About ZoneFee

Who Maintains ZoneFee

ZoneFee is founded and maintained by Munib Ur Rehman as an independent, official-source research project focused on U.S. development fee schedules - impact fees, utility tap and connection fees, zoning application fees, proffers, and related jurisdiction-level fee frameworks that matter when evaluating a real estate development site, deal, or market.

Munib's background is in building public-facing educational reference sites and structured research tooling, including NationalTaxTools.com - an independent educational resource on U.S. federal and state tax topics built around official-source calculators and reference guides - and in supporting digital operations, bookkeeping, and payroll workflows at LMN Tax Inc. ZoneFee applies the same official-source-first, source-anchored approach to the very different topic of development fee research.

ZoneFee is not a law firm, an engineering firm, a planning consultancy, a brokerage, or a permit-filing service. Munib is not a lawyer, a licensed engineer, an AICP-certified planner, a Certified Public Accountant, an Enrolled Agent, a real estate broker, a public official, or a government employee, and ZoneFee does not represent itself as offering services in any of those capacities. The project is research and reference output: jurisdiction fee data sourced from official documents, organized for fast lookup, with sources cited so a developer or analyst can verify everything before relying on a number.

Independence and Government Affiliation

ZoneFee is not affiliated with any city, county, special district, state agency, or federal agency. Quotations and links to .gov sources appear throughout the site, but ZoneFee's editorial process, scope, and publication decisions are independent of any government entity, jurisdiction, utility, or development-side trade group. ZoneFee receives no compensation from jurisdictions for inclusion, placement, or fee-schedule prominence, and does not accept sponsored listings, paid placement, or advertised fee data. Sources are documented in the data sources page; the editorial standard for what gets published is documented in the methodology page.

What ZoneFee Is

ZoneFee collects, structures, and publishes development fee data from official government sources for U.S. cities, counties, and special districts. The data covers four categories:

• Development impact fees - statutory or ordinance-based fees collected at permit issuance for new construction (roadway, water, wastewater, parks, fire, police, schools where authorized).
• Zoning application fees - application costs for rezoning, special use permits, planned development, variances, plats, and related land-use submittals.
• Utility tap and connection fees - capital cost recovery and meter installation charges levied by water, wastewater, and electric utilities.
• Proffers and exactions - voluntary or negotiated contributions used in jurisdictions that operate under proffer-style frameworks (notably Virginia under Va. Code § 15.2-2303).

ZoneFee is built for real estate developers, investors, land-use attorneys, and underwriting researchers who need a fast starting point on fee exposure when evaluating a project, a deal, or a market. It is not a consumer site, a tax site, or a refund-help site.

For details on how data is sourced and verified, see the methodology page. For the current list of covered jurisdictions, see coverage.

How ZoneFee Is Maintained

ZoneFee is maintained as a working research project. New jurisdictions are added when official, accessible fee documents can be identified, retrieved, and verified against the criteria in the methodology page. Existing records are re-checked under a rolling maintenance workflow that aims for a 12-month review interval as a target rather than a hard guarantee, and individual records are re-verified earlier when an official source publishes a fee change that comes to ZoneFee's attention.

Each published page lists its primary sources by name, document title, and direct URL, along with the date the source was last accessed. Where a fee category cannot be confirmed from an official source, the page says so explicitly rather than estimating.

Coverage today is concentrated in Texas, with growing records in Maryland and Virginia. ZoneFee is not nationally complete and does not claim to be. New states and jurisdictions are added as official documents permit reliable sourcing.

ZoneFee does not accept paid placement, sponsored listings, or advertised fee data. The only contact path for corrections, coverage requests, or general questions is contact@zonefee.com.

What ZoneFee Does Not Do

ZoneFee is a research tool, not a substitute for direct verification with the relevant jurisdiction. Specifically:

• No legal advice. ZoneFee does not provide legal counsel on entitlement strategy, zoning interpretation, vested rights, exactions doctrine, or land-use litigation. Use a licensed attorney.
• No financial or underwriting advice. ZoneFee does not produce pro forma outputs, return projections, or deal-level recommendations from its fee data.
• No engineering or planning advice. ZoneFee does not certify utility capacity, traffic impact, or site-specific infrastructure requirements.
• No tax advice. Development fees are distinct from property taxes, sales taxes, and income taxes. ZoneFee makes no representations about the tax treatment of fees paid.
• No guarantee of accuracy or currency. Fee schedules change. Always confirm binding fee amounts with the relevant city, county, utility, or special district before relying on a number for a financial or contractual decision.
• No comprehensive national coverage claim. ZoneFee covers a growing but limited set of jurisdictions. The current scope is reported on the coverage page.

For data corrections or coverage requests, email contact@zonefee.com with the jurisdiction name, fee category, the official source URL or document, the effective date, and a screenshot or PDF of the source where possible. See corrections for the full data-correction workflow, data sources for what counts as proof, FAQ for common questions, and contact for coverage requests and other inquiries.

Use of ZoneFee is governed by the terms of use and the data use disclaimer. See the privacy policy for what information ZoneFee does and does not collect.