Taylor, Texas - City Development Fees
Taylor | City | Williamson County | Central Texas / Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown MSA (US-79 / SH-95 northeast of Round Rock; Samsung Taylor semiconductor fab corridor)
Taylor is a home-rule city in Williamson County on the US-79 / SH-95 corridor northeast of Round Rock, in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metropolitan statistical area and the site of the Samsung Taylor advanced-semiconductor fab. The City administers development charges through its FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance No. 2025-23, Exhibit A, effective November 1, 2025, codified as Appendix B to the Code of Ordinances): Planning, Zoning, Subdivision, and Site Development application fees, and its own municipal water and wastewater utility tap and meter fees. Taylor also administers roadway and water and wastewater impact fees under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395, but the consolidated fee schedule defers those assessed amounts to separate adopting ordinances that were not published on the City website at the time of review. The figures below are drawn from the single consolidated FY2026 Fee Schedule. Verify current amounts with the City of Taylor before relying on them.
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Fee Summary
| Fee Type | Status | Top-Line Figure | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning and Development Application Fees (Planning, Zoning, Subdivision, Site Development) | Confirmed | Place Type Change (rezoning) $350.00 + $25.00 tech; Site Development Plan $500.00 + $0.05/sq ft impervious + $35.00 tech; plats $1,000.00 + $30.00-$35.00/lot; Development Agreement $2,000.00 + attorney fees | FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ord. 2025-23), effective 2025-11-01 |
| Utility Tap / Meter Fees (municipal water and wastewater utility) | Confirmed | Water tap 1" $1,576.00, 1.5" $2,100.00, 2" $2,275.00; sewer tap 4" $1,516.73, 6" $1,684.44; standard 5/8" residential water meter $290.00 | FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ord. 2025-23), effective 2025-11-01 |
| Impact Fees (TLGC Ch. 395 roadway, water, and wastewater) | Administered - amounts by separate ordinance | Administered under Chapter 395; the consolidated fee schedule defers assessed amounts to separate adopting ordinances not published on the City site. Sidewalk cash-in-lieu $10.00/sq ft and ROW license $350.00 are published in the impact-fee section | Amounts set by separate ordinance |
| Special District Fees | Not administered | The City levies no fee by a special district; a city Special District Petition (MUD/PID) application fee of $2,000.00 is charged under Development Services | - |
| Proffers | Not applicable | Texas has no cash proffer regime; exactions run through TLGC Ch. 212 and Ch. 395 | - |
Chapter 395 Impact Fees
Source: City of Taylor FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance 2025-23, Impact Fee Schedule section). Taylor administers roadway and water and wastewater impact fees under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395. The consolidated FY2026 Fee Schedule does not itemize the assessed impact-fee amounts: it states "refer to the separate ordinance that sets roadway impact fees" and the equivalent for water and wastewater impact fees, deferring the dollar figures to separate adopting ordinances. Those adopting ordinances were not published on the City's website at the time of review, so the assessed per-service-unit amounts are not reproduced here. The two impact-fee-section items that the FY2026 schedule does publish are captured below.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Sidewalk cash-in-lieu fee | $10.00 per square foot |
| Right-of-way License (original) | $350.00 |
| Roadway impact fee (assessed amount) | Administered under Chapter 395; amount set by separate ordinance (not published in the FY2026 schedule) |
| Water and wastewater impact fees (assessed amounts) | Administered under Chapter 395; amounts set by separate ordinance (not published in the FY2026 schedule) |
See the Coverage Notes below for how ZoneFee treats this partial-coverage item. The tap and meter fees in the next section are the City utility's own connection charges and are distinct from these capital-recovery impact fees.
Zoning and Development Application Fees
Source: City of Taylor FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance 2025-23, Exhibit A, Development Services section). The figures below are captured verbatim from the consolidated schedule. Each application carries a separate technology fee as shown. Properties within a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone may be eligible for a 50% reduction on zoning, platting, site-plan, and building fees.
| Application Type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Place Type Change (rezoning) | $350.00 + $25.00 tech fee |
| Special Use Permit | $350.00 + $25.00 tech fee |
| Place Type Variance | $325.00 + $15.00 tech fee |
| Zoning Appeals | $250.00 + $15.00 tech fee |
| Warrant | $250.00 + $15.00 tech fee |
| Zoning Verification Letter | $50.00 + $15.00 tech fee |
| Plan (Employment Center / Neighborhood / Infill Neighborhood) - Initial Submittal | $1,000.00 + Urban Design Consultant professional-services fee + $25.00 tech fee |
| Site Development Plan - Initial Submittal | $500.00 + $0.05/sq ft of impervious cover + $35.00 tech fee (plus $0.05/sq ft inspection fee at plan approval) |
| Preliminary Plat - Initial Submittal | $1,000.00 + $35.00/lot + $35.00 tech fee |
| Final Plat (from preliminary plat) - Initial Submittal | $1,000.00 + $30.00/lot + $35.00 tech fee |
| Subdivision Improvement (Construction) Plans - Initial Submittal | $1,000.00 + per-acre fee ($500/acre first 100 ac; $250/acre next 150 ac; $125/acre over 250 ac) + $35.00 tech fee |
| Subdivision Variance | $325.00 + $35.00 tech fee |
| Voluntary Annexation | $1,000.00 application + notices + $35.00 tech fee |
| Disannexation or ETJ Release | $2,000.00 application + attorney fees + $35.00 tech fee |
| Development Agreement | $2,000.00 application + attorney fees + professional-services recovery + $35.00 tech fee |
| Comprehensive Plan Amendment | $500.00 application + professional-services recovery + notices + $35.00 tech fee |
| Flood Plain Development Permit - Initial Submittal | $500.00 + $15.00 tech fee |
Authority: City of Taylor Development Services / Planning and Zoning. A city Special District Petition (MUD, PID) application fee of $2,000.00 plus attorney and professional fees is charged under this Development Services schedule.
Water and Sewer Tap Fees
Source: City of Taylor FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance 2025-23, Impact Fee Schedule section - Tap Fees and Meter Fees). Taylor operates its own municipal water and wastewater utility. These tap and meter fees are the utility's own connection charges and are distinct from the separately-adopted Chapter 395 water and wastewater impact fees.
| Connection | Fee |
|---|---|
| Water tap - 1" | $1,576.00 per tap |
| Water tap - 1.5" | $2,100.00 per tap |
| Water tap - 2" | $2,275.00 per tap |
| Sewer tap - 4" | $1,516.73 per tap |
| Sewer tap - 6" | $1,684.44 per tap |
| Standard residential water meter (5/8") | $290.00 (non-standard meters priced by the Permit Technician; meter fees are pass-through costs subject to change) |
Authority: City of Taylor Public Works / Utilities.
Coverage Notes - What This Page Does Not Cover
Per ZoneFee's Partial-Verified Publication Standard, the items below were not closed on this page with a fixed fee amount traceable to a dated or byte-stable official source document. They are disclosed here rather than estimated, paraphrased from a non-official source, or omitted silently. These items remain under limited-coverage review until these gaps are closed from official sources.
Impact fee amounts (administered, set by separate ordinance)
Taylor does administer roadway and water and wastewater impact fees under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395. The consolidated FY2026 Fee Schedule references but does not itemize the assessed amounts, directing readers to the separate ordinances that set the roadway and the water and wastewater impact fees. Those adopting ordinances were not published on the City's website at the time of review (the sitemap carried no impact-fee page and the Development Services landing page linked no standalone impact-fee ordinance). The assessed per-service-unit amounts are therefore shown as "administered; amount set by separate ordinance" rather than as a fixed figure. The two impact-fee-section items the schedule does publish (sidewalk cash-in-lieu $10.00 per square foot and the $350.00 right-of-way license) are captured above.
Single-source currency
Both confirmed fee families on this page derive from the single consolidated FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance No. 2025-23, effective November 1, 2025). At each review, ZoneFee re-downloads the FY2026 schedule and re-verifies that no FY2027 successor schedule supersedes it and that Ordinance 2025-23 remains the governing adopted schedule.
Special district fees
The City of Taylor levies no fee by a special district. The 44-page consolidated FY2026 Fee Schedule was read in full across all fee-bearing departments, and the only district-related entry is the city's own Special District Petition (MUD, PID) application fee of $2,000.00, which is a city application fee captured under the zoning and development application schedule above. In Texas, public improvement district formation costs under Local Government Code Chapter 372 and municipal utility district formation costs under Water Code Chapter 54 are recovered through the district itself or a negotiated development agreement, not through a standardized per-application 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). Closed-search outcome: this fee family does not apply to this jurisdiction.
Fee Authorities
| Authority | Fee Types | Official Website |
|---|---|---|
| City of Taylor Development Services / Planning and Zoning | Zoning, place-type change, plat, site development plan, annexation, development agreement, and flood plain permit application fees | taylortx.gov |
| City of Taylor Public Works / Utilities | Water and sewer tap fees and water meter fees; roadway and water/wastewater impact fees adopted under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 (amounts set by separate ordinance) | taylortx.gov |
Other Williamson County and Austin-Round Rock MSA jurisdictions covered by ZoneFee: Hutto, Georgetown, and Round Rock. See also the impact fees guide for how Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 works.
Sources
| Document | Agency | Accessed |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance 2025-23, Exhibit A; Development Services zoning and plat fees, Impact Fee Schedule tap and meter fees) | City of Taylor | 2026-08-10 |
Last verified by ZoneFee: 2026-08-10. Fee schedules are subject to change. Verify current rates directly with the City of Taylor (Development Services and Public Works) before relying on this data for any financial decision.
This page reflects fee data sourced from the City of Taylor FY2026 Fee Schedule (Ordinance No. 2025-23, effective November 1, 2025). ZoneFee does not guarantee that fee amounts are current at the time you read this page. Fee schedules change. Taylor administers roadway and water and wastewater impact fees under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395, but the assessed amounts are set by separate ordinances that were not published on the City site at the time of review and are shown here as administered rather than as a fixed figure. Both confirmed fee families derive from a single consolidated FY2026 document. Texas has no cash proffer regime, and the City levies no fee by a special district. Verify all current rates directly with the City of Taylor 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.