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New Residential (Capital Equipment) Charge - refuse

Levied by City of Merced on new development in Merced. Collected at building permit.

What one house pays

$554

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

Share of Merced's total: 1%

Total one-time fees here: $45,721

Adjustment: Not recorded

The record

Why it exists

“IV. REFUSE / A. MMC [8.04.235] — NEW RESIDENTIAL (CAPITAL EQUIPMENT) CHARGE / 1. Purpose of Fee: Provide refuse collection and street sweeping services.”

City of Merced, AB 1600 nexus findings, "Attachment 3", undated on its face, page 14 of 17, head IV.A items 1 · source document ↗

What it pays for

“2. Use of Fee: Fee is used to purchase additional refuse and street sweeping equipment, and to repay loans from Fleet Management fund.”

City of Merced, AB 1600 nexus findings, "Attachment 3", page 14 of 17, head IV.A item 2 · source document ↗

When it is paid

at building permit

“Fees are due when building permit is issued.”

"Proposed Developer Fee for New Services", one-page image clipping, undated, introductory sentence · source document ↗

Who collects it

City of Merced, the agency that levies it

“The refuse fees below are relative to new developments and are required with the associated building permit.”

City of Merced, Business and Development » Engineering, "Wet Utility & Refuse Connections", archived copy, body text · source document ↗

Every published rate

Land use	Applies to	Basis	Effective	Amount
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Single-family detached	this homeunverified	per DU	1 Jul 2026	$554.08
“New Single Family Residential, including mobile homes \| Garbage $281.51 \| Recycling $148.61 \| Organic $123.96 \| Total: $554.08” City of Merced, "Proposed Developer Fee for New Services", undated one-page image clipping, left-hand price column · source document ↗
none
Multi-family	none	per unit	—	$314.90
the line this rate was read from “New Multi-Family Development Per Unit \| Garbage $159.99 \| Recycling $84.46 \| Organic $70.45 \| Total: $314.90” the levying document · source document ↗

Source documents

–Adopting resolution not found
–Nexus study not found
↗Annual fee report (AB 1600)
↗Published fee schedule
–Official boundary map not found

Not found means we couldn’t locate it, not that it doesn’t exist. Every linked document is archived here, so a dead link isn’t a dead citation.

Where this comes from

Facts with a quoted source: 4 of 10 record fields
How sure we are: Medium
Read on: 18 Sep 2026
Kind of document: Adopted fee schedule
Jurisdiction: Merced

What “medium” means, and what this fee rests on

High: We read this straight from the document that sets the fee: the city's ordinance, the council resolution, or the official fee schedule. This is the strongest kind of source, because the number and the rule come from the agency that charges it, in its own words.
Medium: We read this from an official document, but not the one that sets the fee. It might be a staff report, a study the fee was based on, or another agency's summary of it. These are usually right, but they can lag behind a change or describe a fee differently from the document that sets it. We also use medium when the agency's own documents disagree with each other.
Low: We could not find this in a current official document. It may come from an older version of the schedule, a secondary source, or from how the agency appears to apply the fee in practice. Treat it as a lead and check with the agency before relying on it.
Derived: Not read from a document at all. Filled in from the type of fee, such as which law authorizes it. Shown separately so it is never mistaken for a quotation.

On this page

Why it exists · MediumCity of Merced, AB 1600 nexus findings, "Attachment 3", undated on its face, page 14 of 17, head IV.A items 1
What it pays for · MediumCity of Merced, AB 1600 nexus findings, "Attachment 3", page 14 of 17, head IV.A item 2
When it is paid · Medium"Proposed Developer Fee for New Services", one-page image clipping, undated, introductory sentence
Who collects it · MediumCity of Merced, Business and Development » Engineering, "Wet Utility & Refuse Connections", archived copy, body text
Who levies it · MediumCity of Merced, Business and Development » Engineering, "Wet Utility & Refuse Connections", archived copy, body text

The same four levels, on the Methodology page.

Cite this page

Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 18 Sep 2026

Development Fee Index, “New Residential (Capital Equipment) Charge - refuse, Merced”. Figures retrieved 18 Sep 2026 from the documents listed above.

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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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