North Port, FL Accessory Structures: ADU Impact Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 58-104(c)
- ADU listed rate
- None: comparable-use rate applies
- Fee trigger
- New dwelling unit, § 58-102(c)
- Fee categories charged
- Transportation, park, fire, police, gov't, waste
- CO withheld
- Until fee paid, § 58-103
Summary
North Port has no separate impact fee line for accessory dwelling units: the city treats a new ADU as an added dwelling unit and calculates its fee using the closest listed residential category.
Uses not listed. If the type of land use for which a certificate of occupancy, certificate of completion, or temporary certificate of occupancy is requested is not specified in the above fee schedules, the impact fee administrator shall determine the fee on the basis of the fee applicable to the most nearly comparable type of land use on the fee schedule, based on a generally-accepted land use classification system (e.g., the North American Industry Classification System, the land-based classification standards (APA), and/or ITE's trip generation manual) and the impact fee study.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of the City: Supplement 65 | Unified Land Development Code: Supplement 22).
Full Breakdown
North Port's impact fee schedules under City Code § 58-104(b) set rates for single-family, multi-family, condo/townhouse, mobile home, senior and retirement-community dwellings, but accessory dwelling units never appear as their own line item. Because an ADU is still a 'dwelling unit' under Unified Land Development Code § 3.7.2, building one triggers the impact fee under § 58-102(c), which bases the charge on the increase in dwelling units. Since ADUs have no listed rate, § 58-104(c) directs the impact fee administrator to assess the fee using the rate for the most nearly comparable listed land use rather than a fixed ADU figure.
Violations & Fines
No certificate of occupancy, certificate of completion, or temporary CO may issue until the calculated fee is paid; one issued without payment is null and void under § 58-103.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does North Port charge a separate impact fee for an ADU?
Can building an ADU instead of a full house avoid impact fees?
Sources & Official References
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