
The traditional means of dealing with
stormwater (i.e. rain not absorbed by the ground) has been to channel it into
streams and rivers. Property development creates more ground area covered by
surfaces that impervious to rain such as roofs, roads, parking areas,
sidewalks, patios, etc. As the amount of impervious area increases, so does the
volume of polluted stormwater.
Although the new law is not scheduled to go
into effect until July 1, 2013, complaints have already been made that the fees
ranging from $14 to $72 per 1,000 square feet (93 sq. meters) of impervious
area will roughly double the taxes paid by many non-residential property owners.
Rumors about fee increases abound and there is talk about postponing the entire
program to address some of the problems and uncertainties.
Environmental challenges and plans to correct
them, such as the “rain tax”, simply confirm what we have been saying for years
about automated parking systems (APS)…that they are much more eco-friendly
compared to parking garages and parking lots. In above-grade applications, an
APS can park the same number of cars with roughly half the impervious area of a
conventional parking garage and ten, or more, times less impervious area than a
parking lot. Below-grade applications require almost no impervious area and APS
are the least expensive way to install parking underground.
Contact your representative to find out all
of the environmental advantages of Skyline Parking’s line of automated parking
systems.
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