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Fair Oaks Ranch council approves first reading to raise maximum water and wastewater impact fees

5679653 · July 18, 2025
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Fair Oaks Ranch council approved the first reading of an ordinance July 17 to update land-use assumptions, the capital improvements plan and the city's water and wastewater impact fees after a presentation by consultant Friese and Nichols.

Fair Oaks Ranch council approved the first reading of an ordinance July 17 to update the city's land-use assumptions, capital improvement plans and water and wastewater impact fees, following a public hearing and a presentation from the city's consultant team.

The ordinance, as drafted for first reading, reflects the maximum allowable water impact fee calculation in the consultant's report; the consultant reported an eligible capital cost for water of about $32 million and said state law requires a 50 percent credit, leaving a legal maximum the council may adopt of $21,013 per single-family-equivalent living unit. On the wastewater side, the report shows a maximum allowable fee of $9,943 per equivalent living unit.

Why it matters: impact fees are charged to new development to pay for the…

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