New Braunfels, TX Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Sec. 17-4(e) sets New Braunfels' short-term rental parking standard: a minimum of one off-street parking space per sleeping room, and none of that required parking may sit within a public right-of-way or an access easement under city or state regulations. Because occupancy is capped at two occupants per sleeping room plus two more under Sec. 17-4(a), the parking ratio is meant to keep vehicle counts in line with the building's approved sleeping capacity rather than the larger group that ratio can produce. The parking layout has to be documented twice: Sec.

17-5(a)(2) requires a sketch or narrative describing the location of the available parking spaces as part of the permit application reviewed by the planning and development services department, and Sec. 17-4(i)(2) requires the owner/operator to post that same information, plus a note prohibiting parking on landscaped areas, on an indoor tenant notice inside the rental. The city's fire marshal inspects short-term rentals under Sec. 17-6 as part of the transfer and renewal process, and code enforcement or the fire marshal can perform an immediate inspection whenever a violation, including a parking violation, is suspected. A parking shortfall is treated the same as any other Sec. 17-4 standards violation for enforcement purposes.