Floodplain Manager's Notebook Series
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook July 2017Date: July 2017
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Historic structures – the benefits of processing applications as variances rather than applying the “definition approach.” To not be subject to Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage rules, historic structures must retain their historic designation. Highlighting the difference between variances and waivers.
Keywords: Historic structures, Variance, Waiver, Buildings--Additions
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Floodplain Manager’s Notebook March 2011Date: March 2011
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Historic structures – the benefits of processing applications as variances rather than applying the “definition approach.” To not be subject to Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage rules, historic structures must retain their historic designation – a determination that should be left to the historic preservation professionals.
Keywords: Flood insurance--Law and legislation--United States, Historic structures, Variance
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Date: September 2023
Author: Quinn, Rebecca
Publisher: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Summary: Rebuilding on the site of a demolished or destroyed building is new construction, and SI/SD determinations are not necessary. Rebuilding a demolished or destroyed historic structure does not allow the building to retain (or continue) its designation as a historic structure. Follow up to questions about clearing trees from floodways leads to considering what constitutes encroachment and what is a subtraction from a floodway.
Keywords: Wrecking, Substantial damage, Substantial improvement, Historic buildings, Floodway, Encroachment
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