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City of Pearland - Unified Development Code Questionnaire

Before you begin, please feel free to review the brief project context below. This information will help you understand the proposed UDC changes as you complete the questionnaire OR you may jump directly to the questionnaire if you prefer.
About the Project
Unified Development Code 101
The Comprehensive Plan to the UDC Update
Feedback to Date
Summarized Changes [Housing, Re/Development, Broadway Expansion]
Summarized Changes [Land Uses, Parking, Additional Amenities]
Background questions
Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
1.Which of the following best describes your connection to Pearland? (select all that apply).(Required.)
2.How long have you lived in, worked in, or regularly visited Pearland? (select one)(Required.)
3.UDC Use: The Unified Development Code (UDC) is a set of rules that guide development, zoning, land uses, and building standards in Pearland. How often do you personally interact with, reference, or feel affected by the UDC (for example, through permitting, development, business operations, or neighborhood projects)? (select one)(Required.)
Unified Development Code Update
Below are questions related to the draft recommendations for the code update. Please provide your feedback.
Context and Zoning
Residential Zoning Changes
4.Housing Choice: Pearland’s zoning code currently has many residential districts with only small differences between them, enabling largely single-family products. The UDC update proposes simplifying these districts and allowing a clearer set of housing choices (townhomes, duplexes, cottage homes, and small-lot single-family) in the right locations, as was directed in the adopted 2024 Comprehensive Plan. How important to you is providing smaller housing choices? (select one)(Required.)
5.Development Incentives: Some of the draft UDC recommendations propose offering incentives, meaning eased requirements that the City can give to developers. An example may include allowing less required parking (which can lower project costs, add additional redevelopment areas, and support walkability). These bonuses would only be available when a project delivers higher-quality design, better landscaping, or other community benefits. Would you support this approach? (select one)(Required.)
Non-residential Zoning Changes
6.Mixed-use Areas and Retail Variety: The UDC update will create clearer mixed-use areas where homes, shops, and offices can be closer together. It also distinguishes traditional shopping centers like The Crossing at 288 from multi-story mixed-use buildings with homes or offices above shops seen at the Pearland Town Center. Retail categories are simplified so neighborhood-scale businesses fit in the right places, while larger stores stay along major corridors. Do you support this direction for the UDC update? (select one)(Required.)
7.Broadway Corridor TxDOT Widening (Flexible Rules and Development Quality): TxDOT’s widening of Broadway will impact many properties. The UDC update considers clearer and more flexible development rules to help affected businesses reinvest and to ensure high-quality redevelopment along the corridor. How important is it to you that Pearland provides flexible, clear standards to support businesses and encourages high-quality redevelopment as the Broadway corridor is widened? (select one)(Required.)
8.Parking Needs: Much of Pearland’s commercial development has large parking lots that often sit underutilized, especially outside peak times (weekends and holidays). The draft recommends reducing parking ratios and allowing shared parking, so new developments do not have to build more parking than needed, especially in walkable or mixed-use areas like Old Town. How important is this approach to you? (select one)(Required.)
9.Land Uses and Compatibility: The UDC update proposes simplifying, consolidating and modernizing land-use categories to make the zoning code clearer and up to date. For some, this may feel like it creates more flexibility for businesses. For others, it may feel like it provides stronger, easier-to-enforce rules by reducing confusion. How do you feel about simplifying the list of allowable or by-right land uses in Pearland’s zoning code? (select one that you most identify with)(Required.)
10.Overall Prioritization: The UDC update includes many improvements such as simplifying zoning, supporting redevelopment, improving landscaping standards and updating parking rules. We want to understand which areas are most important to you. Which of the following improvements should be the highest priority for Pearland’s UDC update?
(Choose up to two)(Required.)