code enforcement circus comes to Ranchos

[shockwave rider]

http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...ghborhoods

According to this article the Ranchos solar project is still happening, but future similar projects will not be allowed on Big Island AG subdivisions if this bill is passed. I wonder if there is any correlation between those who fought or supported the project and who was reported to the county, the timing feels just a little too convenient.

[Obie]

"According to this article the Ranchos solar project is still happening"

It's a permitted use on AG land.

What is ticking me off is my neighbor who has a dog breeding facility on residential property !

We bought our home in a residential zoned neighborhood and we shouldn't have to listen to dogs going off all day!
Previosly they had goats and a pig !

Vacationland was zoned residential from its inception, so we should have all of the amenities that come with R zoning !!!

[Punatic007]

Breeding dogs in residential areas of Puna needs to be illegal right along with the roosters.

[geochem]

Absolutely, let's pass another law that will be selectively enforced...

[Obie]

No need for another law,these things are already illegal in R zoning .

[kalakoa]

No need for another law,these things are already illegal in R zoning .

Enforcement is "complaint driven". Have you tried complaining to the County?

Hawaii's statutes have dozens or hundreds of laws and administrative rules that are seldom enforced.

Obviously we need to change the law to include: for every new law passed, three old laws must be rescinded.

Until you have a government that actually governs here, it is impossible to do real business in this state.

The TMT debacle suggests that the permitting process is completely pointless because any permits you do manage to acquire can simply be taken away later...

Someone learned how to play the game and is simply screwing over the people who screwed them over.

I further suspect that County doesn't really want clean/consistent enforcement, because they have plenty to hide. Starting with "let our buddies subdivide worthless land miles from nowhere and sell the lots without any infrastructure."

[shockwave rider]

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Originally posted by Obie

"According to this article the Ranchos solar project is still happening"

It's a permitted use on AG land.

What is ticking me off is my neighbor who has a dog breeding facility on residential property !

We bought our home in a residential zoned neighborhood and we shouldn't have to listen to dogs going off all day!
Previosly they had goats and a pig !

Vacationland was zoned residential from its inception, so we should have all of the amenities that come with R zoning !!!

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Vacationland is pretty far from Ranchos, and doesn't have a solar project in the works, so maybe this should have been its own thread?

[rainyjim]

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Originally posted by geochem
I call it regulatory roulette...But, hey, it's how we maintain a compliant population and a subservient business community.

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I can't wait to see how this 'paradigm' plays out with the new med marj disp....

[rainyjim]

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Originally posted by leilaniguy

I know of two people who have done just that, both in Blacksands. One old guy had somebody warn him about "no permits" so he called the county, who came out and said so, what do you want us to do? They ended up calling his homestead "a shed, 16 x 16" and taxed him thus. The other guy had 2 lots, with an illegal shed with a tent on it, and when prices went nuts in 2005-06 his taxes went nuts. He applied for a permit as a shed, then got it designated as his homestead. Since the value was under the amount of a homestead, his taxes are now 0. BTW # 1 is dead, #2 doesn't even have a
car.

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It's too bad you don't have more information on this (or do you?), if there was substantive documentation of these anecdotes, then this information could be of great value to those in Ocean View who may be currently 'under fire'.

[rainyjim]

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Originally posted by Kapoho Joe
First of all, I find it odd that you would equate subdivisions of pallet shacks in Ka'u with Uncle Roberts property in Puna.

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First of all, aloha.

Second, this is not an attack, do not take it as such.

Third, have you even been there? It is not all pallet shacks. Like just about everywhere on BI there is a mixture of nice homes and tarp-like structures.