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Council approves raising historic cottages at 794 Ninth Street South to FEMA flood elevations
Summary
Council unanimously approved a vertical expansion (raising) of historic cottage and guest cottage at 794 Ninth Street South to meet FEMA design flood elevations, allowing the structures to be elevated in place while preserving their existing footprints under conditions set by staff and the Planning Advisory Board.
City Council unanimously approved a nonconformity petition Wednesday allowing property owner Kathleen Letarte to raise a nearly century‑old single‑family house and adjacent guest cottage at 794 Ninth Street South to meet FEMA required design flood elevations.
What the petition requested: Attorney Clay Brooker said the owner proposes to elevate the main house to a bottom floor elevation of 10.6 feet NAVD and the guest cottage to 12.1 feet NAVD (lifting the main cottage about 5 feet and the guest cottage about 7.2 feet) while keeping existing footprints and maintaining building…
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