City Plans & Helpful Links

Municipal Plans, Design Standards, and Additional Resources

  1. 1986 Comprehensive Plan (PDF)
  2. 2001 Comprehensive Plan (PDF)
  3. 2011 Comprehensive Plan (PDF)
  4. 30th Street Pump Station - A History of the City's Water System (PDF)
  5. Action Plan for Strand - Venturi and Rauch - 1975 (PDF)
  6. Action Plan for the Strand II - Ford, Powell and Carson - 1983 (PDF)
  7. APA Planning Dictionary 2004 (PDF)
  8. Atlas of Sustainable Strategies for Galveston Island (PDF)
  9. Broadway Development Area Master Plan (PDF)
  10. Cedar Lawn Neighborhood Conservation Plan (PDF)
  11. Climate Change and the Historic Environment (PDF)
  12. Coastal Dunes - GLO Dune Protection and Improvement Manual (PDF)
  13. Comprehensive Housing Market Study - 2010
  14. Design Standards for Historic Properties (PDF)
  15. Disaster Preparation for Historic Properties (PDF)
  16. Disaster Recovery Plan (PDF)
  17. Disaster Response for Historic Properties Brochure (PDF)
  18. Economic Development Plan - Revised September 5, 2018
  19. Erosion Response Plan (PDF)
  1. Galveston Adopted Parks Recreation and Open Space Master Plan (PDF)
  2. Galveston Historic Downtown Seaport Draft Master Plan (PDF)
  3. Galveston Island's Beach and Dune Area: A Property Owner's Guide to Beachfront Construction (PDF)
  4. Galveston ReLeaf Plan for Replanting (PDF)
  5. Galveston's Bulwark Against the Sea: Historic of the Galveston Seawall
  6. HDDZ Design Guidelines (PDF)
  7. Historic Broadway Boulevard Treatment Plan - Planting Plans
  8. Historic Broadway Boulevard Treatment Plan - Technical Memorandum
  9. Historic District Survey Inventory (PDF)
  10. Historic District Survey Report (PDF)
  11. Historic Preservation Plan (PDF)
  12. Land Development Regulations (PDF)
  13. Midcentury Modern Architecture Historic Resources Survey (PDF)
  14. Parks Master Plan (PDF)
  15. San Jacinto Neighborhood Conservation Plan (PDF)
  16. The Galveston Connection: Formula for Implementation - Ford, Powell and Carson - 1979 (PDF)
  17. The Strand Restoration & Revitalization - Ford, Powell and Carson - 1974 (PDF)
  18. Thoroughfare Plan (PDF)