Development
BY ETHAN THOMAS
2722 City Council to consider 38-acre rezoning for new development The proposed zoning is a change from a sepa- rate request to the planning commission May 5, 2025, which asked the city to rezone the land to all 5,500-square-foot lots. The commission did not push the 2025 request forward, said Amanda Minski, a planner with the city’s neighborhood and community planning department. 46 Another subdivision could be in the works for the city of New Braunfels. The New Braunfels Planning Commission held a public hearing for a proposed 38-acre rezoning request for a new development Feb. 3. The details Residential Old Mission Lane extension Agriculture
The property is located Southwest of Hwy. 46 near Hueco Springs Loop Road. Roughly 26 acres of the property are zoned for agricultural use, with the remaining 12 acres zoned for residential use. Under the existing zoning, developers are allowed to create 5,500-square-foot lots, according to agenda documents. The rezoning would allow for a maximum of 131 homes, down from 156 under the earlier proposal, said Ashley Farrimond, a lawyer with Killen, Grif- fin & Farrimond representing KB Home. KB Home, the potential developer of the property, requested the land be rezoned to allow for 6,600-square-foot lots, according to agenda documents.
Development of the property would also require the extension of Old Mission Lane, which is desig- nated as a minor collector in the city’s thorough- fare plan and the Mission Hills Ranch Master Plan, as previously reported by Community Impact. Public hearing notices were mailed to 63 property owners within 200 feet of the property. Eight property owners were against the develop- ment, and the remaining property owners did not respond, according agenda documents. Michella Smith, a resident of the subdivision, said the current infrastructure could not sustain additional traffic.
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“I oppose this zoning change because it would introduce a dense housing development that does not align with the character or infrastructure of our neighborhood,” Smith said in her comment to the commission. The rezoning is expected to be presented to the City Council on March 23, city officials said.
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