Hurricane Sandy
How High To Elevate Manasquan? Planning Board to Discuss Proposed Ordinance
Borough proposing new rules for property in FEMA flood zones
The next step in determing how high at-risk and flood-damaged property will have to be raised will come tonight at the Manasquan Planning Board meeting. At its regular meeting tonight, the planning board will discuss zoning changes such as how high garages, stairways and homes need to be raised. A proposed ordinance would establish new building codes after a storm surge from Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of the borough. The new elevations are in part based on Advisory Base Flood Elevation maps from FEMA and discussion at a borough forum held Jan. 19. The proposed changes include raising V Flood Zones to 38 feet, which is up from 35 feet. V Flood Zones include Beachfront, parts of First Avenue and Riverside in Manasquan, according to …
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DDJA
6:49 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
....and this WILL negatively impact the values of home in Manasquan, once people start selling. more ›