1421 Sugar, Pharr, TX 78577

General Business District

The general business district is established to provide adequate space and site diversification for most types of commercial development in the City of Pharr. Larger shopping centers and most of the existing commercial strips along major arterials would be included in this district. The uses specified in this district include most types of retail activity and some wholesale with the exception of those uses which are not compatible with the retail shopping function. For example, lumberyards, contractor yards, and warehousing with high volumes of truck traffic and low volumes of retail-type traffic are not included in this district.; This district will be the major retail district, with intensive commercial uses and large volumes of retail traffic. The noise, traffic, litter, late-night hours, and possible blighting influences require adequate buffering from residential areas, and the traffic from such uses should not pass through residential areas, except on arterials or major collectors.; Areas should not be zoned to this usage unless they are located on or close to arterials or major collectors capable of carrying the additional traffic they will generate, and in areas where there is increased water, fire protection, wastewater and drainage capacity.; This zone is the general business zone, and it is intended that most commercial uses fall in this district, with the exception of the heavy commercial type uses. Since the zone is of a general nature, the area requirements are less stringent and do not require as high a standard of development as the OP and NC districts.