415 E Thomas Rd, Pharr, TX 78577

High-Density Multifamily Residential District

1. The R-4 high-density multifamily district is established to provide adequate space and site diversification for higher density apartment complexes, including high-rise apartments and complexes with a number of buildings on the same tract of land. 2. This is a zone for areas that have large unbroken tracts of land suitable for development as large complexes. It is not intended for areas already subdivided into lots, and it is anticipated that developments in this zone will have to plat the property as a whole as part of the development process. 3. Traditional area requirements are inappropriate for this district, so setbacks from lot lines are minimal and there are no restrictions as to the number of residential buildings that may be placed on a lot. Height limitations are also relaxed, except when abutting single-family uses. More reliance is placed on square footage per dwelling unit, lot coverage, open space and parking ratios to control density, thereby allowing more flexibility in the design of such projects. 4. This zone allows higher density developments, and should be located where internal streets are wider than single-family sized streets, and where there is increased water capacity, fire protection, wastewater and drainage capacity. Adequate open space should be within walking distance (approximately one-fourth mile). Areas should not be zoned to this usage unless they are located on or close to arterials or collectors capable of carrying the additional traffic they will generate. The traffic generated by such uses should not travel through lower density residential areas. 5. Higher density multifamily 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 nonresidential traffic, or from pollution and/or environmental hazards.