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Capital Expansion Fees#

Fees Effective as of March 1, 2024#

Land Use Type

Unit

N'hood Park

Comm. Park

Fire

Police

Gen. Gov't

TCEF

Total

Residential, up to 700 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,226 $3,144 $545 $305 $742 $2,903 $9,865
Residential, 701-1,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,980 $4,208 $737 $413 $1,001 $5,391 $14,730
Residential, 1,201-1,700 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,255 $4,595 $802 $449 $1,093 $7,000 $17,194
Residential, 1,701-2,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,288 $4,642 $815 $455 $1,110 $8,185 $18,495
Residential, over 2,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,664 $5,175 $907 $507 $1,236 $8,774 $20,263
Commercial 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $686 $384 $1,877 $10,682 $13,629
Office and Other Services 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $686 $384 $1,877 $7,869 $10,816
Industrial/Warehouse 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $161 $90 $442 $2,540 $3,233

Fees Effective January 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024#

Land Use Type

Unit

N'hood Park

Comm. Park

Fire

Police

Gen. Gov't

TCEF

Total

Residential, up to 700 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,108 $2,977 $516 $289 $703 $2,703 $9,296
Residential, 701-1,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,822 $3,985 $698 $391 $948 $5,020 $13,864
Residential, 1,201-1,700 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,082 $4,351 $759 $425 $1,035 $6,518 $16,170
Residential, 1,701-2,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,114 $4,396 $772 $431 $1,051 $7,621 $17,385
Residential, over 2,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,470 $4,901 $859 $480 $1,170 $8,169 $19,049
Commercial 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $650 $364 $1,777 $9,946 $12,737
Office and Other Services 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $650 $364 $1,777 $7,327 $10,118
Industrial/Warehouse 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $152 $85 $419 $2,365 $3,021

Fees Effective January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022#

Land Use Type Unit N'hood Park Comm. Park Fire Police Gen. Gov't TCEF Total
Residential, up to 700 sq. ft. Dwelling $1,941 $2,741 $475 $266 $647 $2,523 $8,594
Residential, 701-1,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,599 $3,669 $643 $360 $873 $4,686 $12,830
Residential, 1,201-1,700 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,838 $4,007 $699 $391 $953 $6,085 $14,973
Residential, 1,701-2,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $2,867 $4,048 $711 $397 $968 $7,115 $16,106
Residential, over 2,200 sq. ft. Dwelling $3,196 $4,513 $791 $442 $1,077 $7,626 $17,645
Commercial 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $599 $335 $1,637 $9,285 $11,855
Office and Other Services 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $599 $335 $1,637 $6,840 $9,411
Industrial/Warehouse 1,000 sq. ft. 0 0 $140 $78 $386 $2,208 $2,811

What Are Capital Expansion Fees?#

Capital expansion fees (CEFs) require new developments to pay a proportionate share of infrastructure costs to “buy-in” to the level of service the City of Fort Collins provides for Fire, Police, General Government facilities, Neighborhood Parks and Community Parks. Additionally, the City also has a similar but separate transportation capital expansion fee (TCEF) designed to recoup transportation infrastructure costs. This concept of growth paying for the impact of growth is a policy decision that past City Councils have made. Fees are paid prior to or at the issuance of a building permit by a builder/developer and are assessed by land use type.

Why Do The Fees Change?#

The capital expansion fees are intended to regulate the use and development of land by ensuring that new growth and development in the City bear a proportionate share of the costs of capital expenditures necessary to provide community parkland, police, fire protection, general government, neighborhood parkland and transportation capital improvements. 

Funds collected from these fees are to be used to provide new capital improvements which are necessitated by new development, but not to remedy existing deficiencies.

Fees change to reflect the changes to costs in providing these capital improvements.  In 2017, the City adopted updated fee structures based on the outcome of two external consultant studies – the Capital Expansion Fee Study and the Transportation Capital Expansion Fee Study.  

These fees are also adjusted annually to account for the impacts of inflation – CEF’s utilize the Denver Boulder Greeley Consumer Price Index and TCEF uses the Engineering News Record Cost of Construction Index.

Additionally, the fees are intended to be periodically reviewed by external consultants and compared to the City’s actual infrastructure costs.  The City contracted to review the fees during 2023.  The outcome of this review is in process and will be further evaluated during 2024. 

 

For copies of the existing fee studies (adopted and the basis for current fees):

For copies of the 2023 draft fee studies (not yet adopted):

For questions, please contact:

David Lenz | dlenz@fcgov.com | 970.221.6608