); ADU $3,115; Multi-Family <3BR $3,614/unit, MF 3+BR $6,231/unit. A 25% reduction applies in Metro Everett Parking Area A. (2) SCHOOL impact fee, EMC 19.52, set by district Capital Facilities Plan and COLLECTED BY THE CITY at permit issuance, depends on which district the parcel is in (mutually exclusive): Everett School District SF detached $12,556 (primary, dominant district), Duplex/Townhome & MF 2+BR $4,257, MF 0-1BR $0; Mukilteo School District portion is very different - SF detached $0, MF 0-1BR $1,148, MF 2+BR $2,985, Duplex/Townhome $0. ADUs are exempt ($0). (3) PARKS impact fee, EMC 19.53.060, tiered by BEDROOM count: 1BR/studio $1,133, 2BR $2,268, 3+BR $3,401 (3+BR used as the SF primary); ADUs get a 50% reduction. (4) WATER/SEWER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES (capacity/connection), EMC 14.08.135, effective 1/1/2026: 3/4\" meter (= 1 ERU, standard residential) Water $5,159 + Sewer $4,274 = $9,433 combined; townhomes pay 1 ERU each; MF apartment developments of 38+ units pay 0.45 x the 3/4\" SDF per unit; outside-city homes pay +25% surcharge. (5) WATER METER & SERVICE INSTALL (EMC 14.16.713), 3/4\" Complete Service $4,234 (additive), plus $158 application fee; sewer new-connection-to-main $60 + $10/bldg connection. (6) STORMWATER (drainage) System Development Fee, EMC 14.08.135: $906 base (<=2,500 sf impervious), +$0.3624/sf beyond - a real connection-type capacity charge, additive. DOES NOT EXIST / NOT LEVIED by Everett: NO fire impact fee, NO police/public-safety impact fee, NO library impact fee, NO open-space impact fee, NO affordable-housing impact fee, and NO general/capital impact fee - the city's adopted impact fee program (EMC Title 19) comprises ONLY transportation (19.51), school (19.52), and parks (19.53). CAVEATS: (a) School/parks rows are shown 'effective 1/1/2025' on the 2026 schedule and school fees are subject to change pending district clarification; school fees are NOT subject to the vested-rights doctrine. (b) The applicable SF total varies dramatically by school district - an Everett-SD parcel pays $12,556 school vs $0 for a Mukilteo-SD parcel. (c) everett.municipal.codes (source index 2) is behind bot protection, so chapter text was not re-fetched, but every figure was confirmed verbatim in the two official City of Everett PDF schedules (indices 0 and 1). VERIFY: confirmed 16 of 16 rows (all sourceQuotes located verbatim in the official PDFs after re-download with pdftotext -layout); dropped 0. excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed - all 7 mutually-exclusive/non-representative variant rows (ADU + 2 MF transportation tiers, Everett-SD MF/duplex + Mukilteo-SD MF school rows, 1BR & 2BR parks tiers) were already correctly flagged excludeFromTotal=true, and the 8 representative SF-detached/3-4-inch-meter rows are correctly included. Representative SF-detached EVERETT-SD total = $6,231 transp + $12,556 school + $3,401 parks + $5,159 water SDF + $4,274 sewer SDF + $4,234 water meter install + $906 stormwater + $60 sewer connection = $36,821 (sane, no double-counting; $158 water application fee not included as it is a flat application charge). Minor fixes during verification: tightened sourceQuote strings for the water/sewer SDF, water meter install, and stormwater rows to the exact verbatim PDF line text; updated population from 113,011 to 113,956 to match the cited World Population Review 2026 figure.
All figures are from the City of Everett Permit Services official schedules: 'Impact Fees - Traffic, School, & Parks' (2026; transportation effective 3/4/2026, school/parks shown effective 1/1/2025 on the 2026 sheet) and 'Utility & System Development Fees' (effective 1/1/2026). Both PDFs were re-downloaded and parsed during verification; every sourceQuote was located verbatim. Impact fees are governed by EMC Title 19 (19.51 transportation, 19.52 school, 19.53 parks); system development fees by EMC 14.08.135 (water/sewer/stormwater) and meter installation by EMC 14.16.713. For a representative single-family detached home in the EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT (3+ bedrooms, 3/4\" meter), the additive city-collected total = Transportation $6,231 + Everett SD school $12,556 + Parks (3+BR) $3,401 + Water SDF $5,159 + Sewer SDF $4,274 + Water meter Complete Service $4,234 + Stormwater base $906 + sewer connection $60 = $36,821, plus the $158 water application fee. The school component dominates and varies by district (a Mukilteo-SD parcel would owe $0 school, dropping the total by $12,556). Multifamily and ADU rates are listed as separate (excluded) rows.
Sources
4 official sources · 15 high-confidence figures.
- 1Impact Fees - Traffic, School, & Parks (2026 schedule)City of Everett, WA Permit Services · fee schedule · effective Mar 4, 2026 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 2Utility & System Development Fees (effective 01/01/2026)City of Everett, WA Permit Services · fee schedule · effective Jan 1, 2026 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 3Chapter 19.52 School District Impact Fees; Ch. 19.51 Transportation Mitigation; Ch. 19.53 Parks Impact FeesEverett Municipal Code · ordinance · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
- 4Everett, Washington Population 2026World Population Review · other · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
Everett impact fees — FAQ
- How much are development impact fees in Everett, WA for a single-family home?
- As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Everett are about $36,821 per unit — roughly $23,094 in impact/development fees plus $13,727 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
- Are impact fees in Everett 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 Everett'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 Everett on 2026-06-17.