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Park and impact fees for new homes in Highland

Highland's own rules on park and impact fees for new homes, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Highland Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Highland's code says

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Exemptions
  • No fee for adding less than 500 square feet to a home, if no units are added.
    Applies: Enclosed additions of 500 square feet or more pay for the area above 499 square feet.
    § 3.36.080 · code text
    No development impact fee for residential building expansion shall be required on any new addition, expansion or incidental construction to an existing residential building when the new construction consists of a total of less than 500 square feet of an enclosed structure which requires a building permit to construct, and the community development director finds that the expansion will not result in an increase of the number of dwelling units originally permitted for the residential building.
  • No fee for remodeling an existing building for the same type of occupancy.
    Applies: Development impact fees.
    § 3.36.080 · code text
    Where a building permit is issued to remodel an existing structure for the same occupancy type, development impact fees shall not be required.
  • No fee for rebuilding or replacing a building without adding square footage.
    Applies: Development impact fees.
    § 3.36.080 · code text
    Where a building permit is issued to reconstruct or replace an existing structure and the new structure does not increase the square footage of the existing structure, development impact fees shall not be required.
  • No fee for moving a building to another site in the city if no new impacts are created.
    Applies: Development impact fees.
    § 3.36.080 · code text
    Where a permit is issued to relocate a structure from one location in the city to a new location within the city, and the community development director finds that no new impacts are created, development impact fees shall not be required.
  • No fee for accessory dwelling units under 750 square feet.
    Applies: ADUs of 750 square feet or more pay in proportion to the main home's size.
    § 3.36.080 · code text
    Accessory dwelling units ("ADUs") that are less than 750 square feet shall not be charged development impact fees.

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