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Council advances UDC amendments to define short-term rentals and revise 'family' definition

City of Pearland City Council · January 27, 2026
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Summary

On first reading the council advanced amendments to the Unified Development Code to add a short-term-rental definition (rental for less than 30 consecutive days) and to tighten the 'family' definition (reducing allowed unrelated occupants to three); staff noted 19 active STR listings and PNZ recommended approval 4–0.

City staff presented proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code that would revise the definition of "family" and add a definition and land-use permissions for short-term rentals.

Staff said the proposed definition of short-term rental is "a residential dwelling unit or bedrooms in a residential dwelling unit…

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