Santa Rosa County impact fees by project type
Where in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa County: Single-Family Impact Fees
A new single-family home in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays at least $8,137.00 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026). Of that, Santa Rosa County-levied fees account for $1,687.00 and municipal or utility fees for $6,450.00.
The largest line items are Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU ($4,200.00), Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU ($2,250.00) and Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County) ($1,687.00).
Educational Facilities Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County) is set by the county and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; it is not included as a dollar figure 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 Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU$2,250.00Multiple special districtsCONFIRMED 7/14/2026 (was $0 UNCONFIRMED). Holley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policies, Procedures & Calculations', Revision #2 effective 5/20/2025 (Board policy). WATER SYSTEM CAPACITY FEE = $2,250.00 PER ERU. 1 ERU = 300 gallons/day. Residential ERUs are derived from the home's total enclosed square footage via the estimated-sewage-flow table (FAC 64E-6.008 Table I): <=750 sq ft = 100 gpd; 751-1,200 = 200 gpd; 1,201-2,250 = 300 gpd; 2,251-3,300 = 400 gpd. A canonical SFR house (1,201-2,250 sq ft) = 300 gpd / 300 = 1.00 ERU -> 1.00 x $2,250 = $2,250. (A 2,251-3,300 sq ft house = 1.333 ERU -> $3,000.) Meter installation is a SEPARATE charge: residential $1,200 with tap / $575 without (2026 Rate Schedule eff. 2/1/2026). HNWS (850-939-2427) serves Navarre, the largest unincorporated community in the county. STILL OPEN: the other unincorporated providers — Midway Water System, Pace Water System, Bagdad-Pea Ridge Water, Avalon Water, and the Santa Rosa County utility — each publish their own schedules and are not yet captured.
- Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU$4,200.00Multiple special districtsCONFIRMED 7/14/2026 (was $0 UNCONFIRMED). Holley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policies, Procedures & Calculations', Revision #2 effective 5/20/2025. SEWER SYSTEM CAPACITY FEE = $4,200.00 PER ERU. 1 ERU = 300 gpd; sewer ERUs equal the number of water ERUs credited to the account. A canonical SFR house (1,201-2,250 sq ft = 300 gpd) = 1.00 ERU -> $4,200. The policy's own worked example: a 1,150 sq ft house = 200 gpd = 0.6667 ERU -> water $1,500 + sewer $2,800. Sewer service installation is a SEPARATE charge: residential $700 (new service with tap). NOTE: a meter physically unconnected to centralized sewer is still charged the sewer capacity fee (NWFWMD permit bars 'yard meters'). OTHER AREAS: south-county unincorporated sewer is served by GBRWS/SSRU instead ($5,823/ERU now, stepping to $6,326 on 9/18/2026 — see the Gulf Breeze record); many rural parcels are on septic. Providers Midway / Pace / Bagdad-Pea Ridge / Avalon / SRC utility not yet captured.
- Municipal Impact Fee (Unincorporated — N/A)$0.00Santa Rosa CountyCONFIRMED $0. Unincorporated area — no municipal (city) impact fees by definition. The county overlay that applies here is the Transportation Impact Fee (see the County-type record). Placeholder documents that municipal fees were checked. Re-verified 7/14/2026.
- Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County)$1,687.00Santa Rosa CountyRE-VERIFIED TO THE DOLLAR 7/14/2026. Ord. 2024-4 (approved 4/4/2024); implementation approved 2/3/2025; collection began 5/5/2025 on all building applications submitted on or after that date. Code Sec. 24.17 requires annual CPI adjustment (CPI-U, All Services, US City Average). For the 12 months ending 9/1/2025 CPI rose 3.1%, so rates were adjusted upward 3.1% EFFECTIVE 1/1/2026 — the schedule now posted, and the one entered here. Single-family detached dwelling unit (the category also covers a mobile home on a single-family lot) = $1,687/du. Applies in UNINCORPORATED areas ONLY ('Fees will be the same and collected throughout the unincorporated areas of the county'); revenue is spent in the district of collection. Exemptions: accessory buildings with no added impact, replacement buildings/dwellings, government property, and affordable housing per F.S. 420.9071. NEXT CPI ADJUSTMENT 1/1/2027 — re-check. NOTE: the county's impact-fee page is JS-rendered; web_fetch returns only the stale 2023 'next steps' preamble and omits the fee table entirely. Render it in Chrome, do not fetch.
- Educational Facilities Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County)Requires confirmationSanta Rosa County School DistrictUNCONFIRMED $0 — NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED. The Santa Rosa County school impact fee was permanently enjoined / invalidated by the circuit court on 1/15/2022 (defects in the underlying study). The School District has been updating the educational facilities impact fee study; as of 7/14/2026 no re-adopted fee has been found. This is a live watch item — re-check each audit cycle. VERIFY status: Santa Rosa County School District (850) 983-5150. URL pointed to the District's own impact-fee page (the county BOCC page does not cover the school fee).
Where in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa County: Multifamily Impact Fees
A new multifamily unit in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays at least $5,113.00 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026). Of that, Santa Rosa County-levied fees account for $813.00 and municipal or utility fees for $4,300.00.
The largest line items are Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System, MF) — 0.6667 ERU × $4,200/ERU ($2,800.00), Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System, MF) — 0.6667 ERU × $2,250/ERU ($1,500.00) and Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, MF) ($813.00).
Educational Facilities Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, MF) is set by the county and has no published standard rate. Contact the levying jurisdiction or utility to verify before budgeting; it is not included as a dollar figure 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 Fee (Holley Navarre Water System, MF) — 0.6667 ERU × $2,250/ERU$1,500.00Multiple special districtsCONFIRMED 7/14/2026 (was $0 UNCONFIRMED). HNWS 'System Capacity Fee Policies, Procedures & Calculations', Revision #2 eff. 5/20/2025. Water system capacity fee = $2,250.00 per ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd. PER-UNIT MF BASIS CONFIRMED: the policy's residential calculation uses FAC 64E-6.008 Table I, whose residential line is 'Single or multiple family PER DWELLING UNIT' — so MF is assessed per unit, on unit square footage. The canonical MF unit (2BR/2BA, 1,000 sq ft) falls in the 751-1,200 sq ft bracket = 200 gpd -> 200/300 = 0.6667 ERU -> 0.6667 x $2,250 = $1,500.00. This is the policy's OWN worked example (a 1,150 sq ft dwelling: water $1,500.00, sewer $2,800.00). MF is therefore genuinely LOWER than SFR ($2,250) — the prior $0 has been replaced with the correct per-unit figure, not the SFR rate. Meter installation is separate. Table I adds 100 gpd per additional bedroom or per additional 750 sq ft.
- Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System, MF) — 0.6667 ERU × $4,200/ERU$2,800.00Multiple special districtsCONFIRMED 7/14/2026 (was $0 UNCONFIRMED). HNWS 'System Capacity Fee Policies, Procedures & Calculations', Revision #2 eff. 5/20/2025. Sewer system capacity fee = $4,200.00 per ERU; sewer ERUs equal the water ERUs credited to the account. Canonical MF unit (2BR/2BA, 1,000 sq ft) = FAC 64E-6.008 Table I bracket 751-1,200 sq ft = 200 gpd -> 0.6667 ERU -> 0.6667 x $4,200 = $2,800.00 per unit. This is the policy's own worked example. Table I's residential line is per DWELLING UNIT for 'single or multiple family', so MF is per unit. MF ($2,800) is genuinely lower than SFR ($4,200). Sewer service installation ($700 with tap) is separate. A pool/amenity meter at an apartment complex that is not itself on sewer is STILL charged a sewer capacity fee (no 'yard meters' under the NWFWMD permit) — relevant to MF site planning. SOUTH COUNTY: unincorporated sewer there is GBRWS/SSRU instead ($5,823/unit, -> $6,326 on 9/18/2026).
- Municipal Impact Fee (Unincorporated — N/A, MF)$0.00Santa Rosa CountyCONFIRMED $0. Unincorporated area — no municipal (city) impact fees by definition. The county overlay that applies is the Transportation Impact Fee (see County records). Re-verified 7/14/2026.
- Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, MF)$813.00Santa Rosa CountyRE-VERIFIED TO THE DOLLAR 7/14/2026. Ord. 2024-4, Code Sec. 24.17; collection began 5/5/2025; CPI-adjusted +3.1% effective 1/1/2026 (the schedule in force). Multi-family, high rise = $813/du. DEFAULT TIER: the county schedule brackets multifamily into only two tiers — 'low rise' and 'high rise' — with no mid-rise category. The canonical MF unit (2BR/2BA, 1,000 sq ft, 4-story building) falls on the high-rise side of a two-tier split, so Is Default = true here per the project's MF default-tier rule. Applies in UNINCORPORATED areas only. NEXT CPI ADJUSTMENT 1/1/2027. NOTE: the county's impact-fee page is JS-rendered — render in Chrome; web_fetch silently drops the fee table.
- Educational Facilities Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, MF)Requires confirmationSanta Rosa County School DistrictUNCONFIRMED $0 — NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED. The Santa Rosa County school impact fee was permanently enjoined / invalidated by the circuit court on 1/15/2022. The School District has been updating the educational facilities impact fee study; as of 7/14/2026 no re-adopted fee found. Live watch item — re-check each cycle. VERIFY: SR County School District (850) 983-5150.
Where in Santa Rosa 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.
Unincorporated Santa Rosa County: Commercial Impact Fees
Commercial development in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays $2.86 per square foot in impact fees, plus $6,450.00 in one-time water and sewer connection fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026).
For a 50,000 sq ft building, that comes to about $149,450.00. The calculator below adjusts to your exact square footage.
The largest line items are Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU ($4,200.00 one-time), Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU ($2,250.00 one-time) and Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, Commercial) ($2.86/sq ft).
View the full fee schedule
- Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU$2,250.00 one-timeHolley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policy' Rev #2 eff. 5/20/2025. WATER capacity fee = $2,250/ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd. Nonres ERUs derived from estimated sewage flow (FAC 64E-6.008); 1.0-ERU minimum entered. Meter installation is a separate charge. HNWS serves Navarre (largest unincorporated community). OTHER unincorporated providers publish their own schedules and are not captured: GBRWS/SSRU (south county), Midway Water System, Pace Water System, Bagdad-Pea Ridge Water, Avalon Water, Santa Rosa County utility. HNWS (850) 939-2427.
- Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU$4,200.00 one-timeHolley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policy' Rev #2 eff. 5/20/2025. SEWER capacity fee = $4,200/ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd (sewer ERUs = water ERUs). Nonres ERUs by estimated flow (FAC 64E-6.008); 1.0-ERU minimum entered. Sewer service installation separate ($700). South-county unincorporated sewer is GBRWS/SSRU instead; many rural parcels on septic. Other providers (Midway/Pace/Bagdad-Pea Ridge/Avalon/SRC utility) not captured. HNWS (850) 939-2427.
- Municipal Impact Fee (Unincorporated — N/A, Commercial)$0.00Unincorporated area — no municipal (city) impact fee by definition. The applicable overlay is the County Transportation Impact Fee (separate County-type records). $0 placeholder documents that municipal fees were checked.
- Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, Commercial)$2.86/sq ftSanta Rosa County Transportation Impact Fee, Ord. 2024-4 (approved 4/4/2024; implementation approved 2/3/2025; collection began 5/5/2025). Canonical row: Retail/commercial = $2,860 per 1,000 sq ft, as posted on the county Impact Fee page after the Code Sec. 24.17 annual CPI adjustment (+3.1%, eff. 1/1/2026). Applies in UNINCORPORATED areas ONLY ('collected throughout the unincorporated areas of the county'); revenue spent in district of collection. NEXT CPI adjustment 1/1/2027 — recheck. County school/educational impact fee enjoined since 1/15/2022 and residential-only (not entered for nonres). County parks & law enforcement studied (Duncan 2020/2023) but NOT adopted — no nonres fee.
Where in Santa Rosa 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.
Unincorporated Santa Rosa County: Industrial Impact Fees
Industrial development in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays $0.70 per square foot in impact fees, plus $6,450.00 in one-time water and sewer connection fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026).
For a 50,000 sq ft building, that comes to about $41,350.00. The calculator below adjusts to your exact square footage.
The largest line items are Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU ($4,200.00 one-time), Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU ($2,250.00 one-time) and Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, Industrial) ($0.70/sq ft).
View the full fee schedule
- Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU$2,250.00 one-timeHolley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policy' Rev #2 eff. 5/20/2025. WATER capacity fee = $2,250/ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd. Nonres ERUs derived from estimated sewage flow (FAC 64E-6.008); 1.0-ERU minimum entered. Meter installation is a separate charge. HNWS serves Navarre (largest unincorporated community). OTHER unincorporated providers publish their own schedules and are not captured: GBRWS/SSRU (south county), Midway Water System, Pace Water System, Bagdad-Pea Ridge Water, Avalon Water, Santa Rosa County utility. HNWS (850) 939-2427.
- Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU$4,200.00 one-timeHolley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policy' Rev #2 eff. 5/20/2025. SEWER capacity fee = $4,200/ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd (sewer ERUs = water ERUs). Nonres ERUs by estimated flow (FAC 64E-6.008); 1.0-ERU minimum entered. Sewer service installation separate ($700). South-county unincorporated sewer is GBRWS/SSRU instead; many rural parcels on septic. Other providers (Midway/Pace/Bagdad-Pea Ridge/Avalon/SRC utility) not captured. HNWS (850) 939-2427.
- Municipal Impact Fee (Unincorporated — N/A, Industrial)$0.00Unincorporated area — no municipal (city) impact fee by definition. $0 placeholder documents that municipal fees were checked.
- Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, Industrial)$0.70/sq ftSanta Rosa County Transportation Impact Fee, Ord. 2024-4. Schedule row: Industrial = $698 per 1,000 sq ft (post-CPI +3.1%, eff. 1/1/2026). Schedule also lists Warehouse $354, Mini-warehouse $300, Public/institution $743 per 1,000 sf. UNINCORPORATED areas ONLY. NEXT CPI adjustment 1/1/2027.
Where in Santa Rosa 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.
Unincorporated Santa Rosa County: Office Impact Fees
Office development in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays $1.47 per square foot in impact fees, plus $6,450.00 in one-time water and sewer connection fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026).
For a 25,000 sq ft building, that comes to about $43,300.00. The calculator below adjusts to your exact square footage.
The largest line items are Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU ($4,200.00 one-time), Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU ($2,250.00 one-time) and Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, Office) ($1.47/sq ft).
View the full fee schedule
- Water System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $2,250/ERU$2,250.00 one-timeHolley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policy' Rev #2 eff. 5/20/2025. WATER capacity fee = $2,250/ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd. Nonres ERUs derived from estimated sewage flow (FAC 64E-6.008); 1.0-ERU minimum entered. Meter installation is a separate charge. HNWS serves Navarre (largest unincorporated community). OTHER unincorporated providers publish their own schedules and are not captured: GBRWS/SSRU (south county), Midway Water System, Pace Water System, Bagdad-Pea Ridge Water, Avalon Water, Santa Rosa County utility. HNWS (850) 939-2427.
- Sewer System Capacity Fee (Holley Navarre Water System) — 1.00 ERU × $4,200/ERU$4,200.00 one-timeHolley Navarre Water System 'System Capacity Fee Policy' Rev #2 eff. 5/20/2025. SEWER capacity fee = $4,200/ERU; 1 ERU = 300 gpd (sewer ERUs = water ERUs). Nonres ERUs by estimated flow (FAC 64E-6.008); 1.0-ERU minimum entered. Sewer service installation separate ($700). South-county unincorporated sewer is GBRWS/SSRU instead; many rural parcels on septic. Other providers (Midway/Pace/Bagdad-Pea Ridge/Avalon/SRC utility) not captured. HNWS (850) 939-2427.
- Municipal Impact Fee (Unincorporated — N/A, Office)$0.00Unincorporated area — no municipal (city) impact fee by definition. $0 placeholder documents that municipal fees were checked.
- Transportation Impact Fee (Santa Rosa County, Office)$1.47/sq ftSanta Rosa County Transportation Impact Fee, Ord. 2024-4. Schedule row: Office = $1,474 per 1,000 sq ft (post-CPI +3.1%, eff. 1/1/2026, Code Sec. 24.17). UNINCORPORATED areas ONLY. NEXT CPI adjustment 1/1/2027.
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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 single-family impact fees in Santa Rosa County, Florida?
A new single-family home in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays at least $8,137.00 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026). One additional fee has no published standard amount and is not included, so the full cost may be higher; verify before budgeting. Inside city limits, fees are set by each city's own schedule and may be completely different. See the city pages for their rates.
How much are multifamily impact fees in Santa Rosa County?
Multifamily development in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays at least $5,113.00 per unit in impact fees (rates sourced July 18, 2026). One additional fee has no published standard amount and is not included, so the full cost may be higher; verify before budgeting. Rates inside city limits depend on the municipality. Pick your city on this page.
How much are commercial impact fees in Santa Rosa County?
Commercial development in unincorporated Santa Rosa County pays $2.86 per square foot in impact fees, plus $6,450.00 in one-time water and sewer connection fees, about $149,450.00 for a 50,000 sq ft building.
Do cities in Santa Rosa County charge their own impact fees?
Yes. Every incorporated city applies its own fee schedule. 2 of 3 cities in Santa Rosa County levy municipal impact or utility fees; each city page shows the full schedule that applies inside its limits.
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.