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Groundwater Overdraft Mitigation Fee

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

What one house pays

$220

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot.

Share of Visalia's total: 1%

Total one-time fees here: $37,610

Adjustment: Adjusts only when the board sets a new amount
what the document says
by resolution — annual review; the book's city-wide Administrative Policy names CCPI / ENR-CCI / CPI-U generally, and this fee's own page names no index and prints no adjustment clause. [no index named]

Next expected change: 1 Jul 2027 rate on file is stale

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A scheduled adjustment has passed since this rate took effect

This fee escalates annually. The rate on file is effective 1 Jul 2025, and at least one adjustment has fallen due since. The current amount is probably different, and for an indexed fee almost certainly higher. The next change after that is expected 1 Jul 2027.

The figure is published as held rather than projected forward, because a number computed from an index is not a number quoted from an adopted schedule. It is flagged so you can check the agency's current schedule before relying on it.

The record

Who adopted it

“Resolution No. 2019-06”

City of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2026-27, book p. 35, printed directly under the GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT MITIGATION FEE note box · source document ↗

Who collects it

City of Visalia, the agency that levies it

“City of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2025-26”

cover page, FY 2025-26 · source document ↗

Credits and offsets

“In lieu of payment of the Groundwater Overdraft Mitigation Fee, and with concurrence of the City, any person seeking to annex property within the City may dedicate water rights to the City. The City, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether such dedication equals in value the amount of the Groundwater Overdraft Mitigation Fee.”

City of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2025-26, book p. 33, "GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT MITIGATION FEE", NOTE · source document ↗

Every published rate

Rate	Basis	Effective	Amount
this home	per gross acre	1 Jul 2025	$1,690
“Per Gross Acre $1,690.00” City of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2025-26, book p. 33, under the heading "GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT MITIGATION FEE" · source document ↗

Source documents

–Adopting resolution not found
–Nexus study not found
–Annual fee report (AB 1600) not found
↗Published fee schedule
–Official boundary map not found
↗Source used for the rates

Not found means we couldn’t locate it, not that it doesn’t exist. Every linked document is archived here, so a dead link isn’t a dead citation.

Where this comes from

Facts with a quoted source: 3 of 10 record fields
How sure we are: High
Read on: 15 Sep 2026
Kind of document: Adopted fee schedule
Jurisdiction: Visalia

What “high” means, and what this fee rests on

High: We read this straight from the document that sets the fee: the city's ordinance, the council resolution, or the official fee schedule. This is the strongest kind of source, because the number and the rule come from the agency that charges it, in its own words.
Medium: We read this from an official document, but not the one that sets the fee. It might be a staff report, a study the fee was based on, or another agency's summary of it. These are usually right, but they can lag behind a change or describe a fee differently from the document that sets it. We also use medium when the agency's own documents disagree with each other.
Low: We could not find this in a current official document. It may come from an older version of the schedule, a secondary source, or from how the agency appears to apply the fee in practice. Treat it as a lead and check with the agency before relying on it.
Derived: Not read from a document at all. Filled in from the type of fee, such as which law authorizes it. Shown separately so it is never mistaken for a quotation.

On this page

Who adopted it · HighCity of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2026-27, book p. 35, printed directly under the GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT MITIGATION FEE note box
Who collects it · Highcover page, FY 2025-26
Credits and offsets · HighCity of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2025-26, book p. 33, "GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT MITIGATION FEE", NOTE
What law authorizes it · Derivedderived: instrument lookup
Who levies it · Highcover page, FY 2025-26
How it adjusts · HighCity of Visalia Rates & Fees FY 2025-26, "Rates & Fees Administrative Policy and Procedures", book p. 1, BASIS FOR ADJUSTMENTS s. 1

The same four levels, on the Methodology page.

Cite this page

Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 15 Sep 2026

Development Fee Index, “Groundwater Overdraft Mitigation Fee, Visalia”. Figures retrieved 15 Sep 2026 from the documents listed above.

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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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