Board approves Smith mobile home permit with 2‑ft elevation over base flood
The Planning Board approved FP 8-2026 allowing a replacement manufactured home on a 1.95-acre lot in AR zoning, with the chassis to be set 2 ft above the FEMA base flood elevation of 1,055 ft and anchorage and propane-tank security required.
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The board approved Floodplain Development Permit FP 8-2026 for a 1.95-acre parcel where a new manufactured home will be set partly on an existing slab. Minutes note that most of the lot sits in FEMA 500‑year flood zone B, with a small area in the 100‑year flood zone A. Southern Tier Regional’s Janet Thigpen advised that a manufactured home in that location should have the bottom of the chassis set 2 ft above the base flood elevation. The FEMA FIRM panel lists the base flood elevation at 1,055 ft above sea level.
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