A parcel of land on Dixie Farm Road near the Walmart Supercenter in Pearland will stay zoned as residential after Pearland officials struck down a request to rezone the land for commercial use.

What happened

Pearland City Council voted unanimously to deny a rezoning request to rezone two lots, totaling 9.2 acres at 3302 and 3306 Dixie Farm Road, from single-family residential to neighborhood services. The measure would have allowed low-intensity commercial uses such as service providers or offices.

The Planning & Zoning Commission voted 1-4 against recommending approval of the request at its Oct. 6 meeting. The commission received over 20 comments opposing the rezoning, according to city agenda documents .

Those in favor

The applicant, Julia Nguyen, wrote a letter to the city, notin

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