Data Use Disclaimer

Fees Change

Official fee schedules can be amended, repealed, or restructured at any time. A jurisdiction may adopt a new ordinance, rescind a prior one, change effective dates, modify rate tiers, or move administration of a fee from one department to another.

The Last Verified date shown on each ZoneFee jurisdiction page is the date a site maintainer last reviewed that record against the official source. It is not the current effective date of the fee. The current effective rate may be the same as what is published on ZoneFee, or it may have changed since the last review.

ZoneFee makes a good-faith effort to keep records on a 12-month review cycle. See the methodology page for details. Records older than 12 months are flagged accordingly. Even within the cycle, a fee can change between reviews.

Fees Depend on Project Specifics

The fee that actually applies to a specific project depends on a number of variables that ZoneFee's published rate may not capture. These include:

• Project type - single-family residential vs. multifamily, commercial, mixed-use, industrial, or institutional uses are typically rated differently.
• Land use category and density - fee schedules often vary by trip generation, ITE land-use code, square footage, dwelling-unit count, or fixture count.
• Meter size and connection size - utility tap and impact fees scale with the meter or service size, sometimes nonlinearly.
• Vested rights and effective-date carve-outs - projects platted, permitted, or otherwise vested before a fee change may be subject to the prior schedule.
• Service area - many jurisdictions assess different fees by service area, capital recovery zone, or transportation analysis zone.
• Special districts and overlays - MUD, PID, CCN, WCID, transportation improvement districts, school district overlays, and similar entities may collect their own fees in addition to or instead of the city or county schedule.
• Separate utility providers - water, wastewater, electric, and stormwater service may be administered by an authority distinct from the city or county. Fees on those services come from the authority's own schedule, which ZoneFee may or may not have published yet.
• Negotiated conditions and proffers - some jurisdictions, notably in Virginia, use voluntary proffers in place of statutory impact fees. The applicable proffer for a project depends on case-by-case negotiation, not a fixed schedule.
• Phase, plat, or permit timing - ordinance effective dates, indexed-escalation provisions, and pre-platted-tract carve-outs can produce different fees for projects that file weeks apart.
• Staff interpretation - some line items on a fee schedule require classification by planning, engineering, or utility staff. Two reasonable readings of the same project can produce different fee outcomes.

ZoneFee's published rate is the rate stated in the official source as of the Last Verified date for the corresponding category. The rate that ultimately applies to your project is determined by the relevant department at the time of permit issuance.

Research Starting Point, Not a Final Quote

Use ZoneFee to scope fee exposure early, when underwriting a deal, comparing markets, or sizing a budget line. Do not rely on ZoneFee for the binding fee on a specific project. Before a project commits capital based on a fee number, confirm the number directly with the appropriate department:

• Planning and zoning fees - confirm with the city or county planning department (or Department of Development Services).
• Impact fees and roadway fees - confirm with the engineering, public works, or development services department, or with the impact fee administrator.
• Utility tap and connection fees - confirm with the water/wastewater authority, electric utility, or special district that operates the meter.
• Proffer exposure (Virginia and similar) - confirm with the county zoning attorney or planning office and with the case-specific proffer record.
• Tax and assessment exposure - that is not what ZoneFee covers; talk to your finance department, tax counsel, or assessor's office.

If your decision depends on a fee, get the current schedule from the issuing authority in writing.

How to Report Inaccuracies

If you find a fee, effective date, source URL, or jurisdiction detail on ZoneFee that appears incorrect or outdated, send the correction to contact@zonefee.com. See the corrections page for the full submission workflow and the data sources page for what counts as an official source.

ZoneFee does not pay for corrections, but accurate, well-sourced corrections from active practitioners are the most useful kind of feedback we receive.