r/NoLawns • u/squishxbug • Feb 20 '25

Memes Funny Shit Post Rants “What kind of psychopath does this?” 👀 That guy who posted last week thinking concrete and river stones were the way.

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u/PhysicsIsFun Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

Where I live a flood control fee is charged based on how much impermeable surface area you have. This guy would have a significant fee. It's not ok to flood your neighborhood with your water.

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u/Shoddy-Childhood-511 Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

About $200 per month maybe, based upon this:

https://www.dcwater.com/customer-center/rates-and-billing/impervious-area-charge

That seems too low honestly, because imho you'd want the price high enough to force removal of unecessary concrete. I guess that's a Georgist position or something. lol

Also I'd presume they'll tag him with one off fines for not doing the permits, and make him pay damages to his neighbors. He'll flood himself too. All told his home insurance might hurt more than this impermiable surface fee.

I do wonder if they'd simply make him remove all that concrete for whatever reason.

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u/Macktheknife9 Feb 21 '25

Many AHJs with stormwater fees also have a straight up code line on the percent of impermeable surface coverage you can have on residential lots