Southlake, Texas - City Development Fees

Fee Summary

Impact Fees

Source: City of Southlake Impact Fee Schedule, governed by Ordinance No. 657 / 0657C. Southlake operates its own municipal water and wastewater utility and levies water, sewer, and roadway impact fees under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395. The amounts below are the current collection tier, which applies to plats filed after April 1, 2016. Water and sewer impact fees scale by water meter size and living unit equivalent; roadway impact fees are charged by land-use type and by the North or South collection service area.

The water and sewer impact fees are capital-recovery fees keyed to the water meter size and living unit equivalent; the ladders above show representative meter sizes. The roadway impact fee is assessed by land-use category from the full Institute of Transportation Engineers land-use table and varies by the North or South collection service area; the rows above are representative examples. These Chapter 395 impact fees are distinct from the utility's own meter and tap charges below.

Zoning and Plat Application Fees

Source: City of Southlake 2026 Municipal Fee Schedule, Planning and Development Services section. The zoning, specific use permit, variance, and plat application fees below are captured from that schedule.

Authority: City of Southlake Planning & Development Services. The fees above confirm the zoning and platting fee family for this jurisdiction. Variance requests are priced by ordinance type (for example, masonry variance $100.00; lighting, sidewalk, or sign variance $300.00; master sign variance $500.00). A zoning verification letter is provided free the first time and $30.00 for each additional letter.

Water Tap and Utility Connection Fees

Source: City of Southlake 2026 Municipal Fee Schedule, Water and Wastewater Utility Services section. Southlake operates its own municipal water and wastewater utility. Water and sewer service taps are charged at actual cost plus a 15% administrative fee; the flat publishable charges the City levies are the meter charges by size, the Sewer Participation charge, and the Sewer Tap Inspection, shown below. These are separate from the Chapter 395 impact fees above.

Authority: City of Southlake Public Works (Water & Wastewater Utilities). Because the water and sewer service taps are cost-plus rather than a flat per-size tap fee, the one-time connection cost varies with meter size and field conditions. The capital cost of extending service is captured chiefly by the Chapter 395 water and sewer impact fees above; residential water deposits ($75.00) and non-residential deposits ($250.00 to $500.00) are refundable account deposits, not development fees. Monthly water and sewer service rates and volumetric charges are recurring billing charges, not 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 itemized in full on this page or are not administered by this jurisdiction. 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 fees on this page derive from the City of Southlake Impact Fee Schedule (current tier for plats filed after April 1, 2016, under Ordinance No. 657 / 0657C), and the zoning, plat, and utility connection charges derive from the City of Southlake 2026 Municipal Fee Schedule. Fee schedules change. Confirm current amounts directly with the City of Southlake before relying on them.

Impact fee tier and roadway table scope

The water and sewer impact fee amounts on this page are the current collection tier, which applies to plats filed after April 1, 2016. The roadway impact fee is set by a full Institute of Transportation Engineers land-use table across two collection service areas (North and South); only representative land-use rows are shown above. Developers with a land use not listed, or a larger meter size, should request the applicable amounts directly from the City.

Utility connection scope

Because Southlake runs its own water and wastewater utility, the total cost of a new connection is a combination of the Chapter 395 water and sewer impact fees, the water and sewer service tap charges (actual cost plus 15% administrative fee), and the water meter charge for the applicable size. The water and sewer service taps are cost-plus rather than flat dollar lines; the flat meter, Sewer Participation, and Sewer Tap Inspection charges are presented above.

Special district fees

No public improvement district (Local Government Code Chapter 372) or municipal utility district (Water Code Chapter 54) assessment line appears anywhere on the City's 2026 Municipal Fee Schedule. Southlake's Community Enhancement and Development Corporation and Southlake Parks Development Corporation are sales-tax-funded development corporations, not a permit or impact fee family, and Southlake self-operates its water and wastewater utility rather than relying on a district. PID or MUD assessments, where they exist, are levied and collected by the district itself, not through a standardized City fee. Closed-search outcome: this fee family is not administered by this jurisdiction.

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); Southlake's water, sewer, and roadway impact fees sit under Chapter 395. 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 Grapevine, Keller, Flower Mound, North Richland Hills, and Coppell.

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