HomeMy WebLinkAbout021721 ORD - 08/10/1993AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING THE DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH ACCESS PLAN FOR
ADOPTION AS AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; ESTABLISHING CITY'S DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS FOR AFFECTED AREAS ON
MUSTANG AND PADRE ISLANDS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has forwarded to the City Council its reports
and recommendations concerning an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan of the City of
Corpus Christi;
WHEREAS, in accordance with proper notice to the public, a public hearing was held
on Wednesday, July 14, 1993, during a meeting of the Planning Commission and on
Tuesday, July 27, 1993, and August 10, 1993, during a meeting of the City Council, in the
Council Chambers at City Hall in the City of Corpus Christi allowing all interested persons
to appear and be heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the hereinafter set forth
amendment would best serve public health, necessity and convenience and the general
welfare of the City of Corpus Christi and its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That there is hereby approved for adoption as a portion of the
Comprehensive Plan for the City of Corpus Christi, the Dune Protection and Beach Access
Plan as follows:
DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH ACCESS PLAN
An Element of the Comprehensive Plan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
II. POLICY STATEMENTS
III. DEFINITIONS
IV. DUNE PROTECTION PLAN
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V. BEACH ACCESS PLAN
Appendix A - Dune Protection Line (Description)
Appendix B - Dune Protection Line (Justification)
Appendix C - Traffic Regulations
I. INTRODUCTION
State law requires participation of local governments in coastal areas in the development
and implementation of the Texas Coastal Management Program. This state program will
be part of the federal coastal zone management program.
Requirements issued by the General Land Office which became effective February 17, 1993,
requires local governments in coastal areas in Texas to adopt and implement programs for
the preservation of dunes and the preservation and enhancement of use of and access to and
from public beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. These programs are required to be
submitted to the General Land Office (GLO) and the Attorney General's Office by August
16, 1993.
Local governments are required to adopt dune protection and beach access programs and
to integrate them into a single plan consisting of procedural and substantive requirements
for management of the beach/dune system within their jurisdiction. (See Figure 1 for an
illustration of areas inside the City of Corpus Christi's city limits and its extraterritorial
jurisdiction.) The authority to integrate such plans is provided in accordance with the Dune
Protection Act, the Open Beaches Act, and 31 TAC Sections 15.1-15.10.
Local government plans and programs are required to be consistent with the requirements
of applicable state law, and each shall incorporate -the respective local government's land
use planning and flood protection procedures. The basic component elements required to
be included in these plans include: 1) a Dune Protection Plan and 2) a Beach Access Plan.
As required by General Land Office rules, these two plans are integrated within this Dune
Protection and Beach Access Plan, together comprising an element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan. In addition, a companion document, titled "Dune Protection and
Beach Access Regulations", provides the regulatory program, or means, by which the Dune
Protection and Beach Access Plan is implemented. Both the Plan and the Regulations
together comprise the City of Corpus Christi's Coastal Management Program.
In addition, the General Land Office's Dune Protection and Improvement Manual for the
Texas Gulf Coast (1991) may be useful in providing general guidelines for the
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implementation of the City's Coastal Management Program. However, if the guidelines
within the Manual conflict with state law or City ordinance, whichever is more stringent,
shall prevail.
An activity requiring a dune protection permit may typically also require a beachfront
construction certificate and vice versa. The City of Corpus Christi will, whenever possible,
issue permits and certificates concurrently when an activity requires both. The City of
Corpus Christi has combined the dune protection permit and the beachfront construction
certificate into a single, two-part permit.
In addition, the General Land Office rules require that local governments incorporate and
attach the following state laws into their plans.
1) 31 TAC Sections 15.1-15.10;
2) Dune Protection Act; and
3) Open Beaches Act.
These state laws are included in Appendices XII, XIII and XIV, respectively, of the
regulatory document, Dune Protection and Beach Access Regulations.
II. POLICY STATEMENTS
The General Land Office has identified ten policies in the Texas Coastal Management
Program. The City of Corpus Christi embraces the spirit of these policies by adopting the
policy statements included in Chapter 15 of the Natural Resources and Conservation Code
for the management and regulation of human impacts on the beach/dune system. These
overall policy statements are intended to serve as a basis for policy decisions in formulating
and implementing this Plan and its regulatory mandates.
1. Protect the public health and safety, and in doing so, to protect, preserve, restore,
and enhance coastal natural resources of the barrier islands, bordering the Gulf of Mexico,
and the floodplains, beaches, and dunes located there.
2. Aid coastal landowners and governmental entities in using beachfront property
in a manner compatible with preserving public and private property, protecting the public's
right to benefit from the protective and recreational functions of a healthy beach/dune
system, conserving the environment, conserving flora and fauna and their habitat, ensuring
public safety, and minimizing loss of life and property due to inappropriate coastal
development and the destruction of protective coastal natural features.
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3. Foster mutual respect between public and private property owners and to
coordinate with and assist other local and state governments in managing the Texas coast
so that the interests of both the public and private landowners are protected.
4. Promote dune protection and ensure that adverse effects on dunes and dune
vegetation are avoided whenever practicable. If such adverse effects cannot be avoided and
have been minimized, every effort must be made to repair, restore, and rehabilitate existing
dunes and dune vegetation.
5. Prevent the destruction and erosion of public beaches and other coastal public
resources, to encourage the use of environmentally sound erosion response methods, and
to discourage those methods such as rigid shorefront structures which can have a harmful
impact on the environment and public and private property.
6. Aid populated areas located on the barrier islands bordering the Gulf of Mexico
which are extremely vulnerable to flooding and property damage due to violent storms by
working to reduce flood losses, by minimizing any waste of public funds in the national flood
insurance program, and by ensuring that the insurance remains available and affordable.
7. Protect the public's right of access to, use of, and enjoyment of the public beach
and associated facilities and services as established by state common law and statutes. The
public has vested property rights in Texas' public beaches, and free use of and access to and
from the beaches are guaranteed. The Open Beaches Act requires local governments to
preserve and enhance use of public beaches and access between the beaches and public
roads. If an access point must be closed, then existing law requires it to be replaced with
equal or better access consistent with the appropriate local dune protection and beach
access plan. Whenever practicable, public beach use and access shall be enhanced.
8. Provide coordinated, consistent, responsive, timely, and predictable governmental
decision making and permitting processes. _ -
9. Recognize that the beach/dune system contains resources of statewide value and
concern, which local governments are in the best position to manage on a daily basis.
10. Educate the public about coastal issues such as dune protection, beach access,
erosion, and flood protection, and to provide for public participation in the protection of the
beach/dune system and in the development and implementation of the Texas Coastal
Management Program.
Additional policy statements are included within the respective policy statement sections of
this Dune Protection and Beach Access Plan.
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III. DEFINITIONS
To optimize consistency with state law, applicable definitions from Title 31, Chapter 15 of
the Natural Resources and Conservation Code are incorporated as part of this Plan and are
listed below. Several of these definitions are illustrated in Figure 2 - Typical Cross -Section
of a Barrier Island.
Affect - As used in this Plan regarding dunes, dune vegetation, and the public beach, "affect"
means to produce an effect upon dunes, dune vegetation, or public beach use and access.
Backdunes - The dunes located landward of the foredune ridge which are usually well
vegetated but may also be unvegetated and migratory. These dunes supply sediment to the
beach after the foredunes and the foredune ridge have been destroyed by natural or human
activities.
Beach access - The right to use and enjoy the public beach, including the right of free and
unrestricted ingress and egress to and from the public beach.
Beach/dune system - The land from the line of mean low tide of the Gulf of Mexico to the
landward limit of dune formation. Figure 3.
Beach profile - The shape and elevation of the beach as determined by surveying a cross
section of the beach.
Blowout - A breach in the dunes caused by wind erosion.
Breach - A break or gap in the continuity of a dune caused by wind or water.
Bulkhead - A structure or partition built to retain or prevent the sliding of land. A
secondary purpose is to protect the upland against -damage from wave action.
City Council - The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Coastal and shore protection project - A project designed to slow shoreline erosion or
enhance shoreline stabilization, including, but not limited to, erosion response structures,
beach nourishment, sediment bypassing, construction of man-made vegetated mounds, and
dune revegetation.
Commercial facility - Any structure used for providing, distributing, and selling goods or
services in commerce including, but not limited to, hotels, restaurants, bars, rental
operations, and rental properties.
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Construction - Causing or carrying out any building, bulkheading, filling, clearing, excavation,
or substantial improvement to land or the size of any structure. "Building" includes, but is
not limited to, all related site work and placement of construction materials on the site.
"Filling" includes, but is not limited to, disposal of dredged materials. "Excavation" includes,
but is not limited to, removal or alteration of dunes and dune vegetation and scraping,
grading, or dredging a site. "Substantial improvements to land or the size of any structure"
include, but are not limited to, creation of vehicular or pedestrian trails, landscape work that
adversely affects dunes or dune vegetation, and increasing the size of any structure.
Coppice mounds - The initial stages of dune growth formed as sand accumulates on the
downwind side of plants and other obstructions on or immediately adjacent to the beach
seaward of the foredunes. Coppice mounds may be unvegetated.
County - Nueces or Kleberg County, Texas, depending on context.
Critical dune areas - Those portions of the beach/dune system as designated by the General
Land Office that are located within 1,000 feet of mean high tide of the Gulf of Mexico that
contain dunes and dune complexes that are essential to the protection of public beaches,
submerged land, and state-owned land, such as public roads and coastal public lands, from
nuisance, erosion, storm surge, and high wind and waves. Critical dune areas include, but
are not limited to, the dunes that store sand in the beach/dune system to replenish eroding
public beaches.
Dedication - A permanent easement or a fee simple donation.
Department - The Department of Planning and Development of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Dune - An emergent mound, hill, or
bordering the waters of the Gulf of
transport of sediment, but can also
dunes are usually found adjacent to
an abrupt change in slope landward
foredunes, dunes comprising the
vegetated mounds.
ridge of sand, either bare or vegetated, located on land
Mexico. Dunes are naturally formed by the windward
be created via man-made vegetated mounds. Natural
the uppermost limit of wave action and are marked by
of the dry beach. The term includes coppice mounds,
foredune ridge, backdunes, swales, and man-made
Dune complex - Any emergent area adjacent to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico in which
several types of dunes are found or in which dunes have been established by proper
management of the area. In some portions of the Texas coast, dune complexes contain
depressions known as swales.
Dune vegetation - Flora indigenous to natural dune complexes on the Texas coast and can
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include coastal grasses and herbaceous and woody plants.
Erosion - The wearing away of land or the removal of beach and/or dune sediments by
wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, drainage, or wind. Erosion includes, but is not
limited to, horizontal recession and scour and can be induced or aggravated by human
activities.
Erosion response structure - A hard or rigid structure built for shoreline stabilization which
includes, but is not limited to, a jetty, retaining wall, groin, breakwater, bulkhead, seawall,
riprap, rubble mound, revetment, or the foundation of a structure which is the functional
equivalent of these specified structures.
FEMA - The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Foredunes - The first clearly distinguishable, usually vegetated, stabilized large dunes
encountered landward of the Gulf of Mexico. On some portions of the Texas Gulf Coast,
foredunes may also be large, unvegetated, and unstabilized. Although they may be large
and continuous, foredunes are typically hummocky and discontinuous and may be
interrupted by breaks and washover areas. Foredunes offer the first significant means of
dissipating storm -generated wave and current energy issuing from the Gulf of Mexico.
Because various heights and configurations of dunes may perform this function, no
standardized physical description applies. Foredunes are distinguishable from surrounding
dune types by their relative location and physical appearance.
Foredune ridge - The high continuous line of dunes which are usually well vegetated and
rise sharply landward of the foredune area but may also rise directly from a flat, wave -cut
beach immediately after a storm.
Industrial facilities - Include, but are not limited to, those establishments listed in Part 1,
Division D, Major Groups 20-39 and Part 1, Division E, Major Group 49 of the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual as adopted by the Executive Office of the President, Office
of Management and Budget (1987 ed.). However, for the purposes of this ordinance, the
establishments listed in Part 1, Division D, Major Group 20, Industry Group Number 209,
Industry Numbers 2091 and 2092 are not considered "industrial facilities." These
establishments are listed in Appendix I attached to the companion Regulations.
Line of vegetation - The extreme seaward boundary of natural vegetation which spreads
continuously inland typically used to determine the landward extent of the public beach.
Where there is no natural vegetation line, the landward extent of the public beach may be
determined as provided by Sec. 61.016 and Sec. 61.017, Texas Natural Resources Code.
Main -traveled roadway - That portion of the public beach in the street right-of-way, between
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a point 50 feet from the water's edge and the vegetation line, as herein defined, ordinarily
used by the majority of vehicles for vehicular traffic at the time and place in question, unless
otherwise defined by traffic control devices.
Man-made vegetated mound - A mound, hill, or ridge of sand created by the deliberate
placement of sand or sand trapping devices including sand fences, trees, or brush and
planted with dune vegetation.
Motor vehicle or vehicle - A vehicle as defined by the Texas Uniform Traffic Act, Art.
6701d, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated.
Natural resources - Land, fish, wildlife, insects, biota, air, surface water, groundwater, plants,
trees, habitat of flora and fauna, and other such resources.
Person - An individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint venture,
commercial entity, the United States Government, the state, a municipality, commission,
political subdivision, or any international or interstate body or any other governmental
entity.
Pipeline - A tube or system of tubes used for the transportation of oil, gas, chemicals, fuels,
water, sewerage, or other liquid, semi-liquid, or gaseous substances.
Production and gathering facilities - The equipment used to recover and move oil or gas
from a well to a main pipeline, or other point of delivery such as a tank battery, and to
place such oil or gas into marketable condition. Included are pipelines used as gathering
lines, pumps, tanks, separators, compressors, and associated equipment and roads.
Public beach - Any beach bordering on the Gulf of Mexico that extends inland from the line
of mean low tide to the natural line of vegetation bordering on the seaward shore of the
Gulf of Mexico, or such larger contiguous area towhichthe public has acquired a right of
use or easement to or over by prescription, dedication, or estoppel, or has retained a right
by virtue of continuous right in the public since time immemorial as recognized by law or
custom.
Recreational activity - Includes, but is not limited to, hiking, sunbathing, and camping for
less than 21 days. For purposes of permits, recreational activities are limited to the private
activities of the person owning the land and the social guests of the owner. Operation of
recreational vehicles is not considered a recreational activity, whether private or public.
Restoration - The process of constructing man-made vegetated mounds, repairing damaged
dunes, or vegetating existing dunes.
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Retaining wall - A structure designed primarily to contain material and to prevent the
sliding of land.
Sand budget - The amount of all sources of sediment, sediment traps, and transport of
sediment within a defined area. From the sand budget, it is possible to determine whether
sediment gains and losses are in balance.
Seawall - An erosion response structure that is specifically designed to withstand wave
forces.
Seaward of a dune protection line - The area between a dune protection line and the line
of mean high tide.
Street - The entire width between the boundary line of the street right-of-way which is open
to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Street right-of-way - The public beach.
Structure - Includes, without limitation, any building or combination of related components
constructed in an ordered scheme that constitutes a work or improvement constructed on
or affixed to land.
Swales - Low areas within a dune complex located in some portions of the Texas coast
which function as natural rainwater collection areas and are an integral part of the dune
complex.
Washover areas - Low areas that are adjacent to beaches and are inundated by waves and
storm tides from the Gulf of Mexico. Washovers may be found in abandoned tidal channels
or where foredunes are poorly developed or breached by storm tides and wind erosion.
IV. DUNE PROTECTION PLAN
A. PURPOSE
State law requires all local governments in coastal areas to protect critical dunes and dune
vegetation from adverse effects resulting directly or indirectly from construction in a critical
dune area or seaward of its dune protection line. The sand dunes that lend beauty to the
coastal landscape also serve an invaluable practical purpose. They give resilience to the
barrier shoreline - coastal communities' front line of defense against tropical storms and
hurricanes. By absorbing the force of the storm surge, high waves, and wind, sand dunes
help prevent inland property loss - and the loss of lives.
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As a resilient natural barrier to the destructive forces of wind and waves, sand dunes are the
least expensive and most efficient defense against storm -surge flooding and beach erosion.
Dunes absorb the impact of storm surge and high waves, preventing or delaying intrusion
of waters into inland areas. Dunes hold sand that replaces eroded beaches after storms and
buffer windblown sand and salt spray. This natural defense can be strengthened by
increasing the height and stability of existing dunes and by building new ones.
The growth of coastal population centers and the increasing development and recreational
use of the barrier islands, such as Mustang and Padre Island, threaten the stability of the
dune environment. Construction and heavy recreational use of the beaches contribute to
dune deterioration. The vegetation that secures sand is destroyed, sand is lost, and the dune
line is breached by roads, trails, and storm runoff. Dune damage that results from human
activities accelerates the damage caused by wind and wave action.
Inland areas become more vulnerable to hurricanes and tropical storms when the dune line
is weakened. Protecting dunes helps prevent loss of life and property during storms and
safeguards the sand supply that slows shoreline erosion. Protecting dunes also preserves and
enhances the beauty of the coast. To succeed, dune improvement and protection efforts
must be undertaken by federal, state, and local government entities. But even more
valuable are efforts by those individuals and private interests who live in and develop
properties on the coast.
B. DUNE PROTECTION LINE
Pursuant to the authority provided in the Dune Protection Act, the City of Corpus Christi
may establish the dune protection line for applicable areas included within its corporate
limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) on Mustang and Padre Islands (Figure 1).
However, the City is not authorized to establish a dune protection line unless the authority
to do so is delegated to the City by the respective county, since its ETJ lies in both Nueces
and Kleberg Counties. _
The City of Corpus Christi has conducted field inspections and researched numerous
technical documents, both legal and scientific, to determine the appropriate location of the
dune protection line. Figure 4 illustrates the dune protection line as proposed to be
established by the City of Corpus Christi.
As illustrated, this proposed dune protection line generally coincides with the maximum
allowable distance by state law (1,000 feet landward of mean high tide at the shoreline of
the Gulf of Mexico). This line also coincides with Nueces County's previously existing dune
protection line, which has been in effect since 1973.
The only exception to the maximum allowable distance is the area landward of the Gulf
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Beach Seawall. The proposed dune protection line in this area coincides with the seawall.
Figure 4 and Appendix A contain a detailed description of the dune protection line for this
area, including required survey tie-ins with the Texas State Coordinate Plane System.
Several important factors distinguish the area behind the Seawall and all other areas
adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico within Nueces County:
1) The dunes located landward of the Gulf Beach Seawall do not meet the
following criteria for critical dunes: (See Appendix B for a more detailed
justification for establishing dune"protection line at concrete and wooden seawall)
a) sand does not return to beach;
b) isolated area does not contribute to dunes systems to north or south;
and
c) seawall serves as protection from storm surge and no dunes exist to
provide same protection in this area.
2) The area is protected from storm surges by the significant Seawall
improvements of the Padre Isles and Lake Padre developments.
3) The area between the Padre Isles Seawall and Leeward Drive is completely
outside the 100 year floodplain as designated by the Federal Insurance
Administration.
4) The area landward of Leeward Drive is within flood zones A13 (elevations 9
or 10 feet above mean sea level): the same flood designations as most of Padre Isles
development.
5) The area behind the wooden seawall has been previously permitted regarding
dune protection and must meet the current requirements for dune protection and
beachfront construction. The Padre Isles development including all of the area
landward of the original seawall and the wooden portion added in the late 1980's, has
been developed under a master plan of development. All required prior permits
from the General Land Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nueces County, the
City of Corpus Christi, and FEMA have been obtained for the significant
development which has occurred to date.
C. DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT
The dune protection line serves to identify the "critical dune areas" as defined by state law.
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Its placement determines where proposed development is required to apply for and receive
a dune protection permit before construction may begin.
The City of Corpus Christi will administer the dune protection permit process for those
areas within its city limits. Nueces and Kleberg Counties, respectively, will administer the
dune protection process within the City of Corpus Christi's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Because of this separate jurisdictional authority, coordination between the City and the two
respective Counties will be a critical objective of the City's Dune Protection Plan, its
implementing regulations andd their administration. This coordination will assure that the
policies and objectives of the Texas Coastal Management Program will be implemented in
an orderly fashion.
Specifics on the regulatory requirements of the City of Corpus Christi's dune protection
permit are contained in the companion document, "Dune Protection and Beach Access
Regulations" under applicable sections addressing dune protection.
The significant categories dealing with dune protection include required findings, prohibited
activities, and the "mitigation sequence" of development in or near critical dune areas. The
mitigation sequence consists of four basic alternatives to dune protection. These four
alternatives includes avoidance, minimization, mitigation, and compensation.
V. BEACH ACCESS PLAN
A. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of the Beach Access Plan, as required by state law, is to protect the public's
right to use and have access to and from the public beach and of providing standards
certifying construction on land adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico consistent with such public
rights. _ -
The following is the City of Corpus Christi's Beach Access Plan within the City's area of
jurisdiction including areas within its city limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. State law
requires that the Beach Access Plan provide the following information:
1) a current description and map of the entire beach access system within its
jurisdiction (Section D: Existing Beach Access);
2) the status of beach access demonstrated through evidence such as photographs,
surveys, and statistics regarding the number of beach users (Section D: Existing
Beach Access);
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3) a detailed description of the proposed beach access plan replacing the existing
beach access system. Such description shall demonstrate the method of providing
equivalent or better access to and from the public beaches (Sections E: Policies and
Objectives and F: Public Facilities Plans and Design Standards for Beach Access
Improvements); and
4) a vehicular control plan, if the local government proposes either new or amended
vehicular controls for the public beach (Section G: Vehicular Control Plan).
B. BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE
State law also requires that the Beach Access Plan be implemented through the issuance of
"beachfront construction certificates" within the City's area of jurisdiction. The geographic
area and respective types of City authority within the beachfront certificate area are
described in more detail in the following section titled Geographic Scope and Authority, and
in the companion document: City of Corpus Christi's "Dune Protection and Beach Access
Regulations".
State law is very specific with regard to providing standards to local governments governing
the issuance of beachfront construction certificates to certify construction on land adjacent
to the Gulf of Mexico is consistent with the public's right to use and have access to and
from the public beach. In addition, the City of Corpus Christi will issue both beachfront
construction certificates and dune protection permits concurrently when a proposed activity
requires both. This concurrent approval process embodied within the "Dune Protection and
Beach Access Regulations" is consistent with State law.
C. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE AND AUTHORITY
The Open Beaches Act, limits the geographic scope of the beachfront construction
certification area to the land adjacent to and landward of public beaches along the Gulf of
Mexico and lying in the area either up to the first public road generally parallel to the
public beach or to any closer public road not parallel to the beach, or the area up to 1,000
feet of mean high tide, whichever distance is greater.
For the purposes of this Plan, the geographic scope of the City of Corpus Christi's
jurisdiction includes those areas within the City's corporate limits and its extraterritorial
jurisdiction on Padre and Mustang Island, and within Nueces and Kleberg Counties (Figure
1). Within these areas, the geographic scope of the City's Beach Access Plan includes the
area within the Beachfront Construction Certificate area illustrated in Figure 5.
Within the City of Corpus Christi's city limits, the City is authorized by state law to exercise
platting and extensive police powers including building permit and zoning controls. In
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addition, within its extraterritorial jurisdiction, the City is authorized to regulate the platting
of property and to annex properties adjacent to the City.
Several areas are exempted by General Land Office rules from local beachfront construction
certification requirements. These exempted areas include the Mustang Island State Park
and the Padre Island National Seashore. In addition, certain uses and development such
as oil and gas exploration and grazing livestock are exempted from the requirements of a
dune protection permit but not a beachfront construction certificate. See "Dune Protection
and Beach Access Regulations" for more detailed description.
In addition to the above referenced geographic scope and authority, an area landward of the
Gulf Beach seawall would be affected by mean high tide if the seawall were not in place.
For the purposes of this Plan and Article 4 of the Dune Protection and Beach Access
Regulations this area is defined as the Seawall Dependence Area as illustrated in the inset
in Figure 5.
This Seawall Dependence Area encompasses the area between the toe of the Gulf Beach
seawall and the projected 50 -year erosion line. This 50 -year erosion line is based on the
historical erosion rate between the years 1882 and 1974 of 1.4 feet per year which has been
published by the Bureau of Economic Geology (Shoreline changes on Mustang Island and
North Padre Island, Geographical Circular 77-1, Bureau of Economic Geology, The
University of Texas at Austin, 1977). This 92 year erosion rate produces a 50 -year erosion
line of 70 feet landward of mean high tide.
D. EXISTING BEACH ACCESS
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miles of public beach within the City of Corpus Christi's area of jurisdiction. Figure 6.
Beach Access Road # 2 is located approximately one-half mile north of the northern
boundary of Mustang Island State Park. This road is the only beach access road between
the State Park and Beach Access Road # 1 which is located approximately 7.3 miles north
of Beach Access Road #2 and 3.6 miles north of the Port Aransas city limits.
All of the remaining seven beach access roads within the City of Corpus Christi's jurisdiction
are concentrated within a three mile area between Zahn Road and Beach Access Road #
6. This area includes the Gulf Beach Seawall area and Nueces County's Padre Balli Park
and J.P. Luby Youth Park.
Two additional beach access roads are located within the City's ETJ. However, they are
located in areas exempted from the authority of the State's Coastal Management Program.
Beach Access Road # 3 is located within Mustang Island State Park and approximately 3/4
mile north of the State Park's southern boundary. It provides access to the beach between
the State Park's vehicular barrier on the north side of Corpus Christi Pass and Zahn Road.
Beach Access Road "North", as it is commonly referenced, is located approximately one mile
south of the northern boundary of the Padre Island National Seashore. This road provides
the only beach access road between Beach Access Road # 6 and the vehicular barrier just
south of Access Road "North" at the north end of the National Seashore, a distance of
approximately eight miles.
Currently, most of the public beach within the City's jurisdiction is fully accessible to
vehicular traffic and public parking on the beach. The only restrictions on vehicular traffic
and public on -beach parking exist along the Gulf Beach Seawall and between the south end
of the Seawall and Bob Hall Pier. Public parking is prohibited and vehicular traffic is
restricted to one-way southbound along the Seawall because the public beach has eroded
to the point that the remaining narrow beach area will not permit safe two-way traffic or
parking. One-way traffic in a southbound direction also continues from the seawall to the
Padre Balli Park entrance road.
In addition, a vehicular -free area exists between Whitecap Blvd. and Beach Access Road
4 for protected day use activities. Also, a parking area exists between Padre Balli Park
entrance road and Bob Hall Pier. However, vehicular traffic is routed immediately
landward of both of these areas.
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E. POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES
The Beach Access Plan provides the long-range policies and objectives addressing vehicular
and pedestrian access to the public beaches and public beach parking. The General Land
Office rules are very specific as to the requirements of a beach access plan. The central
concern as stated in the Purpose section, is to protect the public's right to use and have
access to and from the public beach and of providing standards certifying construction on
land adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico consistent with such public rights.
The City shall achieve, at a minimum, the following policies and objectives in development
and implementation of this Beach Access Plan.
Policy Statements
1. The City shall regulate pedestrian and vehicular beach access, traffic, and parking
on the beach only in a manner that preserves or enhances existing public right to use and
have access to and from the beach.
2. The City shall not impair or close an existing access point or close a public beach
to pedestrian or vehicular traffic without prior approval from the General Land Office. For
the purposes of this Plan, beach access and use is presumed to be preserved if the following
criteria are met.
a. Parking on or adjacent to the beach is adequate to accommodate a
minimum of one car for each 15 linear feet of beach.
b. Where vehicles are prohibited from driving on and along the beach,
ingress/egress access ways (for pedestrians) are no farther apart than 1/2
mile. This minimum spacing may be varied based on factors such as dune
formations, wetlands, platting, _blockage of ownership, and existing
development. However, the total number of ingress/egress access ways for
pedestrians shall be based on the minimum average spacing of 1/2 mile.
c. Signs are posted which conspicuously explain the nature and extent of
vehicular controls, parking areas, and access points. The City may establish
its own beach access and use standards for General Land Office approval and
certification based upon the General Land Office's affirmative finding that
such standards preserve and enhance the public's right to use and access the
public beach.
3. It is an objective to provide public restrooms, showers, and other such amenities at
locations where the highest beach access occurs, such as at the seawall.
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4. In addition to providing both vehicular and pedestrian access to the beach, protected
pedestrian areas should be provided on the beach. The purpose of which is to provide
protected pedestrian and beach user areas while also providing through movement of traffic.
5. Provide oversize parking stalls to accommodate oversize vehicles whenever public
parking areas are provided.
6. This Plan constitutes the City's adopted, enforceable, written policy prohibiting the
City's abandonment, relinquishment, or conveyance of any right, title, easement, right-of-way,
street, path, or other interest that provides existing or potential beach access, unless an
alternative equivalent or better beach access is first provided by the City consistent with its
Dune Protection and Beach Access Plan.
F. PUBLIC FACILITIES PLANS
The primary objective of any plan is to assess existing conditions and needs, provide a vision
of the future based on projections, and to provide feasible solutions for satisfying existing
problems or anticipated demands. This Beach Access Plan provides these component
planning elements with a strong bias to anticipate the real needs and provide a feasible plan
to satisfy existing problems and anticipated future needs of assuring adequate access to the
public beach.
Driving on the beaches is the primary means of public access to most beaches within the
City of Corpus Christi's area of jurisdiction. Currently, public access to the public beach is
adequate, however, this situation could change by variables such as increased use of the
beach, increased development of Gulf front properties, and the ever changing environmental
conditions.
Based on the above objective, several supplemental beach access opportunities have been
outlined below for selection to satisfy existing and future needs in assuring adequate access
to the public beach today and in the future. The selection of the most appropriate "Public
Access Improvements" are highly dependent on variables such as existing beach access roads,
dune formations, proximity to washouts and blowouts, wetlands, platting, blockage of
ownership, and existing development. In order to establish priorities for decision-making
the following order of priority shall include:
1) Public Facility Plan 1 - Enhanced vehicular beach access with public beach
access roads provided at 2 mile intervals.
2) Public Facility Plan 2 - Public off -beach parking areas and public dune
walkovers provided at one-half mile intervals and including, as feasible, off -beach
parking.
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3) Public Facility Plan 3 - Public off -beach parking areas provided at one to one
and one-half mile intervals to supplement off -beach parking at the one-half mile
pedestrian intervals.
1. Public Facilities Plan 1: Enhanced Vehicular Access
Additional public beach access roads would be beneficial to enhance public access to public
beaches within Corpus Christi's area of jurisdiction. These additional beach access roads
would provide access from either State Highway 361 (formerly Park Road 53) or Park Road
22.
Nueces County's existing Coastal Management Plan, calls for the establishment, or
maintenance, of sufficient beach access roads to insure that there shall be no greater
distance than two miles between access roads. This equates to the need of one additional
access road within the City's ETJ in Nueces County. Figure 7. This proposed roadway
would be located approximately 2 miles north of Beach Access Road No. 2. In addition, this
objective projected into the Kleberg County portion of the City's ETJ, would call for three
additional beach access roads within Kleberg County north of the Padre Island National
Seashore.
The cost of providing these beach access roads would range from approximately $100,000
for the proposed road (1,500 feet long) north of Beach Access Road No. 2 to approximately
$220,000 for each of the three proposed beach access roads in Kleberg County (3,000 to
4,000 feet long). These costs would include paved roadway access with cement stabilized
sand base, land acquisition, design and contingencies.
This general strategy is considered as financially and environmentally more feasible and
practicable when compared to other more expensive and environmentally impactive beach
access plans.
POLICY STATEMENTS:
1. The present beach access policy is to continue to allow
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to be in the overall public interest to restrict vehicles.
2. The City, in concert with appropriate counties, shall endeavor to provide additional
beach access roads to insure that there will be no greater distance than two (2) miles
between public vehicular access roads.
3. No person shall create, erect or construct any obstruction, barrier, or restraint that
will interfere with the free and unrestricted right of the public to enter or leave or use any
public beach, however, protection of private property from damage or intrusion caused by
the public may be allowed if in compliance with the Open Beaches Act.
Public Facility Plans 2 and 3: OFF -BEACH VEHICULAR ACCESS AND PARKING
The existing beach access system may be adequate now and in the near future for assuring
adequate access to the public beach. However, numerous natural and man-made processes
have caused significant erosion of the public beaches along the Gulf Coast, including
Mustang and Padre Islands. If these phenomenon continue, which is likely, the public beach
may become so narrow that continued vehicular use of the beach may be physically
impossible or pose a threat to public safety.
In addition, as development of private property landward of the public beach and the critical
dune areas occurs over time, future opportunities for providing means of access to the public
beach will be seriously diminished. With these factors in mind, two beach access plans with
vehicular access and parking provided on the landward side of the critical dune areas have
been provided for consideration for inclusion in the Beach Access Plan. These beach access
plans are described below.
2. Public Facility Plan 2: Public Off -Beach Parking and Walkovers at 1/2 Half
Mile Intervals
Public Facilities Plan 2, Figure 8, illustrates a beach access concept which would place both
off -beach parking areas and pedestrian access points at one-half mile intervals. This concept
could be accomplished by requiring development when seeking a beachfront construction
certificate, and/or platting, to reserve areas (or possibly dedicate or donate easements) for
off -beach public parking facilities and pedestrian walkways to the public beach. Figure 9.
Dedication is preferable. If dedication is not practical, the areas should be reserved for
subsequent purchase by
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PLAN 2 PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS POINTS DETAIL
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the City, County or State. Or, the City, County or State could purchase, or enter into long-
term lease agreements for, these properties in advance of private development.
The spacing interval of these public off -beach parking and beach access facilities would be
a maximum of one-half mile (as required by the General Land Office). This spacing would
depend on variables including existing vehicular access points, platting, common ownerships
of separate lots, locations of washouts and blowouts and proximity to wetlands and critical
dunes.
The cost associated with this option would total approximately $300,000 per parking and
walkover access point. This cost estimate includes paved roadway access and parking with
cement stabilized sand base, land acquisition, handicap accessible walkoverstructure, lighting
and landscaping, design and contingencies. The unit cost approximates $1,700 per parking
space.
3. Public Facility Plan 3: Public Off -Beach Parking Areas Provided at 1 and
1/2 Mile Intervals / Public Walkovers Provided at 1/2 Mile Intervals
Public Facilities Plan 3, Figure 10, illustrates another beach access concept which would
place only pedestrian access points (12 to 20 feet wide) at one-half mile intervals as
required. Rather than placing off -beach vehicular parking areas at each of the required
pedestrian access points at one-half mile intervals, as in Public Facility Plan 2, this option
proposes that vehicular parking areas be aggregated into much larger parking areas. Figure
11. The spacing frequency could range up to one and one-half miles between the parking
areas. This concept would be accomplished by requiring development of properties
indicated on the Plan map with these public facilities to reserve areas (or possibly dedicate
or donate easements) for off -beach pedestrian walkways and walkovers to the public beach
when seeking a beachfront construction certificate, and/or platting. The areas reserved
would be subsequently purchased by the City, County or State.
As in Public Facilities Plan 2, the spacing interval of these public off -beach parking and
beach access facilities would be dependant on variables such as existing vehicular access
points, platting, common ownerships of separate lots, locations of washouts and blowouts,
and proximity to wetlands and critical dunes. In addition, this plan would be enhanced with
shuttle transit service connecting the large public off -beach parking areas to pedestrian only
access points, and/or permitted roadside parking along State Highway 361 and Park Road
22.
The costs associated with this option would range from
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approximately $300,000 to $550,000 per parking and walkover access point. This cost
estimate includes improvements comparable to Public Facility Plan 2. Unit costs would
approximate about $900 per parking space including land acquisition and dune walkover.
However, costs for the alternating pedestrian walkways should be added to the total cost.
These walkways and walkovers, located at 1/2 mile intervals, range in cost from $185,000
to $225,000 each. These additional costs would increase the unit cost to approximately $650
per parking space. These two unit cost subtotals would total approximately $1,550 per
parking space as compared to $1,700 per space for Public Facility Plan 2.
4. Design Standards for Beach Access Improvements
Figures 12 through 14 illustrate various cross-sections of roadways to off -beach parking
areas, pedestrian walkways and dune walkovers. These improvements would be provided
with respective beach access improvements for Public Facility Plans 1, 2, or 3.
G. VEHICULAR CONTROL PLAN
L AUTHORITY.
The City Manager of the City of Corpus Christi, or such officers and employees of the City
designated by the City Manager, is authorized by the Texas Natural Resources Code,
Section 61.129 and the City of Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53 -Traffic, to
regulate vehicular and pedestrian traffic on all streets, roadways and highways and public
right-of-way areas within the incorporated city limits of the City of Corpus Christi, which
includes the Gulf Beach area within the incorporated city limits.
II. INVENTORY OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS WAYS.
A. The following areas are maintained -as public vehicular access ways,
immediately abutting or within the incorporated city limits of the City
of Corpus Christi, to and from the Gulf Beach.
1. Beach Access Road #3-A. Runs east -west and immediately abuts the
north city limit line and is maintained by Nueces County. This road
is an asphalt paved road without curb or gutter, approximately 18 feet
in width, and runs approximately 400 feet in length between St.
Bartholomew Drive and the Gulf Beach. Roadside parking is not
available along either side of Beach
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Access Road #3-A.
2. Whitecap Boulevard. Runs east -west and intersects the Gulf Beach at
a point approximately 800 -ft. north of the south city limit and is
maintained by the City of Corpus Christi. Whitecap Boulevard is an
improved street which runs continuously between the Laguna Madre
(at its west terminus), crossing Park Road 22, and intersecting the Gulf
Beach at a point approximately 900 feet east of Windward Drive.
Whitecap Boulevard varies in street width from a 4 -lane median
divided 60 -ft. (back-to-back) section west of Park Road 22, a 5 -lane 62
foot (back-to-back) section between Park Road 22 and Windward, and
a 4 -lane 40 foot (back-to-back) section east of Windward Drive to its
east terminus at the Gulf Beach. Whitecap Boulevard serves as the
main access roadway between Park Road 22 and the Gulf Beach area
within the incorporated city limits. Curbside parking is prohibited
along the full length of Whitecap Boulevard east of Park Road 22.
Street lighting is provided continuously along the full length of
Windward.
3. Beach Access Road #4. Runs east -west and immediately abuts the south city
limit line and is maintained by Nueces County. This road is an asphalt paved
road without curb and gutter, approximately 20 feet in width, and runs
approximately 0.53 miles in length between Park Road 22 and the Gulf
Beach. Roadside parking is not available along either side of Beach Access
Road #4.
4. Windward Drive. Runs north -south between its dead end approximately 1,600
feet south of Whitecap Boulevard to St. Bartholomew Drive approximately
0.82 miles north of Whitecap Boulevard. Windward is an improved (curbed
and guttered) street, approximately 60 feet in width, and is designed for two-
way traffic with curbside parking permitted each side of Windward.
Windward Drive provides access to developed property landward of the Gulf
Beach seawall area, and connects with each of Whitecap Boulevard and Beach
Access Road #3-A. Street lighting is provided continuously along the full
length of Windward Drive.
5. Existing Vehicular Use of the Gulf Beach. The following traffic control
regulations are presently in effect:
a. Vehicular traffic operates as one-way in a southerly direction from the
northernmost point of the Gulf Beach seawall area (at which point
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Beach Access Road #3-A intersects the Gulf Beach) to the
intersection of the traveled portion of the Gulf Beach with Padre Balli
Park entrance road.
b. The stopping, standing or parking of any motor vehicle is prohibited
upon any section seaward of the Gulf Beach seawall from the
northernmost point of the Gulf Beach seawall area (at which point
Beach Access Road #3-A intersects the Gulf Beach) to the
southernmost point of the Gulf Beach seawall area immediately north
of Whitecap Boulevard's intersection with the Gulf Beach.
III. PROPOSED PROHIBITION OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC SEAWARD OF
GULF BEACH SEAWALL.
The Gulf Beach Seawall area, approximately 4,200 lineal feet in length, is narrow between
the constructed seawall and Gulf Beach waters, and generally unsafe with the current
mixture of vehicular traffic and beach pedestrians, sunbathers, and other common
recreational activities. Dependent on the Gulf tides, there are frequent occasions where
vehicular traffic along the beach is made completely impassable by the tide elevations.
Further, it is estimated that on the vast majority of tidal conditions, there is less than 50 -feet
of beach area between the water's edge and the seawall for combined vehicular traffic and
other beach use activity.
Based on these public safety concerns vehicular traffic is recommended to be prohibited in
the area seaward of the Gulf Beach Seawall, and rerouted to Windward Drive and Leeward
Drive via Beach Access Road #3A and Whitecap Blvd. Figure 15. Section VII. of
Appendix C (Traffic Regulations) encompasses the implementary and regulatory aspects of
this proposal.
A. Interim Parking Plan
As further described in Section V, the City will designate Windward Drive, Robla
Drive and St. Augustine Drive as off -beach areas to satisfy State regulations that
parking on or adjacent to the beach shall be adequate to accommodate one (1) car
for each 15 linear feet of beach. It is recognized that the re-routing of traffic from
the Gulf Beach seawall area to Windward Drive and Leeward Drive, in combination
with increased pedestrian activity from the off -beach parking on Windward and other
designated streets, may result in conflicts
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between beach -destined pedestrian crossings and through vehicular movements on
these streets. The City will implement and maintain the following safeguards on
Windward Drive to minimize any such pedestrian -vehicular conflicts:
1. The speed limit on Windward Drive will be lowered from 30 MPH to 20
MPH.
2. Highly visible pedestrian crossings will be marked and sign -posted (with local
and advance pedestrian crossing warning signs) at a minimum of three (3)
pedestrian crossing points on Windward Drive in direct alignment with the
pedestrian access ways (from Windward Drive to the Gulf Beach seawall).
The City will install highly -visible flashing beacons at each pedestrian crossing
to caution advancing motorists of the presence of pedestrian crossings.
3. Minimum 8 -foot width "tied" sidewalks are planned for construction along
each side of Windward Drive between Whitecap Boulevard and St.
Bartholomew Drive. As an interim measure to the provision of sidewalks,
Windward Drive will be marked with on -street (7 -foot width) protected
exclusive pedestrian paths along the full length of each side of Windward
Drive. The pedestrian paths will be marked between the street curb and
adjacent parallel parking lane and will be protected from vehicular
movements in the parking lane by means of reflectorized pavement markers
with adjacent "rumble -strips" to alert motorists traffic traveling too close to the
pedestrian path. Supplemental vertical bollards will be installed between the
pedestrian path and parking lane at appropriate intervals to serve as a
physical barrier.
4. Parking controls and sight -distance controls will be maintained at each
marked pedestrian crossing location to provide a minimum of 200 -foot
stopping sight distance of legal pedestrian crossing activity.
5. In the event that pedestrian crossing activity and vehicular activity along
Windward Drive reach levels of activity satisfying pedestrian crossing signal
warrants identified in the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(Part IV Section 4C-5), the City will provide midblock, pedestrian -activated
pedestrian signal crossing protection.
6. Street lighting with an average -maintained illumination of 1.0 -foot candles will
be provided along each of Windward Drive and Leeward Drive.
B. Ultimate Parking Plan
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1. The City recognizes the need to provide increased sidewalk protection to
beach -destined pedestrians as through traffic volume and parking activity
increase along Windward Drive. In addition to the above safeguards, the City
will construct permanent sidewalk improvements along each side of Windward
between Whitecap Boulevard and St. Bartholomew Drive to replace the
interim on -street protected pedestrian paths (item 3). The permanent
sidewalks will be constructed subsequent to execution of cost -participation
agreement with abutting property owners for the sidewalk improvements and
identification of funds to cover the City's share of the sidewalk improvements.
2. The City further recognizes that increased property development along
Windward Drive, coupled with increased beach -destined activity, will increase
the demand for use of off -beach curbside parking spaces along Windward
Drive and the connecting side streets. In addition to the on -street parking
spaces along these streets, permanent off -beach, off-street parking is
acknowledged as the ultimate parking source for improved beach access to the
Gulf Beach seawall area. The City will negotiate with property owners
seaward of Windward Drive for participation in the construction of permanent
off -beach, off-street parking within reasonable distance of the Gulf Beach
seawall area, with the goal of providing such parking at such time the demand
for on -street beach -destined and general parking demand reaches a sustained
100% utilization level during peak seasonal activity periods.
C. Handicap Parking Access
1. The City plans to provide barrier -free access from the Gulf Beach seawall to
the beach area beneath the seawall at least one (1) point between the north
and south ends of the seawall. Such barrier -free access will comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act as amended, and is contingent upon
agreement to be reached with property owners of the Gulf Beach seawall for
the construction of the barrier -free access improvement upon the seawall.
2. In the interim preceding such improvement identified in item 1, the city will
designate the on -beach parking areas on the immediate north and south ends
of the Gulf Beach seawall as parking areas for handicap access to the beach
area beneath the seawall. Conspicuous signage will be placed along
Windward Drive and connecting side streets between Windward and Leeward
identifying (a) that the pedestrian access ways will provide barrier -free access
only to the top of the seawall, and (b) that handicap access to the beach area
beneath the seawall is provided only at the public parking areas immediately
north and south of the seawall.
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IV. INVENTORY OF EXISTING AND PLANNED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
WAYS.
A. The City of Corpus Christi plans to acquire and maintain (prior to prohibited
vehicular traffic in the area described above) public pedestrian easements running
the continuous length between Windward Drive and the Gulf Beach for the express
purpose of Gulf Beach public access.
1. Public pedestrian easement, 12 -foot wide and approximately 500 feet
long, out of Lot 13, Block 45, Padre Island - Corpus Christi, Section A,
which is bounded on the north by a line situated 12 feet north of and
parallel to the south boundary line of said Lot 13;
2. Public pedestrian easement, 12 -foot wide and approximately 700 feet
long, out of Tract A-2, Block 45, Padre Island - Corpus Christi, Section
A, which is bounded on the north by a line situated 12 -feet north of
and parallel to the south boundary line of said Tract A-2;
3. Public pedestrian easement, 20 -foot wide and approximately 500 feet
long, out of Lot 20, Block 45, Padre Island - Corpus Christi, Section A,
which is bounded on the north by a line situated 50 feet south of and
parallel to the north boundary line of said Lot 20 and on the south by
a line situated 70 feet south of and parallel to the north boundary line
of said Lot 20.
C. Facilities constructed within the aforementioned pedestrian easements and
connections to the Seawall and on -street parking areas will comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act as amended, and to provide minimal necessary
(average -maintained 1.0 footcandle) public safety lighting. In addition, public
amenities are to be provided including drinking fountains and restroom facilities at
locations of highest use prior to the prohibition of vehicular traffic seaward of the
Gulf Beach seawall.
C. The City of Corpus Christi shall provide conspicuously -placed signage along
the aforementioned sections of Windward Drive and connecting streets between
Leeward Drive and Windward Drive identifying these street sections as designated
areas for public beach access parking.
D. The City of Corpus Christi shall provide conspicuously -placed signage at each
entrance point of the aforementioned public pedestrian access ways along Windward
Drive, identifying these access ways as designated public access ways to and from the
Gulf Beach.
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V. CONSISTENCY OF PROPOSED VEHICULAR CONTROLS WITH STATE
STANDARDS FOR PRESERVING ACCEPTABLE BEACH ACCESS.
The fact that existing vehicular control prohibits the stopping, standing or parking of motor
vehicles along the 4,200 -foot length Gulf Beach seawall area must be considered in the
City's overall plan for vehicular access regulation in this area. In essence, the City's plan
enhances access to the subject beach area, even with the proposed restriction of vehicular
travel upon the subject beach area.
A. State regulations specify that parking on or adjacent to the beach shall be
adequate to accommodate one (1) car for each 15 lineal feet of beach. Along the
4,200 -foot length of Gulf Beach seawall area along which vehicular travel is proposed
to be prohibited, this translates to a parking supply of 280 vehicles. The City's plan
for providing on -street parking access along Windward Drive and two connecting side
streets (between Windward Drive and Leeward Drive, from Whitecap Boulevard to
St. Bartholomew Drive) will provide approximately 330 on -street parking spaces.
B. State regulations also specify that where vehicles are prohibited from driving
on and along the beach, ingress/egress access ways are not farther apart than 1/2 -
mile. The City's plan provides at least two public pedestrian easements 12 -feet wide
with six-foot wide concrete walkways to provide equivalent public access to the Gulf
Beach area seaward of the Gulf Beach seawall. The resultant distances between
public access points are well within the maximum 1/2 -mile intervals established by
the State.
C. Dune protection is maintained in the areas of the two existing public
pedestrian easements described above. These easements with six-foot walkways are
constructed through non-critical dune areas, without any further construction through
or over dunes necessary.
D. The City will install and maintain traffic signage along all areas of the public
beach explaining and regulating the extent of vehicular controls, parking and parking
restriction areas, and access points. The City will identify by use of conspicuous
signage on Windward Drive and other connecting streets identifying these streets as
designated areas for public beach access parking. In addition, the pedestrian access
ways running between Windward Drive and the Gulf Beach will be conspicuously
signed for identification of beach access for the public.
VI. VEHICULAR MANAGEMENT TIES TO BEACH CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT, BEACH USER FEES AND DUNE PROTECTION
A. Beachfront Construction Certification
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APPENDIX A
AREA EXCLUDED FROM 1,000 FOOT DUNE PROTECTION AREA
HORIZONTAL DATUM IS SURFACE, REFERENCED TO
THE TEXAS STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM,
SOUTH ZONE, NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF 1983.
REFERENCE STATION IS NATIONAL GEODETIC
SURVEY, GLOBAL POSmONING SYSTEM STATION SO -
010. VERTICAL DATUM IS REFERENCED TO
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE AT BOB
HALL PIER, CORPUS CHRISTI, GULF OF MEXICO.
BEING A 125.587 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN
AND OUT OF A PORTION OF THE PADRE ISLAND
DEVELOPMENT AT THE NORTH END OF PADRE
ISLAND IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS AND BEING
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND
BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS;
Beginning at a point on the centerline of a wooden bulkhead along the north right-of-way
line of Beach Access Road No. 4, at it's intersection with the designated 1000 foot Dune
Protection line as determined from Mean High Water along the Gulf of Mexico, for the
southwest corner of this tract, same point being established as having Texas State Plane
coordinates of N 17,107,475.26 feet and
E 1,400,034.77 feet;
YThence, South 89° 12' 32" East, with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a distance of
545.16 feet, to a point, for the southeast corner of this tract;
Thence, North 24° 22' 10" East, continuing with -said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a
distance of 1370.94 feet, to a point, for an inside corner of this tract;
Thence, South 65° 41' 27" East, continuing with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a
distance of 499.38 feet, to a point, for a corner of this tract;
Thence, North 24° 21' 09" East, continuing with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, at 42.28
feet, pass a corner of said wooden bulkhead and continuing along the face of the bottom
step of a concrete seawall, in all a distance of 4,265.75 feet, to a point, for the northeast
corner of said concrete seawall and a corner of this tract;
Thence, North 65° 38' 51" West, with the north line of said concrete seawall, 11.20 feet, to
a point, at it's intersection with the centerline of another wooden bulkhead, for a corner of
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this tract;
Thence, North 24° 21' 09" East, with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a distance of 47.32
feet, to a point, for the northeast corner of this tract;
Thence, North 65° 36' 51" West, continuing with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a
distance of 488.44 feet, to a point, for an inside corner of this tract;
Thence, North 24° 21' 29" East, continuing with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a
distance of 1,160.94 feet, to the point of curvature of a circular curve to the left, which curve
has a central angle of 102° 42' 15", a radius of 273.50 feet, a tangent distance of 342.02 feet
and an arc length of 490.26 feet;
Thence, with said circular curve to the left, in a northwesterly direction and continuing with
said centerline of wooden bulkhead, an arc distance of 490.26 feet, to a point, for a corner
of this tract;
Thence, North 78° 20' 46" West, continuing with said centerline of wooden bulkhead, a
distance of 92.71 feet, to a point, at it's intersection with the previously described 1000 foot
Dune Protection Line, for the northwest corner of this tract;
Thence, South 24° 56' 51" West, with said Dune Protection Line, a distance of 7,310.38 feet,
to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 125.587 acres of land.
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APPENDIX B
JUSTIFICATION FOR ESTABLISHING DUNE PROTECTION LINE AT CONCRETE
AND WOODEN SEAWALLS.
Excerpt from request for Master Plan Development Authorization on North Padre Island
by Shiner, Moseley and Associates, Inc., June 1993.
Pursuant to TAC 31 § 15.1 critical dune areas are:
those portion of the beach/dune system as designated by the GLO that are located
within 1,000 feet of mean high tide of the Gulf of Mexico that contain dunes and
dune complexes that are essential to the protection of public beaches, submerged
lands, and state-owned land, such as public roads and coastal public lands, from
nuisance, erosion, storm surge, and high wind and waves. Critical dune areas
include, but are not limited to, the dunes that store sand in the beach/dune system
to replenish eroding public beaches.
Critical Dunes are:
• Essential for protection from nuisance;
• Essential for protection from erosion;
• Essential for protection from storm surge;
• Essential for protection from high wind;
• Essential for protection from high waves; and/or,
• Storing sands to replenish the eroding public beaches.
The inability of the dunes located behind the sea wall or timber perimeter wall to meet
these criteria will be discussed in detail below.
Protection from Nuisance
The term nuisance is nebulous and not defined in the TAC 31 § 15.1. We are therefore not
sure what the GLO had in mind concerning this criteria. The definition of nuisance
generally applicable in law is "a thing or condition causing danger or annoyance either to
a limited number of persons or to the general public". It is assumed that the use of this
term § 15.1 was just meant to serve as a precursor to the following criteria.
Protection from Erosion
The dunes located behind the seawall could not provide any erosion protection from
shoreline erosion. See Figure B-1 and Figure B-2.
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Protection from Storm Surge
By definition of base flood elevation (BFE), storm surge elevation is going to be significantly
less than that of the top of the sea wall. According the FEMA's determination, BFE in this
area is 14' at the concrete seawall and 12' at the temper perimeter wall. Therefore, the
storm surge elevation must be well below the elevation of the seawall which is
approximately 14'. The seawall is already providing protection from storm surge to all
properties located behind it. See Figure B-3. FEMA has determined the area behind the
seawall to be above the 100 year flood plain.
Protection from High Wind
It is an accepted fact among scientists that sand dunes do not provide protection from high
winds during storms. Therefore the dunes behind the sea wall do not provide any protection
from high winds.
Protection from High Waves
Again by definitions of BFE, maximum wave fetch is added to storm surge elevation to
determine BFE. Since FEMA has determined BFE at the seawall to be 14', if the elevation
of the seawall is 14', or greater, then the seawall is providing the protection from high waves
and any dunes located behind the seawall cannot be providing any additional protection.
See Figure B-3. FEMA has determined the area behind the seawall and timber perimeter
wall to be above the 100 year flood plain.
Storing Sands to Replenish Beaches
The prevailing winds in the seawall area blow north west carrying the sands up over the
seawall and dropping them behind it causing the formation of dunes behind it. It is only on
rare occasions that the winds blow in the opposite direction and have any potential to
replenish sands on the beach. Furthermore, the seawall structure itself prevents the sands
stored in the dunes behind it from returning to the beach. Therefore, these dunes are not
storing sands to replenish the beach. See Figure B-4.
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APPENDIX C
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
The following traffic regulations will be incorporated into the Dune Protection and Beach
Access Regulations upon City Council approval.
I. THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HEREBY ACCEPTS AND DESIGNATES THE
PUBLIC BEACH AS A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY.
II. OBSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN TRAVELED ROADWAY
A. It shall be an offense for a person to drive or operate a motor vehicle on any
portion of the Gulf Beach other than on the main traveled roadway of such beach.
Under no circumstances shall a person operate any vehicle on a sand dune seaward
of the dune protection line. This section shall not apply to the driver of a vehicle
while proceeding to any other area of the Gulf Beach for the purpose of parking such
vehicle, or in returning therefrom, so long as the route taken is the most direct path
between the main traveled roadway along such beach and the beach parking area.
B. It shall be an offense for any person to stop, park or leave standing any
vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the main traveled roadway of the Gulf
Beach or Gulf Beach Access Roads.
This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which
is disabled while on the main traveled roadway in such manner
and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and
temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.
2. Whenever any police or peace officer encounters a vehicle,
trailer, travel -trailer, tent, umbrella, surfboard or other object
placed, parked or left standing upon the main traveled roadway,
such officer is authorized to move or cause the removal of such
vehicle, or items to a position off the main traveled roadway.
C. It shall be an offense for a person, or persons, to take any actions which may
interfere with the safe passage of motor vehicles on and pedestrian activity along the
main traveled roadway.
III. VEHICULAR OPERATION
A. It shall be an offense for a person to drive or operate a motor vehicle on the
beach in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
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B. It shall be an offense for a person to drive or operate a motor vehicle with
persons seated on the exterior of a motor vehicle. This shall not apply to a vehicle
operated with persons fully seated on the floor of the bed of a pickup truck.
C. It shall be an offense for a person to operate a motor vehicle with persons
standing on the exterior of any part of the motor vehicle.
D. It shall be an offense for a person to operate a motor vehicle towing any
person, object material, or item other than a registered trailer or other vehicle.
E. It shall be an offense for a person to operate a vehicle within fifty (50) feet
of the water's edge on any section of Gulf Beach within the incorporated city limits
of the City of Corpus Christi. This traffic regulation shall not apply to the following
listed activities and segments of Gulf Beaches:
a. Vehicle engaged in the actual launching or loading of water
craft.
b. Beach maintenance, seawall maintenance, and emergency
vehicles.
c. Gulf Beach situated immediately in front of the seawall erected
by the Padre Island Investment Corporation, the same being
located between Access Road 3A and Whitecap Boulevard,
known herein as the "seawall area". Traffic regulation for the
Gulf Beach "seawall area" shall be in accordance with the
Section - REGULATION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS TO
AND VEHICULAR OPERATION WITHIN THE GULF
BEACH SEAWALL AREA in Section VII.
F. Vehicular traffic shall operate as -one-way in a southerly direction between
Whitecap Blvd. and Beach Access Road 4.
IV. SPEED LIMITS
A. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle at a speed
in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour upon the beach section(s) within the
incorporated city limits of the City of Corpus Christi.
B. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle at a speed
in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour upon any portion of Windward Drive between
S. Bartholomew Drive and Whitecap Boulevard.
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C. Operation of a vehicle within the above stated area at a rate of speed in
excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour shall constitute an offense.
V. PARKING
A. The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi is authorized to regulate traffic
by the Texas Natural Resources Code, Section 61.129 and the City of Corpus Christi
Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53 - Traffic, and to require beach parking permits to
be displayed on a motor vehicle parked upon any portion of the Gulf Beach within
the incorporated city limits of the City of Corpus Christi.
B. It shall be an offense for a person to park or leave standing, either attended
or unattended, a motor vehicle upon any portion of the Gulf Beach within the
incorporated city limits of the City of Corpus Christi where sign -posted with
conspicuous regulatory signage requiring display of a beach parking permit without
having placed a current beach parking permit as described above.
C. It shall be an offense for any vehicle to be parked within twenty-five (25) feet
of the water's edge or within 10 -feet of any sand dune (including coppice mound
area), or as otherwise directed by signage conspicuously sign -posted on any Gulf
Beach located within the incorporated city limits of the City of Corpus Christi.
D. It shall be on offense for any vehicle to be parked within thirty (30) feet of
a manned lifeguard station.
E. It shall be an offense for any person to park or place any vehicle, trailer,
travel -trailer, tent, umbrella, surfboard or other object on any portion of the beach
which, when so parked or placed in conjunction with any other vehicle, trailer, travel -
trailer, tent, umbrella, surfboard or other object, interferes with or obstructs vehicular
or pedestrian traffic on any portion of the -main traveled roadway or beach access
way, or which shall constitute a restraint, barrier or obstruction so as to interfere with
the rights of the public, individually or collectively, to the free and unrestricted use
of the beach.
F. Nothing in this section shall serve to limit the authority of a police or peace
officer to limit pedestrian or vehicular access due to special occasions that may occur
on the Gulf Beach. These special occasions may include, but will not be limited to
the following:
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1. Large crowds (anticipated or existing);
2. Environmental emergencies;
3. Public safety emergencies; and
4. Traffic control emergencies.
G. The parking of a vehicle within stated areas, or in violation of the terms
expressed herein, whether by signage or on-site instruction by police or peace
officer(s), shall constitute an offense.
VL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
A. The City of Corpus Christi, or its designee, may place signs stating "STOP
FOR PEDESTRIANS" facing the direction from which traffic is authorized to travel.
B. Such signs shall be placed in a manner to regulate the flow of traffic so as to
allow the safe passage of pedestrian traffic across the area of Gulf Beach intended
as the main traveled roadway.
C. It shall be an offense for the operator of any motor vehicle to fail to come to
a complete stop or to slow to an appropriate approach speed when a pedestrian is
within the immediate area of said signage stating "STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS", and
attempting to cross the traveled portion of the Gulf Beach. Said signs to be placed
by authority granted within the City of Corpus Christi's Code of Ordinances, Chapter
53 - Traffic.
D. Pedestrians shall have the right-of-way and vehicles shall stop or slow to an
appropriate approach speed to allow pedestrians to cross to and from the beach.
VII. REGULATION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS TO AND VEHICULAR OPERATION
WITHIN THE GULF BEACH SEAWALL AREA.
In the Seawall Area, as defined herein, the following vehicular control regulations have been
found necessary for the safety of the users of the Gulf Beach seaward of the Seawall.
A. No vehicular traffic, or parking of vehicles, other than that identified in
Section III.E.1: VEHICULAR OPERATION, shall be permitted on any portion of
the Gulf Beach seaward of the Seawall Area. Vehicular traffic approaching the
seawall area shall detour from the Gulf Beach by way of Beach Access Road #3-A,
St. Bartholomew Drive, Windward Drive (or Leeward Drive) and Whitecap
Boulevard. The areas of the Gulf Beach Seawall Area upon which vehicular traffic
is prohibited shall be conspicuously sign -posted by the City with "VEHICULAR
ACCESS PROHIBITED/DO NOT ENTER" or other appropriate signage with the
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permitted direction of traffic clearly delineated by additional signage.
B. Vehicular traffic on the Gulf Beach area within the incorporated city limits
of the City of Corpus Christi, other than the previously described section of the Gulf
Beach Seawall Area, shall be one-way only in a southerly direction from Whitecap
Boulevard south to Beach Access Road 4.
C. It shall be an offense for any person, firm or corporation to operate a motor
vehicle along the Gulf Beach in any manner other than specified in items A and B
above.
D. Motorists desiring to access the Gulf Beach Seawall Area shall park at any
one of the following locations:
1. Upon permitted vehicular parking areas of the Gulf
Beach immediately north of Beach Access Road #3-A;
2. Along the east and west curblines of Windward Drive
between St. Bartholomew Avenue and Whitecap
Boulevard;
3. Along the north and south curblines of the connecting
roadways between Windward Drive and Leeward Drive
from St. Bartholomew Avenue to Whitecap Boulevard;
and
4. Upon permitted vehicular parking areas of the Gulf
Beach at the end of and immediately south of Whitecap
Boulevard.
VIII. AUTHORIZED AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES
The prohibitions in this section do not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle, beach
patrol, police, safety, or maintenance vehicle operating within the scope of official duties.
SECTION 2. That the Dune Protection and Beach Access Plan hereby establishes
the City's policies for growth, development, and aesthetics for the area described by said
plan, a portion of the master and general plan of the City.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
judgment of clause, phrase, word or provision of this Ordinance for it is the definite intent
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of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of
Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first/time and passed
to is second reading on this the ,27 day of t
19 (0 , by the following vote: n A
Mary Rhodes LKaP
n / Edward A. Martin ^f%
Jack Best itip
Melody Cooper (i.j
Cezar Galindo P�',
Betty Jean Longoria )
Dr. David McNichols
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David Noyola f /0
Clif Moss
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That the foregoing ordinances read for the econd:gime and
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19 finally on this the �� day of
, by the following vote: QO
Mary Rhodes Edward A. Martin
Jack Best 1L Dr. David McNichols
Melody Cooper
Cezar Galindo
Betty Jean Longoria
David Noyola
Clif Moss
A �Sgp AND APPROVED, this the ID day of111 5
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ATTEST:
tt�MAYOR
THE CI O CORPUS CHRISTI
APPROVED: 7j,DAY OF , 19 7
JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CIT TTORNEY
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Garry Mauro, Commissioner
August 18, 1993
Mr. Juan Garza
City Manager
City of Corpus Christi
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277
Dear Mr. Garza:
Stephen F. Austin Building
1700 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1495
(512) 463-5001
Sally S. Davenport
Associate Deputy Commissioner
Resource and Asset Management
(512) 463-5059
Fax (512) 475-0680
This letter is sent to notify you that the General Land Office
received the Dune Protection/Beach Access Plan (plan) submitted
by the City of Corpus Christi on August 16, 1993. As you know,
the Land Commissioner must review the plan to determine whether
it complies with the policies of the Open Beaches Act and the
Dune Protection Act and the rules adopted thereunder.
Within 60 days after the date of receipt, the commissioner will
adopt a rule certifying that the plan complies with state law or
will deny certification. If certification is denied, the
commissioner will return the plan to the city with a statement of
specific reasons for denial and a list of suggested
modifications.
We appreciate the city's efforts in developing a plan for the
protection of dunes and the preservation and enhancement of
public beach use and access. My staff and I look forward to
reviewing the city's plan, and we will contact you with any
questions that arise during the review process. Please contact
me if I may be of further assistance.
sincerely,
y S Davenport
Associa Deputy Commissioner
Resource and Asset Management
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally
came Beverly Bennett, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, says that she is Business Office Secretary of the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus
Christi in said County and State, generally circulated in
Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San
Patricio, Victoria, and Webb Counties, and that the publication
of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 021721 AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING THE DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH ACCESS PLAN FOR ADOPTION
which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times on the 16th day(s) of August, 1993.
One Time(s)
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day
of September, 1993.
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally
came Beverly Bennett, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, says that she is Business Office Secretary of the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus
Christi in said County and State, generally circulated in
Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San
Patricio, Victoria, and Webb Counties, and that the publication
of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 021721 AN ORDINANCE
APPROVING THE DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH ACCESS PLAN FOR ADOPTION
which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus
Christi Caller -Times on the 17th day(s) of August, 1993.
One Time(s)
$ 38.40
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day
of August, 1993.
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