ABSTRACT
Similar to roadways, parking surfaces are a major culprit of impermeable land coverage that precipitate urban heat islands, stormwater runoff, and pedestrian displacement. Vegetative strips and trees are introduced in the island down the center of the primary street and between the diagonal parking and the pedestrian paths. If green roofs were added to the buildings, the site could drop another 20-25 percent of its density; permeable paving and allowing parking areas to be shared by facilities in close proximity to each other could reduce it further. Water and sediment from the forebays then flow into the aquatic bench – the shallow area of the pond that contains aquatic plants that provide nutrient uptake – and ultimately into the main portion of the pond (the micropool), which provides detention and the settlement of smaller particles. The micropool geometry is longer than it is wide to provide more effective distribution and treatment of stormwater.
