CAPACITY FEE
Mesa City Code § 8-10-13
in effect8-10-13: - CAPACITY FEE
(A) This Section is enacted pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes §§ 9-511 and 9-511.01.
(B) The intent of this Section is that new customers bear a proportionate share of adding necessary capacity to the City's water and wastewater systems.
(C) The City will assess water and wastewater capacity fees for new or upsized water connections by meter size in the amounts in Table 1.
(D) Any person who obtains a building permit is required to pay the water and wastewater capacity fee upon requesting a connection to the City's water or wastewater systems.
(E) Any person who requests a new or upsized water meter connection is required to pay the water and wastewater capacity fee before the City installs the new or upsized meter connection.
(F) The capacity fees received under this section will be placed in a Capacity Fee Fund, a separate and distinct fund.
(G) The monies in the Capacity Fee Fund shall be used only to fund water and wastewater capital improvement projects and debt service for such capital improvement projects.
(H) The capacity fees received under this section are not to be included in "gross revenues" under Mesa City Code 3-3-4(D)(3) and are not subject to the General Fund Transfer authorized in Mesa City Code, Title 3, Chapter 3.
(I) If the City has removed water meters on unused property, the water and wastewater capacity fee will be assessed based on the upsized water connection from the prior meter removed by the City.
(J) New water meters installed for irrigation purposes only are exempt from payment of the wastewater capacity fee.
(K) If a water or wastewater customer pays a capacity fee for a meter size, or has an existing meter, and later requests a larger meter size, the City will only assess the Customer the increase fee amount from the original size meter to the larger size meter.
Table 1 - Water and Wastewater Capacity Fees
Meter Size (Inches) | Max Continuous Flow (Gallons per Minute) | Multiplier | Water | Wastewater | Total
0.75 | 30 | 1.00 | $7,719 | $1,809 | $9,528
1 | 50 | 1.67 | $12,864 | $3,015 | $15,880
1.5 | 100 | 3.33 | $25,729 | $6,030 | $31,759
2 | 160 | 5.33 | $41,166 | $9,649 | $50,814
3 | 320 | 10.67 | $82,331 | $19,297 | $101,629
4 | 800 | 26.67 | $205,829 | $48,243 | $254,072
6 | 1,500 | 50.00 | $385,929 | $90,456 | $476,385
8 | 3,500 | 116.67 | $900,501 | $211,065 | $1,111,566
10 | 5,500 | 183.33 | $1,415,072 | $331,673 | $1,746,746
(Ord. No. 5970, § 1, 12-1-25)
Source: City of Mesa, Arizona, Mesa City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/az/mesa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT8HESAEN_CH10MUWASY_8-10-13CAFEFetched: 11/1/2026