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Systems Development Charge

Levied by City of Irvine on new development in Irvine. Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq.

Not priced for this house. This charge is real, adopted and collected, and it is left out of Irvine's figure for one reason: it is levied as a percentage of another fee, and a typical home does not fix that quantity. That is not the same as a zero. The fee is owed; what is missing is the number to multiply by, and inventing one would price this house with more confidence and less truth. Every published rate is in the table below.

The record

What it pays for

“ALLOCATE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT FUNDS (FUND 118) OF $38,197 AND CALTRANS STATE GRANT FUNDS OF $294,803 FOR NEW CIP FOR CAMPUS DRIVE COMPLETE STREETS AND SAFETY STUDY”

City of Irvine Budget Adjustment Form FY 25/26, Attachment 3 to the August 12, 2025 Request for City Council Action, "Explanation of Request"; the expenditure line reads "118 GL 2291591501-8250 Transfers-Cir SDC - Trans Out-Capital Improve Proj" · source document ↗
Where it applies

“SCHEDULE IV: OTHER FEES OR CHARGES STIPULATED BY SEPARATE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION AND NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SCHEDULE ... IMPACT FEES: 1. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGE 1% of Valuation ... • Applicable to new development except:”

Fee Schedule: Community Development and Public Works Sustainability, effective August 15, 2026, Schedule IV p. 1; no geography or sub-area is named, so the charge reads as citywide · source document ↗
Who collects it

City of Irvine, the agency that levies it

“collection thereof by the responsible City agency, department, official or employee shall be made prior to final inspection or issuance of a temporary or final Certificate of Occupancy”

City Council Ordinance No. 12-06, adopted March 27, 2012, Section 2 · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“• Applicable to new development except: A. Alterations which do not increase the floor area of a structure B. Additions to single-family residential dwellings which do not constitute the addition of a living unit as defined by the Building Code.”

Fee Schedule: Community Development and Public Works Sustainability, effective August 15, 2026, Schedule IV p. 1, item 1 · source document ↗

Every published rate

RateBasisEffectiveAmount
percent 15 Aug 2025 $1.00
the line this rate was read from

“1. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGE 1% of Valuation”

Fee Schedule: Community Development and Public Works Sustainability, effective August 15, 2026, Schedule IV p. 1, item 1, under the column heading "Fees per Resolution 24-41" · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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