Building in Corpus Christi: What to Know

Homes inside the city are permitted through the City of Corpus Christi Development Services Department at 2406 Leopard Street, which reviews plans for zoning, floodplain, and code compliance and inspects at foundation, framing, rough-in, and final stages. Nueces County is one of the 14 first-tier coastal counties in the Texas Department of Insurance-designated catastrophe area (Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Willacy), so new construction must be built andinspected to TDI windstorm standards and receive a windstorm certificate of compliance to beeligible for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) wind and hail coverage. That means a windstorm inspection during construction and design to the required wind speed for your specific address, which, for the Corpus Christi area, generally falls in the range of about 140 to 150mph (3-second gust) for standard homes, and is confirmed per address using the ASCE 7 Hazards by Location tool. Per the City of Corpus Christi, approximately 16 percent of the city's area lies within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, and North Padre Island and Mustang Island fall under the city's Island Overlay, with coastal high-hazard V zones where homes must be elevated on pilings above base flood elevation plus freeboard. Inland neighborhoods sit on Coastal Bend clay and sandy soils that call for careful foundation design. We build to these realities every day and can also build to the voluntary IBHS FORTIFIED standard for owners who want added resilience beyond code.

Neighborhoods We Build In

• North Padre Island (canal-front and bay-view lots)
• Mustang Island
• The Southside (including King's Crossing and The Lakes)
• Calallen
• Flour Bluff
• Ocean Drive and the Bay Area (Del Mar, Lamar Park)