New Jersey Pushes "Rain Tax" On Parking Lots

[sid]

Check it out:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-jersey-residents-may-be-hit-with-rain-tax

[Mark in Ottawa]

The way it is being portrayed is, and is intended to be, inflammatory but the reality is that salt and other chemicals do accumulate on large paved surfaces and do get washed into the storm sewer system and then into the river system. In addition when engineers are designing sewer systems, they take into account the amount of paved surface versus grass surface as that has a major effect on the amount of water that has to be accommodated in the storm sewer system. The more asphalt there is, the greater the volume of water that flows into the sewer and the larger and more expensive the sewer has to be.

It really is not an unreasonable approach.

[dogtag]

The way it is being portrayed is, and is intended to be, inflammatory but the reality is that salt and other chemicals do accumulate on large paved surfaces and do get washed into the storm sewer system and then into the river system. In addition when engineers are designing sewer systems, they take into account the amount of paved surface versus grass surface as that has a major effect on the amount of water that has to be accommodated in the storm sewer system. The more asphalt there is, the greater the volume of water that flows into the sewer and the larger and more expensive the sewer has to be.

It really is not an unreasonable approach.

Maybe that's why Mother Nature gave us grass, not asphalt.

[barretcreek]

Maryland among other states has had a 'rain tax' on farmland as well as urban pavement. All it does is pour $$ into a corrupt bureaucracy. Be more useful to just encourage proper drainage through the Ex. Agent office.

[Clark Howard]

The dems that run Charlotte, North Carolina instituted a "stormwater runoff" tax years ago, that taxes all roofs and impervious surfaces by the square foot. Every couple of years the local media catches them landscaping the property of some dem toady free of charge. They call it a service charge. I have requested the cut-off of my "service" to no avail. The tax started as a very small amount every year, but has morphed into several bucks a month. Just more cash to feed the dem's clients. Regards, Clark

[togor]

NC has seen significant rainfall events in recent years.

[lyman]

no rainfall tax that I am aware of here in Va,

however all new construction has run off areas for the large parking lots, based on sq feet IIRC
basically a catch basin, so the water runs in a 'pond' or basin, so the 'stuff' can collect as sediment,

wetland grasses planted (also as a way to replace any wetland that was disturbed,,,) are planted,
they seem to be doing well,

[m1ashooter]

NJ has been using salt on the roads for decades, North Jersey is highly developed up to the fall line in the central and northern part of the state and has been for decades so why this tax now. The reason is the state just likes to take away money from its citizens. There are very many beautiful places to live in NJ but I feel sorry for my friends stuck there.

[Vern Humphrey]

NJ has been using salt on the roads for decades, North Jersey is highly developed up to the fall line in the central and northern part of the state and has been for decades so why this tax now. The reason is the state just likes to take away money from its citizens. There are very many beautiful places to live in NJ but I feel sorry for my friends stuck there.

My youngest daughter lives in New Jersey. Whenever I visit, I like to walk the streets and try to FIND what they do with all the money they syphon out of the citizens' pockets. They SHOULD have the best infrastructure, the best schools, the lowest crime rate and so on.

But they don't.

[S.A. Boggs]

My youngest daughter lives in New Jersey. Whenever I visit, I like to walk the streets and try to FIND what they do with all the money they syphon out of the citizens' pockets. They SHOULD have the best infrastructure, the best schools, the lowest crime rate and so on.

But they don't.

Isn't this the hallmark of the Socialist state?
Sam

[JB White]

Ask when the rain taxes collected will be used to upgrade the drainage system.

[blackhawknj]

No, the rain tax will go into a rainy day fund.

[1563621]

No, the rain tax will go into a rainy day fund.

That the dems piss away as fast as it comes in!