Laredo, Texas - City Development Fees
Laredo | City | Webb County | Laredo, TX MSA
Laredo is the seat of Webb County (roughly 260,000 residents) on the Texas-Mexico border, the southern anchor of the Interstate 35 international trade corridor and the busiest inland port in the United States. The City of Laredo Planning & Zoning Department publishes the Subdivision Plat Fee Schedule, which sets preliminary, final, amending, and administrative plat application fees. Building permit fees are valuation-based, and water and sewer service is administered through the City's separate official utilities portal. The City website is protected by a web application firewall that blocks automated retrieval tools; the plat fee schedule below was captured directly through a real browser session. Verify current amounts with the City of Laredo before relying on them.
Fee Summary
| Fee Type | Status | Top-Line Figure | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subdivision Plat Fees | Confirmed | Small residential preliminary plat $100 / final $50; larger preliminary $400 + $7.50/lot or $40/acre; final $400 + $5/lot + $40/acre; vacation $300/acre; amending $200; administrative $200 | - |
| Impact Fees (TLGC Chapter 395) | Not administered | No Chapter 395 impact-fee document surfaced across Planning & Zoning, Building Development Services, and Utilities pages (border city uses connection charges) | - |
| Utility Tap Fees | Unavailable via official sources | Water and sewer tap, connection, and capacity fees are administered on the City's separate official utilities portal; not captured this pass | - |
| Special District Fees (PID / TIRZ / MUD) | Not administered | No City-administered standing special-district developer application fee published as a document | - |
| Proffers | Not applicable | Texas jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers | - |
Subdivision Plat Application Fees
Source: City of Laredo Subdivision Plat Fee Schedule (Revised December 2024; SHA-256 2e3edeac...), published from the Planning & Zoning Platting page and captured verbatim through a browser session because the City portal blocks non-browser requests. Recordation and tax certificate amounts are pass-through fees payable to the Webb County Clerk.
Plat Application Fees
| Plat Action | Amount |
|---|---|
| Small residential (under 20,000 sq ft) - preliminary plat | $100.00 |
| Small residential (under 20,000 sq ft) - final plat | $50.00 |
| Larger / commercial / industrial / multi-family - preliminary plat | $400.00 base + $7.50 per single-family lot and/or $40.00 per acre |
| Larger / commercial / industrial / multi-family - final plat | $400.00 base + $5.00 per single-family lot + $40.00 per acre |
| Vacation of plat | $300.00 per acre |
| Street dedication plats | $60.00 per acre |
| Amending plats | $200.00 |
| Extension of approval | $300.00 |
| Plat name change | $150.00 |
| General plan | $400.00 |
| Administrative plat | $200.00 |
Recordation and Pass-Through Fees (payable to Webb County Clerk)
| Fee Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Recordation fee | $120.00 first page + $50.00 each additional page |
| Tax certificates | $25.00 first page + $4.00 each additional page, per account |
Subdivision plat fee authority: City of Laredo Planning & Zoning Department.
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.
Building Permit, Rezoning, and Site Plan Fees
Laredo building permit fees are valuation-based under Ordinance 2024-O-152 and are not published as a numeric table on the public City site. Rezoning, conditional use permit, and site plan application fees are codified in the Land Development Code fee appendix in the City's Code of Ordinances and are not on the plat fee schedule excerpt captured here. These amounts are not confirmed on this page.
Impact Fees (TLGC Chapter 395)
No Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 water, wastewater, or roadway impact-fee document surfaced on the City site across the Planning & Zoning, Building Development Services, and Utilities pages. This is consistent with the common South-Texas border pattern of recovering infrastructure cost through utility connection and capacity charges rather than a Chapter 395 impact-fee schedule. The Code of Ordinances was not exhaustively re-checked for an impact-fee chapter, so this closure is conservative and may be revisited. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not administered by this jurisdiction.
Utility Tap Fees
Laredo water and sewer tap, connection, and capacity fees are administered through the City's separate official utilities portal or the utility rate ordinance, which were not captured within this pass. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is unavailable via official sources.
Special District Fees (PID / TIRZ / MUD)
No City-administered standing special-district developer application fee surfaced as a published document across the Planning & Zoning, Building Development Services, and Economic Development pages. Consistent with Texas peer precedent, special-district obligations where they exist are tax-roll assessments rather than standing City developer 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 Laredo occur through the subdivision plat, building permit, and utility connection fees. Closed-search outcome: this fee family does not apply to this jurisdiction.
Fee Authorities
| Authority | Fee Types | Official Website |
|---|---|---|
| City of Laredo - Planning & Zoning Department / Building Development Services / Utilities Department | Subdivision plat fees; building permit fees (valuation-based); water and sewer fees (separate utilities portal) | cityoflaredo.com |
Sources
| Document | Agency | Accessed |
|---|---|---|
| City of Laredo Subdivision Plat Fee Schedule (Revised December 2024), via the Planning & Zoning Platting page (SHA-256 2e3edeac...) | City of Laredo, TX - Planning & Zoning Department | 2026-06-19 |
Last verified by ZoneFee: 2026-06-19. Fee schedules are subject to change. Verify current rates directly with the City of Laredo Planning & Zoning Department before relying on this data for any financial decision.
This page reflects fee data sourced from the City of Laredo Subdivision Plat Fee Schedule (Revised December 2024; SHA-256 2e3edeac...). ZoneFee does not guarantee that fee amounts are current at the time you read this page. Fee schedules change. Only the subdivision plat fee family is confirmed on this page; Laredo building permit fees are valuation-based under Ordinance 2024-O-152 and are not published as a numeric table, rezoning and site plan fees are in the Code of Ordinances Land Development Code fee appendix, and water and sewer fees are administered on the City's separate utilities portal. Laredo did not surface a Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 impact-fee program. Texas jurisdictions do not use Virginia-style cash proffers. Verify all current rates directly with the City of Laredo 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.