Animal shelter / Animal Control in Orchidland

[terracore]

Hawaii Rainbow Rangers is excited to announce the next step in our services for the east side of Hawaii County.

Effective immediately the Hawaii Rainbow Rangers is migrating all services to a new location in Keaau, HI.

This collaboration with Bar-King Dog Kennels, located at 16-1900 35th Avenue, Keaau, HI 96749, will drastically increase the accessibility of services to the community.

Adoptable animals are now front and center with over 5 play/interaction yards to help new adopters interact in a safe and fun manner with dogs and our wonderful cats can now easily be viewed in large condo housing!

This new location also will allow other vital services like dog licensing, microchipping, and stray intake to be even more accessible.
The new interim location will be open to the public between the hours of 11am – 4pm, closed Tuesdays. Tuesdays only stray intakes are accepted to allow us time to focus on giving our shelter population a clean and sanitized environment.

We are also excited to announce great new volunteer and foster opportunities at this location. We are now actively seeking volunteers for dog walkers & cat cuddlers, creative volunteers to help photograph all our population, adoption counselors, and much more! (Check out the volunteer page to signup)
This location will maintain as our primary services location as we continue to develop our brand new and final shelter location for the east side located in Keaau (more details will be provided soon).

If you’re interested in being a part of the evolution of Animal Services in Hawaii County and want to help get us to our goal of making Hawaii County a lifesaving community, consider becoming an HRR Champion and become a direct influence on the advancement of HRR’s mission.
Mahalo!




Am I the only one wondering if it's okay to put an animal shelter in a private subdivision?  I understand that the business kennel was already there but this sounds like a serious increase in the amount of traffic.

[kalakoa]

Kennels are explicitly allowed in A zoning.

The subdivisions aren't really "private", that was a fiction perpetrated by the developers to evade requirements -- it's hardly "private" if you can't exclude the public from the roads nor refuse to sell them property.

[terracore]

Judging by the barriers placed on the roads between Ainaloa and OLE, they "can" exclude the public if they want to. But for the sake of argument, lets call it a "subdivision with road maintenance paid with private funds".

Maybe I'm particularly grouchy because I paid my road fees today. For 3 lots. Two of which generate zero traffic.

[kalakoa]

I haven't had a chance to talk to Mitch about the barriers since he got out of the hospital, but it's on my list -- if shutting down "private" roads is acceptable, I'm going to start blocking a few roads where I don't want traffic.

[terracore]

It's important to add this to this thread.

The animal control component of this Orchidland animal shelter is funded by the county. It's a county tax-payer funded service with a law enforcement component, directing traffic onto privately-owned roads, where the property owners of the subdivision assume liability coverage and all the maintenance cost of the roads damaged by the traffic the county is generating.

Shouldn't county services be located on publicly maintained roads? Otherwise, OLE residents have to pay taxes for a service most don't use, and also pay for the infrastructure and insurance to support it? That's kind of a kick to the teeth. The county should pave and maintain the roads to the shelter they are funding.

[kalakoa]

The county should pave and maintain the roads to the shelter they are funding.

Sounds like they've finally crossed the line into "actionable", then. Perhaps some OLE residents with "standing" can get the lawsuit started? Pretty please?