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Pretty cool... Don't like your neighbors or the hood of rosters or barking dogs or the person that just rented out his house to a hunter that brought with him 15 hunting dogs???
How about Lava? If lava is coming? No Problem!
Just hook up the trailer to new lot and home sweet home!
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Mahalo Eric!!! GREAT post!! I plan on a more permanent structure for my place in Fern Forest, but relocatable or not, 'tiny' house planning and organization methods are very workable for both movable and permanent homes. I helped someone out at their 'antique' (read: JUNK!!!) shop one time and because of her not-so-thinly-veiled 'hoarder' issues, I learned VERY QUICKLY just how much I do NOT want 'things'. I have been in a 'do-more-with-less' and 'get-rid-of-the-junk' mode ever since and that works hand-in-hand with the space/area in which I wish to live which has ALSO become a 'less is more' approach as well ~ ~ ~
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Those awful building code revisions include some language wherein a "vehicle" may be "considered to be a building" if it remains stationary for 24h -- unless it's obviously registered and operable (as suggested by the fine article).
A test case would be fun to watch...
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It's going to come under the same regulations as an RV. Hawaii county does not view a RV as a dwelling, therefore it can't be used as a dwelling. If you take the wheels off, then it comes under the building code, needs the minimum square footage for a dwelling, plus the permits and probably engineering drawings. It probably is possible to say it has wheels to move from one lot to another, just be all permitted on the next lot before moving.
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quote:
Hawaii county does not view a RV as a dwelling, therefore it can't be used as a dwelling.
Yes and no. From section 27-12:
Recreational vehicle ... means a vehicle which is ... Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
The duration of "temporary" is not defined; one could argue that everything in Lava Zone 1 (or 2) meets that requirement.
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Doesn't matter. This is Hawaii county code.
First, the definition of "Building":
"Article 3 Section 5-71
BUILDING. A building is any structure used or intended for supporting any use or occupancy. The term shall include but not be limited to any structure mounted on wheels such as a trailer, wagon or vehicle which is parked and stationary for any 24-hour period, and is used for business or living purposes; provided, however, that the term shall not include a push cart or push wagon which is readily movable and which does not exceed 25 square feet in area, nor shall the term include a trailer or vehicle, used exclusively for the purpose of selling any commercial product therefrom, which hold a vehicle license and actually travels on public or private streets."
Next, the county code on a Building, as defined above:
"Division 2. Permits.
Section 5-19. Permit required.
(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, convert, or demolish any building or structure in the County, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit for each building or structure from the building official; provided that one permit may be obtained for a dwelling and its accessories, such as fence, retaining wall, pool, storage and garage structures."
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