Tell Your Senators: Vote YES on H 162: The Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control Act

Please Vote YES on H162

I am writing as your constituent to urge you to vote YES for H162, the Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control Act. The bill supports business growth and affordable housing, protects the health and character of our communities, and reduces runoff and flooding in our waterways. It does so by removing outdated parking requirements, allowing parking to be built based on demand rather than rigid regulations, and giving certain local governments authority to manage runoff during redevelopment. Right now, parking minimums force the construction of bigger lots than we need. And the results are devastating: - The construction of oversized lots creates impervious surfaces, increasing flood risk, generating runoff, destroying habitat, worsening air quality, and contributing to excess heat. - Excess impervious surfaces raise flood risk, resulting in higher insurance premiums or the dropping of coverage entirely. - Excess impervious surface area generates runoff that degrades the quality of water used to irrigate crops, threatening crop yields. - Huge expanses of dark asphalt that absorb and generate heat, contributing to heat exhaustion, respiratory issues, and heat-related hospitalizations. We need an updated law that allows market forces to determine how much parking is built instead of the antiquated parking minimum rules we have right now. Please, vote YES on this bill! Thank you for your service, time, and consideration.