New Braunfels Weighs Short-Term Rental Zoning on Comal Avenue

Blackbird Development Group is asking the New Braunfels City Council to add a special use overlay to a 0.21-acre lot at 1064 Comal Avenue so a residence there can operate as a short-term rental. The request is item 26-1227 on the council’s Oct. 26 agenda.

The property is zoned C-3, the city’s commercial district. Blackbird is requesting C-3 SUP: the commercial base zoning stays, and a special use overlay would allow short-term rental of a residence on the site. The agenda describes the tract as part of the Kuehler Addition, New City Block 1053, the north part of lots 11 and 12.

Why it matters

For investors and agents working New Braunfels, the request shows the path the city offers for nightly rental use on a commercial lot: a site-specific overlay heard by council, not a change to the base zoning. How council handles this case is a signal for similar requests on C-3 parcels in the city.

The numbers

The agenda’s legal description puts the site at approximately 0.21 acre. The request moves the parcel from C-3 to C-3 with a special use overlay for short-term rental of a residence. The agenda record carries no construction value, purchase price or loan amount. The property sits in Comal County, whose clerk deed index we have not wired, so no deed or financing figure is cited here.

What’s next

Council’s Oct. 26 meeting starts at 6 p.m. CT in the City Hall council chambers. The item is listed as a public hearing and first reading of the ordinance, so it is not a final vote, and the request remains proposed pending council action. Follow San Antonio-area development coverage for the outcome once the action record is published.