Help/advice needed

[gasdad]

Have a camp in Grand Chenier. This is my 3rd moblile home due to all of the hurricaines. Gustov caused 2 feet of water damage to my home. Cleaned it all out, changed floors,gypsum board, electrical outlets, etc. Was told to do everything by the local electrical inspector whichdd we did and also did what the sewer and water people required. Been having electrical,water and sewer ever since. Now I just received a summons to appear in court because the police jury is requiring us to go 12 feet in the air. Very discouraged. We did everything we were told to do after the storm, spent a good bit of money to get it done and now 1.5 or so years later we're being told we don't have right to be where I've been for 20 years. Changing the rules on us midstream sucks. Anyway my court date is another month. Anyone have similar problems and any recourse that can rectify this bad situation. Thanks

[Ray]

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.

[eman]

Down on the island there are little silver disc nailed to each telephone pole out on the hwy. you are required to be X feet above this mark. i think it's 10 feet but not sure. been that way for years but if you were there b4 they marked it you were grandfathered in.

[Ray]

I have a coworker who lost a trailer/camp in Pecan Island for Rita and was able to move back on the ground after then and again after Rita.
They were in a small trailer park with around 4 or 5 trailers. There is a rule about trailers can still be on the ground, but not sure exactly how it reads.

[Raymond]

Most everything below Grandlake is considered V zone. The parish is under Federal guidelines to enforce them or be taken out of the flood program. Ray is correct on the elevation and costs associated. A pad is more than double pilings and still has to meet elev certification. Cameron parish will not budge not matter who you are or how much money you have. I would call Crain Bros and find out how much they are charging per pilling, get a rate on 2 cranes and do the math.
Vermilion parish will be sending out similar notices soon. There fed dollars will be pulled if they don't follow the guidelines just like Cameron parish. There are several new trailers between billys and rollover that are post Rita. They were pulled in around Nov 05 and nothing was done but they cannot get flood coverage.

[Ray]

They cannot drive the pilings. You have to bore down 12 ft., set the pilings, pump the water out and pour cement around the pilings. The foundation has to be designed by an approved engineer. Then you have to pour a 6" slab around the whole thing.
That is what my sister had to do.
$48K for foundation for a double wide.

There is a guy named Jerry Trahan from Little Chenier who was the lowest bidder. He is a house builder down there. I can get the info for you if you want, but there is a thread somewhere on here with his info. I posted for someone who wanted to do the same thing in Grand Lake.