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7.11 Select appropriate LID Best Management Practices
(BMPs) for the site.
When incorporating LID features into the design of a
building and/or site, consider the following:
• Consider the watershed in which the project is located.
• Consider the existing runoff system around the site.
• Incorporate and design new LID systems and features
to work in concert with and improve the existing runoff
system.

Incorporate a natural drainage way
7.12 Design a site to utilize LID principles and stormwater as an amenity to the site plan.
treatment measures that are most conducive to that
location.
a. Consider alternative site layout techniques to reduce
the total amount of impervious area. This may include
designing compact, multi-story structures, clustering
development and creating shared driveways or
pathways.
b. Minimize the amount of surface parking.
c. Use rainwater as a resource to reduce runoff and to be
retained on-site for irrigation purposes, where possible.
d. Use drainage as a design element, incorporating Consider the use of LID principles
vegetated swales, depressed landscape areas and including bioretention or other
bioretention areas where possible. planted paving systems.
e. Maximize choices for mobility, accommodating
alternative modes of transportation to automobiles.
f. Identify self-treating areas such as green roofs or large
landscaped areas to remove pollutants.

Integrate LID features, such as
permeable surfaces, to minimize
impacts to the municipal
stormwater system and area
watersheds.

Include a stormwater management feature such as a bioretention area or
a raingarden.

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