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Pervious paving using StabiliGrid has been accepted as an acceptable pervious surface according to the CAO ("critical areas ordinance") in King County and Seattle, Washington.
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If you  need to comply with land use restrictions similar to the CAO (Critical Areas Ordinance) in Seattle or King County, Washington, or are searching for an alternative to concrete or asphalt paving in your residential, governmental, or commercial property nationwide, ECO-TERR has a soil stabilization system that provides the solution.  
StabiliGrid™, HomeGrid™ and HoofGrid™ are pervious (water permeable), ecologically-friendly, easy-to-install, environmentally sound alternatives to asphalt, concrete, gravel, cobblestones, tree bark or peat moss, dirt, grass sod, hogfuel, and other common types of  groundcover.    {some examples}
 These grid systems installations  are not  an "impervious surface structure."
Therefore the use of the ECO-TERR soil stabilization systems - instead of concrete or asphalt pavement - may be exempt from use restrictions similar to Seattle and King County's CAO (Critical areas Ordinance) land use restrictions.
These grid systems were originally invented in Germany.
Due in large part to the ecologically-blind policies of the former communist regimes, much of Eastern Europe had become a toxic waste dump.  
Although industrial sources of pollution played a large part in the environmental tragedy,  non-commercial activity proved to be significant source of the pollutants.
Residential and urban paved areas were collecting pollutants from the infamously leaky automobiles, and delivering those pollutants directly into the lakes, rivers and streams.
The original, German-engineered and German-manufactured ECO-TERR geogrid [porous paver] systems are used across Europe for green-grassed, or engineered-stone (gravel) commercial and industrial parking lots and loading arenas, residential gravel driveways or grass roadways, mud-proof public common areas (fairgrounds, parks and recreation, etc.), controlling fugitive dust from gravel or dirt roads, and soil stabilization for slopes, equestrian centers and drainage canals.
Consider Seattle, Washington as an example:
The CAO (Critical Areas Ordinance) in Washington State's King County restricts the development of major portions of residential or business land with "impervious structures".
An impervious structure is anything that does not allow rainfall to pass through it into the ground: buildings, roads, parking lots, patios, driveways, carports, etc.
This has become necessary because the lakes, streams, rivers and ponds are becoming polluted.   [... more ]
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A major source of pollutants is pavement: vehicle accessways (roads and streets, driveways and lanes, residential and commercial parking lots, etc.).  
Autos spend most of their time in parking lots and driveways: dripping the various petrochemical fuels, fluids and additives onto the pavement.
When it rains - the pollutants are washed into the storm sewers and into our waterways.
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Therefore, homeowners and developers must set aside a major protion of  their property undeveloped with pervious structures.
This has driven the cost of developable real estate skyrocketing.
This necessary environmental policy may result in developers and homeowners being required to purchase and set aside large parcels of real estate undeveloped.
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An Example:
If a church owns a parcel of land in King County,
And the church intends to construct a new building to house the congregation's worship services,
Such a project requires paved parking.
Because of the Critical Areas Ordinance, in order to proceed with the construction, the church would need to purchase additional adjacent land.  
This enormously expensive adjacnet property must be set aside - completely undeveloped - in perpetuity (forever).
Such set-aside programs could make the construction project prohibitively expensive, unless StabilGrid is used instead of pavement.
StabiliGrid is water-permeable, providing pervious grass or gravel surface
roads, streets, parking lots, sidewalks, green belts and driveways.
Therefore, construction of pervious parking lots using StabliliGrid makes the purchase of adjacent property no longer necessary.
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As diverse as nature itself, there are as many uses for the ECO-TERR grid systems as there are people using them.
Driveways
Lawn areas next to driveways and roads, for temporary parking
Parking Areas
Patios
Pathways through the lawn
Carport floors
Garden paths
Utility areas (under trash containers, for example)
Storage areas (for vehicles, implements and machinery, etc.)
Subsoil stabilization on hills (under the grass sod, e.g., when walking on saturated lawns destroys the grass)
Around gates and entrances, where traffic tears up the grass
Equestrian Uses (performance arenas and paddocks, turnouts and dry lots, barn interior flooring, stalls and stall runouts, etc.)
Around your home, you don't need to rely solely upon paving stones, gravel, asphalt, or concrete any more:
paving stones settle and become unlevel
gravel develops potholes and ruts, it erodes, migrates and washes away
asphalt and concrete require patching and/or replacement, and either create impervious and environmentally unsound structures.
Contact us for more information about the ECO-TERR products.
Dealership inquiries from other states are welcome. Minimum  inventory maintenance and Use/Application certification are required.
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These next-generation environmental systems (both agricultural/equine and non-agricultural) all:
Feature and comply with LID standards (Low Impact Development),
Utilize Infiltration-based Storm Water Management technology,
Incorporate BSD standards into civil, commercial, military or residential designs (Better Site Designs, as defined by the US/EPA re: MS4 operations),
and are conceived, designed, engineered and manufactured in Germany.
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