Four land-use applications are scheduled for public hearings at the New Braunfels Planning Commission's Oct. 7 meeting. One seeks office zoning; three concern short-term rentals. Commissioners are scheduled to make recommendations to City Council.
The commission's recommendations on the four applications would move the requests to City Council for its consideration. For property owners and neighbors, the immediate opportunity is to examine the applications and speak during their public hearings before the commission makes its recommendations.
Two short-term rentals beyond Fieldcrest
Item 5C, SUP26-287, is a request for a short-term-rental special-use permit at 242 East Austin Street. It is scheduled for a public hearing and a recommendation to City Council. Residents interested in that location can address the request during its hearing; the supplied agenda overview does not establish how commissioners will respond.
Item 5D, SUP26-313, concerns a separate short-term-rental special-use request at 1064 Comal Avenue. It also is listed for a public hearing and recommendation. The two addresses are separate applications, so testimony or a recommendation on one should not be taken as the outcome of the other.
A third rental request, SUP26-266 at Fieldcrest, appears as item 5B for a public hearing and recommendation. The agenda identifies it as a special-use request; it does not establish that a rental permit has been granted.
Highway 46 office request
Item 5A, PZ26-0302, requests commercial-office rezoning for about 2.6 acres at 1283 State Highway 46 South. Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council. The request is a zoning proposal, so readers should look to the commission's later recommendation and any subsequent council action to learn what happens to it.
How to attend and comment
The New Braunfels Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in the City Hall Council Chambers at 550 Landa Street. The agenda provides a citizens' communications period for non-agenda issues and public hearings for the four listed applications. Residents wishing to address a particular application should use its hearing rather than the non-agenda communications period.
The meeting packet places the commission's Sept. 1 minutes before members for approval as item 3A. Call to order, roll call and adjournment are also listed as routine meeting business. The agenda includes a potential executive-session notice, which is a notice of possible closed discussion rather than a public decision on a land-use application.
What to watch next
The next useful record will be the commission's action on each application: a recommendation, a deferral or another recorded disposition. Readers can use the Planning Commission calendar to locate the Oct. 7 agenda and packet, then check the subsequent meeting record for what members actually did. City Council consideration would be a separate step after any commission recommendation.