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Permeable Resin-Bound Surfacing by City

City guides to permeable resin-bound surfacing across the US: local stormwater rules, soils, base build-ups and what reviewers ask for before approval.

Permeable pavement counts toward stormwater requirements in many US cities, and a resin-bound surface can be designed to work as permeable pavement: a porous resin-bound surface over an open-graded base and stone reservoir that lets rain soak into the ground or reach an underdrain. Few local manuals name resin-bound, so the reviewer decides case by case. These city guides explain how that works under each city's own rules.

Each guide covers who reviews stormwater plans locally, which manual or ordinance applies, how soils, groundwater and climate shape the base, where resin-bound fits on real sites, and what to have ready before you submit. Every guide links to the official sources we checked, because local requirements change and the reviewer always has the final word.

Who these guides are for

Civil engineers and landscape architects specifying a permeable surface, developers and property managers working through a stormwater permit or fee credit, and homeowners whose city bills them for impervious area. Contractors who want to add permeable resin-bound work can start with our installer training.

What Resin Rock does, and what it doesn't

Resin Rock makes and supplies the resin-bound system: UV-stable binder, natural aggregate blends, trims and the Rock Crete permeable base. We don't install. We train and approve installers, match each project with one near the site, and provide the data sheets your engineer and reviewer will ask for.

How a permeable resin-bound build-up handles rain

The surface you see is only the top layer. Whether a resin-bound area works as permeable pavement depends on everything underneath it.

  1. Resin-bound wearing course. Natural aggregate coated in UV-stable resin and hand troweled. Rain passes through the open voids between the stones.
  2. Permeable base. An open-graded base, designed by the project engineer, that carries the load and keeps water moving down. Ask us where Rock Crete fits your build-up.
  3. Stone reservoir. Clean, open-graded stone sized to hold the design storm while it soaks away.
  4. Subgrade or underdrain. Water infiltrates the native soil, or leaves through a perforated underdrain where soils are tight or groundwater is high.

Laid straight over solid concrete or asphalt, resin-bound still drains through its own surface, but the water then runs off the slab beneath it. That is a resurfacing job, not a stormwater control, and it should not be submitted as one. Product details are in our technical data sheets.

Cross-section of a permeable resin-bound build-up Rain passes down through four numbered layers: the resin-bound wearing course, a permeable base, a stone reservoir, and the native subgrade with an optional underdrain. 1 2 3 4
Illustrative only. Layer depths, the reservoir and any underdrain are set by the project engineer for each site.

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Resin Rock ships across all 50 states. Send the site plan and what your reviewer needs, and we will confirm the system and match you with an approved installer.