The Draft Comprehensive Plan, Downtown Masterplan, and Unified Development Ordinance documents will be reviewed publicly at Plan Commission and City Council before adoption.

On Tuesday Dec 10th: Come and go anytime, find your property on the proposed zoning map, provide input, and discuss how the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will preserve and enhance Castroville.

On Wednesday Dec 11th: A Policymaker Review with City Council Members & Plan Commissioners, walking through the draft UDO, Comprehensive Plan, and Downtown Master Plan. This will be a publicly available, recorded session for anyone interested in the discussion.

Community Roundup

Monday, September 23rd through October 2024

Find your property on the draft maps, explore the draft development standards, and review their applicability across Castroville.

Submit recommended changes to the Place Type map as well as recommended changes to the Place Type zoning categories themselves.

All edits will be reviewed for incorporation into the final document, which will then be updated. The final document will be ready for public review and approval by the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council in Winter 2024-2025.

This phase aligns all development codes together, in the Unified Development Ordinance.

This phase begins the analysis of development standards, building upon input shared thus far.

At Legion Hall

Wednesday, March 27th

1:00pm-4:00pm Open Studio Chat

6:00pm Design Workshop: Give Input on Existing Codes, & Where Future Growth will Locate

Thursday, March 28th

1:00pm-4:00pm Open Studio Chat

6:00pm-7:00pm Summary: Community Input Heard & Next Steps

Pick up your Tour de Castroville race packet Downtown, then join the Walkabout Code walking tour of to see how development codes impact everyday buildings in Castroville. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

Stakeholder input is concurrently informing the city-wide Comprehensive Plan as well as the more focused Downtown Plan.

Read the summary document of all input received during the Castroville Dreamin' phase, as it's represented in the two sections and 10 topics below.

Comprehensive city-wide topics:

• Streets & Mobility
• Spaces & Places
• Design with Nature
• Growth Management & Infrastructure
• Economy & Tourism

Downtown visioning topics:

• Main Streets
• Taming Hwy 90
• Courtyards and Connections
• Houston Square
• Downtown Economy & Tourism

Workshops were held at Elsass Hall, where about 155 individuals participated over two days:

January 16th: Eighty individuals participated in workshops throughout the first day (focused on Comprehensive city-wide topics.) Attendees came to a workshop at either 10-11am, 1-2pm, or 6-7pm.

January 17th: Around 75 additional individuals participated on the second day (focused on Downtown visioning topics.) Attendees came to a workshop at either 10-11am, 1-2pm, or 6-7pm. A closing summary presentation was held 7-8pm.

Some of the insights shared at these workshops included:

• concerns about the ongoing drought as well as flooding when it does rain
• the locations along Hwy 90 where people need to be able to cross on foot, or would like to be able to cross more easily
• more information about how community events large and small operate and ideas for operational improvements
• challenges for existing local businesses and dreams for new businesses in Castroville
• where teenagers and kids socialize, and the dreams for an even more-family-friendly Castroville
• creative ideas and real constraints for sprucing up Downtown in general and Houston Square specifically

Input gathered at the workshops, and ongoing through the website, will influence the next phase of the process. Your insight can be submitted on the same question prompts, through March 17th. See the Share Your Input page of this project website.

Held at Landmark Inn, the project kicked off with a presentation of the DNA Report of the built environment in Castroville and invited attendees to share some big-picture insights about the town.

Report

Review the DNA Report: An analysis of Castroville's built environment and building patterns that begins the assessment of any inconsistencies between what the zoning codes tell developers to build and what the town wants to look like. This is Castroville, from the ground, up.

Presentation

The DNA presentation presented the discoveries from this document and a discussion with the audience ensued!

Input from Attendees

Attendees also had an opportunity to share insights with a few general question prompts. These initial insights feed into the next phase of the project.