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Pearland board approves setback variance for proposed bakery-market with rear-window restriction
Summary
The Pearland Zoning Board of Adjustments approved a variance to reduce corridor-overlay setback requirements for a proposed one-story, 5,400 sq ft bakery/market at Broadway and Yost, adding a condition that there be no doors or windows facing the adjacent homes; neighbors had raised traffic, safety and dumpster concerns.
The Pearland Zoning Board of Adjustments voted 5–0 to approve variance VA Z 2025-0337 on a request to reduce the corridor-overlay 30-foot setback for parking and maneuvering to 9 feet on the west side of the driveway and 20 feet on the east side, allowing a proposed one-story, 5,400-square-foot bakery and specialty market at the northwest corner of Broadway Street and Yost Boulevard.
City planning staff presented the request and recommended approval, citing the site’s constraints — a relatively small lot with two frontages, existing utility easements and prior right-of-way conveyances — and noting the applicant revised the plan after an April 2025 denial. “The request is to be able to develop the site with a one story, 5,400 square foot international bakery and market with associated parking,” Patrick Bauer, the city planning staff presenter, said. Staff reported receiving nine written…
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