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Planning board presses for resiliency priorities, code fixes to allow elevation and fill as Treasure Island shifts policy
Summary
Board members urged staff and the City Commission to prioritize resiliency and to consider voluntary code changes that would let homeowners elevate properties or add fill; members cited Treasure Island's new voluntary elevation approach and asked staff to work with the commission and technical experts.
A planning‑board discussion on June 16 focused on local code provisions the board said are limiting residents’ ability to rebuild or improve resilience after recent hurricanes. Board members urged staff to prioritize code updates and to prepare voluntary measures the commission could adopt while Senate Bill 180 constrains mandatory changes.
A board member said Treasure Island recently…
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