Castroville, Texas - City Development Fees

Fee Summary

Impact Fees

Source: City of Castroville Comprehensive Fee Schedule, "FEES - Public Works (Continued)," "IMPACT FEES: (Council Adopted new rates on 11/08/22)." The schedule is the Amended Comprehensive Fee Schedule approved by Council on July 14, 2026. Rates are set by meter type and size.

The rates date from November 8, 2022. Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 requires impact fee land use assumptions and capital improvements plans to be updated at least every five years, so a review is due by late 2027.

Zoning and Plat Fees

Source: City of Castroville Comprehensive Fee Schedule, "FEES - Community Development," Plats and Planning (plat fees per Ord. No. 2002-003), approved by Council July 14, 2026. Fees marked with an asterisk in the schedule are charged plus consultant fees.

Consultant fees cover review of construction plans, reports, drainage studies, TIAs, landscape plans, and other documents associated with plats, site plans, and mixed-use concept plans, billed at actual cost plus a 10% administrative fee. Legal fees incurred in preparing or amending a development agreement or public infrastructure agreement are also billed at actual cost plus a 10% administrative fee. Building permit fees in the same schedule are not covered here.

Utility Tap Fees

Source: City of Castroville Comprehensive Fee Schedule, "FEES - Public Works (Continued)," Meter Fees, Water Tap Fee, and Sewer Tap Fee, approved by Council July 14, 2026.

City electric and gas service connection charges and monthly utility rates are not development-fee families and are not covered here.

Special District Fees - East Side PID No. 2

Source: Castroville East Side Public Improvement District No. 2 Service and Assessment Plan dated August 25, 2026, Exhibit E (Estimated Buildout Value, Maximum Assessment and Tax Rate Equivalent), accepted and approved by City of Castroville Ordinance No. 2026-021, which levies the Improvement Area #1 assessments under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 372. These assessments apply only to parcels within Improvement Area #1 of the district; they are not a city-wide fee.

The Improvement Area #1 assessment totals $4,204,000 across 138 units. Exhibit E reports a gross PID tax rate equivalent of $0.449279 for each lot type. Annual installments are set each year in the Service and Assessment Plan update.

Coverage Notes - What This Page Does Not Cover

Per ZoneFee's Partial-Verified Publication Standard, the items below were either not published by this jurisdiction as a dated fee schedule, not administered by it, or do not apply. They are disclosed here rather than estimated, paraphrased from a non-official source, or omitted silently. These items remain under limited-coverage review until any remaining gaps are closed from official sources.

Other fee families

Every development fee family tracked by ZoneFee for Castroville is confirmed above from official City documents. Monthly water, sewer, electric, and gas rates (set by Ordinance 2024-003) and building permit fees are outside the scope of this page.

Proffers

Cash proffers are a Virginia statutory instrument under Virginia Code Section 15.2-2303.4 with no Texas counterpart. Texas exactions run through Local Government Code Chapter 212 (subdivision and development) and Chapter 395 (impact fees). Closed-search outcome: this fee family does not apply to this jurisdiction.

Fee Authorities

See the impact fees guide for how Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 works, and the Texas hub for other jurisdictions covered by ZoneFee. Nearby covered San Antonio-area jurisdictions include San Antonio, Helotes, and Boerne.

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