Lee's Summit, MO Accessory Structures: ADU Impact Fees (2026)

Chapter 19, Article IV establishes a park impact fee on development requiring a building permit within each of the City's five park service areas (North, East, South, Downtown, West), charged per bedroom for residential uses and per square foot of gross floor area for non-residential uses under Section 19-307. No building permit that triggers the fee can be issued until it is paid, and Section 19-306(B) makes it unlawful to occupy a building before the fee is paid. Section 19-304(B) carves out full credits, meaning the fee drops to zero, for several categories of permit applicants, and accessory buildings or uses (the UDO's term covering detached garages, sheds and accessory dwelling units) are one of them under Section 19-304(B)(6).

The credit is not automatic: the applicant must submit a proper application to the Impact Fee Administrator, the Parks Department administrator or a designee, who reviews it under the article's interpretation authority in Section 19-305. Other full-credit categories in the same subsection cover government and school-district construction, involuntary rebuilds after damage with no added capacity, tax-exempt entities, and any complete building-permit application filed before October 1, 2024. Partial credits under Section 19-304(C) separately apply to redevelopment and change-of-use permits and to developers who dedicate parkland or fund park construction directly.