197 Laurel Ave, Pharr, TX 78577

Mobile Home District

The R-MH mobile home district is established to provide adequate space and site diversification for mobile home parks and subdivisions. The city recognizes that the mobile home is a viable alternative to the typical single-family residence, and will not discriminate against mobile homes. 2. Mobile homes are typically built outside the city limits of Pharr, and do not meet the same building code requirements as the single-family structure. Mobile home parks or subdivisions will, therefore, be allowed to locate near other residential neighborhoods, but individual mobile homes will not be allowed on lots within other residential-type neighborhoods. 3. Mobile home lots have different area requirements than spaces in a mobile home park. In addition, mobile home subdivisions have public streets and utilities, built to city standards, whereas mobile home parks do not. While mobile home parks and subdivisions fall under the same zoning category, a mobile home park will not be allowed to convert to a subdivision until the area requirements of a mobile home subdivision have been met, the requirements of the subdivision ordinance have been met and a plat has been approved. 4. Unlike the other districts, the city will not zone areas for mobile home usage in advance unless asked to do so by the property owners. This district could, therefore, be considered a floating zone and must be rezoned to this use. Care must be taken to ensure that the needs for areas zoned for mobile homes are met and that this form of housing is not discriminated against in the rezoning process. 5. Mobile home developments are a low- to medium-density use, and have the same additional requirements for streets, water, fire protection, wastewater, drainage and open space as townhouse and duplexes. 6. Mobile home developments are not a buffer between single-family and commercial uses, and should be properly buffered from nonresidential uses, and protected from high volumes of nonsingle-family traffic  or from pollution and/or environmental hazards. When properly buffered, a mobile home park should not have an adverse impact on adjacent residential areas or their property values; An R-MH district shall not be permitted in the City of Pharr, Texas, after the effective date of amendatory Ordinance No. O-2002-24.; Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, mobile homes shall not be permitted in an R-MH zoning district or any other zoning district after the effective date of amendatory Ordinance No. O-2002-24, except to replace an existing mobile home in an existing R-MH zoning district.