Currently, the property includes no stormwater management infrastructure. Members of the design team met with adjacent property owners on 28th Street to gain an understanding of the issues that the property owners have experienced with respect to stormwater flowing onto their properties. Accordingly, Maret has designed the athletic facilities to mitigate stormwater runoff and improve the current stormwater runoff conditions.
The proposed turf system will be constructed on both the baseball diamond and the multi-purpose field to facilitate the infiltration of water into the soil, thus creating a pervious surface consistent with Subtitle C, § 502.1(b). This system provides for both retention and detention of stormwater.
Maret will coordinate its stormwater management plan with the District’s Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) and will comply with all relevant DDOE stormwater management regulations enumerated in Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations and will satisfy the requirements of the District’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (“MS4”) permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act.