Fees by category click a slice
Every fee, and when it is due
| Fee | Category | How it’s charged | Due | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVWD water meter and service chargeCVWD | Water | per connection | Service connection | $4,538 |
| CVWD Sanitation Capacity ChargeCVWD | Sewer | per equivalent dwelling unit | Service connection | $4,533 |
| CVWD Water System Backup Facilities ChargeCVWD | Water | per home | Service connection | $3,757 |
| CVAG Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF)CVAG | Transportation | per home | Building permit | $2,900 |
| CVMSHCP Local Development Mitigation FeeCVCC | Other | per home | Building permit | $1,785 |
| CVWD Water Demand Offset FeeCVWD | Water | per home | Service connection | $1,392 |
| Construction Fee / New Construction Tax | Other | $0.40 per sq ft | Building permit | $800 |
| Fire Facilities Impact Fee | Public safety | per home | Not yet recorded | $709 |
| Off-site Drainage FeeDrainage Zone 1 | Drainage & flood | $4,000 per acre | Map approval | $520 |
| Development fees per home · 2,000 sq ft, 0.13 acre lot | $20,934 | |||
Each line is the one rate this home pays. Most fees publish several rates — by house size, lot, or location — and only one applies. Click a fee for its full schedule and source documents.
Published rates that could not be converted
These are real charges. They are left out of the figure because they cannot be worked out per house without knowing something this site does not assume — a percentage of another fee, a per-room count, a per-application charge.
Charges that are not part of the one-time total above: fees set as a percentage of another fee, and payments a builder can make instead of building something. Neither is added to the headline figure, because neither is a fixed amount every new home owes.
Percentage surcharges
Administration charges set as a percentage of other fees. Shown as a rate, because what they come to depends on the project.
Housing and in-lieu options
No housing or inclusionary charge is recorded for Palm Desert.
Confirmed absences
Fees Palm Desert does not charge. Each was looked for and recorded as not charged, so a builder can rely on the blank.
Recorded gaps
Charges that exist here but whose amount could not be found in an official source. The figure above is understated by whatever they turn out to be. They are listed so that a charge we could not price is never read as a charge of nothing.
What we have, and what we don’t
6 of the 8 kinds of fee a new home normally pays are on file for Palm Desert and are in the figure above. These are not:
Data notes
Cite this page
Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 25 Sep 2026
Development Fee Index, “Development fees per home, Palm Desert”. $20,934 for a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, outside any plan area. Built 25 Sep 2026 from the adopted schedules linked on each fee page.