http://ms.stormsmart.org Just another StormSmart site Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ms.stormsmart.org/before/regs/using-freeboard-to-elevate-structures-above-predicted-floodwaters/#comment-5 Town Offers Builders Permit Credit for Freeboard | Mississippi StormSmart Coasts Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:47:18 +0000 http://www.stormsmart.org/ma/?page_id=64#comment-5 [...] The town of Hull, Massachusetts has just passed an innovative incentive program to encourage builders to elevate new and renovated structures above predicted floodwaters. The program offers applicants a $500 credit to be used towards building department permit fees if the builder elevates the structure at least two feet above the highest federal or state requirement. For more on the benefits of freeboard, read our article on it here. [...] [...] The town of Hull, Massachusetts has just passed an innovative incentive program to encourage builders to elevate new and renovated structures above predicted floodwaters. The program offers applicants a $500 credit to be used towards building department permit fees if the builder elevates the structure at least two feet above the highest federal or state requirement. For more on the benefits of freeboard, read our article on it here. [...]

]]> http://ms.stormsmart.org/before/regs/using-freeboard-to-elevate-structures-above-predicted-floodwaters/#comment-4 Al Goodman Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:23 +0000 http://www.stormsmart.org/ma/?page_id=64#comment-4 The use of freeboard is a great way to mitigate possible flood damage to your structure. The Flood Insurance Rate Maps (which provide due public notice)are used by the community to regulate its floodplain and by lenders to identify where flood insurance must be purchased. These maps are simple "snap shots in time" of the area. Any development, fill, new stores, housing, etc., increases the flood height. The use of freeboard gives the homeowner a much needed cushion to stay above the rising waters. The use of freeboard is a great way to mitigate possible flood damage to your structure. The Flood Insurance Rate Maps (which provide due public notice)are used by the community to regulate its floodplain and by lenders to identify where flood insurance must be purchased. These maps are simple “snap shots in time” of the area. Any development, fill, new stores, housing, etc., increases the flood height. The use of freeboard gives the homeowner a much needed cushion to stay above the rising waters.

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