Pollution prevention criteria in Category 3.
San Antonio City Code § 34-935
in effectSec. 34-935. - Pollution prevention criteria in Category 3.
The following criteria and restrictions shall apply to all regulated activity on a project that is classified as category 3 by section 34-925:
(a) Single-family residential. The projected impervious cover for all single-family residential development of Category 3 property shall not exceed a maximum of fifteen (15) percent gross impervious cover, or the maximum impervious cover specified in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(b) Multi-family residential. The projected impervious cover for multi-family residential development of Category 3 property shall not exceed a maximum of fifteen (15) percent gross impervious cover, or the maximum impervious cover specified in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Commercial. The projected impervious cover for commercial development of Category 3 property shall not exceed a maximum of fifteen (15) percent gross impervious cover, or the maximum impervious cover specified in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(d) Additional impervious cover. The maximum impervious cover requirements of subsection (a), (b), and (c) above shall apply unless the property owner or his agent provides clear and convincing evidence, which at a minimum shall consist of engineering documents submitted under the seal of a registered engineer, that the proposed impervious cover in excess of is fifteen (15) percent gross will not cause degradation as defined herein.
(e) Multi-use project. Within a multi-use project, impervious cover limits may be exceeded in a given area if compensated for in another area of the overall project if dedicated on a simultaneous basis.
(Ord. No. 81491, § 1(App. I), 1-12-95; Ord. No. 2006-02-16-0241, § 2, 2-16-06; Ord. No. 2014-08-14-0581, § 3, 8-14-14)
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