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foundation. Hence in order to raise the structure a complete foundation rehabilitation <br />and redesign need to occur to sustain the jacking loads. <br />Level III alteration would require demolition of the corners of the house to add corner <br />columns. <br />Floor ledgers (2nd floor) need to be installed to comply with current code and standards. <br />Pursuant to FEMA, if the cost of the renovations exceeds 50% of the value of the <br />structure without the land, the structure has to be elevated to meet current flood <br />requirements. Therefore, raising the house up to needed elevations for compliance is not <br />feasible, the whole structure would have to be upgraded for level III alteration required <br />by Florida Building Code 2020 — 907.3 Existing structural elements carrying gravity loads <br />and 907.4 Existing structural elements resisting lateral loads. <br />The only reasonable solution that would prevent the house from flooding at every king - <br />tide or storm event would be to raise it. Given the structural condition of the house as <br />previously noted (i.e. a 2 -story structure built in 1936 with unreinforced terracotta <br />block, and one that has suffered from significant deterioration and spalling over the <br />years), our professional opinion is that this structure would not survive an attempt to <br />raise it, due to the fact of the fragility of the walls and lack of structural framing to resist <br />the lifting loads. <br />11 <br />128 <br />