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Port seeks industrial rezoning for more than 1,700 acres in Ingleside; planning commission sends recommendation to council
Summary
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority asked the Ingleside Planning & Zoning Commission to rezone large tracts to industrial; the commission voted 3–2 to recommend the main McCampbell rezoning to the City Council while voting differently on adjacent requests.
The Ingleside Planning & Zoning Commission on an otherwise routine agenda voted to recommend that the City Council approve a Port of Corpus Christi Authority request to rezone a large portion of the McCampbell property from single-family residential to industrial.
The Port asked the commission to rezone roughly 1,743.76 acres within the McCampbell tract and additional nearby tracts to I (industrial). City staff read the full legal descriptions and maps at the hearing; the Port representative said the Port "owns just over 2,700 acres within the city limits of Ingleside" and showed maps that the Port says are compatible with the city's future land-use map.
Why it matters: the change would align zoning with the Port's ownership and with adjacent industrial uses, but commissioners and residents raised concerns about wetlands, FEMA floodplain designations and notice timing. City staff clarified that the 400-foot figure on notices refers to the mailing radius for affected property owners while the commercial buffer shown on map materials is 300 feet.
Commission debate and vote: commissioners discussed notice timing, wetlands and how the future land-use map designates the area. After discussion, the commission voted to recommend the major McCampbell rezoning to the City Council by roll call, 3–2 (Aye: Alan Bovian, Connor Brown, Chairperson Brenda Richardson; No: Gerard Gutierrez, Cindy Wilson). A separate industrial rezoning motion for another Port tract failed; a related rezoning to C-2 commercial buffer areas was recommended to council later in the meeting.
Details and constraints: staff and the Port repeatedly noted the development challenges on much of the land, including wetlands, FEMA special flood zones and areas within floodway designations. Staff said some land currently functions as a dredge material placement area (Good Hope tract) and that parcel’s continuing use influenced how commissioners viewed rezoning requests.
Next steps: the matters recommended by the commission will move to the City Council for final action. The Port’s representatives said they plan to pursue permitting and developer solicitation in sequence with Army Corps permitting and future requests to the council.
