Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g.

This weekend, the Arlington County Board is set to consider a new tax based on how much hard surface your property has. Property owners with more hard surfaces that do not let rain soak into the ...

Mayor Annise Parker announced this afternoon that she’s changing the new drainage-fee structure after a boatload of complaints that the fees are higher than what the referendum ads said they would be.

Impervious surfaces such as driveways, roads, parking lots, patios, and walkways do not allow rainwater to pass through the substrate into the ground. Instead, they cause rain water to run off at an ...

NORWALK — Following recent flooding, Norwalk leaders are wondering what more can be done to prevent flooding in the area through zoning. “Let’s try and be proactive and make our land that we have more ...

These are massive areas with impervious surfaces that do increase the overall heat of the entire city.” Annual average temperatures in La Crosse are predicted to increase between 6 and 12 degrees ...

Ordinance 2026-01 aims to revise Bloomington’s current Unified Development Ordinance by increasing the maximum coverage of impervious surfaces, which includes roofs, driveways and sidewalks, to 80%.

DALLAS — Be sure to download the WFAA app to track the latest forecast and get alerts from our team. Yes, it is summer. Yes, it is hot. Normal highs this time of the year are well into the 90s and ...