Manatee County Commission Chair George Kruse joins the podcast this week to discuss a wide range of issues, including the debate over issuing final plats, the future of Annie's Bait & Tackle, the county animal shelter, and much, much more.
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sandy
As former Floodplain Management Section Manager who had 23 years' experience in floodplain management, an exception cannot be made from the regulations. If FEMA discovers this, the first thing that happens is the county will lose its discount on all NFIP insurance policies in the county which is currently 25%. FEMA will give time to get back into compliance with the regulations in the Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations. If not done the county would be put on probation and additional money would be added to the policy. The last step if non-compliance continues, the county would be suspended from the program, and nobody would be able to get new flood insurance from the NFIP and policies as they expire would not be renewed.
My recommendation is that they look into getting Annie's listed on the FL State Master Site File (probably easier than the National Register). This would be acceptable to apply for a variance to rebuild as it originally was for FEMA. Contact the Clerk of Circuit Court Historical department to find out how to do this process and if they can do it. Just because it is old does not meet FEMA's requirement as historical. It has to be listed on the National Register or the Master Site File. Cathy Slusser when she was with the Clerk helped people through the process, so a variance was possible including the 1912 Schoolhouse.
The 50% Rule is designed to get structures more flood-resistant and compliant, so the NFIP doesn't have to keep paying for continued damages. I know of at least one house that had 8 claims which well exceeded the value of the structure. And they were in Zone X which is considered low risk. Nobody near the house had anywhere near that many claims or the amount of the claims. And I could only find permits for minimal repairs.
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Dianna
Great podcast! Excellent discussion concerning final plat, good information to give the public especially to those citizens who are not regular meeting viewers. Nice to know we are moving in a positive direction.
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