DevFeeFinder
DrainageSet by DIF ordinance

Planned Local Drainage Facilities Fee

Charged on new development in Lancaster.

What one house pays

$2,832

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot.

Share of Lancaster's total
7%
Total one-time fees here
$41,516
Adjustment
Does not adjust
what the document says

none - re-adopted by resolution (2018, 2021, 2025 observed)

The record

We haven’t read the documents behind this fee yet, so this section is blank rather than guessed.

1,041 of 1,321 fees carry a quoted record; the largest were read first.

Every published rate

Land useApplies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Single-family detached this homeunverified per acre 1 Oct 2025 $21,781

“PLANNED LOCAL DRAINAGE FACILITIES FEES | Residential Zones/Residential Specific Plans and Multiple Family Residential Zones (including mobile home on private property) or Multi Family Zoning | $21,781 per acre”

City of Lancaster Citywide Fee Schedule effective 2025-10-01, Section 3: Development Impact Fees, p. 8 · source document ↗
Multi-family — per SF of the lot or parcel — $0.48
the line this rate was read from

“PLANNED LOCAL DRAINAGE FACILITIES FEES | Multi-Family Dwelling in Multiple-Family Residential or Commercial Zone (includes mobile homes in parks) | $0.48 per SF of the lot or parcel”

the levying document · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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