New Braunfels taxpayers now face an adopted city rate that assigns 46.7% to debt service. On $300,000 in taxable value, that portion is $581.76 of a $1,246.84 city-only levy.
A 2006 stone home on 2.05 acres is listed for $1,595,000, with a pool, heated spa, $300 annual HOA fee and a $17,414 latest annual property-tax figure.
A Comal.News model puts the one-time road-fee ceiling for a new home at about $5,005 to $14,622, depending on its service area. Council's next rate decision will determine what new-home projects pay.
3 min read · Draft fee ceilings; council hearings scheduled
Residents can weigh in next on a proposed lower Lake Front area speed limit, while council considers road design, airport funding and other city business.
Council will consider a $1.125 million business incubator plan, while residents can follow proposed changes to utility financing, neighborhood speed limits and waste service rates.
New Braunfels has 57 Flock cameras, 47 working. Its police chief says public roads carry no expectation of privacy; the law of long-term tracking is less simple.
Edwards and Capizzi matched on every contested roll call they both voted. A corrected count shows council roll calls with a no vote became nearly three times as common after June.
A proposed short-term rental at 1064 Comal Avenue would be limited to six occupants and require two paved parking spaces. A Planning Commission hearing is set for Oct. 7.
Staff recommends conditional approval of a proposed short-term rental at 242 East Austin Street, including paving its existing gravel driveway and parking area. A Planning Commission hearing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
The board will consider a Northwest Park master plan and hear presentations on facility allocation and summer programs. The agenda records proposals, not decisions.
The advisory board will discuss proposed rules for pedicabs, shuttles and horse-drawn carriages, and consider a Walnut Heights traffic-calming recommendation.
A Walnut Heights petition met the city's signature rule, but measured speed and traffic volume did not meet its calming tests. The neighborhood's appeal is set for Oct. 8.
A Walnut Heights petition cleared the signature test, but city traffic counts missed the thresholds for speed humps. Residents' appeal reaches the transportation board Oct. 8.
A newly posted staff report backs commercial-office zoning at 1283 Highway 46 South. The applicant wants a counseling office, while the proposed district permits more uses.
The police chief said state funding for license plate readers is paused. Council also heard proposals on startup spending, parking, shuttles and residential trash rates.
Police Chief Osbaldo Flores told council state grant funding for license plate readers was paused. He proposed continuing the program with stronger safeguards if funding returns.
A proposed police exam rule uses a 180-day threshold; a firefighter draft revises drug-use disqualifications. The Civil Service Commission takes up both Oct. 6.
New Braunfels and Comal County activated emergency operations and pre-staged barricades as a flood watch began, with isolated rainfall totals up to 8 inches possible.
A council vote moves roughly 130 acres near Hunter Road toward public trail access, with New Braunfels responsible for construction, maintenance, utilities, insurance and improvements.
A council vote clears the TxDOT agreement for a shared-use path from Gruene Road to FM 306, with New Braunfels carrying an estimated $728,600 share and all overruns.
Council approved a citywide bicycle and pedestrian plan, lowered residential Lake Front-area speeds and postponed the Rueckle Road manufactured-home request until Oct. 26.
The Sept. 28 vote clears a city-consent step for three property-tax-backed water-district issues; district taxpayers, not the citywide tax base, secure the debt.
A New Braunfels permit review found three permits had been issued before the city concluded the property's grandfathered manufactured-home use had expired.
A City Council vote advances financing for Coll Street drainage, roadway and underground-utility work, with NBEDC sales-tax revenue slated to cover annual debt payments.
Council approved the debt item for Coll Street improvements; city staff says EDC sales-tax revenue will cover payments, while the ordinance also carries a city property-tax pledge.
A 5-4 Planning Commission recommendation narrows a request to restore manufactured-home use at Sun Retreats Texas Hill Country before Monday’s City Council hearing.
A citywide code proposal would define acceptable parking surfaces, create a sidewalk escrow option and expand drainage documentation for some home permits.
A proposed three-year Gener8tor program would add coaching, investor connections and local events for New Braunfels startups; Wednesday’s workshop is discussion only.
A new state registration describes a privately funded, $11.625 million assisted-living project at 432 Herbelin Road, with 70 units and a planned 2026 construction start.
Council unanimously passed the FY 2027 budget ordinance on first reading after residents raised questions about school security, street work and city spending.
Council will examine police-camera safeguards, startup-program spending, residential trash rates and rules affecting parking, sidewalks, drainage and passenger shuttles.
The Sept. 28 council agenda ranges from drought rules and neighborhood speed limits to accessibility planning, land-use hearings and proposed city debt.
New Braunfels’ investment portfolio fell $15.6 million from the prior quarter to $231.7 million at June 30. It generated $2.07 million during the quarter; council approval remains pending.
Two school resource officer positions and an officer assigned to detective work are included in a staffing ordinance scheduled for first reading Sept. 28.
A city-commissioned audit found District 1 roadway fees were spent after a 10-year deadline. New Braunfels is reviewing the transactions and its cost-allocation method.
The short-term rental request at 1330 Fieldcrest now moves to October hearings while the city’s notice identifies two different proposed zoning classifications.
Council adopted its budget and city tax rate, sought a different funding route for Dogwood housing, and approved transit and curb-study work at its Sept. 14 meeting.
A newly posted developer presentation says Mayfair’s 18-acre Fairway Park is now open, 1.5 miles of its bike loop are complete and new school trail connections are planned this fall.
New Braunfels residents have public money and the future of five parcels at stake as the city’s economic development board chooses between a purchase recommendation and more planning time.
Monday’s council agenda pairs final budget and tax-rate readings with drought-rule changes, an impact-fee audit, road and transit contracts, zoning and a sewer-easement vote.
A proposed contract change would fund two added microtransit vehicles and an earlier daily start, but New Braunfels City Council must approve it first.
Council will take public comment and consider first readings of the FY 2027 budget and a higher property-tax rate, with added money proposed for public safety and street work.
Champions Village residents can hear what sewer work NBU has completed and question utility staff about the neighborhood’s future wastewater needs Wednesday evening.
A traffic study backs a proposed 25-mph limit for residential streets around Lake Front Avenue. The first decision comes before a city advisory board Thursday.
A revised budget order adds $845,000 in property-tax capacity and money for public-safety positions, street repairs and employee compensation. Hearings and first votes are Thursday.
State and city records identify a 2,385-square-foot Chipotle at 2556 Loop 337, while the site format and New Braunfels permit outcome remain unresolved.
2 min read · State project registered; city application in review
A retail-shell application and a traffic-impact determination are both in review near SH 46 and Weltner Road, but the public snapshot does not establish that they are one project.
Permit CP2026-717 names four retail-center buildings at 111 Elley Lane, but the current public snapshot stops short of square footage, tenant and site-plan details.
A new registration identifies a 2,625-square-foot restaurant project in Suite 107 at 2292 Sophie Lane, with construction scheduled to begin in October.
An Aug. 6 application now advances to an Aug. 27 public hearing on a prominent display that would change what drivers and nearby residents see along Loop 337 and East Common Street.
A new city announcement adds returning Hill Country Karate instruction to the fall recreation lineup, though families still need the schedule, cost and registration rules.
New Braunfels water customers have a dated project milestone to track: the city-owned $5.07 million pump station reached Review Complete, with construction filed for August 2027.
Prospective customers still do not have an opening date: the state record lists the $400,000 accessibility review as complete and Nov. 10 as the construction-completion date.
State and city filings place a proposed $2 million Camp Bow Wow project on North Business 35 and give residents two records for tracking what happens next.
The state accessibility registry now marks the largest of three Precinct 4 infrastructure filings as review complete. Construction and city acceptance are separate milestones.
1 min read · State review complete; construction status open
People who live or travel near Sophie Lane can now track the two-building retail proposal through a city application, though New Braunfels has not issued the permit.
Students, families and other residents can now nominate NBISD educators and school leadership for a statewide program offering more than $1 million in prizes.
NBISD says the campus opened Aug. 13, moving the district’s first “future-ready learning campus” from an announced project to an operating school site.
A newly registered public water project covers a 770-square-foot pump building and equipment at 14 Moss Rock Drive, with construction listed for 2027–28.
City records show three closed inspection requests for New Braunfels High School Phase 2A and two inspections due for work named at Canyon High School.
A new district announcement supplies NBISD’s overall 2026 grade and the number of schools earning A ratings, but the campus-by-campus comparison remains the next question.
A new city study calculates higher maximum roadway impact fees in all six service areas, but City Council has not set the collection rates developers would pay.
A newly available city record names a U-Haul self-storage and U-Box project at 4975 I-35, but lists the commercial new-build application only as submitted.
The fiscal 2027 proposal increases operating appropriations by $4.4 million and projects the economic development fund balance falling to $15.4 million.
City finance staff said a Workday date issue pushed $6.4 million in fiscal 2025 liabilities into fiscal 2026. The error was corrected, and auditors issued an unmodified opinion.
The proposed historic rehabilitation incentive reaches New Braunfels City Council on Monday, but the posted record does not disclose its value or rehabilitation terms.
Monday’s agenda could move unspent 2021 bond money into NBISD’s general fund while trustees revisit high school project contracts and an attendance-credit agreement.
The New Braunfels Economic Development Corporation will discuss spending money to acquire 6.7 acres on Gruene Road, but its final agenda identifies no price, seller, address or intended use.
Trustees will consider construction tied to Long Creek High School traffic planning and a Zipp Road sidewalk Monday; the public agenda page does not state a price or recommended contractor.
A city board will consider a Pahmeyer Road traffic-calming plan and proposed parking or loading restrictions on Zipp Road, Klein Meadows and Legend Pond on Aug. 13.
A newly posted city report counts 1,659 crashes in 2025, including 35 fatal-or-serious-injury crashes, and identifies FM 306 at I-35 as the network’s leading hotspot.
The Planning Commission will consider Mayfair development-document amendments, a 2.7-acre South Walnut rezoning and home-occupation rules at three public hearings.