EASTON, MARYLAND — Talbot County’s FY 2026 development impact fee schedule is the ledger builders and town planners still work from this fall. The revised sheet is marked effective July 1, 2025, for FY 2026. It splits residential fees by housing unit inside versus outside municipalities and prices non-residential projects per square foot of floor area.

Residential, outside municipalities. Single-family detached totals $9,356 per unit: Library $766; Parks & Recreation $1,480; Public Schools $4,147; Community College $162; General Government $1,553; Transportation $1,248. Other residential outside towns totals $6,799 ($583 / $1,136 / $2,906 / $122 / $1,194 / $858 across the same six columns).

Residential, inside municipalities. Single-family detached totals $8,080 ($783 / $499 / $4,147 / $165 / $1,235 / $1,251). Other residential inside towns totals $5,779 ($587 / $376 / $2,908 / $123 / $928 / $857). School columns stay the large share in every residential row.

Non-residential, outside municipalities (total rate per square foot). Commercial/shopping center steps down by size: $6.05 at 50,000 s.f. or less; $5.32 at 50,001–100,000; $4.62 at 100,001–200,000; $3.99 over 200,000. Office/institutional (25,000 s.f. or less / 25,001–50,000 / 50,001–100,000 / over 100,000): $3.68 / $3.08 / $2.64 / $2.36. Business park $2.23; light industrial $1.36; manufacturing $0.88; warehousing $0.92.

Non-residential, inside municipalities. Same use classes, lower general-government components in several rows: shopping-center totals $5.85 / $5.15 / $4.47 / $3.87; office/institutional (same four size bands) $3.32 / $2.75 / $2.35 / $2.10; business park $1.99; light industrial $1.19; manufacturing $0.69; warehousing $0.72.

A companion Planning and Zoning fee schedule effective July 1, 2025, prices application work — including major site-plan review at $750 / $1,500 / $3,000 by building size, short-term rental initial license $400 and renewal $250, and wireless facility license $1,300 annual.