Green Sacramento County

• Increase the use of pervious pavements and landscaped areas to allow for better infiltration and reduced stormwater overflow in developed areas.​

• Minimize paved surfaces for parking in favor of pervious surfaces to mitigate high stormwater flow rates. The County will consider reducing minimum parking requirements in appropriate land use designations and/or increasing minimum tree or landscaping planter sizes.​

Benefits: Use of pervious pavements and landscaping, combined with restricting the overall square footage of paved surfaces within development areas, would minimize surface runoff and rates of urban flooding. Therefore, the capacity of stormwater infrastructure would be maintained, and cases of localized flooding would be less frequent.
Timeframe: Near term​​