Zoning Overlays & Bonuses in Corpus Christi, TX (2026)
2 verified zoning overlays & bonuses rules for Corpus Christi, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Density Bonus Law
Corpus Christi lets a Clustered Development Overlay project exceed its base density cap of 9.68 dwelling units per acre by up to 15 percent for accessible units and another 15 percent for affordable housing units, approved administratively by the Development Services Department under UDC Section 6.7.6.
Corpus Christi Clustered Development Density Bonus
Some RestrictionsCorpus Christi Unified Development Code § 6.7.6
A. The City's Development Services Department may approve an increase in the maximum number of dwelling units allowed within a compact or clustered development (based on the maximum impervious coverage allowance onsite) through one of the following options: 1. For each dwelling unit constructed as a fully accessible unit in accordance with the Texas Accessibility Standards, one additional dwell...
Downtown Design Guide
Corpus Christi has no separate "design guide" pamphlet for downtown; the binding design rules sit in UDC § 6.11, the Uptown-Downtown Mixed-Use Special Overlay District, which layers streetscape, awning, and parking standards on top of the base Mixed-Use Overlay (§ 6.8) for the mapped downtown/uptown boundary.
Corpus Christi Downtown Mixed-Use Overlay Design Rules
Some RestrictionsCorpus Christi Unified Development Code § 6.11.3
The establishment of awnings, arcades, porticos, marquees, and streetscape furniture (i.e. public, not privately-owned furniture) within the Uptown- Downtown MUS Special Overlay District boundary shall be permitted under a Use Privilege Agreement with the City; However, the annual Use Privilege Agreement Fee for awnings, arcades, porticos, marquees and streetscape furniture provided and located...
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