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Posted on 7/6/16 at 8:14 am to Langland
An old timer with the Corps of Engineers told me to have the elevation of your home's foundation equal to or higher than the elevation of the nearest railroad tracks.
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:15 am to JoePepitone
An old timer once told me to see if pines grew on the land. If there are pines that are tall and have thick trunks it never floods because the pines can't survive too wet of conditions.
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:23 am to Emteein
Yup - I've also heard all my life to avoid home sites where cypress trees grow naturally.
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:27 am to Icansee4miles
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The vast majority of these poorly constructed, shoddy POS complexes will be Section 8 in less than a decade and South Baton Rouge will be the new North Baton Rouge.
It's a shame. A few of my favorite homes right there now have their backyards looking at some shitty cookie cutter neighborhood.
My favorite house high on the turn close to my place is now ruined
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:28 am to JoePepitone
That's always a safe bet.
The tracks ain't going under water.
The tracks ain't going under water.
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:36 am to Emteein
Your old timer was lying to you
Posted on 7/6/16 at 9:41 am to Icansee4miles
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hard working developers obtained the appropriate permits from the Corps and DNR, and mitigated all the wetlands they destroyed
no way around it. the usace lands on us with both feet if you don't follow the rules (PAINFUL personal experience!). the permit is issued by the usace but the rules/regs are developed by the epa under the clean water act mandate they are bound to follow. ebr city-parish development review group has a "check" in place now to make sure that all necessary communication has taken place with the usace in an effort to save us local developers/builders from "oops" situation
Posted on 7/6/16 at 11:43 am to Icansee4miles
quote:You realized that they have to obtain a Corp permit to build in these areas, right? They can't get a building permit without it, and therefore could never get occupancy. Obtaining a Corp permit requires that you either pay out the arse or mitigate.
I'm sure that all these honest, hard working developers obtained the appropriate permits from the Corps and DNR, and mitigated all the wetlands they destroyed.
And the reason the developed areas don't flood is because they are built-up. New buildings are required to be a minimum of 1' above the base flood elevation.
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