MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA The city of Myrtle Beach is suing 11 hotels, contending that their swimming pool enclosures violate federal rules and could endanger the city’s flood insurance.
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibits hard-structure pool enclosures from being used in floodplains because of potential danger during hurricanes, when the enclosures could be swept away and injure people or damage property.
Pools have been enclosed Myrtle Beach for decades, but the agency raised concerns three years ago. A total of 34 hotels were warned to remove the enclosures, and 23 complied, the local Sun News reports.
The hotels named in the lawsuit are: Atlantica Resort, The Windsurfer, Captain’s Quarters, Dunes Village I, Dunes Village II, The Palace Motel, The Patricia Grand, Meridian Plaza, Monterey Bay, Sea Crest Resort and Coral Beach Resort.