What are the zoning and plat fees in DeSoto, TX?

Per the City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning Fee Schedule, a zoning change is $2,300, a Planned Development is $3,000, an amendment to a Planned Development is $2,500, a Special Use Permit request is $3,000, site plan approval is $2,200, and a variance is $3,000. A preliminary plat is $300 per plat plus $20 per lot, and a final, amended, replat, or minor plat is $250 per plat plus $22 per lot. A zoning verification letter is $250.

What are the building permit fees in DeSoto, TX?

Per the City of DeSoto Permit Fees page, a new residential single-family (attached or detached), duplex, or townhouse permit is $1,300 plus a $1,000 residential plan review fee. Residential remodels and additions are charged by square foot ($700 to $925). New commercial construction and remodels are valuation-based, ranging from $27.67 for $1 to $500 in valuation up to $1,263.37 plus $7.14 per $1,000 for valuations of $100,001 to $500,000.

Does DeSoto, TX charge impact fees?

Yes. DeSoto has administered Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 water, wastewater, and roadway impact fees since September 2021. However, the City's published per-service-unit rate document is a degraded scanned PDF whose adopted collection-rate table does not machine-extract to verifiable values, so ZoneFee does not publish specific DeSoto impact-fee dollar amounts. Confirm current impact-fee rates directly with the City of DeSoto Engineering Department.

DeSoto, Texas - City Development Fees

DeSoto | City | Dallas County | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

DeSoto is a home-rule city in southern Dallas County, in the Best Southwest area of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning, Building Inspection, and Engineering departments administer zoning and subdivision application fees, building permit fees, and impact fees. DeSoto publishes its planning, zoning, plat, and building permit fees on the City fee pages, and has administered a Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 impact-fee program for water, wastewater, and roadway since September 2021. The City's published impact-fee rate document is a degraded scan whose adopted rates do not machine-verify, so specific impact-fee amounts are disclosed as unavailable below. Verify current amounts with the City of DeSoto before relying on them.

On this page

Fee summary
Zoning, subdivision, and site plan fees
Building permit fees
Coverage notes
Fee authorities
Sources

Fee Summary

Fee Type	Status	Top-Line Figure	Effective Date
Zoning, Subdivision, and Site Plan Fees	Confirmed	Zoning Change $2,300; PD $3,000; SUP $3,000; Site Plan $2,200; Variance $3,000; plats $300 + $20/lot (preliminary) / $250 + $22/lot (final/replat/minor)	Current schedule
Building Permit Fees	Confirmed	New single-family / duplex / townhouse $1,300 + $1,000 residential plan review; residential remodel $700-$925 by sq ft; commercial valuation-based ($27.67 to $1,263.37 + $7.14/$1,000)	Current schedule
Impact Fees (TLGC Chapter 395)	Administered; rate not retrievable	DeSoto administers water/wastewater/roadway impact fees (since Sept 2021), but the published rate document is a degraded scan; exact per-service-unit rates are not machine-verifiable	-
Utility Tap Fees	Separate Water Department schedule	No published tap/connection fee schedule with dollar amounts; meter/tap fees deferred to the Water Department	-
Special District Fees (PID / MUD / TIF / TIRZ)	Not administered	No City-administered special-district developer application fee on the published fee pages	-
Proffers	Not applicable	Texas jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers	-

Zoning, Subdivision, and Site Plan Fees

Source: City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning Fee Schedule (SHA-256 ef3302ec...), captured verbatim from the City's current published fee page.

Zoning and Development Application Fees

Application	Amount
Zoning Change	$2,300
Planned Development	$3,000
Amendment to a Planned Development	$2,500
Special Use Permit (SUP) Request	$3,000
Site Plan Approval	$2,200
Variance	$3,000
Zoning Verification Letter	$250
Review/processing of ROW abandonment requests	$1,500
Tree Mitigation	$25

Plat Filing Fees

Plat Type	Amount
Preliminary Plat	$300 per plat + $20 per lot
Final Plat / Amended Plat / Replat / Minor Plat	$250 per plat + $22 per lot

Zoning, subdivision, and site plan fee authority: City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning. The published fee schedule carries no explicit revision-date stamp; it is the City's current schedule.

Building Permit Fees

Source: City of DeSoto Permit Fees (Building Inspection; SHA-256 80e631a0...), captured verbatim from the City's current published permit fee page.

Residential Building Permits

Permit Type	Amount
New residential single-family (attached/detached), duplex, townhouse	$1,300
Residential plan review	$1,000
Residential remodel / addition	$700 to $925 by square foot

Commercial Building Permits (valuation-based)

Total Valuation	Fee
$1 to $500	$27.67
$25,001 to $50,000	$495.59 + $12.89 per $1,000
$100,001 to $500,000	$1,263.37 + $7.14 per $1,000

Building permit fee authority: City of DeSoto Building Inspection. New commercial construction and remodels are charged on the valuation-based schedule; the rows above are representative anchor points from the published schedule.

Coverage Notes - What This Page Does Not Cover

Per ZoneFee's Partial-Verified Publication Standard, the items below were not closed via confirmed standalone fee amounts on this page. They are disclosed here rather than estimated or omitted silently.

Impact Fees (Administered; Rate Not Retrievable)

DeSoto has administered Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 water, wastewater, and roadway impact fees since September 2021 (per the City Engineering Forms and Fees page). However, the City's official per-service-unit rate document is a degraded scanned PDF; OCR of that document returned the impact-fee study's capital-improvement-project cost-allocation tables rather than the adopted per-service-unit collection-rate schedule (three substitute paths probed, including the adopting ordinance and study report). ZoneFee does not publish unverifiable figures, so exact DeSoto impact-fee amounts are disclosed as unavailable via published sources. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is administered but its rate schedule is not machine-verifiable from the located official sources. Confirm current impact-fee rates directly with the City of DeSoto Engineering Department.

Utility Tap Fees

No water or wastewater tap or connection fee schedule with dollar amounts is published on the City's web pages. The Water Tap Requirements page is procedural, and the Permit Fees page defers meter and tap fees to the Water Department (three substitute paths probed). Standalone tap-fee amounts are unavailable via the located official sources; water and wastewater connection capital is partly recovered through the Chapter 395 impact fees. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not retrievable from the located official sources.

Special District Fees (PID / MUD / TIF / TIRZ)

No City-administered special-district (PID/MUD/TIF/TIRZ) developer application fee surfaced on the published fee pages (two substitute paths probed). Consistent with Texas peer precedent, special-district obligations, where they exist, are tax-roll assessments rather than standing City development application fees. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not administered by this jurisdiction.

Proffers

Texas jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers (Virginia Code Section 15.2-2303 has no Texas counterpart). Developer-side contributions in DeSoto occur through the zoning, platting, building permit, and impact fees captured or described above. Closed-search outcome: this fee family does not apply to this jurisdiction.

Fee Authorities

Authority	Fee Types	Official Website
City of DeSoto - Planning & Zoning, Building Inspection, and Engineering	Zoning, subdivision, and site development fees; building permit fees; impact fees (water, wastewater, roadway)	desototexas.gov

Sources

Document	Agency	Accessed
City of DeSoto Planning & Zoning Fee Schedule (zoning, plat, and site plan fees) (SHA-256 ef3302ec...)	City of DeSoto, TX - Planning & Zoning	2026-06-20
City of DeSoto Permit Fees (building permit fees) (SHA-256 80e631a0...)	City of DeSoto, TX - Building Inspection	2026-06-20

Last verified by ZoneFee: 2026-06-20. Fee schedules are subject to change. Verify current rates directly with the City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning and Building Inspection before relying on this data for any financial decision.

This page reflects fee data sourced from the City of DeSoto Planning & Zoning Fee Schedule (SHA-256 ef3302ec...) and Permit Fees page (SHA-256 80e631a0...). ZoneFee does not guarantee that fee amounts are current at the time you read this page. Fee schedules change. DeSoto administers Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 water, wastewater, and roadway impact fees, but the published rate document is a degraded scan whose exact rates could not be machine-verified and are disclosed as unavailable. Texas jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers, and no City-administered special-district (PID/MUD/TIF/TIRZ) developer application fee surfaced in the located official sources. Verify all current rates directly with the City of DeSoto 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.