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New Braunfels council weighs multiple rezoning and short‑term rental requests; one industrial rezoning fails
Summary
Council considered several rezoning and short-term rental special use permit requests May 27, approving multiple items and rejecting one industrial rezoning that required a supermajority because of opposition from landowners.
The New Braunfels City Council held public hearings and took action on several zoning and short-term rental requests at its May 27 meeting, approving multiple rezoning and special-use permit items and denying a rezoning application for an industrial district after a supermajority threshold was triggered by an opposing landowner.
Planning Director Christopher Looney told the council that the request to rezone about 3.5 acres at 556 Krieger Canyon from R-2 (single- and two-family) to M-1A (light industrial) would require a three‑quarters approval if 20% or more of the surrounding land area was represented in opposition. Looney said staff mailed notices to owners within 200 feet and received zero responses in favor and one response in opposition; the opposing property represented more than 20% of the surrounding land area,…
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