Dublin ADU Permits: The $13,613 Fee Most Homeowners Miss

Dublin's Eastern Dublin Transportation Impact Fee adds $13,613 to every new ADU permit. Here's the full fee stack and the three mistakes that cost homeowners the most.

There's a number on every Dublin ADU permit that catches homeowners off guard. It's called the Eastern Dublin Transportation Impact Fee — EDTIF for short — and it's $13,613 . Per dwelling unit. Due at permit issuance, not at project close. Most budgets I see don't include it. Designers don't always flag it. By the time you're standing at the permit counter ready to pay, you've already committed to the design, the contractor, and the financing. That's a hard moment to absorb $13,613 you weren't planning for. This is the post I wish every Dublin homeowner read before they hired anyone. What…