Palm Beach impact fees by project type
Palm Beach: Single-Family Impact Fees
A new single-family home in Palm Beach pays at least $17,101.95 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 17, 2026). Of that, Palm Beach County-levied fees account for $14,414.45 and municipal or utility fees for $2,687.50.
The largest line items are School Impact Fee (School District of Palm Beach County) ($7,905.90), Road Impact Fee (Palm Beach County Fair Share) ($5,597.40) and Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city) ($2,687.50).
Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF) is set by the utility and not published online. Municipal Impact Fee (Town of Palm Beach) is set by the city and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.
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 System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city)$2,687.50City of West Palm BeachCONFIRMED 7/14/2026 audit (was $0). The Town of Palm Beach buys water from WPB and is OUTSIDE WPB city limits, so WPB's 25% outside-city surcharge applies: 5/8" $2,150 x 1.25 = $2,687.50. Source: WPB Ord. 4965-21 / FY2025-26 rate sheet, eff. 10/1/2025 (System Capacity Charges are by meter size only).
- Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF)Requires confirmationTown of Palm BeachTown collects sewage; treatment at East Central Regional WRF (operated by WPB). Capacity fee by ordinance, not web-published. Confirm: Town 561-838-5440.
- Municipal Impact Fee (Town of Palm Beach)Requires confirmationTown of Palm BeachNo municipal (non-W/S) impact fee found in Municode; Town has own fire, police, library. County collects Parks/PubBldg/School/Road. $0 placeholder — confirm 561-838-5440.
- School Impact Fee (School District of Palm Beach County)$7,905.90School District of Palm Beach CountyPBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach, eff 1/1/2026. Rep SFR 2,000-3,599 sf.
- Road Impact Fee (Palm Beach County Fair Share)$5,597.40Palm Beach CountyPBC Fair Share Road, Single Family Detached, eff 1/1/2026.
- Parks & Recreation Impact Fee (Palm Beach County)$593.85Palm Beach CountyPBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach, eff 1/1/2026. Rep SFR 2,000-3,599 sf.
- Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County)$317.30Palm Beach CountyPBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach, eff 1/1/2026. Rep SFR 2,000-3,599 sf.
- Law Enforcement Impact Fee (Palm Beach County)$0.00Palm Beach County$0 on PBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach (Town has own police). Documented $0.
- Fire Rescue Impact Fee (Palm Beach County)$0.00Palm Beach County$0 on PBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach (Town has own Fire-Rescue). Documented $0.
- Library Impact Fee (Palm Beach County)$0.00Palm Beach County$0 on PBC 2026 schedule — Town has own library (not in county library district). Documented $0.
Where in Palm Beach 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.
Palm Beach: Multifamily Impact Fees
A new multifamily unit in Palm Beach pays at least $9,475.15 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 17, 2026). All of it is levied by Palm Beach County.
The largest line items are School Impact Fee (School District of Palm Beach County, MF) ($6,170.25), Road Impact Fee (Palm Beach County Fair Share, MF) ($2,554.55) and Parks & Recreation Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, MF) ($507.15).
Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF, MF) and Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city, MF) are set by the utility and not published online. Municipal Impact Fee (Town of Palm Beach, MF) is set by the city and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.
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 System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city, MF)Requires confirmationCity of West Palm BeachUNCONFIRMED per-unit basis (re-searched 7/14/2026). Town of Palm Beach buys water from WPB (outside-city, +25%). WPB's System Capacity Charge is by METER SIZE only — no MF per-dwelling-unit rate published, so the charge depends on master-meter sizing. SFR-equivalent outside-city 5/8" = $2,687.50. CALL WPB Public Utilities Engineering Services (561) 494-1040.
- Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF, MF)Requires confirmationTown of Palm BeachSewer via Town; treatment at East Central Regional WRF. MF by ERC, not web-published. Confirm: 561-838-5440.
- Municipal Impact Fee (Town of Palm Beach, MF)Requires confirmationTown of Palm BeachNo municipal (non-W/S) impact fee found; Town has own fire, police, library. $0 placeholder — confirm 561-838-5440.
- School Impact Fee (School District of Palm Beach County, MF)$6,170.25School District of Palm Beach CountyPBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach, eff 1/1/2026. Rep MF 801-1,399 sf.
- Road Impact Fee (Palm Beach County Fair Share, MF)$2,554.55Palm Beach CountyPBC Fair Share Road, MF Mid/High-Rise (4+ levels), eff 1/1/2026. Default tier.
- Parks & Recreation Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, MF)$507.15Palm Beach CountyPBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach, eff 1/1/2026. Rep MF 801-1,399 sf.
- Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, MF)$243.20Palm Beach CountyPBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach, eff 1/1/2026. Rep MF 801-1,399 sf.
- Law Enforcement Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, MF)$0.00Palm Beach County$0 on PBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach (own police). Documented $0.
- Library Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, MF)$0.00Palm Beach County$0 on PBC 2026 schedule — Town has own library. Documented $0.
- Fire Rescue Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, MF)$0.00Palm Beach County$0 on PBC 2026 schedule for Town of Palm Beach (own Fire-Rescue). Documented $0.
Where in Palm Beach 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.
Palm Beach: Commercial Impact Fees
Commercial development in Palm Beach pays $8.37 per square foot in impact fees (rates sourced July 17, 2026).
For a 50,000 sq ft building, that comes to at least $418,665.00. The calculator below adjusts to your exact square footage.
The largest line items are Road (Fair Share) Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Commercial) ($7.91/sq ft) and Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Commercial) ($0.47/sq ft).
Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF) and Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city) are set by the utility and not published online. City Impact Fees (Town of Palm Beach, Commercial) is set by the city and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.
View the full fee schedule
- Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city)Requires confirmationWater is supplied by the City of West Palm Beach (outside-city rate). WPB's nonres capacity charge is by meter size on an image-based rate-schedule PDF not machine-extractable. $0 placeholder — VERIFY WPB Public Utilities 561-822-1300.
- Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF)Requires confirmationTown of Palm Beach owns sewer collection; treatment at the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility. Nonres connection/capacity fee set by Town resolution, no published nonres schedule found. $0 placeholder — VERIFY Town of Palm Beach Public Works 561-838-5440.
- City Impact Fees (Town of Palm Beach, Commercial)Requires confirmationNo municipal nonres impact-fee chapter identified in Municode (Town collects PBC county fees). $0 placeholder — VERIFY Town of Palm Beach 561-838-5400.
- Road (Fair Share) Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Commercial)$7.91/sq ftPBC Fair Share Road, eff 1/1/2026, countywide. Row: General Commercial Retail 40,000-150,000 sq.ft.
- Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Commercial)$0.47/sq ftPBC Public Buildings, eff 1/1/2026. Row: Retail 40,000-150,000 sq.ft.
- Law Enforcement Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Commercial)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule shows $0 Law Enforcement for Town of Palm Beach (all nonres rows); Town has its own PD. Confirmed $0.
- Fire Rescue Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Commercial)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule shows $0 Fire Rescue for Town of Palm Beach (all nonres rows); Town has its own fire dept. Confirmed $0.
- Parks/Library/School Impact Fees (Palm Beach County, Commercial)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule: Parks, Libraries, Schools columns are $0.00 for all nonresidential rows. Confirmed $0.
Where in Palm Beach 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-time water/sewer connection charges only; no per-sq-ft impact fee schedule sourced for that jurisdiction. = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.
Palm Beach: Industrial Impact Fees
Industrial development in Palm Beach pays $2.27 per square foot in impact fees (rates sourced July 17, 2026).
For a 50,000 sq ft building, that comes to at least $113,715.00. The calculator below adjusts to your exact square footage.
The largest line items are Road (Fair Share) Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Industrial) ($2.17/sq ft) and Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Industrial) ($0.10/sq ft).
Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF) and Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city) are set by the utility and not published online. City Impact Fees (Town of Palm Beach, Industrial) is set by the city and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.
View the full fee schedule
- Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city)Requires confirmationWater is supplied by the City of West Palm Beach (outside-city rate). WPB's nonres capacity charge is by meter size on an image-based rate-schedule PDF not machine-extractable. $0 placeholder — VERIFY WPB Public Utilities 561-822-1300.
- Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF)Requires confirmationTown of Palm Beach owns sewer collection; treatment at the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility. Nonres connection/capacity fee set by Town resolution, no published nonres schedule found. $0 placeholder — VERIFY Town of Palm Beach Public Works 561-838-5440.
- City Impact Fees (Town of Palm Beach, Industrial)Requires confirmationNo municipal nonres impact-fee chapter identified in Municode (Town collects PBC county fees). Industrial development effectively nonexistent on this barrier island. $0 placeholder — VERIFY Town of Palm Beach 561-838-5400.
- Road (Fair Share) Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Industrial)$2.17/sq ftPBC Fair Share Road, eff 1/1/2026, countywide. Row: General Industrial.
- Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Industrial)$0.10/sq ftPBC Public Buildings, eff 1/1/2026. Row: General Industrial.
- Parks/Library/School Impact Fees (Palm Beach County, Industrial)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule: Parks, Libraries, Schools columns are $0.00 for all nonresidential rows. Confirmed $0.
- Fire Rescue Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Industrial)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule shows $0 Fire Rescue for Town of Palm Beach (all nonres rows); Town has its own fire dept. Confirmed $0.
- Law Enforcement Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Industrial)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule shows $0 Law Enforcement for Town of Palm Beach (all nonres rows); Town has its own PD. Confirmed $0.
Where in Palm Beach 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-time water/sewer connection charges only; no per-sq-ft impact fee schedule sourced for that jurisdiction. = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.
Palm Beach: Office Impact Fees
Office development in Palm Beach pays $5.06 per square foot in impact fees (rates sourced July 17, 2026).
For a 25,000 sq ft building, that comes to at least $126,421.25. The calculator below adjusts to your exact square footage.
The largest line items are Road (Fair Share) Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Office) ($4.87/sq ft) and Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Office) ($0.19/sq ft).
Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF) and Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city) are set by the utility and not published online. City Impact Fees (Town of Palm Beach, Office) is set by the city and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; they are not included as dollar figures here.
View the full fee schedule
- Water System Capacity Charge (City of West Palm Beach, outside-city)Requires confirmationWater is supplied by the City of West Palm Beach (outside-city rate). WPB's nonres capacity charge is by meter size on an image-based rate-schedule PDF not machine-extractable. $0 placeholder — VERIFY WPB Public Utilities 561-822-1300.
- Sewer Connection Fee (Town of Palm Beach / East Central Regional WRF)Requires confirmationTown of Palm Beach owns sewer collection; treatment at the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility. Nonres connection/capacity fee set by Town resolution, no published nonres schedule found. $0 placeholder — VERIFY Town of Palm Beach Public Works 561-838-5440.
- City Impact Fees (Town of Palm Beach, Office)Requires confirmationNo municipal nonres impact-fee chapter identified in Municode (Town collects PBC county fees). $0 placeholder — VERIFY Town of Palm Beach 561-838-5400.
- Road (Fair Share) Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Office)$4.87/sq ftPBC Fair Share Road, eff 1/1/2026, countywide. Row: General Office.
- Public Buildings Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Office)$0.19/sq ftPBC Public Buildings, eff 1/1/2026. Row: General Office.
- Fire Rescue Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Office)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule shows $0 Fire Rescue for Town of Palm Beach (all nonres rows); Town has its own fire dept. Confirmed $0.
- Law Enforcement Impact Fee (Palm Beach County, Office)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule shows $0 Law Enforcement for Town of Palm Beach (all nonres rows); Town has its own PD. Confirmed $0.
- Parks/Library/School Impact Fees (Palm Beach County, Office)$0.00PBC 2026 schedule: Parks, Libraries, Schools columns are $0.00 for all nonresidential rows. Confirmed $0.
Where in Palm Beach 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-time water/sewer connection charges only; no per-sq-ft impact fee schedule sourced for that jurisdiction. = one or more fees are unconfirmed or have no published amount; the figure shown may not be the complete cost.
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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.
Frequently asked questions
What are the total impact fees for a single-family home in Palm Beach, Florida?
A new single-family home in Palm Beach pays at least $17,101.95 per unit in combined impact fees (rates sourced July 17, 2026). 2 additional fees have no published standard amounts and are not included, so the full cost may be higher; verify before budgeting.
How much are commercial impact fees in Palm Beach?
Commercial development in Palm Beach pays $8.37 per square foot in impact fees, at least $418,665.00 for a 50,000 sq ft building. 3 additional fees have no published standard amounts and are not included, so the full cost may be higher; verify before budgeting.
Does Palm Beach charge its own impact fees?
Yes. Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach, 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.
Compare unincorporated rates and every other city on the Palm Beach County impact fees page.