Roadway Impact Fees
The City of New Braunfels established the Roadway Impact Fee Ordinance in 2007. Impact Fees are authorized under Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code and are defined as a charge imposed against new development to pay for the off-site construction or expansion of infrastructure facilities that are necessitated by and benefit the new development.
City Council adopted the current Roadway Impact Fee Ordinance on November 28, 2022. The ordinance includes updates to roadway impact fee assessment, calculation, collection and offset standards. Assessment and collection of roadway impact fees are based on the date of final plat approval. For a development for which a plat is not required, assessment and collection are based on the issuance date of building permit.
Quick Links
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Roadway Impact Fee Ordinance
View the current Roadway Impact Fee Ordinance adopted by New Braunfels City Council on November 28, 2022.
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Roadway Impact Fee Study
View the City's latest Roadway Impact Fee study, conducted in January of 2020.
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Roadway Impact Fee Calculator
Use this online tool to calculate Roadway Impact Fees for your development.
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Service Area Map
View the City of New Braunfels Roadway Impact Fee Service Area Map.
Roadway Impact Fee Offset Policy
City Council adopted the Policies and Procedures for Obtaining and Applying for Offsets and Credits Against Roadway Impact Fees on August 13, 2018. The resolution, policies and procedures, and associated applications are provided below.
Upcoming Changes
City Council adopted the current collected roadway impact fee schedule in February 2020 with an effective date of August 1, 2020. The current adopted collected fees are 50% of the maximum assessable fees for residential land uses and 25% for non-residential land uses. These fees were adopted as part of a planned two-year implementation to reach the recommended rate of 65% of the maximum assessable fee for residential land uses and 50% of maximum assessable fees for non-residential land uses.
In February 2022, City Council directed staff to meet with the community to present proposed changes that would implement the second tier of this proposed increase.
A community meeting was held on June 23, 2022. A link to the presentation is provided below.
Roadway Impact Fee Community Meeting
City staff presented the changes to the Roadway Impact Fee Advisory Committee on October 5 and November 1, 2022 who made a recommendation to City Council to implement the maximum assessable fees with an effective date of March 1,2023.
City Council approved the first reading of a change to the ordinance on November 14, 2022 and a second reading on November 28, 2022. Public Notice was published in the Herald-Zeitung on December 3, 2022. The ordinance and rate table can be found below.
Ordinance RIF Ordinance
Rate Table effective March 1, 2023 RIF Exhibit 1
Credits
Credit on Fees
A development may receive credit toward the required impact fees for land dedication for future road expansion, improvements or construction of roads within the Capital Improvement Project, improvement, or construction of other roads as determined by the City Engineer to add capacity to the system.
Application
Developers must apply for credit in order to receive credit. Currently, applications may be provided in a letter format, providing applicable information such as land use, square footage, and number / type of development units.
Credit must be requested at time of platting and the developer must choose whether the property is to be appraised using the applicable county appraisal district value or to have it independently appraised at the applicant's expense. Section 100.14 of the Road Impact Fee Ordinance provides further information concerning credit.
Applicability & Payment
Impact Fees
Applicability and payment of road impact fees will be assessed at the time of platting and paid at the time of each building permit application submission (see grandfathering below).
The following determines if impact fees are applicable to a plat:
- For plats approved by Planning and Zoning prior to April 1, 2007 and may or may not be recorded: No impact fee required for all building permits applications before April 1, 2008
- For plats approved by Planning and Zoning after April 1, 2007: Impact fee required. Use the schedule of fees and fee calculation worksheet to determine proper fees
- For building permits applied for after April 1, 2007 Impact fee required. Use the schedule of fees and fee calculation worksheet to determine proper fees In order to minimize delays in processing, it is recommended that the required fees be determined as completely as possible before application for a building permit, using appropriate form.