Are impact fees in Pasco 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 Pasco'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 Pasco on 2026-06-17.

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Pasco, WA Development Impact Fees (2026)

Name: Pasco, WA development impact fees
Creator: ImpactFeeAtlas
Published: 2026-06-17

A new single-family home in Pasco, Washington pays about $14,471 in total development impact and water/sewer connection fees per unit as of Jun 17, 2026 — about $3,969 in impact/development fees plus $10,502 in water & sewer connection (tap/SDC) fees. Every figure below is normalized per dwelling unit by category, with a link to its official source.

$14,471

Total per single-family home

impact + connection fees

$3,969

Impact / development fees

roads, parks, schools…

$10,502

Water & sewer connection

tap / capacity / SDC

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Per multifamily unit

total fees / unit

What a single-family home pays in Pasco

$14,471 total per unit across 5 fee categories.

Water connection (tap / SDC)$6,148
Sewer connection (tap / SDC)$4,354
Transportation / roads$2,061
Parks & recreation$1,908

At $14,471, Pasco is below the Washington tracked median of $19,206 — relatively affordable to build in.

Full fee schedule — single-family detached

Impact / development fees

Fee (local term)	Basis	Amount	Source · effective
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - North Zone — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. North-zone trip rate $2,215.84/PM-peak-trip confirmed VERBATIM on the City's Transportation Impact Fees page (sourceIndex 1). SFDU per-unit = $2,215.84 x 0.93 PM-peak trips = $2,060.73 (math confirmed exact). Matches the City's own published ~$2,083 single-family North-zone example. Zone-based per-PM-peak-trip method (ITE 12th Edition) adopted mid-2025; five mutually-exclusive zones (builder pays only their parcel's zone). North chosen as representative SF primary. NOTE: the Ord. 4804 building-fee comparison exhibit lists Pasco 'Traffic impact fee $2,216 (North TIF District)', which equals the raw per-trip rate (1.0 trip); the calculator-derived per-SFDU figure ($2,060.73, using the 0.93 SFDU trip factor) is the precise per-unit amount and matches the city's ~$2,083 example. The old $709/trip ADT-based fee and the MRSC-listed $6,665 SF figure are OBSOLETE.	per dwelling unit	$2,061	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025High
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - West Zone — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. West-zone trip rate $1,395.77 confirmed VERBATIM on city page; SFDU = $1,395.77 x 0.93 = $1,298.07 (exact). Mutually-exclusive alternative zone; excluded from total to avoid double-counting with the North primary. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$1,298	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025High
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - Central Zone — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. Central-zone trip rate $2,694.78 confirmed VERBATIM on city page; SFDU = $2,694.78 x 0.93 = $2,506.15 (exact). Mutually-exclusive alternative zone; excluded from total. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$2,506	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025High
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - South Zone — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. South-zone trip rate $3,862.46 confirmed VERBATIM on city page; SFDU = $3,862.46 x 0.93 = $3,592.09 (exact). Mutually-exclusive alternative zone (highest-cost); excluded from total. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$3,592	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025High
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - East Zone — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. East-zone trip rate $812.06 confirmed VERBATIM on city page; SFDU = $812.06 x 0.93 = $755.22 (exact). Mutually-exclusive alternative zone (lowest rate); excluded from total. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$755	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025High
Parks & recreation Park Impact Fee — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. CORRECTED amount from $1,848 (base) to $1,908 (current). The 3/2024 building-permit schedule (sourceIndex 2) shows the base 'Park Impact Fee $1,848 Increase 3.25% annually on January 1st (PMC 3.35.250)' (confirmed verbatim). The Ord. 4804 agenda packet's single-family building-fee comparison exhibit (sourceIndex 7) lists the CURRENT escalated Pasco park impact fee as $1,908 ($1,848 x 1.0325 ~= $1,908). Using $1,908 as the most recently published current-year figure; per dwelling unit, PMC 3.35.250. Escalates 3.25%/yr each Jan 1.	per dwelling unit	$1,908	City of Pasco, WA Jan 1, 2026High

Water & sewer connection fees

Fee (local term)	Basis	Amount	Source · effective
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Connection / Capital Expansion Fee (Capacity) - 3/4" meter — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. Water connection (capital expansion/capacity) fee for a single-family home with the base 3/4" meter. $6,148 CONFIRMED across FOUR places in the Ord. 4804 agenda packet (sourceIndex 7): the codified PMC 13.25.010 amendment ('3/4-inch meter $6,148'), the cover rate-increase summary ('Water $6,148'), the 'Proposed connection charge' line, and the peer-city exhibit ('Water - New Service - Residential $6,148'); plus the water calculation study (sourceIndex 5) value $6,147.69/MCE. Effective Jan 1, 2027 (Ord. 4804, adopted ~Jan 20, 2026). New methodology is meter-size-based. TIMING: permits before 1/1/2027 pay the old frontage-based fee (3/4" was $360 capacity + variable frontage/area).	per meter	$6,148	City of Pasco, WA Jan 1, 2027High
Water connection (tap / SDC) Water Connection / Capital Expansion Fee (Capacity) - 1" meter — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. Water connection fee for a 1" meter. Study calculation file (sourceIndex 5) gives $10,266.640855385533; the codified PMC 13.25.010 amendment (Ord. 4804, sourceIndex 7) rounds to $10,267. Larger sizes confirmed in the codified table: 1.5"=$20,472 (study $20,471.80), 2"=$32,767 (study $32,767.18), 3"=$65,596 (study $65,595.84). Mutually-exclusive larger-meter alternative; most single-family homes use 3/4". Excluded from total. alternative · not added to total	per meter	$10,267	City of Pasco, WA Public Works Jan 1, 2027High
Sewer connection (tap / SDC) Sewer Connection / Capital Expansion Fee (Capacity) - per ERU — VERIFIED 2026-06-17 - AMOUNT CORRECTED from $4,583 to $4,354. The researcher labeled $4,583 as adopted and $4,354 as a 'stale draft' - that is BACKWARDS. In the Ord. 4804 agenda packet (sourceIndex 7), the OPERATIVE codified amendment to PMC 13.60.010/13.60.020 (Section 4 of the ordinance) states 'Homes (per unit) $4,354' AND 'Per ERU $4,354', effective Jan 1, 2027; the cover rate-increase summary table also lists 'Sewer $4,354' as the single-family connection charge. The $4,583 figure appears only in (a) the one-line 'Proposed connection charge (CC): Water - $6,148, Sewer - $4,583' summary and (b) a peer-city comparison exhibit ('Sewer - New Service - Residential $4,583'), and the sewer study (sourceIndex 6) gives a calculated MAXIMUM of $4,583.46/ERU. The legally binding codified PMC amendment ($4,354) governs; $4,583 is the engineering-study max allowable, not the adopted code amount. Confidence medium due to the unresolved $4,354-vs-$4,583 conflict within the same document. Charged per ERU; 1 single-family residence = 1 ERU (multifamily = 0.75 ERU/unit). TIMING: permits before 1/1/2027 pay the old fee (3/4" was $1,288 capacity + variable).	per dwelling unit	$4,354	City of Pasco, WA Jan 1, 2027Medium

Multifamily (per unit) impact fees in Pasco

Impact / development fees

Fee (local term)	Basis	Amount	Source · effective
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - North Zone, Multifamily (Apartments 3-story or less) — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. Per-unit TIF for low-rise apartments in the North zone = $2,215.84 x 0.52 PM-peak trips = $1,152.24 (math internally consistent; the published city page only shows the per-trip zone rate, not the per-MF-unit figure directly, so the apartment trip-generation factor of 0.52 is calculator-derived -> confidence lowered to medium). Different land use; excluded from the single-family total. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$1,152	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025Medium
Schools School Impact Fee - Pasco School District (Multifamily) — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. Multifamily school impact fee = $2,595/unit, confirmed by Pasco School District coverage (sourceIndex 9: 'multifamily developments paying $2,595'). Codified PMC 3.45.040 (Ord. 4774) corroboration could not be re-fetched directly (Cloudflare 403), so confidence lowered to medium pending direct codified confirmation; the news figure is explicit and matches the researcher's PMC quote. Set by the District, collected by the City. Different land use; excluded from the single-family total. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$2,595	Citizen Portal (Pasco School District coverage) Jan 1, 2025Medium

Accessory dwelling unit (ADU) impact fees in Pasco

Impact / development fees

Fee (local term)	Basis	Amount	Source · effective
Transportation / roads Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) - North Zone, ADU — VERIFIED 2026-06-17. ADU TIF in the North zone = exactly one-half the SFDU rate ($2,060.73 / 2 = $1,030.37; confirmed exact). The half-SFDU convention is calculator-derived rather than printed on the city page -> confidence medium. Different land use; excluded from the single-family total. alternative · not added to total	per dwelling unit	$1,030	City of Pasco, WA Jun 23, 2025Medium

Coverage & caveats

FOUND (City of Pasco, WA, Franklin County). (1) TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE (TIF): overhauled mid-2025 (effective ~June 23-25, 2025) to a ZONE-BASED, per-PM-peak-trip method (ITE 12th Edition). Five mutually-exclusive zones (builder pays only their parcel's zone). Zone per-PM-peak-trip rates CONFIRMED VERBATIM on the city Transportation Impact Fees page: North $2,215.84, West $1,395.77, Central $2,694.78, South $3,862.46, East $812.06. SFDU per-unit = trip rate x 0.93 (math confirmed exact for all five zones): North $2,060.73, West $1,298.07, Central $2,506.15, South $3,592.09, East $755.22. North used as representative primary (matches the city's own ~$2,083 SF example). ADU = half SFDU; MF apartments (3-story or less) = rate x 0.52 (these factors are calculator-derived -> medium confidence). The old $709/trip ADT fee and MRSC $6,665 figure are OBSOLETE. (2) PARK IMPACT FEE: base $1,848/DU on the 3/2024 building-permit schedule (PMC 3.35.250, 'increases 3.25% annually on Jan 1'); CURRENT escalated figure $1,908 per the Ord. 4804 building-fee comparison exhibit (used as the amount). (3) SCHOOL IMPACT FEE: $0 single-family / $2,595 multifamily per unit, set by Pasco School District No. 1 (updated Capital Facilities Plan), collected by the City (PMC 3.45.040, Ord. 4774). Codified PMC page is Cloudflare-blocked; figures confirmed via Pasco School District news coverage and the Ord. 4804 exhibit ('School Impact Fee $0 No School Impact fee'). (4) WATER CONNECTION (Capital Expansion/Capacity): 3/4\" meter $6,148 (confirmed 4x in Ord. 4804 packet + study $6,147.69); scales by meter size (1\"=$10,267, 1.5\"=$20,472, 2\"=$32,767, 3\"=$65,596). (5) SEWER CONNECTION (Capital Expansion/Capacity): per ERU; 1 SF residence = 1 ERU. CORRECTED to $4,354 (the codified PMC 13.60.010/13.60.020 amendment AND the cover summary table both say $4,354; the researcher's $4,583 is only the engineering-study max-allowable and a comparison-exhibit figure, NOT the adopted code amount). Both connection fees adopted by Ord. 4804 (~Jan 20, 2026) and EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2027 (new meter-size/ERU methodology replacing frontage/square-footage).

Does not exist / not levied

NO fire, police/public-safety, stormwater/drainage, library, open-space, affordable-housing, or general impact fee (a 'Landscape Impact Fee TBD' has no dollar amount).

Key caveats

(a) connection fees apply to permits issued on/after 1/1/2027; permits before then pay old frontage-based charges (3/4\" capacity portions were $360 water / $1,288 sewer plus variable area/frontage). Early payment not permitted. (b) TIF and park fees vary by zone / escalate annually. (c) The Pasco codified-code site (pasco.municipal.codes) and the docs.pasco-wa.gov WebLink viewer are both blocked/timing-out in automation; codified figures were obtained from the Ord. 4804 agenda packet PDF (which contains the verbatim codified amendments), the city's calculation study .xlsx files, and corroborating news.

Verify

confirmed 14 of 14 rows; dropped 0.

Amount corrections

sewer connection $4,583 -> $4,354 (codified PMC 13.60.010 amendment is $4,354; $4,583 is the study max/comparison-exhibit value only), confidence downgraded high->medium; park $1,848 (base) -> $1,908 (current escalated, per Ord. 4804 exhibit).

Confidence downgrades

MF-apt TIF and ADU TIF high->medium (trip-generation factors are calculator-derived, not printed on the city page); multifamily school fee high->medium (codified PMC could not be re-fetched directly, confirmed via news only). excludeFromTotal corrections: none needed - all four non-North TIF zones, the MF/ADU TIF rows, the 1\" water-meter row, and the multifamily school row were already correctly flagged excludeFromTotal=true; the representative SF total (North TIF $2,060.73 + Park $1,908 + School SF $0 + Water 3/4\" $6,148 + Sewer per-ERU $4,354 = ~$14,470 for a permit issued on/after 1/1/2027) is sane and not double-counting.

Representative single-family detached total for a NEW build with a permit issued ON/AFTER Jan 1, 2027 (when the new connection fees take effect), using the North TIF zone and base 3/4\" water meter: Transportation (North) $2,060.73 + Park $1,908 (escalating 3.25%/yr) + School $0 (single-family) + Water connection $6,148 + Sewer connection (per ERU) $4,354 = approximately $14,470 (plus minor SEPA/state/permit fees, which are not impact fees). For a permit issued BEFORE 1/1/2027, the water/sewer connection charges are the OLD frontage/area-based fees (3/4\" capacity portions $360 water / $1,288 sewer plus variable area + frontage charges), making the pre-2027 impact-fee subtotal far lower. Totals vary substantially by TIF zone (East ~$755 to South ~$3,592 SF) and by water meter size (3/4\"=$6,148 up to 3\"=$65,596). Impact fees governed by PMC Title 3 (Ch. 3.35 fee summary, 3.40 general, 3.45 school); connection fees by PMC Title 13 (Ch. 13.25 water, 13.60 sewer), as amended by Ord. 4804. School impact fee is $0 single-family / $2,595 multifamily under the District's current Capital Facilities Plan (PMC 3.45.040, Ord. 4774). IMPORTANT CORRECTION vs researcher draft: the adopted/codified sewer connection charge is $4,354 per ERU (PMC 13.60.010/13.60.020 amendment), NOT $4,583 (which is the engineering study's maximum-allowable and a peer-comparison-exhibit figure only). Pasco levies NO fire, police, drainage, library, open-space, or affordable-housing impact fee.

Sources

11 official sources · 9 high-confidence figures.

1Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) CalculatorCity of Pasco, WA · municipal webpage · effective Jun 23, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
2Transportation Impact FeesCity of Pasco, WA · municipal webpage · effective Jun 25, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
3Residential Building Permit Fee Schedule (Inspection Services Division, 3/2024)City of Pasco, WA Building Division · fee schedule · effective Mar 1, 2024 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
4Ordinance No. 4774 - Amending PMC Fee Summary for School Impact Fees (PMC 3.45.040)City of Pasco, WA · ordinance · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
52026 Utility Rate Adjustments (Ordinance No. 4804; rates eff. 3/1/2026, connection fees eff. 1/1/2027)City of Pasco, WA · municipal webpage · effective Jan 1, 2027 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
6Water Capital Expansion Fee Calculation (2025 Utility Rate & Connection Fee Study, FCS/Bowman)City of Pasco, WA Public Works · fee study · effective Jan 1, 2027 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
7Sewer Capital Expansion Fee Calculation (2025 Utility Rate & Connection Fee Study, FCS/Bowman)City of Pasco, WA Public Works · fee study · effective Jan 1, 2027 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
8Agenda Report - Ordinance No. 4804, Adjustment to Utility Rate and Connection Fee (Water and Sewer)City of Pasco, WA · ordinance · effective Jan 1, 2027 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
9Pasco council approves steep water and sewer rate increases; connection fees delayed until 2027Citizen Portal (Pasco City Council coverage) · news article · effective Jan 21, 2026 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
10Pasco School District staff recommend updated capital facilities plan; draft would shift school impact-fee profile to multifamily unitsCitizen Portal (Pasco School District coverage) · news article · effective Feb 12, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026
11Comparison of Transportation Impact Fee Rates (2025)MRSC of Washington · government report · effective Jan 1, 2025 · retrieved Jun 17, 2026

Pasco impact fees — FAQ

How much are development impact fees in Pasco, WA for a single-family home?: As of 2026-06-17, total development fees for a single-family detached home in Pasco are about $14,471 per unit — roughly $3,969 in impact/development fees plus $10,502 in water/sewer connection fees. Figures are normalized from official sources; verify with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
Are impact fees in Pasco 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 Pasco'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 Pasco on 2026-06-17.