New Braunfels City Council members last week gave an initial OK to an ordinance defining efficiency and studio apartments and identifying vehicle parking standards for those types of housing units.
Jean Drew, the cityâs assistant planning director, told council members city staff had identified a need to determine an appropriate parking standard for efficiency and studio apartments that consist of one common room for living, with a separate room allowed only for the bathroom.
âOver the course of the past several years, weâve had several projects come before us in pre-development meetings with an interest in efficiency apartments, including new build apartments and reuse of existing structures, addressing both a nationwide trend and the need for one-family housing,â Drew said.
New Braunfels City Council members on Monday considered two rezoning requests that had been postponed from a meeting last month, taking no action on one proposal while approving the other.
Council members took no action on the first reading of a rezoning proposal that would have allowed a variety of residential and non-residential development, including an âMU-Bâ High-Intensity Mixed-Use District, on a nearly 50-acre tract located south of the intersection of South Walnut Avenue and West Klein Road.
The item, which had been postponed by council members last month upon the request from the applicant to allow for additional talks with the surrounding property owners, died from a lack of motion.
New Braunfels City Council members on Monday postponed action on two proposed rezoning requests to allow developers and residents to meet — but the postponements didn’t sit well with a
Harry Bowers and Lawrence Spradley were sworn to new three-year terms on New Braunfels City Council, which Monday night bade farewell to retiring Councilmember Matthew Hoyt, who stepped down after delivering the meeting invocation.
Bowers, the District 3 incumbent, was joined by wife Katherine, son Quint and daughter Beth as he took the oath from County Court at-Law No. 3 Judge Deborah Linnartz Wigington. Spradley, who succeeded Hoyt as District 4 representative, was joined by wife Kristy as he recited his oath from retired Brazoria County Justice of the Peace Wayne Dubose.
Bowers, a 47-year-old Texas State University lecturer who won his first term unopposed in 2018, defeated challenger Kevin Robles, a 39-year-old businessman, totaling 1,027 votes (84.25%) to Roblesâ 192 votes (15.75%) in what Bowers said was the largest ever margin for a contested District 3 race and the second-largest winning margin ever for a council position.
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