Lauderhill, FL Accessory Structures: ADU Impact Fees (2026)

Sec. 6-67(b) lists six categories of development exempt from the impact fees created by Ord. No. 25O-04-111: altering or expanding an existing dwelling unit without adding units or changing its use; building accessory structures that do not add occupants; replacing a destroyed building with one of the same size and use; agricultural structures; temporary uses; and essential public services such as schools, water and sewer facilities and public safety buildings. The underlying impact fee program, based on a technical study by BusinessFlare consultants dated March 31, 2025, funds fire rescue, law enforcement and parks and recreation facilities under Sec.

6-65, following the rational-nexus standard in F.S. Sec. 163.31801. Sec. 6-70 sets the fees at fifty percent of the study's recommended amount: a flat $1,395.23 per residential unit regardless of bedroom count, split among $307.93 for fire rescue, $282.74 for law enforcement and $804.56 for parks and recreation, and $95.41 per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential space. Sec. 6-68 collects fees in full at building permit issuance, though Sec. 6-68(b) lets the city commission waive or reduce fees for developments that provide public benefit facilities offsetting the need for new city infrastructure.

Because an accessory structure exempt under Sec. 6-67(b)(2) owes no impact fee at all, its owner applies for the building permit without submitting the fee calculation otherwise required under Sec. 6-70.