Pearland council OKs first reading to rezone 35 acres for Kelsey Seybold clinic; developers and neighbors seek detention and design protections

Pearland’s City Council voted unanimously on first reading to rezone about 35 acres along Pearland Parkway from single‑family residential (R‑2) to General Business (GB), clearing the way for a proposed Kelsey Seybold medical campus and related commercial development.

The zoning change, filed as Ordinance 2000M‑273, was requested by applicant Dunaway on behalf of multiple property owners. The council approved first reading and set the item to return for second reading as scheduled.

City staff told the council the request covers two tracts totaling about 35.19 acres located on both sides of Pearland Parkway near Shallow Creek Drive. Staff said the proposed GB zoning is consistent with the city’s mixed‑use center designation on the property’s side of Pearland Parkway but noted the land across the road is designated in the future‑land‑use plan for natural areas and outdoor tourism; that discrepancy was identified as the primary…