Annexation
Voluntary annexation
$500.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Disannexation or ETJ release/inclusion
$500.00 application fee + attorney fees + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Agreements/Petitions
Development agreement
$3,000.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Development agreement amendment
$1,500.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + recording fee + technology fee
Public improvement district (PID) petition
$25,000.00 application fee + $50,000.00 development fee agreement + community benefit fee (10% of the gross proceeds generated from the issuance of PID bonds) + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Public improvement district (PID) dissolution petition
$1,500.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + recording fee + technology fee
Municipal utility district (MUD) petition
$1,500.00 application fee + community benefit fee ($3,400.00 per unit - paid at the time of water and wastewater connection) + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Municipal utility district (MUD) dissolution petition
$1,500.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + recording fee + technology fee
Special district petition
$2,000.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Special district dissolution petition
$1,000.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + recording fee + technology fee
Other agreements (e.g., utility agreements, impact fee agreements, etc.)
$1,000.00 application fee + attorney fees + professional services recovery fee (if required) + recording fee + technology fee technology fee
Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive plan amendment (for future land use, growth sectors, or thoroughfare plan amendments)
$500.00 application fee + notices + professional services recovery fee (if required) + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Zoning
Rezoning
$350.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Conditional use permit
$350.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Planned unit development (PUD)
$2,000.00 application fee + professional services recovery fee (if required) + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Planned unit development (PUD) resubmittal
$500.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission + professional services recovery fee (if required)
Planned unit development (PUD) amendment
$1,000.00 application fee + professional services recovery fee (if required) + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Appeals
$250.00 application fee + notices + technology fee
UDC text amendment
$500.00 application fee + professional, services recovery fee (if required) + attorney fees + notices + technology fee
Zoning variance
$250.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Special exceptions
$250.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Zoning verification letter
$50.00 application fee + technology fee
Site Plan/Site Development Permit
Early grading permit initial submittal (early grading applications are only accepted on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the City)
$500.00 completeness review fee + $1,500.00 application fee + $0.05 per sq. ft. of impervious cover (due at the time of initial submittal) + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee + tree replacement fee (if applicable)
Early grading permit resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission
Early grading permit inspection fee
$0.05 per sq. ft. of impervious cover (due at the time of application approval)
Site plan/site development permit initial submittal
$500.00 completeness review fee + $1,000.00 application fee + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee + tree replacement fee (if applicable)
Alternative parking plan review
$250.00 review fee
Alternative landscape plan review
$250.00 review fee
Site plan/site development permit resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission
Site plan/site development permit inspection fee
$0.05 per sq. ft. of impervious cover (due at the time of application approval)
Stormwater Permit
Stormwater permit initial submittal
$500.00 completeness review fee + $500.00 application fee + $0.05 per sq. ft. of impervious cover (due at the time of initial submittal) + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Stormwater permit resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission
Stormwater permit inspection fee
$0.05 per sq. ft. of impervious cover (due at the time of stormwater permit approval)
Subdivision
Preliminary plat initial submittal
$500.00 completeness review fee + $1,500.00 application fee + $25.00 per acre or lot (whichever is greater) + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Preliminary plat resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission
Final plat from a preliminary plat initial submittal
$500.00 completeness review fee + $1,000 application fee + $25.00 per acre or lot (whichever is greater) + parkland fee-in-lieu (if applicable - due at the time of application approval) + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Final plat from a preliminary plat resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission
Administrative plat (e.g., amending plats, minor plats, replats, etc.) initial submittal
$500.00 completeness review fee + $500.00 application fee + $25.00 per acre or lot (whichever is greater) + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Administrative plat (e.g., amending plats, minor plats, replats, etc.) resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission
Residential replat
$500.00 completeness review fee + $500.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + recording fee + technology fee
Residential replat resubmittal
$750.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission + notices
Subdivision construction plans initial submittal
$500.00 completeness review fee + $1,000.00 application fee + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee + tree replacement fee (if applicable)
Subdivision construction plans resubmittal
$1,000.00 resubmittal fee for each resubmission + professional services recovery fee
Subdivision construction plans inspection fee
Professional services recovery fee
Subdivision variance
$250.00 application fee + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Plat certification/legal lot determination letter
$50.00 application fee + technology fee
Plat vacation
$500.00 completeness review fee + $500.00 application fee + attorney fees (if required) + notices + GIS digitizing fee + technology fee
Engineering review application fee (e.g., rough proportionality analyses, etc.)
$500.00 application fee + professional services recovery fee + technology fee
Engineering review resubmittal fee
$250.00 application fee + professional services recovery fee
Miscellaneous
Pre-development meeting
$250.00 application fee + attorney fees (if required) + technology fee
Network nodes and transmission towers permit fee
$500.00 application fee (for up to 5 network nodes) + $250.00 (for each additional node) + $1,000.00 (per node support pole) + technology fee
Professional services recovery fee1
Varies
Sexually oriented business initial submittal
$5,000.00 application fee + technology fee
Sexually oriented business annual renewal fee
$2,500.00
Sexually oriented business license fee
$300.00
Sexually oriented business employee annual renewal fee
$150.00
Sexually oriented business appeal fee
$1,000.00 application fee + technology fee
Street name change application fee
$250.00 application fee + technology fee
Recording fee (all application types)
Set by Williamson County - paid by the applicant (at the time of application approval)
Notices fee (all application types)
$150.00 newspaper ad fee + $5.00 per notice
Technology fee (all application types)
$15.00
GIS digitizing fee (all application types)
$25.00
Parkland fee-in-lieu
8% of the fair market value of the land to be subdivided
Professional Services Recovery Fee: If an outside consultant for the City is required for an applicant's project, the applicant is required to pay the estimated fee for such service prior to such service being conducted and shall pay or receive a refund for the difference between the estimated fee and the actual fee within thirty (30) days of the city's receipt of an invoice from the outside consultant for the services rendered. The City may require that additional fees be deposited when the original fee is exhausted or is projected to be exhausted. In such an event, the City shall prepare an estimate of the additional fees for the outside consultant and send the applicant written notice of the additional fees that must be deposited, accompanied by the estimate. The applicant shall pay the estimated additional fee deposit within fifteen (15) days of the date of the notice.
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Refer to the city planning and development website to view the published hourly rate and estimated direct time incurred by third-party engineering staff as mandated by HB 3492 here:
https://www.libertyhilltx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2800/Engineering-Rate-Schedule
(Ordinance 19-O-56 adopted 9/23/2019; Ordinance 2023-O-051 adopted 1/10/2024)