Newport News, VA Accessory Structures: ADU Impact Fees (2026)

Virginia restricts municipal impact fees more tightly than many western states. Newport News does not maintain a dedicated ADU impact fee schedule. For accessory construction (sheds, garages, accessory dwellings approved by special use permit), applicants pay standard building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and fuel gas permit fees through the Department of Codes Compliance, scaled to construction valuation under the City fee schedule. Water service is provided by Newport News Waterworks, a regional utility serving Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, James City County, and York County; new water connections trigger Waterworks availability fees only if a separate meter is set. Wastewater conveyance and treatment is provided through Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), which assesses its own facility (capacity) charges on new connections. Cash proffers may be conditioned on a rezoning, subject to the strict limits in Virginia Code sections 15.2-2298 and 15.2-2303.4, which restrict residential rezoning proffers. Road impact fees under Virginia Code section 15.2-2317 et seq. apply only where the City has formally adopted them in a designated impact-fee service area, which Newport News has not generally done for residential infill.