Harker Heights, Texas - City Development Fees

Fee Summary

Impact Fees

Source: City of Harker Heights FY 2026-2027 Fee Schedule, Impact Fees - Wastewater (Adopted 2024 table). Harker Heights operates its own municipal water and wastewater utilities and levies a wastewater impact fee under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395, assessed by the water-meter size of the new connection.

The wastewater impact fee is a capital-recovery fee keyed to the water-meter size of the connection: a single-family connection on a standard 3/4-inch meter pays $2,822.00. The published schedule enumerates a wastewater impact fee only; no separate water or roadway impact fee is listed. The schedule also prints an Adopted 2022 wastewater table and does not state which table governs; the figures above are from the more recent Adopted 2024 table, so confirm the applicable table with the City. This impact fee is distinct from the water and sewer tap charges below.

Zoning and Platting Application Fees

Source: City of Harker Heights FY 2026-2027 Fee Schedule, Planning & Development (PDF pages 5-6). The platting, concept plan, plat-appeal, rezoning, conditional use, and land use amendment fees below are taken from that schedule, including the per-lot and per-acre add-ons and the $10.00 tech fee the schedule lists in a separate column.

Authority: City of Harker Heights - Planning & Development. The fees above confirm the zoning and platting fee family for this jurisdiction. Confirm the plat category applicable to a given project directly with the City.

Water and Sewer Tap Fees

Source: City of Harker Heights FY 2026-2027 Fee Schedule. Harker Heights runs its own municipal water and sewer utility. The new-property tap charges below are separate from the Chapter 395 wastewater impact fee above; a new connection pays both.

Authority: City of Harker Heights - Public Works (Water & Wastewater). Monthly water and sewer service rates and volumetric charges are recurring billing charges, not one-time development fees, and are excluded here.

Coverage Notes - What This Page Does Not Cover

Per ZoneFee's Partial-Verified Publication Standard, the items below were either not published in the City's official development fee sources or are levied outside the City fee schedule. 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.

Currency caveat

The impact fee, zoning and platting application fees, and utility tap fees on this page derive from the City of Harker Heights FY 2026-2027 Fee Schedule (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027). Fee schedules change. Confirm current amounts directly with the City of Harker Heights before relying on them.

Impact fee scope and the two adopted tables

The City's published impact-fee schedule enumerates a wastewater impact fee only; no separate water or roadway impact fee is listed. The schedule prints two wastewater tables, an Adopted 2022 table and an Adopted 2024 table with different amounts, and does not state which one governs. The figures on this page are from the more recent Adopted 2024 table. Confirm which table applies to a given permit directly with the City.

Special district fees

The adopted City of Harker Heights fee schedule contains no city-administered special-district line item: no Public Improvement District (PID) application or administration fee and no tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ) fee. Any special-district assessments in or around Harker Heights would be levied by the district under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 372 (PID) or Chapter 311 (TIRZ), not through the City fee schedule. Closed-search outcome: no city-administered special-district fee to report.

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), Chapter 245 (vested rights), 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 jurisdictions include Killeen, Temple, Belton, and Copperas Cove.

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