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Proposal to elevate house on Washington Street presented to coastal resilience advisory committee
Summary
An applicant presented plans to raise the first floor of a preexisting single-family home on Washington Street about 4 feet to improve flood resilience; CRAC asked technical and long-term-adaptation questions and authorized staff to draft a formal comment letter to ConCom.
Art Gasparo presented a Notice of Intent to the Coastal Resilience Advisory Committee on Jan. 13 for a one‑story single-family house at 54 Washington Street, saying the owner proposes to raise the first floor by about 4 feet, placing the first floor roughly 6 feet above grade. Gasparo stated the parcel falls inside FEMA elevation 11 and is in a velocity zone, described poured foundation walls with engineered flood vents, and said relocation of the structure is not practicable due to site constraints.
Gasparo summarized the engineering approach: "the foundation would consist of poured foundation walls with flood…
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