Expert warns form‑based code must require infiltration and stronger stormwater controls
A former RI DEM manager urged the council to strengthen stormwater provisions in the proposed form‑based code, recommending prescriptive infiltration standards and low‑impact development measures to protect Indian Run Brook and Point Judith Pond.
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Elizabeth Scott, who worked for decades in Rhode Island's water resources office, told the council the proposed form‑based code's stormwater language is too weak and urged stronger, prescriptive requirements that emphasize infiltration rather than simple retention.
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