Capital Expansion Fees#
Fees Effective as of January 1, 2023#
|
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 |
Fees Effective January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021#
| Land Use Type | Unit | N'hood Park | Comm. Park | Fire | Police | Gen. Gov't | TCEF | Total |
| Residential, up to 700 sq. ft. | Dwelling | $1,905 | $2,690 | $466 | $261 | $635 | $2,349 | $8,306 |
| Residential, 701-1,200 sq. ft. | Dwelling | $2,550 | $3,601 | $631 | $353 | $857 | $4,362 | $12,354 |
| Residential, 1,201-1,700 sq. ft. | Dwelling | $2,785 | $3,932 | $686 | $384 | $935 | $5,664 | $14,387 |
| Residential, 1,701-2,200 sq. ft. | Dwelling | $2,814 | $3,973 | $697 | $390 | $950 | $6,623 | $15,446 |
| Residential, over 2,200 sq. ft. | Dwelling | $3,136 | $4,429 | $776 | $434 | $1,057 | $7,099 | $16,931 |
| Commercial | 1,000 sq. ft. | 0 | 0 | $588 | $329 | $1,606 | $8,642 | $11,165 |
| Office and Other Services | 1,000 sq. ft. | 0 | 0 | $588 | $329 | $1,606 | $6,367 | $8,890 |
| Industrial/Warehouse | 1,000 sq. ft. | 0 | 0 | $137 | $76 | $379 | $2,055 | $2,647 |
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 upon application of a building permit by a builder/developer and assessed by land use type.
Why Do The Fees Change?#
In 2012 and then again in 2016/17, the City of Fort Collins contracted with Duncan Associates to analyze the methodology and update the capital expansion fees.
The results of the 2016/17 CEF study (link below) recommend retaining the incremental expansion approach, however, the fees are changing due to the following factors:
- Land values were updated to accurately reflect the difference in the cost of land in different quadrants in Fort Collins.
- Updated household size data.
- Updated all formula inputs including current asset info based on the cost of construction per square foot.
- Additional capital added to General Government fees.
- The fees should be analyzed and updated every 3-5 years.
For transportation capital expansion fees, Engineering contracted with TischlerBise to update the fees in 2016/ 2017 and assess methodology.
The results of the 2016/2017 TCEF study (link below) recommend:
- Changing the name from “Street Oversizing” to “Transportation Capital Expansion Fee”
- Using Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) as the basis for determining impact, instead of trips generated.
- Simplifying the transportation impact fee schedule from 43 categories of use to only a handful; Residential (by size of unit) and two broad categories for commercial and industrial.
- Increase fee to include additional improvements
Additionally, fees are updated annually to account for inflation indices including the Denver Boulder Greeley Consumer Price Index and the Engineering News Record Cost of Construction Index.
Both the capital improvement expansion fees and the transportation capital expansion fees will undergo study updates utilizing outside consultants during 2023.
For more information:
If you have questions please contact:
David Lenz | dlenz@fcgov.com | 970.221.6608