New Braunfels, TX Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)
Key Facts
- Outdoor kennel curfew
- No use 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Residential adjacency
- Outdoor kennels prohibited next to residential
- Confirmed districts
- C-3, M-1 and M-2 by right
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 144-3.3-9(a)(1)
- Parking requirement
- 1 space per 500 sq ft floor area
Summary
New Braunfels permits veterinary hospitals by right in its commercial and industrial zoning districts, but attaches a specific operating limit to outdoor kennels. The Code of Ordinances allows a "Veterinary hospital (with or without outside animal runs or kennels)" as a permitted use "with the exception that outdoor kennels may not be used between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and are prohibited adjacent to residential."
(1)Uses permitted by right. ... Veterinary hospital (with or without outside animal runs or kennels) with the exception that outdoor kennels may not be used between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and are prohibited adjacent to residential. ... Veterinary hospitals One for each 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 144's Article III use lists treat a veterinary hospital as a permitted use with one built-in operating limit on outdoor kennels. " The identical clause repeats word for word in the permitted-use lists for the "M-1" light industrial district (Sec. 3-11) and the "M-2" heavy industrial district (Sec. 3-12), so the overnight curfew on outdoor runs travels with the use rather than applying to a single zone. The current post-1987 land use matrix in Sec. )" for the version with outdoor space, preserving the identical curfew for clinics built under the newer district categories created after June 22, 1987.
Because the district rule bars outdoor kennels adjacent to residential property outright, with no time-of-day exception, a clinic sited next to a house lot cannot run outdoor kennel space at all and has to keep animal holding indoors or place any run away from the shared property line. The chapter's off-street parking schedule in Sec. of gross floor area," the same standard applied to comparable clinic and shop uses citywide.
Violations & Fines
Running outdoor kennels past the 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. cutoff, or operating outdoor runs on a site adjacent to residential property, is a zoning violation the city's code enforcement division can act on as a use-restriction breach rather than a simple noise complaint. Because the limit is written into the permitted-use grant itself, a hospital found in violation risks a cease-and-correct order on the outdoor kennel component specifically, separate from any state veterinary-practice licensing action, and continued nighttime use adjacent to a home invites a nuisance complaint under the city's general noise provisions as well.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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