Council postpones rezoning hearing for 35-acre Hunter Road/FM 1102 site after heavy neighborhood opposition

New Braunfels City Council on Monday postponed consideration of a proposed rezoning for roughly 35 acres at the intersection of Hunter Road and FM 1102 after a lengthy public hearing and widespread neighborhood opposition.

The council opened the public hearing on a request to rezone the site from R1A-6.6 and M1A (light industrial with airport hazard overlay) to R3L-AH with a Type 1 special use permit to allow multiple detached single-family dwelling units to be sold individually. City planner Matt Green said staff and the applicant proposed development standards including landscaping, reduced setbacks and limits on height and density; the applicant’s representative said the product would be detached “for sale” homes, not traditional multifamily.

The rezoning matter drew more than a dozen speakers from the adjacent…