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Re:How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn It into a Sp... by montecarl on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @03:01PM (#15864449)
Austin, TX taxes you for the amount impervious cover[1] that you have on your property. I'm not sure if the tax is large enough to really incentivize businesses to keep large portions of their property unpaved, but I do see many parking lots with trees and many areas set aside for storm water collection.

[1] http://austintexas.gov/faq/impervious-cover-what-impervious-...

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