After Sandy, rebuilding rules are eased
Photo credit: David Pokress | Nick Moligano helps a cleanup crew remove debris from a neighbor's house on East Shore Road in Lindenhurst. (Nov. 14, 2012)
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Three towns battered by superstorm Sandy are cutting a break to South Shore homeowners seeking to raise and rebuild their homes, waiving permit fees or zoning requirements.
In Babylon Town, for example, homeowners rebuilding or seeking to raise homes to meet federal flood-zone elevation requirements will not be required to get a new survey, submit plans or pay any fees, provided the structure...
