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Taylor County residents press state and FEMA over elevation rules, permit fees and recovery delays
Summary
Residents and business owners at a FEMA NFIP workshop urged county and state officials to revisit building-code and electrical-elevation requirements they say prevent coastal businesses and RV parks from reopening after storms.
Dozens of Taylor County residents and business owners used a Jan. 15 FEMA workshop to press county and state officials for relief from building-code and electrical-elevation requirements they say are blocking the county’s recovery.
At the workshop, residents said Florida building-code provisions that require electrical systems and meters to be elevated above the base flood elevation plus one foot make it impractical or prohibitively expensive for some coastal businesses — particularly RV parks and small beach businesses — to reopen. Speakers asked county leaders to seek temporary variances or to press the state to change rules that they said force meters and service equipment 17 feet or higher.
Multiple speakers said the…
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