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Fort White, Florida Impact Fees

Fort White applies its own fee schedule: municipal fees plus the Columbia County-levied fees that apply inside city limits. Combined, a new single-family home pays $5,700.00 per unit (rates sourced July 22, 2026). The full breakdown is below.

Fort White impact fees by project type

Fort White: Single-Family Impact Fees

A new single-family home in Fort White pays $5,700.00 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 22, 2026). All of it is levied by Columbia County.

The largest line items are Sewer Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White) ($3,800.00) and Water Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White) ($1,900.00).

Some fees are tiered by unit size or building type; amounts reflect the representative tier noted in the schedule below.

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Water$1,900.00
  • Water Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White)
    5/8" x 3/4" meter
    Columbia County BOCC (Fort White system operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority)
    Fort White has no municipal utility; the Fort White water system is a Columbia County BOCC system operated by NFWUA, governed by County Code Sec. 118-553(a): 5/8"x3/4" $1,900; 1" $5,500; 1.5" $11,000; 2" $17,600; 3" $35,000. Separate water service connection charge per Sec. 118-553(c) ($250 for 5/8", $300 for 3/4"). Amendable by BOCC resolution; reviewed biannually (Sec. 118-551).
    $1,900.00
Sewer$3,800.00
  • Sewer Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White)
    5/8" x 3/4" meter
    Columbia County BOCC (systems operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority)
    Fort White has no municipal utility, so County Code Sec. 118-553(b) applies: 5/8"x3/4" $3,800; 1" $11,000; 1.5" $22,000; 2" $35,200; 3" compound $70,000. NFWUA's FY2026-27 budget lists sewer O&M cost centers for Ellisville and CR-136 only — no Fort White sewer plant — so central sewer may not be available at every Fort White parcel (septic where unavailable). The charge is the adopted county rate; parcel-level sewer availability varies.
    $3,800.00
City$0.00
  • City Impact Fees (Town of Fort White) - None
    Town of Fort White
    Fort White (~500 pop) has only its Charter on Municode, no codified ordinances, and no municipal utility — the Fort White water system is a Columbia County BOCC system operated by NFWUA, and Columbia County issues Fort White's building permits. No town impact fee exists. $0.
    $0.00
County$0.00
  • County Educational System Impact Fee (Columbia County, Fort White) - Suspended
    Columbia County School Board
    County Code Ch. 56 Art. II (Educational System Impact Fee, Ord. 2007-41). Sec. 56-221(a) imposes the fee countywide including within the municipalities (Sec. 56-2 names Lake City and Fort White); adopted rate SFR/mobile home $3,500, MF $1,645 per dwelling unit since 10/1/2012. Sec. 56-221(b) and Sec. 56-222 (Ord. 2011-15) suspend collection until a Board amendment reimposes the fee and the Sec. 56-249 notice period expires; none adopted. Columbia County issues Fort White's building permits and would be the collector on resumption. The Sec. 56-143 annual index applies only to the Article I fees, not Article II. Adopted-but-dormant rate; $0 payable today.
    $0.00
  • County Impact Fees (EMS/Fire/Roads/Correctional) — Suspended
    Columbia County
    County EMS, fire, correctional and road impact fees adopted in Code Ch. 56 Art. I, suspended since 1/1/2009 (Ord. 2011-16, Sec. 56-142). The 4/18/2024 Board motion to resume road fees at 2007 rates was recommended for rescission 9/19/2024 (2007 schedule incompatible with FS 163.31801(11); Sec. 56-152 notice never published); a new fee study is required first. Under Sec. 56-5 not enforced inside a municipality absent an interlocal. $0 payable today.
    $0.00
Total (Fort White): $5,700.00
Sources last checked July 22, 2026Official fee schedules:Columbia County BOCC (Fort White system operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority) Columbia County BOCC (systems operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority) Town of Fort White Columbia County School Board Columbia County

Where in Columbia County are you building?

Each jurisdiction applies its own fee schedule. Pick yours. = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.

Unincorporated Columbia County$5,700.00
Fort White$5,700.00this page
Lake City$4,780.00Includes unconfirmed fees

Fort White: Multifamily Impact Fees

A new multifamily unit in Fort White pays $5,700.00 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 22, 2026). All of it is levied by Columbia County.

The largest line items are Sewer Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White MF) ($3,800.00) and Water Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White MF) ($1,900.00).

Some fees are tiered by unit size or building type; amounts reflect the representative tier noted in the schedule below.

View the full fee schedule
Water$1,900.00
  • Water Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White MF)
    5/8" x 3/4" meter, per individually metered unit
    Columbia County BOCC (Fort White system operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority)
    Fort White water is a Columbia County BOCC system operated by NFWUA, so County Code Sec. 118-553(a) governs. Modeled at the 5/8"x3/4" rate ($1,900) per individually metered unit; master-metered projects pay on the master meter (1" $5,500; 1.5" $11,000; 2" $17,600; 3" $35,000) per Sec. 118-551(b) AWWA ratios. Separate water service connection charge, Sec. 118-553(c).
    $1,900.00
Sewer$3,800.00
  • Sewer Capacity Charge (Columbia County / NFWUA, Fort White MF)
    5/8" x 3/4" meter, per individually metered unit
    Columbia County BOCC (systems operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority)
    County Code Sec. 118-553(b) governs, Fort White having no municipal utility. Modeled at the 5/8"x3/4" rate ($3,800) per individually metered unit; master-metered projects pay on the master meter (1" $11,000; 1.5" $22,000; 2" $35,200; 3" $70,000). NFWUA's FY2026-27 budget shows sewer O&M cost centers for Ellisville and CR-136 only — no Fort White sewer plant — so central sewer may not reach a given Fort White parcel; a main-extension charge or special assessment (Sec. 118-510) may apply for an MF project.
    $3,800.00
City$0.00
  • City Impact Fees (Town of Fort White, MF) - None
    Town of Fort White
    Fort White has only its Charter on Municode, no codified ordinances, and no municipal utility; Columbia County issues the Town's building permits. No town impact fee exists. $0.
    $0.00
County$0.00
  • County Impact Fees (EMS/Fire/Roads/Correctional, Fort White MF) — Suspended
    Columbia County
    County EMS, fire, correctional and road impact fees adopted in Code Ch. 56 Art. I, suspended since 1/1/2009 (Ord. 2011-16, Sec. 56-142). The 4/18/2024 motion to resume road fees was recommended for rescission 9/19/2024; no adopted schedule or Sec. 56-152 notice. Under Sec. 56-5 not enforced inside a municipality absent an interlocal. $0 payable today.
    $0.00
  • County Educational System Impact Fee (Columbia County, Fort White MF) - Suspended
    Columbia County School Board
    County Code Ch. 56 Art. II. Sec. 56-221(a) imposes the fee countywide including within the municipalities (Sec. 56-2: Lake City and Fort White); adopted MF rate $1,645/unit since 10/1/2012. Sec. 56-221(b) and Sec. 56-222 suspend collection pending a Board amendment plus the Sec. 56-249 notice period. None adopted. Columbia County issues Fort White's building permits and would be the collector on resumption. $0 payable today.
    $0.00
Total (Fort White): $5,700.00
Sources last checked July 22, 2026Official fee schedules:Columbia County BOCC (Fort White system operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority) Columbia County BOCC (systems operated by North Florida Water Utilities Authority) Town of Fort White Columbia County Columbia County School Board

Where in Columbia County are you building?

Each jurisdiction applies its own fee schedule. Pick yours. = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.

Unincorporated Columbia County$5,700.00
Fort White$5,700.00this page
Lake City$3,473.61Includes unconfirmed fees

Fort White: Commercial Impact Fees

Commercial development in Fort White pays no per-square-foot impact fees (rates sourced July 22, 2026).

Water Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White) and Sewer Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White) are set by the utility and not published online. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.

View the full fee schedule
Water$0.00
  • Water Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White)
    North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA)
    PROVIDER CONFIRMED, RATE NOT PUBLISHED. Fort White water is supplied by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA), an independent special district formed 4/16/2024 by interlocal agreement between Columbia and Suwannee counties; the town itself operates no utility (fortwhitefl.com/utilities routes service applications and billing through Columbia County Utilities — Ellen Snyder, 386-758-1005). NFWUA publishes NO rate, capacity-fee, connection-fee or meter-size schedule: nfwua.org has only About/Board/Agendas/Meetings/Budget/Contact pages and no rates page, and the legacy Columbia County Utilities rate chart is gone (columbiacountyfla.com/utilities/* now 301-redirects to nfwua.org). A Raftelis rate study was still in progress as of 2026 — an adopted nonres schedule may follow; recheck each cycle. No nonres meter-size or ERC table published, so no meter tiers and no 1" canonical default can be set. Checked 7/12/2026. CONFIRM: Utilities Dir. Robert Domingue (386) 984-5872; billing (386) 984-7342; info@nfwua.org.
    Requires confirmation
Sewer$0.00
  • Sewer Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White)
    North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA)
    PROVIDER CONFIRMED, RATE NOT PUBLISHED. Fort White wastewater is handled by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA), an independent special district formed 4/16/2024 for Columbia + Suwannee counties; the town operates no utility of its own. NFWUA publishes NO rate, capacity-fee or connection-fee schedule — nfwua.org has no rates page, and the legacy Columbia County Utilities rate chart URL now redirects to nfwua.org. A Raftelis rate study was still in progress as of 2026; recheck each cycle for an adopted nonres schedule. No nonres meter-size or ERC table published. Checked 7/12/2026. CONFIRM: Utilities Dir. Robert Domingue (386) 984-5872; billing (386) 984-7342; info@nfwua.org.
    Requires confirmation
City$0.00
  • City Impact Fees (Town of Fort White, Commercial) — None
    Town of Fort White
    No town-level nonresidential impact fees. Fort White (pop. ~600) publishes NO code of ordinances — Municode carries the town Charter only — and posts no development or impact fee schedule on fortwhitefl.com. No transportation, parks, police, fire or public-facilities impact fee identified for any land use. The town operates no utility: water and wastewater are provided by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (fortwhitefl.com/utilities routes billing through Columbia County Utilities, Ellen Snyder 386-758-1005) — those charges are recorded in the Water Sewer Fees - Nonresidential table. County overlay (Ch. 56) applies inside the town but is suspended — separate record. Documented $0. Checked 7/12/2026; contact Town Hall (386) 497-2321 for any unpublished schedule.
    $0.00
County$0.00
  • County Impact Fees (Columbia County, Fort White, Commercial) — Suspended
    Columbia County
    Columbia County Ch. 56 (Ord. No. 2007-40) imposes EMS (§56-24), fire (§56-44), correctional (§56-64) and roads (§56-84) impact fees countywide, incl. inside Fort White (the town levies no comparable fee of its own). ALL FOUR SUSPENDED for building-permit applications on/after 1/1/2009 per §56-142 (Ord. No. 2011-16); the suspension covers nonresidential 'impact construction,' not just residential. The 4/18/2024 Board motion to resume road fees 10/1/2024 at 2007 rates was recommended for rescission by the County Attorney 9/19/2024 (2007 schedule incompatible with F.S. 163.31801(11); §56-152 90-day notice never published); new fee study required first. No adopted schedule through 7/12/2026 → $0. County school impact fee is residential-only — not entered per FL nonres policy. Confirmed $0; recheck each cycle. Building Dept (386) 758-1008.
    $0.00
Total (Fort White): $0.00
Sources last checked July 22, 2026Official fee schedules:North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA) Town of Fort White Columbia County
Fees flagged "Requires confirmation" have no confirmed published amount. Confirm them with the jurisdiction or utility before budgeting.

Where in Columbia County are you building?

Each jurisdiction applies its own fee schedule. Pick yours. Totals shown are for a 50,000 sq ft building, including one-time water/sewer fees (assuming a 1-inch meter). = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.

Unincorporated Columbia County$0.00Includes unconfirmed fees
Fort White$0.00this pageIncludes unconfirmed fees
Lake City$0.00Includes unconfirmed fees

Fort White: Industrial Impact Fees

Industrial development in Fort White pays no per-square-foot impact fees (rates sourced July 22, 2026).

Water Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White) and Sewer Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White) are set by the utility and not published online. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.

View the full fee schedule
Water$0.00
  • Water Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White)
    North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA)
    PROVIDER CONFIRMED, RATE NOT PUBLISHED. Fort White water is supplied by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA), an independent special district formed 4/16/2024 by interlocal agreement between Columbia and Suwannee counties; the town itself operates no utility (fortwhitefl.com/utilities routes service applications and billing through Columbia County Utilities — Ellen Snyder, 386-758-1005). NFWUA publishes NO rate, capacity-fee, connection-fee or meter-size schedule: nfwua.org has only About/Board/Agendas/Meetings/Budget/Contact pages and no rates page, and the legacy Columbia County Utilities rate chart is gone (columbiacountyfla.com/utilities/* now 301-redirects to nfwua.org). A Raftelis rate study was still in progress as of 2026 — an adopted nonres schedule may follow; recheck each cycle. No nonres meter-size or ERC table published, so no meter tiers and no 1" canonical default can be set. Checked 7/12/2026. CONFIRM: Utilities Dir. Robert Domingue (386) 984-5872; billing (386) 984-7342; info@nfwua.org.
    Requires confirmation
Sewer$0.00
  • Sewer Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White)
    North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA)
    PROVIDER CONFIRMED, RATE NOT PUBLISHED. Fort White wastewater is handled by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA), an independent special district formed 4/16/2024 for Columbia + Suwannee counties; the town operates no utility of its own. NFWUA publishes NO rate, capacity-fee or connection-fee schedule — nfwua.org has no rates page, and the legacy Columbia County Utilities rate chart URL now redirects to nfwua.org. A Raftelis rate study was still in progress as of 2026; recheck each cycle for an adopted nonres schedule. No nonres meter-size or ERC table published. Checked 7/12/2026. CONFIRM: Utilities Dir. Robert Domingue (386) 984-5872; billing (386) 984-7342; info@nfwua.org.
    Requires confirmation
City$0.00
  • City Impact Fees (Town of Fort White, Industrial) — None
    Town of Fort White
    No town-level nonresidential impact fees. Fort White (pop. ~600) publishes NO code of ordinances — Municode carries the town Charter only — and posts no development or impact fee schedule on fortwhitefl.com. The town operates no utility; water/wastewater is provided by NFWUA and recorded in the Water Sewer Fees - Nonresidential table. County overlay (Ch. 56) applies inside the town but is suspended — separate record. Documented $0. Checked 7/12/2026; Town Hall (386) 497-2321.
    $0.00
County$0.00
  • County Impact Fees (Columbia County, Fort White, Industrial) — Suspended
    Columbia County
    Columbia County Ch. 56 (Ord. No. 2007-40) imposes EMS, fire, correctional and roads impact fees countywide, incl. inside Fort White. ALL FOUR SUSPENDED for permit applications on/after 1/1/2009 per §56-142 (Ord. No. 2011-16); suspension covers nonresidential 'impact construction.' The 4/18/2024 motion to resume road fees was recommended for rescission 9/19/2024; new fee study required first. No adopted schedule through 7/12/2026 → $0. County school impact fee is residential-only — not entered. Confirmed $0; recheck each cycle. Building Dept (386) 758-1008.
    $0.00
Total (Fort White): $0.00
Sources last checked July 22, 2026Official fee schedules:North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA) Town of Fort White Columbia County
Fees flagged "Requires confirmation" have no confirmed published amount. Confirm them with the jurisdiction or utility before budgeting.

Where in Columbia County are you building?

Each jurisdiction applies its own fee schedule. Pick yours. Totals shown are for a 50,000 sq ft building, including one-time water/sewer fees (assuming a 1-inch meter). = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.

Unincorporated Columbia County$0.00Includes unconfirmed fees
Fort White$0.00this pageIncludes unconfirmed fees
Lake City$0.00Includes unconfirmed fees

Fort White: Office Impact Fees

Office development in Fort White pays no per-square-foot impact fees (rates sourced July 22, 2026).

Water Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White) and Sewer Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White) are set by the utility and not published online. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.

View the full fee schedule
Water$0.00
  • Water Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White)
    North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA)
    PROVIDER CONFIRMED, RATE NOT PUBLISHED. Fort White water is supplied by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA), an independent special district formed 4/16/2024 by interlocal agreement between Columbia and Suwannee counties; the town itself operates no utility (fortwhitefl.com/utilities routes service applications and billing through Columbia County Utilities — Ellen Snyder, 386-758-1005). NFWUA publishes NO rate, capacity-fee, connection-fee or meter-size schedule: nfwua.org has only About/Board/Agendas/Meetings/Budget/Contact pages and no rates page, and the legacy Columbia County Utilities rate chart is gone (columbiacountyfla.com/utilities/* now 301-redirects to nfwua.org). A Raftelis rate study was still in progress as of 2026 — an adopted nonres schedule may follow; recheck each cycle. No nonres meter-size or ERC table published, so no meter tiers and no 1" canonical default can be set. Checked 7/12/2026. CONFIRM: Utilities Dir. Robert Domingue (386) 984-5872; billing (386) 984-7342; info@nfwua.org.
    Requires confirmation
Sewer$0.00
  • Sewer Connection Fee (NFWUA, Fort White)
    North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA)
    PROVIDER CONFIRMED, RATE NOT PUBLISHED. Fort White wastewater is handled by the North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA), an independent special district formed 4/16/2024 for Columbia + Suwannee counties; the town operates no utility of its own. NFWUA publishes NO rate, capacity-fee or connection-fee schedule — nfwua.org has no rates page, and the legacy Columbia County Utilities rate chart URL now redirects to nfwua.org. A Raftelis rate study was still in progress as of 2026; recheck each cycle for an adopted nonres schedule. No nonres meter-size or ERC table published. Checked 7/12/2026. CONFIRM: Utilities Dir. Robert Domingue (386) 984-5872; billing (386) 984-7342; info@nfwua.org.
    Requires confirmation
City$0.00
  • City Impact Fees (Town of Fort White, Office) — None
    Town of Fort White
    No town-level nonresidential impact fees. Fort White (pop. ~600) publishes NO code of ordinances — Municode carries the town Charter only — and posts no development or impact fee schedule on fortwhitefl.com. The town operates no utility; water/wastewater is provided by NFWUA and recorded in the Water Sewer Fees - Nonresidential table. County overlay (Ch. 56) applies inside the town but is suspended — separate record. Documented $0. Checked 7/12/2026; Town Hall (386) 497-2321.
    $0.00
County$0.00
  • County Impact Fees (Columbia County, Fort White, Office) — Suspended
    Columbia County
    Columbia County Ch. 56 (Ord. No. 2007-40) imposes EMS, fire, correctional and roads impact fees countywide, incl. inside Fort White. ALL FOUR SUSPENDED for permit applications on/after 1/1/2009 per §56-142 (Ord. No. 2011-16); suspension covers nonresidential 'impact construction.' The 4/18/2024 motion to resume road fees was recommended for rescission 9/19/2024; new fee study required first. No adopted schedule through 7/12/2026 → $0. County school impact fee is residential-only — not entered. Confirmed $0; recheck each cycle. Building Dept (386) 758-1008.
    $0.00
Total (Fort White): $0.00
Sources last checked July 22, 2026Official fee schedules:North Florida Water Utilities Authority (NFWUA) Town of Fort White Columbia County
Fees flagged "Requires confirmation" have no confirmed published amount. Confirm them with the jurisdiction or utility before budgeting.

Where in Columbia County are you building?

Each jurisdiction applies its own fee schedule. Pick yours. Totals shown are for a 25,000 sq ft building, including one-time water/sewer fees (assuming a 1-inch meter). = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.

Unincorporated Columbia County$0.00Includes unconfirmed fees
Fort White$0.00this pageIncludes unconfirmed fees
Lake City$0.00Includes unconfirmed fees

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How impact fees work in Florida

Florida impact fees are one-time charges on new development, governed by Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes (the Florida Impact Fee Act). The statute requires fees to be based on the most recent and localized data, spent on the infrastructure category they were collected for, and adopted by ordinance.

Since 2021, the law also limits how fast fees can rise: increases up to 25% phase in over two years, increases of 25–50% phase in over four years, and increases above 50% are allowed only with a demonstrated extraordinary-circumstances study and at least a two-thirds vote of the governing body.

Counties and cities can both levy impact fees. Inside an incorporated city, a project typically pays the county's countywide fees plus any municipal fees the city has adopted, which is why totals differ between a city and the unincorporated county around it.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the total impact fees for a single-family home in Fort White, Florida?

A new single-family home in Fort White pays $5,700.00 per unit in combined impact fees (rates sourced July 22, 2026).

How much are commercial impact fees in Fort White?

Fort White does not currently levy impact fees on commercial development.

Does Fort White charge its own impact fees?

Yes. Fort White levies its own municipal impact or utility fees, and county-levied fees also apply inside city limits. The schedule on this page shows every fee that applies to development in Fort White, with the combined total.

Can Florida impact fees increase at any time?

No. Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes limits increases to 50% at most, phased in over two to four years, unless the local government makes extraordinary-circumstances findings and approves the increase by at least a two-thirds vote.

Fee amounts on this page are compiled from official published schedules and are provided for planning purposes only. Rates change, and project specifics (unit size, meter size, location within special districts) can alter what applies. Always verify current fees with the jurisdiction and utility before relying on them.

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