The rules were always in effect down in the parish, even before Rita.
Just no one obeyed them, nobody enforced it.
Most who want camps on the ground get a camper trailer or park model trailer.
They are movable and don't have to go up.
After Rita, people put them on hills of dirt. For Ike, the dirt washed away. Now everyone has to go up on pilings.
My little sister wanted to stay in Creole. She was required to get an engineer to design and approve a foundation. The pilings had to be 12 ft. in the ground and 13 ft. above the ground. They are barely far enough apart to drive thru. The cost to bore the holes, set level and cement the pilings was around $48K.
They would not let her connect any permanent utilities until the elevation was shot after everything was complete.
If I were you, I would find a place in Pecan Island, Vermillion Parish is supposed to be a little easier on the elevation requirement.
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