Can you build a home on federally designated wetlands that you own privately?
2007-07-19 00:19:17 · 4 answers · asked by rick 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Try N-O, no!!!!!
2007-07-19 04:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I rather doubt you can build a home on that land...even would I say "No, you can't !"
All wetlands in the USA are now protected wetlands whether federally owned or not. The local state and county governments are required to adhere to the wetland laws established by the federal government. This is usually enforced thru a local "Soil and WaterConservation District" for each county of each state...
If a home was built in the wetlands prior to being declared protected property it is considered "grandfathered in" only and, should the home be destroyed, it cannot be rebuilt without a federal permit...that is an unlikely paper trail hardly worth persuit...!
Insurance companies are now refusing to insure properties in protected lands also...
So that land use is not entirely restricted, most privately owned protected wetlands and land within the national lowland and flood control viaduct network, a permit "may" be issued to build a 3-sided building only... Permits for this must be approved by the local county soil and water conservation district, the local zoning and building office, the Port Authority and the United States Corp of Engineers, Division of National Flood Control. GULP...!
In other words, just build a 3-sided recreation building and don't ask anyone as the paperwork will cost more than the building...lol
I own flood control land at the very top of a mountain in New Hampshire where flooding is impossible. What a surprise it was to read my mail and be told my valuable water frontage and forest land is now worthless for resale but for cutting trees for lumber...!
Unless you can find use of that land without building on it, it has little interest but for waterfowl hunting...
Sorry for bringing bad news...been there, done that...!
2007-07-19 00:58:34 · answer #2 · answered by farplaces 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for single family homes, the Great Dane would do better with it being mostly outside, but otherwise, sure Great Danes do as long as you give them lots of exercise and a big backyard.
2016-04-01 01:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't build anything on wetlands anywhere. You can't even drain them.
2007-07-19 01:01:51 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋