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Pearland planning commission deadlocks 3-3 on rezoning for McHard Road property
Summary
After staff recommended against it because much of the site lies in floodway and the Future Land Use Map designates the area for public use, the Pearland Planning & Zoning Commission tied 3-3 on a motion to rezone roughly 13.256 acres near McHard and Makawa from general commercial to M-1 (light industrial).
Pearland Planning and Zoning Commission members on Feb. 16 failed to recommend approval for a request to rezone about 13.256 acres south of McHard Road and west of Makawa Road from general commercial (GC) to M-1 (light industrial), after a motion to approve (ZON2025-0555) resulted in a 3-3 tie.
Planning staff told commissioners the site contains substantial areas in the floodway and in the 100- and 500-year floodplains and is identified as public use on the Future Land Use Map, and therefore "staff cannot recommend approval of the zone change request," said Katie, planning staff. Staff noted that while the property has frontage and utilities, the proposed M-1 zoning is inconsistent with the comprehensive plan's land-use…
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