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Originally Posted by Fltpkr
Just a thought -- Would it be helpful long term to have more stringent coastal restrictions that prevent or restrict rebuilding or new building in the high risk areas and/or require that more "hurricane and flood resistant" structures be adopted and existing structures modified?
Can existing ground-level home or business owners be required to modify their structures to a more hurricane-resistant design? For example, could all homeowners or business owners of ground level structures of one or two stories in high risk areas be required to modify their structures within 10 years so that they are elevated (on stilts) above a certain minimum height and resistant to specified high-level wind forces?
Are there infrastructure changes that would help reduce the damage from hurricane/tidal surge - such as the addition of break-waters, barrier islands, dunes, marshland, etc?
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Oregon has a state policy to NOT allow residential or any building 1/2 mile from the ocean's edge. This rule gives protection for lives, and homes, and provides miles of walkable and bikeable beach.
........Please check that out and could it be done in Florida?