The owners of an upscale urban restaurant in the Montrose area of Houston, needed parking for their new restaurant venture. Due to the location in the highly populated area, land for parking was limited to the 5,000 sf area behind the strip center where the Riel Restaurant was located. When the engineers met with the city about their options with the limited space, the city recommended TRUEGRID due to the previous success within the city on commercial projects. By going with concrete or asphalt they would either be required to give up much needed land to detention or install expensive underground tanks that were not in the budget. By moving forward with TRUEGRID they were allowed pervious cover credit for their parking and did not have to provide added detention thus utilizing 100% of the space available for parking. The first lot was such a success, a year later they bought the 7000 sf lot behind them and installed an additional TRUEGRID parking lot permitted for 100% pervious cover credit.