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    Home Elevation Program Helps Demystify The Process

    In an effort to help homeowners elevate their homes out of the floodplain, local groups have developed trainings for contractors and homeowners and educational materials that are demystifying the process and increasing knowledge on home elevation. These informational materials help answer questions around costs, methods, barriers, permitting, duration, and financing. 

    Year
    2022

    Details

    Hazards
    Flooding – Coastal
    Flooding – Rainfall-induced
    Assets
    Property
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    Relevant Options

    Implement a no new development restriction in the floodplain for industrial, commercial and residential properties. Enhance data collection by identifying locations of recurring nuisance flooding. Evaluate the requirements of the floodplain ordinance and explore higher regulatory standards such as freeboard, the definition of substantial damage or improvement and the regulation potential obstructions

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