Cibolo planning commission recommends denying proposal to loosen platting rules and allow manufactured homes by right in agricultural zones

The Cibolo Planning and Zoning Commission voted Wednesday night, July 30, 2025, to recommend denial of a proposed amendment to the city's 2024 Unified Development Code that would lower the platting exemption from 5 acres to 2.5 acres and allow manufactured homes by right in areas zoned agricultural (AG).

The change under consideration would also set a limit of three dwelling units per tract (including manufactured homes) allowed by right on properties up to three acres and offered two narrower geographic options that would limit the by-right allowance to AG properties south of FM 78 or to AG properties south of FM 78 and east of Santa Clara Road. The commission's recommendation followed a public hearing, a staff presentation, and an executive session.

City staff presented a preliminary draft of an ordinance amending UDC sections 20.19 (platting not required), 20.30.17 (development plats), Article 13 (use tables) and Article 14.1 (lot design standards). The staff presentation said the city council unanimously asked the city manager to initiate the amendment, and staff supplied a second draft that incorporated options discussed between staff and the commission chair and vice chair. The draft would make manufactured homes…