Hurricane Helene Updates

Tropical Storm Milton forms in the Gulf of Mexico, and the city has its eye on the storm.

City crews continue working around the clock to make conditions safe enough to welcome visitors back to Clearwater Beach. We have made amazing progress, but there is still much work to be done.

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Substantial Improvement

Substantial Improvement means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or other improvement of a structure, for which the cost equals or exceeds 49% of the market value of the structure before the “start of construction” of the first improvement. [Also defined in FBC, B, section 1612.2.]