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BY SHAHERYAR KHAN & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
City of New Braunfels denies 60-acre rezoning near airport
A request to rezone 60 acres at 1280 Saengerhalle Road from multifamily low-density district to single-family small-lot residential district, near the New Braunfels National Airport, died for lack of a second during a Jan. 27 city council meeting. If an ordinance fails at any of the two readings at city council, it is considered denied, and the same request will not be allowed to be brought back to council for one calendar year, according to the city’s
lives there might complain about airport noise in the future. Shannon Mattingly, director of land use and entitlements at Drenner Group, said the property owners have a homebuilder who is interested in purchasing the property and would also like to build a smaller lot subdivision. Digging deeper Steven Harlow, an adjacent property owner and member of the Saengerhalle Homeowners Association Board of Directors, said he was against the current rezoning request and suggested the property be rezoned to small commercial business park zoning. Another viewpoint Resident Pam Kraft—who lives near the Saengerh- alle property—said she has asked about the number of airport complaints during numerous airport, city council and planning commission meetings.
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“I’ve never heard of a complaint, so we keep talking about all these complaints and I don’t know where they’re at,” Kraft said. One more thing Since the rezoning request was denied, the property remains zoned as a multifamily low-den- sity district.
The New Braunfels Planning Commission approved the request—which would allow for smaller, single-family homes on 4,000-square-foot lots Jan. 7, according to previous reporting by Community Impact . However, city staff recommended denial. Christopher Looney, director of planning and development services, said the site was close in proximity to the airport, which means anyone who
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