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e. Landscaped areas and planters shall be developed with a permanent irrigation system approved by the City; and shall be maintained permanently, and kept free of all weeds, debris, and litter. 8. Permeable surfaces and drainage: Parking lot design shall provide measures to enhance stormwater treatment by maximizing permeable surfaces and incorporating site design, source control and stormwater treatment measures to the extent feasible, as determined by the City's Engineering and Construction Division in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27A, as may be amended from time to time. Criteria to be considered in the design of parking lots shall include the following: a. All parking in excess of the minimum parking spaces required shall be designed and constructed of permeable surfacing materials. Materials that may be considered include, but are not limited to, permeable pavements, decomposed granite, gravel, grasscrete and turfblock. Final approval of any surface is subject to the approval of the Engineering and Construction Division; b. Parking areas and access drives may be designed and constructed of permeable materials and permeable perimeter parking spaces are encouraged, subject to the approval of the Planning Division and Engineering and Construction Division; c. Where possible, drainage from parking areas and other impervious surfaces on a site shall be directed to landscape areas or other permeable surfaces for infiltration and /or detention of stormwater flows; d. Where possible, best management practices shall be incorporated into parking and landscape design to facilitate infiltration of stormwater prior to discharge from a site. Techniques to treat stormwater include, but are not limited to, using wheel stops rather than curbs to disperse drainage discharge, providing vegetated swales between rows of parking and /or at the perimeter of parking lots, use of permeable parking materials (hybrid parking Tots) and creating parking groves within a parking lot. These and other best management practices are outlined in stormwater manuals, such as the "Start at the Source Handbook," prepared by the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA). C. No person shall park or store, or cause or permit the parking or storing of any vehicle upon any off street parking and loading facility for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale, lease, or rental unless such use of such facility is otherwise permitted pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, any permit issued pursuant thereto, or pursuant to the provisions of any other ordinance. ORD. # 1130 -353 FORMERLY MUFF # 602