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re: Baton Rouge man builds a levee around his house; promptly sued by city
Posted on 7/15/21 at 11:52 am to goofball
Posted on 7/15/21 at 11:52 am to goofball
quote:Theyre probably going to make him have to prove this
Another issue I see is that his little 1' berm didn't cause any real impact to the water level.
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Posted on 7/15/21 at 11:53 am to jimbeam
It sounds like it’s already been settled in court
Apparently nobody on this website knows how to read
Apparently nobody on this website knows how to read
quote:
The ongoing fight is spelled out in a court judgment that was signed in favor of Baton Rouge in April.
the parish is now in the process of hiring a contractor to remove Guidry's levees after getting that signed court judgment
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 11:53 am to goofball
Private property rights are slowly, but surely, getting eroded all across this country. The over-development around him and inaction from the city to clear existing drainage paths has led to his property being a huge flood concern.
I get the point of enforcing codes around development and drainage therein, but they really caused this to happen to him so he had to protect his property.
I hope he fights this hard. I'd love an outcome be an agreement to remove the berm if the city clears the existing drainage paths.
ETA::
Didn't read whole thread, sounds like he's moving. Oh well.
Here comes a shitty development made out of cardboard that will deteriorate in 10 years and become an eyesore.
I get the point of enforcing codes around development and drainage therein, but they really caused this to happen to him so he had to protect his property.
I hope he fights this hard. I'd love an outcome be an agreement to remove the berm if the city clears the existing drainage paths.
ETA::
Didn't read whole thread, sounds like he's moving. Oh well.
Here comes a shitty development made out of cardboard that will deteriorate in 10 years and become an eyesore.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 11:55 am
Posted on 7/15/21 at 11:57 am to goofball
Anyone have pictures of this? Or how to find it on aerial view? Not from BR.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 11:59 am to CatfishJohn
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Private property rights are slowly, but surely, getting eroded all across this country
You’re absolutely right and it (property rights/ability to “own” your land) is often overlooked when talking about what makes America America. Most talk about the 1st and 2nd amendment or the 4th but being able to own your own piece of land has been a bedrock of the American experience.
It has been taken away from us with property taxes. So realistically we don’t own anything anymore unfortunately. We’re just renting from the government via property taxes and they’ll be glad to take your property from you over not paying these taxes or other government overreaches and then sell for pennies to one of their cronies.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:00 pm to Ed Osteen
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I’m sure someone else will buy it and build a neighborhood though
Don’t worry, they will pull dirt “from the same flood plain” so there “will be no impact on flooding” due to them raising his property 5 feet.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:02 pm to Ed Osteen
its at the northwest corner of Williw Grove next to the railroad track. I'd like to own it and build a small house on pilings.
also I wouldn't say promptly sued...sounds like those levees have been there up to 19 years.
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also I wouldn't say promptly sued...sounds like those levees have been there up to 19 years.
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This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:04 pm to goofball
quote:
It's several acres. But I think he just built a small berm around his house....not his whole property. You can actually see it on street view at the far end of Silo drive in Willow Grove.
Lol, you can actually see a dump truck dumping more dirt for his levee!
You can see his house is in a hole.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:09 pm to goofball
Says he is next to willowgrove subdivision by wards creek. Looked at google maps and he is likely on the right side of willow grove opposite side then Dunham. That are is low an likely flooded a few weeks ago with the flooding of wards creek. Development or not. That flood would have for him. Same for the 16 flood
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:10 pm to doubleb
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Lol, you can actually see a dump truck dumping more dirt for his levee!
You can see his house is in a hole.
Where are you seeing that? I'm on google earth and don't see it
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:10 pm to doubleb
Everyone around him is at 25-30 feet. He is at 20 feet. No shite he’s gonna flood he built in a damn bowl.
Good luck ever having gotten approved for a permit building a system to get rid of capacity in a flood way.
Good luck ever having gotten approved for a permit building a system to get rid of capacity in a flood way.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:12 pm to jimbeam
Well there’s a reason he did it all without getting a permit 
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:12 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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they'd require that he build up the house pad to a higher elevation to meet newer standards.
Would t that just be a berm or levee filled in?
Yes. And goes to show we really don’t actually own our property. If we did we could build whatever the frick we want however we want it
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:13 pm to jimbeam
yea, it's a great piece of land for fun but not for avoiding increasing flood issues
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:13 pm to goofball
Leave this man alone and frick off, EBRP.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:14 pm to goofball
Did he break the ordinance/law? You have a local government, you can’t do what you want even if you own your land. If he broke a law/ordinance, take it down because you shouldn’t have done that.
Should the city make him take it down? Hell no but elections have consequences.
Should the city make him take it down? Hell no but elections have consequences.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:15 pm to SixthAndBarone
there are some funny knee jerk responses in this thread
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:16 pm to SixthAndBarone
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you can’t do what you want even if you own your land.
Ok, now apply this to all the land developers around this man's property.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:17 pm to PaperPaintball92
The ones who built not in a flood zone?
Posted on 7/15/21 at 12:18 pm to jimbeam
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The ones who built not in a flood zone?
The ones who created a flood zone.
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