Pearland ZBA conditionally restores former multifamily use at 2223 N. San Antonio with parking condition

The Pearland Zoning Board of Adjustments on May 1 conditionally approved a request to change the nonconforming status at 2223 North San Antonio Avenue to allow resumption of a previously abandoned multifamily use, with a 5–0 vote and a condition that six designated parking spaces be provided and that staff approve their final locations.

Staff planner Patrick Bauer told the board the application seeks “the resumption of a previously abandoned nonconforming use” for a three‑unit dwelling on a lot in the Old Town Residential zoning district and noted the site contains two buildings with a total of three units. Bauer said the multifamily use was permitted under prior zoning and became nonconforming after the 2006 rezoning; the use had been abandoned for more than six months,…