Casa Grande, Arizona - City Development Fees
Casa Grande | City | Pinal County | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA (I-10 Sun Corridor between Phoenix and Tucson)
Casa Grande is a fast-growing city in Pinal County on the I-10 Sun Corridor between Phoenix and Tucson. The city publishes a single annual Consolidated Fee Schedule covering every department, and the dominant developer-facing charges on it are the land use application fees (zone changes, PAD zoning, site plans, plats, and variances) plus the Public Works engineering review and inspection fees. A 5 percent Technology Recovery Fee, capped at $750, is added to all permit and land use application fees and is easy to miss. Casa Grande also levies development impact fees under Arizona Revised Statutes Section 9-463.05 - zone-based wastewater and street fees - but the adopted rate schedule is not published on any official surface, so this page states that gap plainly rather than estimating a number. Citywide potable water is supplied by Arizona Water Company, an investor-owned utility regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission and outside ZoneFee scope; the city sets water connection charges only for the small Copper Mountain Ranch Water System it operates directly. Arizona jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers. This page presents the fee families captured from official City of Casa Grande sources. Verify current amounts with the City of Casa Grande Development Center before relying on them for any financial decision.
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Fee Summary
| Fee Type | Status | Top-Line Figure | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning and Land Use Application Fees (Consolidated Fee Schedule) | Confirmed | Zone Change $1,575 + $10/acre; PAD Zoning $2,750; Conditional Use Permit $1,260; Major Site Plan $3,300 + $10/acre; Preliminary Plat $1,800; plus a 5% Technology Recovery Fee on all permit and land use application fees (max $750) | 2025-07-01 |
| Utility Tap Fees (Copper Mountain Ranch Water System meter installation) | Confirmed | Meter installation 3/4-inch $149.50, 1-inch $258.75, 1.5-inch $603.75, 2-inch $787.75 (narrow by design - the only water system the city operates directly; citywide water is Arizona Water Company, ACC-regulated, out of scope) | 2025-07-01 |
| Impact Fees (ARS 9-463.05 - zone-based wastewater and streets) | Administered, rate unpublished | Levied under an adopted Infrastructure Improvements Plan and confirmed by the 2024 biennial certified audit, but no adopted rate schedule is published on any official surface. ZoneFee does not estimate a rate; developers obtain a figure via Development Impact Fee Form A (see coverage notes) | - |
| Special District Fees (CFD / Improvement District) | Not administered | No per-application special-district fee; Arizona community facilities districts (ARS Title 48) and improvement districts recover formation cost through the district and the development agreement, not a city application fee | - |
| Proffers | Not applicable | Arizona jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers; developer capital contributions run through ARS 9-463.05 development fees and development agreements | - |
Zoning and Land Use Application Fees
Source: City of Casa Grande FY 2025-2026 Adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2025 (Land Use Applications/Projects, pages 14-15; Public Works Engineering Review and Inspection Fees, pages 15-16). Every page header reads "FY 2025-2026 Consolidated Fee Schedule Effective July 1, 2025." These land use application and engineering review fees are the dominant developer-facing charges the city sets directly.
Land Use Applications and Projects
| Application Type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Zone Change | $1,575.00 + $10.00 per acre |
| PAD Zoning - Initial and Major Amendment (P&Z and Council hearings) | $2,750.00 |
| PAD Zoning Amendment (P&Z hearing only) | $1,575.00 |
| Conditional Use Permit | $1,260.00 |
| Special Use Permit (Board of Adjustment) | $1,050.00 |
| Temporary/Special Use Permit - BOA Review | $525.00 |
| General Plan Amendment - Major | $2,415.00 + $10.00 per acre for the first 160 acres + $1.00 per acre thereafter |
| General Plan Amendment - Minor | $1,050.00 |
| Annexation | $525.00 + $5.00 per acre, maximum $5,000.00 |
| Major Site Plan - Initial and Major Amendment | $3,300.00 + $10.00 per acre |
| Major Site Plan - Minor Amendment | $1,050.00 |
| Minor Site Plan | $1,200.00 |
| Minor Site Plan - Minor Amendment | $525.00 |
| Major and Minor Site Plan Approval Extension | $500.00 |
| Preliminary Plat | $1,800.00 |
| Preliminary Plat Extension | $500.00 |
| Final Plat | $840.00 + $10.00 per lot |
| Final Plat Vacation | $210.00 |
| Re-Subdivision Preliminary Plats | $880.00 + $10.00 per lot |
| Re-Subdivision Final Plats | $420.00 + $10.00 per lot |
| Variance (BOA) - Commercial, Industrial, Office, Institutional, Multi-family | $787.50 first + $262.50 each additional |
| Variance (BOA) - Single Family and Duplex Residential | $262.50 first + $157.50 each additional |
| Variance (City Council) - Subdivision Design Standards | $787.50 first + $262.50 each additional |
| Appeal to Board of Adjustment | $100.00 |
| Appeal of P&Z Decision to City Council | $100.00 |
| Exceptions to lot width, lot area and setbacks for legal non-conforming | $100.00 |
| Comprehensive Sign Plan | $1,050.00 |
| Final Landscape Plan | $157.50 per sheet |
| Housing Product - Administrative Review | $100.00 per model |
| ROW / Easement Abandonment | $1,050.00 |
| Secondary Driveway Authorization | $105.00 |
| Map of Dedication; Street Name Change; Zoning Code Text Amendment | $0.00 |
Technology Recovery Fee (surcharge on everything above): collected on all permits and project applications at 5 percent of the permit and land use application fees, maximum $750.
Public Works Engineering Review and Inspection Fees
| Fee Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Site Development Permit (E-15) | $150.00 per civil sheet |
| Public Improvement Permit (E-16) | $150.00 per civil sheet |
| Public Works Review Fee | $150.00 per civil sheet |
| Public Works Inspection Fee for Public Improvement Permit | 4% of cost (max $50,000) |
| Public Works Inspection Fee for Site Development Permit | 2% of cost (max $10,000) |
| Final Design Report Review (Drainage, Water, Wastewater) | $150.00 per report |
| Traffic Impact Analysis Report | $450.00 per report |
| Special Flood Hazard Area Development Permit | $40.00 + $150.00 per civil plan sheet |
| Review of CLOMR for local concurrence | $500.00 |
| Development Center Processing Fee | $35.00 |
Authority: City of Casa Grande Development Center (Planning & Development and Public Works Engineering). Note: a FY 2026-2027 Proposed Consolidated Fee Schedule is also posted on the city site; the FY 2025-2026 Adopted schedule shown here remains the operative document until the FY 2026-2027 version is adopted.
Water Meter Installation Fees (Copper Mountain Ranch Water System)
Source: City of Casa Grande FY 2025-2026 Adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2025 (page 20). The only water connection charges the city itself sets are meter installation charges for the Copper Mountain Ranch Water System, the single water system Casa Grande operates directly. This scope is narrow by design - see the note below on citywide water supply.
| Meter Size | Installation Charge |
|---|---|
| 3/4 inch | $149.50 |
| 1 inch | $258.75 |
| 1.5 inch | $603.75 |
| 2 inch | $787.75 |
| Larger than 2 inch | With the approval of the City Engineer, only |
The charges above are for installation only; the meter itself is charged at actual cost. Authority: Copper Mountain Ranch Water Company (city-operated water system).
Scope note. Citywide potable water in Casa Grande is supplied by Arizona Water Company, an investor-owned utility whose connection charges are filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, not set by the city - out of ZoneFee scope. The city administers sanitary sewer collection but publishes no one-time sewer tap or connection fee; the Consolidated Fee Schedule carries only monthly wastewater rates (single family $33.70; outside city limits $50.56; multifamily $20.96 per unit; commercial/industrial base $17.82 + $3.34 per 1,000 gallons), pretreatment and industrial-user permit fees, hauled septage rates, and a "Sewer Disconnect/Reconnect Fee: Actual Cost." Sewer capacity recovery runs through the zone-based wastewater impact fee, which is unpublished (see coverage notes).
Coverage Notes - What This Page Does Not Cover
Per ZoneFee's Partial-Verified Publication Standard, the items below were not closed on this page with a fixed fee amount traceable to a dated or byte-stable official source document. They are disclosed here rather than estimated, paraphrased from a non-official source, or omitted silently. These items remain under limited-coverage review until these gaps are closed.
Impact Fees - administered but unpublished
This is the defining fact about Casa Grande's fee picture, and it is stated plainly. Casa Grande does levy development impact fees under Arizona Revised Statutes Section 9-463.05 through an adopted Infrastructure Improvements Plan. The 2024 biennial certified audit performed under A.R.S. 9-463.05(G)(2) tests receipts against the authorized IIP schedule and names zone-based wastewater impact fees (Zone A and Zone B) and street impact fees by finding exceptions against them. The program is real and audited. The adopted rate schedule itself, however, is not published in any fetchable official document: it is absent from the 21-page Consolidated Fee Schedule, absent from the city sitemap (only annual-report and biennial-audit pages exist, neither a rate schedule), and the city's own impact-fee document folders hold only Development Impact Fee Forms A-E plus a stale 2019 estimate. Five substitute paths were exhausted on 2026-07-23 without recovering a current rate table. ZoneFee does not estimate a rate. Developers obtain a project-specific number through Development Impact Fee Form A (Non-Binding Impact Fee Estimate) from the Casa Grande Development Center. This gap will be re-opened when the city publishes a current rate table or an adopting fee ordinance.
Special District Fees
Casa Grande publishes no per-application special-district fee. Arizona community facilities districts (ARS Title 48, Chapter 4, Article 6) and improvement districts recover formation cost through the district itself and the development agreement, not a standardized city application fee. A full-text scan of the 21-page Consolidated Fee Schedule, a 685-location sitemap harvest, and the City Fee Schedule index page found no such fee. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not administered by this jurisdiction. Re-open if the city adopts a CFD or improvement-district application fee.
Proffers
Arizona jurisdictions do not use cash proffers (a Virginia/Maryland conditional-zoning mechanism under Virginia Code Section 15.2-2303.4 with no Arizona counterpart). Arizona developer-side capital contributions run through ARS 9-463.05 development fees and development agreements. Closed-search outcome: this fee family does not apply to this jurisdiction.
Building permit and sewer connection fees
Building permit and inspection fees, while administered by the Development Center, were not transcribed as a fixed schedule for this page. No one-time sewer tap or connection fee is published; the Consolidated Fee Schedule carries only monthly wastewater rates and related permit charges. Consult the Consolidated Fee Schedule or the Development Center for these items.
Fee Authorities
| Authority | Fee Types | Official Website |
|---|---|---|
| City of Casa Grande Development Center (Planning & Development, Public Works Engineering, Building Safety) | Land use application fees; site plan, plat and subdivision fees; variance and appeal fees; annexation fees; engineering plan review and inspection fees; Technology Recovery Fee; ARS 9-463.05 development impact fees (rate schedule unpublished) | casagrandeaz.gov |
| Copper Mountain Ranch Water Company (city-operated water system) | Water meter installation charges for the Copper Mountain Ranch Water System | casagrandeaz.gov |
| Arizona Water Company (investor-owned, Arizona Corporation Commission-regulated) | Citywide potable water connection charges (filed with the ACC; out of ZoneFee scope) | azwater.com |
Explore other Arizona jurisdictions covered by ZoneFee: Arizona fee coverage hub. Nearby published peer: Queen Creek, which does publish a full ARS 9-463.05 impact and capacity fee schedule by category and meter size.
Sources
| Document | Agency | Accessed |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2025-2026 Adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective July 1, 2025; 21 pages) | City of Casa Grande (adopted budget fee schedule) | 2026-07-23 |
| City of Casa Grande Impact Fee AUP Report 2024 (ARS 9-463.05(G)(2) biennial certified audit) | Baker Tilly US, LLP for the City of Casa Grande | 2026-07-23 |
| City Fee Schedule index page | City of Casa Grande | 2026-07-23 |
Note: the Impact Fee AUP Report 2024 is cited as evidence that the ARS 9-463.05 development-fee program exists and is audited; it prints no rate table and is not used as a fee source. No adopted impact-fee rate schedule is published on any official Casa Grande surface.
Last verified by ZoneFee: 2026-07-28. Fee schedules are subject to change. Verify current rates directly with the City of Casa Grande Development Center before relying on this data for any financial decision.
This page reflects fee data sourced from the City of Casa Grande FY 2025-2026 Adopted Consolidated Fee Schedule (effective July 1, 2025) and the City of Casa Grande Impact Fee AUP Report 2024. ZoneFee does not guarantee that fee amounts are current at the time you read this page. Fee schedules change. A FY 2026-2027 Proposed Consolidated Fee Schedule is posted on the city site; the FY 2025-2026 Adopted schedule shown here remains operative until the newer version is adopted. Casa Grande levies development impact fees under Arizona Revised Statutes Section 9-463.05, but the adopted rate schedule is not published on any official surface, so no impact-fee rate is stated here; developers obtain a figure via Development Impact Fee Form A. Water meter installation charges apply only to the city-operated Copper Mountain Ranch Water System; citywide potable water is supplied by Arizona Water Company, regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission and outside this page's scope, and the city publishes no one-time sewer tap fee. Arizona jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers. Verify all current rates directly with the City of Casa Grande before relying on this data for land acquisition, project budgeting, or any financial decision. This page is for research and due-diligence reference only - it is not legal or financial advice.