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Pender planners propose more pervious surfacing options to ease stormwater and costs for small businesses
Summary
Planning staff proposed UDO changes to allow pervious materials (porous asphalt, pervious concrete, permeable pavers, turf blocks) for small nonresidential parking areas to reduce runoff and give entrepreneurs more site flexibility, with board members asking about ADA compliance, maintenance and state performance standards.
Planning staff on the Pender County Planning Board walked members through a proposed unified development ordinance change to modernize surfacing requirements for nonresidential development and to allow alternative materials for small parking areas.
"We want to introduce alternative surfacing materials such as pervious concrete, porous asphalt, permeable pavers," Virginia Norris, senior long-range planner, told the board, adding the proposal would give designers more flexibility while preserving safety and…
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