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Livingston Parish Council adopts 2-foot freeboard; officials pledge separate review for manufactured homes
Summary
The Livingston Parish Council on Dec. 19 adopted Ordinance 2433 to raise the freeboard requirement to two feet above base flood elevation; council members and staff said they will pursue a separate rule or waiver process to address how that change affects manufactured homes.
The Livingston Parish Council adopted Ordinance 2433 on Dec. 19, 2024, rescinding and reenacting Chapter 115 of the parish code to increase the freeboard requirement to two feet above base flood elevation (BFE+2) for special flood-hazard areas.
The change was the subject of a public hearing that drew several residents and industry representatives concerned about how the new measurement would affect manufactured homes. Candy Forbes, a Denham Springs resident and mobile-home dealer, told the council that most manufactured homes sit on an I‑beam and subframe that already raises the threshold roughly…
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