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Gainesville embraces porous parking push to limit stormwater runoff
Changes aimed at limiting strain on infrastructure from asphalt, concrete
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Home construction along Enota Avenue will feature a type of permeable paving to help limit stormwater runoff. Gainesville is amending its code to allow businesses to construct gravel and other permeable parking lots as a way to limit such runoff.
The cottage homes Frank Norton, president and CEO of The Norton Agency real estate firm in Gainesville, is building along Enota Avenue will include porous parking surfaces. “I think it’s better for the earth,” he said. “So I’m encouraging others to have porous parking facilities.”