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League City adopts policy to defer capital recovery fees to certificate-of-occupancy stage for qualifying commercial projects

League City City Council · January 27, 2026
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Summary

The council approved a policy shifting collection of capital-recovery fees (CRFs) from permit issuance to certificate-of-occupancy and created administrative and economic-development deferral tracks for qualifying commercial projects, with annual caps and security requirements.

League City's council voted Jan. 27 to adopt a policy that shifts the collection point for capital-recovery fees (CRFs) from permit issuance to the certificate-of-occupancy (CO) stage and sets procedures to allow repayment deferrals for qualifying commercial projects.

City staff told the council the policy does not waive CRF obligations or change how fees are assessed; rather, it changes when fees are collected and creates two pathways for deferred payment: an administrative track for community-serving commercial developments and an economic-development track for larger projects…

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