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Old 01-16-2018, 05:30 PM   #8
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In Fort Lauderdale, the responsibility is 100% the homeowner. You may be cited if the seawall needs repair and you have 60 days to begin to address the problem, 365 days to rectify it. Heights have become an issue recently with new walls required to be 3.9' NAVD88 and a lot of talk about 5.6'. Some have to be higher already. Ours is based on location and previous flood plain, even though current flood plain wouldn't require as high.

The rising waters have caused concern over height with new rules targeting 2035.

The higher walls do get very expensive. The reason is that in adding height, the entire construction has to be beefed up for support. So, it's not a proportionate increase but much more.

There was another issue from what I heard by some on the west coast with damaged seawalls. It was whether FEMA would assist or not. To consider it, FEMA required a statement from your insurer that they would not pay. However, I never heard whether homeowners got assistance or not.
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