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Business owner presses Monongalia County for help after floodplain permit rescinded, leaving yards and basements flooded
Summary
A local business owner told the Monongalia County Commission his floodplain permit was rescinded after a neighbor complaint, leaving two adjacent houses and a business yard flooded for more than two years; commissioners pledged to follow up with the county floodplain coordinator.
Chad Matheny, a Monongalia County resident and business owner, told the Monongalia County Commission that a floodplain permit he was granted to raise two residential lots adjacent to his metal-roofing manufacturing facility was rescinded after a neighbor complaint, and the issue has stalled for more than two years.
Matheny said the backyards now hold about 2 feet of water in wet periods, flooding basements and creating what he described as a…
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