Subdivision Developers Face New County Rules; Fischer Lots Stay Put

The Fischer decision followed a public hearing on whether to remove Lots 277 and 278 from the recorded subdivision. The minutes document resident concerns about access, deed restrictions, traffic and water. They also attribute to Texas Water Company's counsel the position that the request would support improvements to existing water infrastructure rather than new growth. The court returned from executive session and voted unanimously to deny the application.

Roads, Contracts and County Services

Commissioners also amended the county's right-of-way order for private construction, replacing fixed fee amounts with a reference to the court-adopted fee schedule. They approved one-year surety extensions for road and drainage work in Canyon Ranch Unit 4 and for improvements inside and outside the right-of-way in Simmons Valley Unit 1.

Other unanimous actions included a Parkhill architectural and engineering agreement for a maintenance building, an asphalt-emulsion bid award to Ergon Asphalt Emulsions Inc., the Bexar Metro 9-1-1 Network District fiscal 2027 budget and a federal jail-cost grant application. Commissioners appointed Doug Miller as Comal County's representative on the Edwards Aquifer Authority's South Central Texas Water Advisory Committee.

The adopted subdivision rules took effect June 11, 2026. The next county records will show how the standards apply to projects that were under review that day and whether another proposal involving the two Fischer lots returns for public action.

Readers can inspect the posted agenda to see each proposal as presented and the approved meeting record to verify the motions, votes and effective-date statement.