Cleveland workshop reviews draft impact-fee study proposing $3,505 per single-family-equivalent unit

Dec 10, 2025

Consultant Blau Engineering presented a draft impact-fee study that would set a combined water and wastewater fee of $3,505 per single-family-equivalent unit, based on a 10-year CIP of roughly $50 million; council members heard required next steps including public hearings and ordinance adoption but took no action at the workshop.

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Blake Behringer of Blau Engineering told the Cleveland City Council workshop that the firm’s draft impact-fee study would levy a combined water and wastewater impact fee of $3,505 per single-family-equivalent unit, with $1,919 allocated to water and $1,586 to sewer. "The impact fee for water, we've calculated to be $1,919," Behringer said.

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