Pharr Planning and Zoning Commission recommends six land‑use approvals, forwards items to City Commission

The Pharr Planning and Zoning Commission on an undisclosed May 2025 date voted to recommend approval of six land‑use items and will forward them to the City Commission for final action on June 2, 2025 at 4 p.m.

City staff told the commission that the requests largely met the city’s land use plan and site requirements, that mailed notices and a legal notice were published in advance and that staff received little or no public response. Commissioners moved and seconded approval on each item and the motions carried.

The commission recommended rezoning two properties from Agricultural and/or Open Space District (AO) to Limited Industrial District (LI). The larger site, described by staff as about 56.59 acres at 400 East Highline Road and identified as Lots 371 and 372 of the Kelly Farm subdivision, would be used to develop a cold storage warehouse (applicant: Hap Associates Inc., representing Suco Family Limited Partnership). Staff told the commission the property is designated for industrial use in the land use plan and recommended approval; no written responses were received to mailed notices (seven letters) or the legal notice (published 05/07/2025).

A second rezoning recommendation covered a 3.45‑acre parcel associated with an addition to an existing cold storage warehouse, described as being…