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Board denies floodplain variance for Beachwood Avenue property, cites National Flood Insurance Program risk
Summary
The board denied a variance to keep first-floor and garage elevations below the county/state required freeboard; staff warned the county risks losing participation in the National Flood Insurance Program if it approves variances that conflict with federal/state elevation rules.
The Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals denied a petition from a property owner on Beachwood Avenue seeking a variance to leave the lowest floor and an attached garage below the county’s adopted freeboard elevation. The request concerned a house whose first-floor and garage elevations were measured below the county’s required elevations under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and Indiana’s adoption of a two‑foot freeboard.
County staff explained that the house is in the FEMA floodplain and that the state requires two feet of…
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