The Planning Commission voted to send City Council a recommendation on ORD 26-367, amendments to city code chapter 144 regulating data centers, with a revision that the residential setback applies to current dwellings; the ordinance goes to City Council on Nov. 9 and Nov. 16. (vote: 7-0 roll call).
Watch the meeting
New Braunfels Planning Commission meeting, Nov. 4, 2026. Watch on YouTube ↗
The Nov. 4 agenda sets a 6 p.m. meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 550 Landa Street. The posted agenda framed ORD26-367 as a public hearing and recommendation to City Council on Chapter 144 data-center amendments. That framing matters: the commission's recorded action advances a recommendation, while City Council remains the body scheduled to act on the ordinance. Readers can inspect the posted agenda for the items assigned to the commission.
From the source record
The Planning Commission voted to send City Council a recommendation on ORD 26-367, amendments to city code chapter 144 regulating data centers, with a revision that the residential setback applies to current dwellings; the ordinance goes to City Council on Nov. 9 and Nov. 16. (vote: 7-0 roll call).New Braunfels Planning Commission reviewed outcome ↗
What the data-center proposal would change
The packet's draft ordinance proposes a 50-acre minimum lot and a 2,000-foot setback for specified neighboring uses. Those are proposed siting rules, not rules established by the commission's recommendation alone. The reviewed outcome identifies one change to the recommendation: the residential setback would apply to current dwellings. The available outcome sentence does not spell out the final text City Council will receive, so the ordinance considered by council is the next record to inspect.
The posted agenda identifies City Council as the destination for the commission's data-center recommendation. Its Nov. 4 item was a hearing and recommendation on changes to Chapter 144, rather than final adoption of those changes. The commission's 7-0 roll-call result establishes what it sent forward; the Nov. 9 and Nov. 16 council proceedings will establish what happens to the proposal after that recommendation.
Calendar and prior minutes
The Planning Commission approved its 2027 meeting calendar, the one item on the consent agenda. (vote: voice vote). The calendar action sets the commission's planned meeting schedule for next year. Residents who follow land-use applications can inspect the calendar in the Nov. 4 packet; a consent vote on the calendar is separate from the roll-call recommendation on the data-center ordinance.