Corpus Christi, TX Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

The landmark commission is set up under Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-204: eleven members appointed by the city council to staggered three-year terms (two-term max), with the director of planning serving as a non-voting, ex-officio member who provides staff support. Six of the eleven members constitute a quorum, and ordinary business can pass with five affirmative votes when only a quorum is present. But Sec. which is listed on the preservation plan shall only be granted by a favorable vote of three-fourths of all of the landmark commission members" - a supermajority of the whole eleven-member body, not merely those in attendance.

Sec. 2-207 requires the ex-officio staff member to advertise a public hearing once in the official local newspaper at least seven days before any hearing on an exterior-change or demolition/removal application, and to mail notice at least seven days out to any property owner within two hundred feet whose property also carries the "H" Historic Overlay designation. If a quorum fails to appear for an advertised hearing, at least two members present can reset it to a date no more than ten days later, with notice and mailing repeated.

The fee schedule at Sec. 50 plus surcharge on top of the standard demolition permit. The $250 Public Notice Surcharge is waived only when the city council or the Landmark Commission itself initiates the case.