"City approves new guidelines for eco-friendly parking lots"Standards call for trees, walkways, lighting, improved drainage and enhanced landscaping
hang the code, and hang the rules. they're more like guildelines anyway!
actually, they are ONLY guidelines... none of these newly approved changes are mandatory - they are just put in place to make the city council seems more eco-friendly without actually having to change anything. they claim that designing new parking lots with these guildelines in mind will improve the chances of a plan being approved i'm wary that, like always, approval will be steered by the coin purse rather than good ideas.
the list of recommended changes includes: creating landscaped areas (what profitable parking lot operator would do this? that landscaped area is potentially more parking spaces that they can charge $8/hr instead of emptying their pockets to buy trees and shrubs and maintain them!) with permanent irrigation systems, using light-coloured and porous paving materials, switching to energy-efficient light fixtures, and adding public art (art? that's money output with no gain whatsoever! the city can pay for it's own beautification!)
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