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Can you fight a parish\county rezoning and be successful? (AP related)
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:29 am
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:29 am
Apparently Ascension Parish has sent out letters saying they are rezoning certain areas. A person I know received this letter saying that they are rezoning and she now will go from a flood zone to a flood way. After she looked into it, basically her extra piece of land next to her house is worthless as she was going to be building another house or two on the property. It appears this will decrease the value of her house and land big time.
Is there a way to fight it? It also doesnt sound like the city will reimburse you like they would for eminent domain.
this is my summary of the events she told me so I could be off with some of the details.
Short version: She was in a flood zone AE but after rezoning she will be in a floodway AE or something like that
any AP residences care to chime in?
Is there a way to fight it? It also doesnt sound like the city will reimburse you like they would for eminent domain.
this is my summary of the events she told me so I could be off with some of the details.
Short version: She was in a flood zone AE but after rezoning she will be in a floodway AE or something like that
any AP residences care to chime in?
This post was edited on 3/14/19 at 9:34 am
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Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:30 am to LSUvegasbombed
It’s likely the Parish is just using the maps from FEMA
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:44 am to LSUvegasbombed
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A "Regulatory Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height. Communities must regulate development in these floodways to ensure that there are no increases in upstream flood elevations. For streams and other watercourses where FEMA has provided Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), but no floodway has been designated, the community must review floodplain development on a case-by-case basis to ensure that increases in water surface elevations do not occur, or identify the need to adopt a floodway if adequate information is available.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:44 am to LSUvegasbombed
The parish is not doing that. That’s FEMA’s decision.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:44 am to LSUvegasbombed
There’s usually a hearing period before rezoning happens to see if property will be negatively affected and if neighbors/owners have a problem with the potential changes.
If that already happened and she didn’t say anything at the time then I can’t imagine her having much of a leg to stand on.
If that already happened and she didn’t say anything at the time then I can’t imagine her having much of a leg to stand on.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:49 am to Decisions
she just received the letter tuesday about it
The meeting is tonight from what she said
The meeting is tonight from what she said
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:50 am to LSUvegasbombed
That is not rezoning. That is FEMA updating the Flood Maps which happens every so often. Her property obviously floods (Zone AE) so it was worthless before and will remain worthless after. Typical Ascension Parish resident wanting to build a home in Flood Zone AE after what happened in 2016. Some people never learn their lesson.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 9:56 am to bma28
Why do all these Louisiana residents want welfare so they can build in a flood zone?
Posted on 3/14/19 at 10:18 am to LSUvegasbombed
What you're talking about is the adjustments to the FEMA Flood Maps, not what most people refer to as rezoning. There is only one way to "beat" the assignment of a flood zone and that is to have a licensed surveyor go out and provide proof that your property is above the elevation set for that zone.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 10:59 am to LSUvegasbombed
Property rules and covenents between owners can trump zoning so long as they are more restrictive
Posted on 3/14/19 at 11:06 am to LSUvegasbombed
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It also doesnt sound like the city will reimburse you like they would for eminent domain.
You cannot be serious with this comment.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 11:27 am to LSUvegasbombed
How much money ya got?
Posted on 3/14/19 at 3:32 pm to LSUvegasbombed
This is probably a FEMA issue.
If it is handled at the Parish level, you’d probably have a chance if you lived anywhere besides AP.
I live in AP, and our “government” is outdated, arse backwards, incompetent, and corrupt. With no intent of getting better whatsoever.
If it is handled at the Parish level, you’d probably have a chance if you lived anywhere besides AP.
I live in AP, and our “government” is outdated, arse backwards, incompetent, and corrupt. With no intent of getting better whatsoever.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 3:39 pm to LSUvegasbombed
So, let me get this straight.
The friend claims the land is worthless because FEMA identified it in a flood way?
Seems like it never should have been considered for development to begin with.
The friend claims the land is worthless because FEMA identified it in a flood way?
Seems like it never should have been considered for development to begin with.
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