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County Approves Special Tax and Contract To Build Seawall for Painters Hill Homes

January 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Two of the Painters Hill properties whose foundations were eroded by Hurricane Matthew. (© FlaglerLive)

Each of the affected property owners is looking at an additional tax bill of roughly $100,000 spread over the next 15 years to pay for the seawall.

Painters Hill and Hammock Dunes Property Owners Will Pay Extra Tax for Erosion Control

December 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

One of the houses more severely affected by erosion following Hurricane Matthew. It's among the houses getting a seawall soon. (© FlaglerLive)

The four taxing districts, made necessary by hurricanes, will levy surtaxes on property owners only in those areas to defray the cost of protective sand berms and a sea wall the county will build.

At Painters Hill and Washington Oaks, Crumbling Houses and a Devastated Treasure Beyond the Public Eye

October 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

One of the more heavily damaged houses on Painters Hill, just south of Varn Park, in unincorporated Flagler County, as seen from the ocean. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Here’s the first look at destruction not seen before: how Hurricane Matthew left houses on Painters Hill uninhabitable, and demolished and unrecognizably remade Washington Oaks Garden State Park’s beach-side park. With video.

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