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re: Baton Rouge man builds a levee around his house; promptly sued by city
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:46 pm to goofball
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:46 pm to goofball
Classic government - instead of sending someone out to assess the situation and work with him to solve everyone's drainage problem, they just tell him, "frick you and we'll fine you if you do a GD thing about it, pussy."
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Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:46 pm to Unobtanium
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I feel for the guy but he isn't going to win this fight, not with this administration.
Not at this point, he isn't.
He should have started with paying the right people and they would have used city workers and equipment to raise his berm for him.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:47 pm to jimmy the leg
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If what he did was cheaper, and it worked, then why should he raise it?
frick the city.
Well he did and now the court says he's gotta take it down because he didn't get a permit.
Knowing the area I don't see how that levee really has much of an effect on properties upstream but we don't have all the information.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:47 pm to jimbeam
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I find it ironic that this guy builds a levee, choking off a flood way, yet folks screaming that the parish/city needs to clean out their ditches (and they do) because they’re stopped up.
Do we not realize that this guy is essentially doing the same thing? Whether the city is doing its duty on maintaining its infrastructure correctly or not, this guy appears to be in the wrong.
I agree
He didn’t just build a ring lever immediately around his house.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:53 pm to dagrippa
I posted some lidar I pulled onto my machine on Page 4. That school or whatever might be getting some of his backwater. But I have no idea.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:54 pm to doubleb
There were some unexpectedly flooded in the old neighborhoods (also pre 1990) across perkins (Barkley? i think) and IIRC the area drains in this general vicinity. This guys' levee may have been uncovered by the city trying to determine why they flooded? Yea I forgot the school flooded too.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 1:55 pm to dagrippa
If that school did indeed flood, he is screwed.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:06 pm to goofball
dont care what anybody says, this guy is my hero
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:18 pm to GringeauxBingeaux
The article isn't very accurate. This guy has been a problem long before he built his "levee". Many years ago he built berms in the drainage ditch to create ponds on his property. Blocking the natural drainage. That's where it all started. Willow Grove now threatening to sue oakbrook and oakbrook having to sue him for blocking the drainage. It's a public drainage servitude and now the City is involved. no sympathy for him
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:21 pm to CJ_Tiger
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The article isn't very accurate. This guy has been a problem long before he built his "levee". Many years ago he built berms in the drainage ditch to create ponds on his property. Blocking the natural drainage. That's where it all started. Willow Grove now threatening to sue oakbrook and oakbrook having to sue him for blocking the drainage. It's a public drainage servitude and now the City is involved. no sympathy for him
If that’s true, then screw him.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:22 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Also why does the city care about this?
All those rich mofos in their mcmansions
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:26 pm to CJ_Tiger
If what you say is true, that is an extremely poorly article with zero details. Shouldn’t be surprised with today’s “journalism “.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 2:33 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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If what you say is true, that is an extremely poorly article with zero details. Shouldn’t be surprised with today’s “journalism “.
Advocate reporting had gotten worse than a HS paper.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 3:10 pm to dewster
I bought and live on 6 acres in Ascension parish.At that time no wet land determination was done or required. My Land surveyed out into 2 different risk areas. Area I put house was no flood zone. Rest was pasture. Years later became a flood zone . Built my house back in 90’s would not have flooded in 82 flood. So flood maps change . On same note. if he can’t put levee then no one should be able to use sandbags to prevent flooding.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 3:33 pm to MoClassy
You can see the natural drainage of undeveloped land that passes through his tract back in 1952 aerials on the usgs site. There were no ponds in that servitude back then but you can see that drain. I didn't see any in the mid 1960s either.
If you think it's ok to dam off a drainage servitude without permitting to make ponds you might be surprised when people tell you that is not close to legal.
The levees are an issue but the damming of the drainage of that area is a bigger one. I trust the courts decision on this one.
If you think it's ok to dam off a drainage servitude without permitting to make ponds you might be surprised when people tell you that is not close to legal.
The levees are an issue but the damming of the drainage of that area is a bigger one. I trust the courts decision on this one.
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 3:36 pm to dagrippa
Could you link that site please. Sounds interesting.
Thank you
Thank you
This post was edited on 7/15/21 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 7/15/21 at 3:39 pm to doubleb
Posted on 7/15/21 at 4:27 pm to CJ_Tiger
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This guy has been a problem long before he built his "levee". Many years ago he built berms in the drainage ditch to create ponds on his property. Blocking the natural drainage. That's where it all started. Willow Grove now threatening to sue oakbrook and oakbrook having to sue him for blocking the drainage.
This is true. I live very close to his home and it has caused headaches for all the 20+ year old surrounding neighborhoods, not just the new Willow Grove (but they prob made it worse).
Look, if you watched the WBRZ segment, you’d see his house is already on stilts. It’s not on the ground. He knew it floods there from the get-go, otherwise why did he build on stilts. I have come very close to flooding a couple times these past few flash floods and it’s probably because of his levees. No sympathy.
And yes, the city sucks too and should widen the canals while they’re at it.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 4:30 pm to goofball
I heard there was was a powerful developer who has been trying to buy his property for years, but he wouldn't budge.
Posted on 7/15/21 at 4:37 pm to goofball
Is there a permit specifically for building a levee on your property?
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