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24-1600 — Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (NAICS use 621493) - Emergency room facility with trauma care, diagnostic imaging, lab testing, and patient stabilization in Manvel, TX
This is a resubmitted Specific Use Permit request for a 1.07-acre freestanding emergency room facility in a Light Commercial zone after previous denial in May 2025. The proposal includes a medical facility with trauma care and emergency services, subject to multiple conditions including landscape buffers, lighting restrictions, and operating hour limits (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) to address compatibility with adjacent residential properties in Bluewater Lakes.
Worth a closer look
- Continued 2 times — repeatedly pushed to a later hearing
| Case number | 24-1600 |
|---|---|
| Type | Specific Use Permit |
| Location | Along north side of Morris Avenue / Highway 6, west of AutoZone at 19201 Morris Avenue, Manvel, Texas 77578 |
| County | Brazoria County |
| Parcel / legal | A 1.07-acre tract of land situated in the H.T. & B.R.R. CO. Survey, Abstract 483, Brazoria County, Texas, being out of and a part of a 4.223-acre tract conveyed to Haazelt Holdings, LLC (PID: 726566) |
| Acreage | 1.07 |
| Current zoning | Light Commercial District / State Highway 6 Overlay District (LC/SH6) |
| Requested zoning | Light Commercial District / State Highway 6 Overlay District with Specific Use Permit (LC/SH6/SUP) |
| Proposed use | Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (NAICS use 621493) - Emergency room facility with trauma care, diagnostic imaging, lab testing, and patient stabilization |
| Petitioner | Chuck Webb / Heitkamp Swift Architects (representing property owner Dr. Suchmor Thomas) |
| Owner | South Shore ER LLC |
| Hearing | 2026-08-24 |
| Hearing body | Planning, Development, and Zoning Commission (with recommendation to City Council) |
| Staff recommendation | approve with conditions |
| Status | continued |
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Case history
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- First seen — 2026-07-26: First seen on an agenda (backfilled from our archive)
- Hearing scheduled — 2026-06-08: Hearing moved earlier, to 2026-06-08
- Continued — 2026-08-10: Continued from 2026-06-08 to 2026-08-10 · Planning, Development & Zoning Commission
- Continued — 2026-08-24: Continued from 2026-06-08 to 2026-08-24 · Planning, Development, and Zoning Commission (with recommendation to City Council)
- Staff recommendation — 2026-08-24: Staff recommendation: approve with conditions · Planning, Development, and Zoning Commission (with recommendation to City Council)
Also on the 2026-08-24 Manvel agenda
Other Manvel rezoning cases
- 99-030 — Plat / Replat
- 30-2020 — Plat / Replat
- 62-105 — Ordinance / Text Amendment
- 62-115 — Garden Home land use category (detached single-family dwelling units)
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