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Ontario Ranch DIF - Public Meetings

Levied by City of Ontario on new development in Ontario. Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq. (specific plan area fee). Collected at building permit.

What one house pays

$2,073

This fee is not in Ontario's published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Ontario Ranch (New Model Colony). The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$56,975
Adjustment
Adjusts only when the board sets a new amount
what the document says

by resolution of the City Council; no interim escalator - Res. No. 2025-010 adopts two dated schedules and names no index

The record

Why it exists

“The City of Ontario assesses certain Development Impact Fees (DIF) upon new development projects to recover the costs to the City for the future construction of public infrastructure, facilities, and improvements necessitated by increased development.”

What it pays for

“Ontario Ranch - Regional Storm Drains Impact ... Accounts for revenues from developer-paid impact fees for the construction of storm drain infrastructure projects that serve a larger, regional area in Ontario Ranch (formerly New Model Colony).”

AB 1600 Annual Report FY ended 2025-06-30, "Development Impact Fee (DIF) Fund Number, Description, and Schedule", printed page 10 of 19, Fund 4418 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“ONTARIO RANCH (OR) DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES EFFECTIVE 07/01/2026”

Ontario Ranch DIF schedule, effective 07/01/2026, sheet title banner · source document ↗
When it was adopted

2003-07-01

“On July 1, 2003, the City Council adopted Ordinance Nos. 2779 and 2780 approving the collection of Development Impact Fees (DIF) in the City of Ontario to mitigate the impacts of future development. In accordance with the provisions of Ordinance Nos. 2779 and 2780, the City began collecting DIF on September 1, 2003.”

AB 1600 Development Impact Fee Annual Report (Unaudited), fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, "AB 1600 Development Impact Fee Annual Report – Introduction", printed page 1 of 19, first paragraph · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Ordinance Nos. 2779 and 2780

“On July 1, 2003, the City Council adopted Ordinance Nos. 2779 and 2780 approving the collection of Development Impact Fees (DIF) in the City of Ontario to mitigate the impacts of future development. In accordance with the provisions of Ordinance Nos. 2779 and 2780, the City began collecting DIF on September 1, 2003.”

AB 1600 Development Impact Fee Annual Report (Unaudited), fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, "AB 1600 Development Impact Fee Annual Report – Introduction", printed page 1 of 19, first paragraph · source document ↗
When it is paid

at building permit

“COLLECTED AT BUILDING PERMIT ($)”

Ontario Ranch DIF schedule effective 07/01/2026, banner spanning the Police through Local Fiber Optics columns, i.e. including both storm drainage columns and the Public Meetings column; the separate right-hand banner reads "COLLECTED AT GRADING PERMIT (PER ACRE)" and covers only Habitat Mitigation · source document ↗
Who collects it

City of Ontario, the agency that levies it

“DIF Collections: Development Impact Fee assessed at building permit issuance.”

AB 1600 Annual Report FY ended 2025-06-30, printed page 12 of 19, Legend · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“Developers shall submit a "DIF Credit Request" or "DIF Reimbursement Request" in order to receive DIF Credit or DIF Reimbursement, for the construction and completion of DIF Program infrastructure included in the City's DIF Nexus Report. When an improvement is complete, Developer shall submit a request to the City with all supporting documentation to [email protected].”

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

Applies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Ontario Ranch
detached dwelling per DU 1 Jul 2026 $2,073
the line this rate was read from

“Detached Dwellings ... 2,073”

Ontario Ranch (OR) Development Impact Fees Effective 07/01/2026, CC Resolution No. 2025-010; row band "Per Unit:", row "Detached Dwellings", column heading "Public Meetings", under the banner "COLLECTED AT BUILDING PERMIT ($)". This is the cell the index's $2,073 comes from; it is NOT the Regional Storm Drainage column, which prints 1,601 · 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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