Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Molokai Drive home demolished
In December, you could catch the breeze from within the Sandy-battered home at 1304 Molokai Drive. The force of the supersotrm separated a wall, leaving a crack with daylight seeping through. Now all that stands is a frame to a new home, a sign of progress. “It’s moving along,” LeeAnn Rooney said. She and her husband Timothy Rooney were the first to go before the Board of Adjustment seeking to rebuild their home after Sandy decimated it and all their belongs inside. The former one-story dwelling is being replaced with a two-story home on 35-foot pilings. “Losing the house was stressful,” LeeAnn Rooney said of the demolition. “It was something I couldn’t watch. It was rough seeing flat land. But you get past that.” The couple had hoped to …
Monday, January 14, 2013
David Petty's home at the end of Koa Drive had six feet of water from Hurricane Sandy; he's now in the process of rebuilding
At the end of Koa Drive is an empty lot where just one month ago, a house stood. David Petty will be rebuilding his home, which he intended to do prior to Hurricane Sandy. The secondary home, located right off the Barnegat Bay, had taken on six feet of water due to the superstorm. Furniture was seen floating and hitting the ceiling, he said. “The water resided by the time I got there,” Petty said. He arrived just a day or two after the hurricane. “I knew going back the house was done,” he said. When his wife Sharon drove down, she was stopped at the police checkpoint for proof of residency. She was told, “good luck,” and her heart “sank.” The inside of his home was covered in dirt, oil and sewage, he said. Petty’s home continuously flooded…
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Residents who must restore or rebuild their homes after Sandy can do so within the same footprint without going before the Zoning Board of Adjustment
Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy along Lacey’s waterfront areas, many homes may have to be rebuilt and to accelerate the process the Committee approved a Super Storm Sandy Reconstruction Policy for residential structures. “We’re trying to quicken up the pace of these approvals so that there’s not such a delay of two to three months and of course the costs associated with that,” Township Administrator and Municipal Clerk Veronica Laureigh said. The policy states that damaged homes situated below the base flood elevation and located on a nonconforming lot can be restored, rebuilt or raised or demolished and rebuilt with a new proposed structure as long as they are replaced in a conforming location. Proof of damage is required. …
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