Pharr, TX Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger threshold
- 10,000 sq ft gross floor area
- Minimum berth size
- 12 ft wide x 14 ft high x 50 ft long
- Berths at 40,001-100,000 sq ft
- 2 required
- Maneuvering
- Must stay off street right-of-way
- Source
- Zoning Appendix Sec. 1.55
Summary
Pharr requires off-street truck loading berths for large commercial and industrial buildings, scaled to floor area, so trucks don't block the street.
Any department store, industrial plant, manufacturing establishment, retail establishment, storage warehouse, or wholesale establishment, which has an aggregate gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, arranged, intended or designed for such use shall be provided with off-street truck loading or unloading berths at least 12 feet wide, 14 feet high, and 50 feet long in accordance with the following table.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Under the city's zoning appendix, any department store, industrial plant, manufacturing establishment, retail establishment, storage warehouse, or wholesale establishment with 10,000 square feet or more of gross floor area must provide dedicated off-street truck loading berths at least 12 feet wide, 14 feet high, and 50 feet long. The number of required berths rises on a sliding scale with building size, and all truck maneuvering to reach the berths must stay off the public street right-of-way.
Violations & Fines
Occupancy permits are withheld until required loading facilities are in place; buildings that lack the mandated berths for their floor area are non-compliant with the zoning code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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